Dr. Tim Marjoribanks
Dr. Tim Marjoribanks
Background
I graduated with a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University in 1997 (and an MA from Harvard in Sociology in 1994), after completing Honours degrees in Law and Arts (majoring in Politics) at The University of Adelaide. I am currently TR Ashworth Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Program at The University of Melbourne.
Research
- The sociology of media-sport
- Organizational re-structuring and transformation.
- News production and defamation law
- Professionalism and journalistic practice in media industries.
- Competition law
- Sociology of the workplace
Subjects Taught
- Media, Politics and Society
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Contemporary Sociological Theory
- Social Research Design and Evaluation
Supervision
- Organisations (for example, media, sport, health, work)
- Sport
- Media
- Social policy (organizational aspects)
- Technology and society (for example, workplace and health technologies)
Recent Publications
Books
Marjoribanks, T., News Corporation, Technology and the Workplace: Global Strategies, Local Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK: x + 221 pp. (2000).
Book Chapters
Capling, Ann and Marjoribanks, Tim (2008) ?Between Commerce and Culture: Australian Football League Clubs?, in Jo Barraket (ed.), Strategic Issues in the Not for Profit Sector, (Sydney: University of New South Wales Press) pp. 143-162.
Marjoribanks, Tim (2007) ?Media and Popular Culture?, in Germov, J .and Poole, M. (eds.), Public Sociology, (Allen and Unwin, Crow?s Nest, NSW), 389-405.
Marjoribanks, Tim and Capling, Ann (2004) ?Transforming Governance: Football clubs in the Australian Football League?, in Stewart, B., Hess, R. and Nicholson, M. (eds.), Football Fever: Grassroots, (Maribyrnong: Hawthorn, Vic.), 67-80.
Marjoribanks, Tim (2003) ?Strategising Technological Innovation: The case of News Corporation?, in Cottle, S. (ed.), Media Organisation and Production, (Sage 'Media in Focus Series': London), 59-75.
Refereed Journal Articles
Deuze, Mark and Marjoribanks, Tim (2009) 'Newswork', Journalism 10 (5) 555-561.
Kenyon, A.T. and Marjoribanks, T.K. (2008) Chilled Journalism? Defamation and public speech in the US and Australian law and journalism. New Zealand Sociology 23 (2): 18-33.
Marjoribanks, T. and Capling, A. (2008) "New Governance Models in Australian Football League Clubs", Just Policy 49 (December): 39-45.
Kenyon, Andrew and Marjoribanks, Tim (2008) ?The Future of ?Responsible Journalism?: Defamation Law, Public Debate and News Production?, Journalism Practice, October.
Whitstock, M.T., Eckermann, E.J., Marjoribanks, T. and Pearce, C.M. (2008) 'Pharmaceutical economies and politics vs. patient safety: Lumiracoxib in Australia', The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine 20 (3): 161-167.
Gilding, Michael and Marjoribanks, Tim (2007) ?Economy and Society: The enduring residualism of Australian sociology?, Journal of Sociology 43 (4): 331-48.
Kenyon, Andrew and Marjoribanks, Tim (2007) ?Transforming Media Markets: The Cases of Malaysia and Singapore?, Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society 5 (2):103-118.
Farquharson, Karen and Marjoribanks, Tim (2006) ?Representing Australia. Race, the media and cricket.? Journal of Sociology 42(1): 25-41.
Cook, Kay and Marjoribanks, Tim. (2005) ?Low-income women's experiences of social citizenship and social exclusion.? Just Policy, no. 38: 13-19.
Capling, Ann and Marjoribanks, Tim (2004) ?Connecting commerce and culture in third sector organizations: The case of Australian Football League clubs? Third Sector Review 10(1): 61-76.
Hamilton, B, Manias, Elizabeth, Maude, Phil, Marjoribanks, Tim and Cook, Kay (2004) ?Perspectives of a nurse, a social worker and a psychiatrist regarding patient assessment in acute inpatient psychiatry settings: A case study approach? Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 11: 683-689.
Farquharson, Karen and Marjoribanks, Tim (2003) ?Transforming the Springboks? Re-imagining the South African nation through sport?, Social Dynamics 29(1): 27-48.
Marjoribanks, Tim and Kenyon, Andrew (2003) ?Negotiating news: Journalistic practice and defamation law in Australia and the US? Australian Journalism Review 25(2): 31-49.
Marjoribanks, Tim and Lewis, Jenny (2003) ?Reform and Autonomy: Perceptions of the Australian general practice community? Social Science and Medicine 56: 2229-2239.
Lewis, J, Marjoribanks, T. and Pirotta, M. (2003) ?Changing Professions: General Practitioners? perceptions of autonomy on the frontline? Journal of Sociology 39(1): 44-61.
Lewis, Jenny and Marjoribanks, Tim (2003) ?The impact of financial constraints and incentives on professional autonomy? International Journal of Health Planning and Management 18: 49-61.
Other
Marjoribanks, Tim (2007) Entries on ?News Corporation?, ?Fairfax?, and ?sport and politics?, published in: Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, edited by Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts (Oxford University Press, Melbourne).
Refereed Conference Papers
Kenyon, A. and Marjoribanks, T. (2008) 'Journalism and Defamation Law: Contesting Public Speech' Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2008 Annual Conference: Re-imagining Sociology (University of Melbourne, December).
