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Terry Flew

Professor Terry Flew

  • Post Nominals: FAHA
  • Fellow Type: Fellow
  • Elected to the Academy: 2019
  • Section(s): Cultural And Communication Studies

Biography

Terry Flew is Professor of Digital Communication and Culture at The University of Sydney. He commenced this position in April 2021, having previously been a Professor of Communication and Creative Industries at the Queensland University of Technology. He is the author of 13 books (four edited), including Understanding Global Media (2018); Politics, Media and Democracy in Australia (2017); Media Economics (2015); Global Creative Industries (2013); New Media: An Introduction (2014); and Creative Industries, Culture and Policy (2012). His work has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Polish languages. His new book, Regulating Platforms, will be published by Polity in late 2021.

He has been the President of the International Communications Association (ICA) during 2019-20, and organised the ICA Annual Conference in Washington DC in 2019. He has been an Executive Board member of the International Communications Association since 2013, and was President of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) in 2009-10.

He has been involved in research activities that have generated over $7million in research income. Grants include ARC Discovery projects on digital platform governance and the future of media policy, creative industries in China, and the rise of mistrust in news, as well as ARC Linkage projects on citizen journalism, web counselling for young people, social media and crisis communication, and creative industries in regional Australia.

Professor Terry Flew FAHA also hosts the podcast Time for Trust, which explores what can be done to rebuild the public’s trust in our most vital institutions. Available to stream here or on Acast. Time for Trust is a joint initiative by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, and the Australian Research Council.

Articles by Terry Flew FAHA

A crisis of trust — what the Edelman Trust Barometer tells us about Australian society

Liberal democracies across the world are reporting declining levels of trust in governments, businesses and the media. Professor Terry Flew FAHA, Co-director of the Centre for AI, Trust and Governance at the University of Sydney, examines what this growing mistrust might mean for Australia. >> Read

 

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.