Select Publications
Books
2016, The Reinvention of Populist Rhetoric in the Digital Age: Insiders & outsiders in democratic politics, Palgrave MacMillan, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2161-9
,Book Chapters
2017, 'The Populist Elements of Australian Political Satire and the Debt to the Americans and the Augustans', in Milner-Davis J (ed.), Satire and Politics The Interplay of Heritage and Practice, edn. PALGRAVE STUDIES IN COMEDY, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 37 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56774-7
,2017, 'The Populist Elements of Australian Political Satire and the Debt to the Americans and the Augustans', in Satire and Politics, Springer International Publishing, pp. 37 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56774-7_2
,2014, 'Looking backwards to the future: The evolving tradition of ideal political rhetoric in Australia', in Walter R; Uhr J (ed.), Studies in Australian Political Rhetoric, ANU Press, Acton, ACT, pp. 121 - 142, http://press.anu.edu.au/titles/australia-and-new-zealand-school-of-government-anzsog-2/studies-in-australian-political-rhetoric/
,2008, 'The Classic and Australian Culture Wars', in Morley I (ed.), Knowledge as Value: Illumination Through Critical Prisms, Rodopi, Amsterdam, pp. 149 - 166
,2003, 'Antipodean Fordism: postwar americanisation down under.', in Wood JC (ed.), Henry Ford: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management, Volume 2, Taylor & Francis
,1998, 'Suburbia', in Americanization and Australia, edn. Original, University of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 61 - 80
,Journal articles
2022, 'idea of national humour and Americanisation in Australia and Britain', European Journal of Humour Research, 10, pp. 51 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/ejhr.2022.10.2.689
,2022, 'The idea of national humour and Americanisation in Australia and Britain', European Journal of Humour Research, 10, pp. 51 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2022.10.2.689
,2021, 'The Danish Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo and the culture wars: satiric limits in comparative national and transnational perspectives', European Journal of Humour Research, 9, pp. 92 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2021.9.3.538
,2019, 'Is this a Dagg which I see before me? John Clarke and the politics in his political humour', Comedy Studies, 10, pp. 21 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2040610x.2019.1592325
,2014, 'Rhetorical Traditions of Public Diplomacy and the Internet', The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 9, pp. 76 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1871191X-12341266
,2010, 'The pleasures of political humour in Australian democracy', Journal of Australian Studies, 34, pp. 363 - 376, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1444-3058&linktype=1
,2009, 'AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL ATTITUDES 2: CITIZENSHIP, WORK AND ASPIRATIONS', Journal of Sociology, 45, pp. 114 - 116
,2009, 'Clashing Taboos: Danish Cartoons, the Life of Brian and Public Diplomacy', The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 4, pp. 261 - 281, http://www.brill.nl/hjd
,2008, 'From Big to Little Screens: Recurring Images of Democratic Credibility and the Net', SCAN - Journal of Media Arts and Culture, 5, pp. 1 - 12
,2008, 'New Wine into Old Bottles: Ethical Appeals & Democratic Discourse', Australian Journal of Political Science, 43, pp. 513 - 529
,2008, 'The ends of Howard and Costello?', Australian Review of Public Affairs, http://www.australianreview.net/digest/2008/11/rolfe.html
,1999, 'Faraway Fordism: the Americanization of Australia and New Zealand during the 1950s and 1960s', New Zealand Journal of History, pp. 65 - 86
,1999, 'Free speech, political correctness and the rhetoric of social unity under John Howard', Just Policy: a journal of Australian social policy, 15, pp. 36 - 46
,1997, 'The Promise and Threat of America in Australian Politics', Australian Journal of Political Science, pp. 187 - 204
,Conference Papers
2012, 'The Never-ending Narrative of Democracy: Public Diplomacy and The Rhetorical Tradition Behind Western Commentaries on Wikileaks and the Arab Spring', in International Studies Association, International Studies Association, http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p414808_index.html, presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, 01 April 2012 - 04 April 2012
,2011, 'All The World’s A Stage – For Speaking At Cross Purposes', in ISA COnference papers (online), 52nd International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, presented at 52nd International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16 March 2011 - 19 March 2011, http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/5/0/0/6/5/p500652_index.html?phpsessid=b61b0f23d0cff73391c33342a7f53f5a
,2007, '`Days of Wine and Poseurs: Stereotypes of Class, Consumption & Competition in Democratic Discourse`', in Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2007, APSA 2007 Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, presented at APSA 2007 Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, 24 September 2007 - 26 September 2007
,2007, 'Culture Wars and the Classics Australian Rhetoric', in Morley I (ed.), The Value of Knowledge, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1 - 11, presented at Inter-Disciplinary Net, 2nd Global Conference, The Value of Knowledge, Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, Sydney, 12 February 2007 - 14 February 2007
,2007, 'The Classics and Australian Culture Wars', in The Value of Knowledge, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, UK, presented at Inter-Disciplinary Net, 2nd Global Conference, The Value of Knowledge, Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, Sydney, 12 February 2007 - 14 February 2007
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