Marc joined the University of Sydney in 2004 and currently teaches in the undergraduate program. He has previously taught at Universities in Perth and Brisbane as well as having worked as a financial advisor, debt collector, truck driver, music journalist, public relations officer, bar manager, cleaner and kitchen hand. His has published work on UK music journalism, popular music, advertising, the ‘street press’ in Australia, and research methods. He is the coordinator of department’s Honours program.

Marc is currently researching the function of the expert in discussions of popular culture. He aims to examine what roles are played by the media, the academy and by new media platforms in constructing critical discourse around cultural content and forms.

• Celebrity culture
• Popular Music – audiences, consumption, identity
• Music journalism
• Media and globalisation
• Television
• Film genres
• Youth & the construction of ‘childhood’
• Media and Cultural studies

• [Book] Writing to Reach You: An Exploration of Music Journalism in the UK and Australia. Saarbrucken, VDM Verlag. 2008
• [Journal Article] Happy to Help? Gaining Access to Interview Media Practitioners, Australian Journal of Communication, Vol.35, No.1, 2008
• [Journal Article] This Place Rocks! The Brisbane Street Press, Local Culture, Identity and Economy, in Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, Vol.21, Iss.3, 2007
• [Book Chapter] The Best Pop Princess - Kylie Minogue, Alan McKee (Ed.) Beautiful Things in Popular Culture, Malden, Blackwell Publishing, 2006
• [Contributor] – Hartley, John (Ed.) Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts, 3rd Ed, London, Routledge, 2002
• [Book Chapter] Yet Another Reason to Hate Oasis: Circulation and Branding in the UK Music Press, in Crowdy, Denis, Homan, Shane & Mitchell, Tony (Eds.), Musical In-Between-Ness: The Proceedings of the 8th IASPM Australian-New Zealand Conference, 2001, Sydney, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTS
• [Journal Article] Child(Hood) Abuse: Constructing the Australian Public in Public Service Advertisements, in Media International Australia, No.99, May, 2001
• [Conference Paper] Wanking About Rain: Understanding UK Rock Journalism, given at the Annual CSAA (Cultural Studies Association of Australia) Conference, Perth, 2004
• [Conference Paper] Know Your NME: On-line Music Magazines, given at the Annual ANZCA (Australian and New Zealand Communications Association) Conference, Brisbane, 2003
• [Conference Paper] Paper Cuts: The Australian Street Press and Community, given at the Annual ANZCA (Australian and New Zealand Communications Association) Conference, Coolangatta, 2002

• MECO1001 Australian Media Studies