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Dr

Sybil Nolan

Senior Lecturer In Publishing And Communications
Culture and Communication
arts & humanities
social sciences
communication
history
literature
book publishing
social media
journalism history
mining industry
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Dr

Sybil Nolan

 
Division
Arts
 
Primary Interest
history of print culture (including digital media)
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Sybil Nolan

 
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Projects

Displaying the 1 most recent project by Sybil Nolan.

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New tastemakers and Australia's post-digital literary culture

This project aims to investigate the effect of digital technologies on taste-making in Australian literary culture. The project will examine..

2017 - 2020
Completed

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Project Types

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Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Sybil Nolan.

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Why history now?

Margaret Van Heekeren, Nolan Sybil

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Journalism Review

This article considers the role and standing of the history of journalism and media within the academy in Australia. The authors t..

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The shrinking of Fairfax Media’s books pages: A microstudy of digital disruption

Sybil Nolan, Matthew Ricketson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journalism Review

This microstudy of digital disruption in newspapers analyses the book review sections of Fairfax Media’s metropolitan dailies, The..

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A sharper conversation: book publishers' use of social media marketing in the age of the algorithm

Sybil Nolan, Alexandra Dane

Journal article  |  2018  |  Media International Australia

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The Snub: Robert Menzies and the Melbourne Club

Sybil Nolan

Journal article  |  2017  |  Australian Historical Studies

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Reading The Discovery of India in the Library of an Australian Prime Minister

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Book Chapter  |  2017

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Born Outside the Newsroom: The Creation of the Age Online

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Book Chapter  |  2017

The Age Online was the first major newspaper website in Australia. This essay relates the website's creation and the first tumultu..

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Reading The Discovery of India in the Library of an Australian Prime Minister

Sybil Nolan

Book Chapter  |  2017

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The Transition to Book: Problems of Narrative Structure in Journalists' Manuscripts

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Book Chapter  |  2016

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Journalism's Long Cosmopolitan Turn

S NOLAN, MD Ricketson

Conference Proceedings  |  2016

The figure of the journalist as a ‘citizen of the world’ is deeply inscribed on journalism culture, yet in recent years new media ..

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Robert Menzies: miners and the metals market crash of 1930

S NOLAN

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Australasian Mining History

When base metal prices crashed in 1930, the mining industry rallied its political and media connections in its support. Melbourne,..

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Keyword Analysis

Communication
Communication and Media Studies
Historical Studies
Journalism and Professional Writing
Literary Studies
Expanding Knowledge
Media Services
Understanding Past Societies
History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
Arts and Leisure

Credentials

Positions

Senior Lecturer In Publishing And Communications

Culture and Communication

Member

Australian Historical Association

Ordinary Member

North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS)

Member, Scientific Committee 2017-2018

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing

Education

Master of Arts (Communications)

Monash University

Doctor of Philosophy (Arts)

University of Melbourne

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