Brady Robards

Journal Articles

Robards, B. (2013, forthcoming) ‘Friending Participants: Managing the researcher-participant relationship on social network sites’, Young: Journal of Nordic Youth Research, 21(3).

Robards, B. (2012) ‘Leaving MySpace, joining Facebook: “Growing up” on social network sites’, Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 26(3): 385-398. [Paywall PDF | Pre-print PDF]

Robards, B. and Bennett, A. (2011) ‘MyTribe: Manifestations of belonging on Social Network Sites’, Sociology, 45(2): 303-317. [Paywall PDF]

Robards, B. (2010) ‘Randoms in my bedroom: Unsolicited contact on social network sites’, Prism, 7(3). [Open Access PDF]

Other Essays

Robards, B. (2012) ‘Social network sites and belonging for young “at risk” Australians’, Yfoundations: Creating a future without youth homelessness. [Weblog]

Robards, B. (2010) ‘Negotiating identity and integrity on social network sites for educators’, International Journal for Educational Integrity, 6(2): 19-23. [Open Access PDF]

Textbook Chapters

Robards, B. and Baker, S. (2011) ‘Culture’ in Carl, Baker, Scott, Hillman & Lawrence, Think Sociology, Pearson: Sydney. [Textbook Site]

Robards, B. and Baker, S. (2011) ‘Religion’ in Carl, Baker, Scott, Hillman & Lawrence, Think Sociology, Pearson: Sydney. [Textbook Site]

Robards, B. and Baker, S. (2011) ‘Education & Employment’ Carl, Baker, Scott, Hillman & Lawrence, Think Sociology, Pearson: Sydney. [Textbook Site]

Editorships

Bennett, A. and Robards, B. (eds). (2012) Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, special issue on ‘Mediated Youth Cultures’, 26(3). [Paywall Table of Contents]

Lincoln, S. and Robards, B. (eds). (forthcoming, 2014) New Media & Society, special issue on ‘10 years of Facebook’. 

Review Essays

Robards, B. (2011) ‘Review: Wired Youth: The social world of adolescence in the information age’, 2010, by Gustavo S. Mesch and Ilan Talmud, in New Media & Society, 13(6): 1021-1023. [PDF]

Robards, B. (2011) ‘Review: On the Internet’, 2009, 2nd Edition by Hubert Dreyfus, in New Media & Society, 13(1): 176-187. [PDF]

Robards, B. (2010) ‘Review: Structures of Participation in Digital Culture’, 2007, by Joe Karagainis (ed.) in The International Journal of Emerging Technologies, 8(1): 59-60. [PDF]

Robards, B. (2010) ‘Review: Young People, ICTs and Democracy’, 2010, by Tobias Olsson and Peter Dahlgren (eds) in Journal of Youth Studies Australia, 29(2): 6. [PDF]

Robards, B. (2010) ‘Review: The Internet: An introduction to new media’, 2010, by Leila Green, in Media International Australia, 137 (November): 163-164. [PDF]

Conference papers, talks, and public lectures

2012, “Transition narratives and critical moments on social network sites”, Youth Culture, Belonging and Transitions: Bridging the Gap in Youth Research Conference, Griffith, Southbank: November 22-24.

2012, “Belonging in-between ‘subcultures’: Multiplicity in everyday systems of belonging on social network sites”, Youth Cultures and Subcultures: Australian Perspectives Symposium, Griffith, Southbank: November 20-21.

2012, “Leaving MySpace, joining Facebook: Growing up on social network sites”, Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries Winter School, Queensland University of Technology: June 21-27.

2012, “Finding ‘at risk’ students amidst ‘Big Data’: Retention and Engagement Strategies”, A Student Lifecycle Symposium: Enabling Student Engagement and Retention, Griffith University, Gold Coast: June 6.

2012, “Engaging students through social media: A cautionary tale”, Invited speaker at School Admin Officer and Program Services Officer Forum, Griffith University, Gold Coast: April 20.

2011, “Revisiting utopic visions of the internet: Participation, inclusion, and belonging”, Plenary Session, The Australian Sociological Association, University of Newcastle: November 29 – December 1

2011, “Revisiting coherence and interrogating integrity”, Association of Internet Researchers (IR12), Seattle, USA: October 10-13

2011, “Mediated Belongings: Growing up on MySpace and Facebook in Australia”, Australian Youth Affairs Coalition Conference, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre: May 30

2010, “Constructing self: Youth, identity and social network sites”, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research (GCCR): Public Lecture Series, Institute of Modern Art: November 4

2010, “Identity and performing self on social network sites”, Photography and Web Design Series: Public Lecture, Queensland College of Art: October 11

2010, “Youth, identity, and integrity on social network sites”, Cultural Studies Association Australia (CSAA), Southern Cross University, Byron Bay: December 7-9

2010, “Exodus, transition and rites of passage: Growing up on social network sites”, Griffith Centre for Cultural Research (GCCR): Postgraduate Symposium, Griffith, Gold Coast: November 4

2010, “Exodus, transition and rites of passage: Growing up on social network sites”, Creative Communities (CC) Conference 2, Griffith, Gold Coast: September 21-23

2010, “’Randoms’, Friendship and Privacy on Social Network Sites”, British Sociological Association (BSA) Youth Studies Group, University of Surrey, UK: July 6-8 

2009, “Strangers in my Bedroom: Unsolicited contact on social network sites”, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference, ANU, Canberra: December 3-6

2009, “A postgraduate response: The future for cultural research in the university”, Cultural Research Network State of the Industry Conference, UNSW, Sydney: November 26-27

2009, “Strangers in my Bedroom: Unsolicited contact on social network sites”, Centre for Public Culture & Ideas (CPCI): Postgraduate Symposium, Griffith, Gold Coast: November 4

2009, “Online Creative Communities: deviantArt”, Creative Communities (CC) Conference, Griffith, Gold Coast: April 15-17

2008, “MyTribe: Manifestations of belonging in online social interactions”, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference, University of Melbourne: December 2-5