Marjoribanks, Tim and Kenyon, Andrew (2007) ?Responsible Journalism: Defamation Law and News Production in Australia, the US and the UK?, Proceedings of the SAANZ/TASA 2007 Annual Conference: Public Sociologies: Trans-Tasman Comparisons (University of Auckland, December).
Marjoribanks, Tim and Nolan, David (2007) ?Regulating Standards: Ombudsmen in Newspaper Journalism?, Proceedings of the SAANZ/TASA 2007 Annual Conference: Public Sociologies: Trans-Tasman Comparisons (University of Auckland, December).
Nolan, David and Marjoribanks, Tim (2006) ?Objectivity, Impartiality and the Governance of Journalism.? Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2006 Annual Conference: Sociology for a Mobile World (Murdoch University/UWA, December).
Marjoribanks, Tim (2006) 'Competition and Cooperation: Organisational Communication within the Australian Football League' Proceedings of The Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference: Empowerment, Creativity and Innovation: Challenging Media and Communication in the 21st Century (University of Adelaide, July).
Kenyon, Andrew and Marjoribanks, Tim. (2005) 'Researching media production practices: Comparative news and defamation law.' The Australian Sociological Association 2005 Refereed Conference proceedings, (University of Tasmania, December).
Marjoribanks, Tim and Kenyon, Andrew. (2004) ?Regulating News: Standards and competence in contemporary media practice? Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2004 Annual Conference: Revisioning Institutions: Change in the 21st century (La Trobe University Beechworth campus).
Farquharson, Karen and Marjoribanks, Tim (2003) ?Representing Australia: Race, gender and nation in Australian Cricket? Proceedings of the Placing Race and Localising Whiteness symposium (Flinders University).
Marjoribanks, Tim and Kenyon, Andrew (2003) ?Judging Journalists: US and Australian news production and defamation law? Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association International Conference 2003: Designing Communication for Diversity (QUT).
Edited Volumes
Deuze, M. and Marjoribanks, T. (2009) Co-editors of Journalism. Theory, Practice, Criticism, Issue 10 (5), Special Issue on Newswork.
Marjoribanks, T., Barraket, J., Chang, J-S., Dawson, A., Guillemin, M., Henry-Waring, M., Kenyon, A., Kokanovic, R., Lewis, J., Lusher, D., Pyett, P., Robins, R., Warr, D., Wyn, J. (2008) Co-editors of Re-imagining Sociology, conference proceedings of the annual conference of the Australian Sociological Association (December).
Gilding, M. and Marjoribanks, T. (2007) Co-editors of Journal of Sociology, Vol. 43 (4), Special Issue on Economic Sociology.
Recent Major Grants
Chief investigators: Sance, L., Patton, G., Shiell, A., Pirkis, J., Sawyer, S., Chondors, P. Associate investigators: Halle-Hester, D., Hegarty, K., Patterson, E., Marjoribanks, T., Ozer, E., Cahill, H. 'Re-orientating general practice systemss toward youth friendly care: a cluster randomized controlled trial', NHMRC Project Grant, 200-2013.
'The Media and ASEAN Transitions: Defamation Law, Journalism and Public Debate in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore' ARC Discovery Project, 2006-2009. Chief investigators: Professor Andrew Kenyon, Professor Tim Lindsey, Dr. Tim Marjoribanks, Dr. Amanda Whiting.
'Defamation Law in Context: Australian and US news production practices and public debate', ARC Discovery-Project Grant 2003-2005. Chief investigators: Professor Andrew Kenyon, Dr. Tim Marjoribanks.
'Where commerce and culture connect? Corporate governance and social capital in the corporate era: the case of the AFL', ARC Discovery-Project Grant 2003-2005. Chief investigators: Professor Ann Capling, Dr. Tim Marjoribanks.
Research Higher Degree Supervision Completions (PhD and MA (research))
Laura Tarzia, 'Darwin, Feminism, and Everyday Heterosexuality', (2009, PhD, co-primary supervised by Tim Marjoribanks and Sheila Jeffreys, Sociology).
Junli Lim, 'Confronting New Challenges: ASEAN, the Internet and the Free Burma Movement', (2009, MA, primary supervisor, Sociology).
Nicole Schlesinger, Making international criminal law:factors influencing judicial behaviour at the ICTY and ICTR (2009, PhD, Associate Supervisor, Law Faculty).
Margaret Whitstock, Reducing adverse events in older Australians taking newly released drugs (2009, PhD, Associate Supervisor, Sociology, Deakin).
Denise O'Hara, Organisational challenges: the boundary spanning role of divisions of general practice in Victoria, 1993-2006 (2008, PhD, Associate Supervisor, General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences).
Lauren Rosewarne, Skin trade policy: public policy and the portrayal of women in outdoor advertising (2006, PhD, Associate Supervisor, Political Science).
Kay Cook, Women, family, work and welfare: a critical analysis of social citizenship, (2005, PhD, Primary Supervisor, Sociology).
Peter Gibilisco, The political economy of disablement: a sociological analysis (2005, PhD, Primary Supervisor, Sociology).
Merryn Ekberg, Genetic expectations: genetic risk in the risk society (2004, PhD, Primary Supervisor, Sociology).
Sally Young, Selling Australian politicians: political advertising 1949-2001 (2003, PhD, Primary Supervisor, Political Science).
Bernard East, Examining reasoned consensus in Habermas' public sphere: the social construction of truth in assassination discourse (2003, MA, Primary Supervisor, Sociology).