Dr Dwyer has worked in media industry law, policy and research roles with the Australian Broadcasting Authority (now the Australian Communications and Media Authority), the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He has been teaching for over ten years, at Macquarie University and most recently as a Lecturer in Media Policy at UWS, in the School of Communication Arts. Tim is a member of the editorial committee of the Global Media Journal (Australian Edition) and writes the ‘Australian Media Monitor’ section. Tim is currently the postgraduate research coordinator for the Department of Media and Communications.

Associations

• Australian and NZ Communication Association
• International Association of Media and Communications Researchers

Current Classes

• MECO3603 Media, Law and Ethics (with Dr Steven Maras)
• MECO3672 Internship project
• MECO6902 Legal & Ethical Issues in Media Practice

• media and cultural policy
• media ownership, policy and regulation
• media industries and audiences
• convergence and legal frameworks
• media globalisation and localism

• [Book] Dwyer, T. (2010) |Media Convergence|. Buckinghamshire, McGraw Hill. Open University Press, UK.
• [Book] Nightingale, V. and Dwyer, T. (Eds) (2007) |New Media Worlds: Challenges for Convergence|, Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
• [Chapter] Dwyer, T. (2009), ‘Media Practice, Industry Change and the Law’, Chapter for Online Resource Centre in Bainbridge, J. et al (eds) |Media and Journalism: New Approaches to Theory and Practice|, Melbourne. Oxford University Press. www.oup.com.au/orc/bainbridge
• [Chapter] Dwyer, T. (2007) ‘Traditional Media Buys Online: Not All Good News for Audiences’, in Kenyon, A. (Ed). |TV Futures: Digital Television Policy in Australia|, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
• [Chapter] Dwyer, T. (2007) ‘New Media: The Policy Agenda’ in Nightingale, V. and Dwyer, T. (Eds) in |New Media Worlds: Challenges for Convergence|, Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp37-59.
• [Chapter] Dwyer, T. (2007) ‘Dimensions in Media Diversity’ in Nightingale, V. and Dwyer, T. (Eds) in |New Media Worlds: Challenges for Convergence|, Melbourne: Oxford University Press. pp246-264.
• [Chapter] Dwyer, T. (2006) ‘Dismantling Cross-Media Ownership Policies: Media Consolidation and Internet News and Opinion Diversity in the Blogosphere’, in Leandros, N. (Ed) |Impact of Internet on the Mass Media in Europe|, London, Abramis/Arima.
• [Policy Report] Dwyer, T., Wilding, D., Wilson, H., Curtis, S. (2006) |Content, Consolidation and Clout: How will Regional Australia be affected by Media Ownership Changes?| Communications Law Centre, UNSW/Victoria University.
• [Chapter] Dwyer, T. (1995) ‘Pay TV Policies in Australia: Are Audiences the Users who Pay?’ in Bailey, J. J., Craik, J. and Moran, A. (Eds) |Public Voices, Private Interests: Australia’s Media Policy|. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
• [Policy Report] Dwyer, T. (1994) |Privacy Implications of New Communications Networks and Services|, Canberra: AGPS.
• [Article] Dwyer, T. and Martin, F (submitted) News Diversity in Online Media Systems: A Preliminary Report on the Concept of ‘Voice’. Conference proceedings, Moscow International Readings Conference, 8-10 October. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow.
  

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