Dr Ross Tapsell
PhD (Wollongong) BA Hons (Sydney)
Lecturer in Asian Studies School of Culture, History & Language
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Areas of expertise
- Studies Of Asian Society 169903
- Communication And Media Studies 2001
Biography
Ross Tapsell researches the media in Indonesia and Malaysia.He was a recipient of the Australian Government Endeavour Postdoctorate Award, where he conducted research on press freedom and media ownership in Indonesia. He has been a Visiting Fellow at The University of Indonesia, Airlangga University (Surabaya) and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Jakarta). He has also worked with The Jakarta Post and the Lombok Post. Ross began lecturing at the School of Culture, History and Language in 2011.
Researcher's projects
Digital media in Indonesia and Malaysia;
Media ownership and politics
Australia-Indonesia relations
Current student projects
A'an Suryana - Religious freedom in Indonesia
Evi Eliyanah - Contemporary Indonesian women film-makers
Publications
- Tapsell, R 2014, By-Lines, Balibo, Bali Bombings: Australian Journalists in Indonesia, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, North Melbourne, Australia.
- Tapsell, R 2014, 'Digital media in Indonesia and Malaysia: the role of the State and market in the convergence era', Asiascape: Digital Asia, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 201-222.
- Tapsell, R 2014, '"Discovering" Indonesia', Teaching History, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 8-11.
- Tapsell, R 2014 'Platform Convergence in Indonesia: Challenges and opportunities for media freedom', Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, DOI 10.1177/1354856514531527
- Tapsell, R 2014 'Discovering Indonesia', Teaching History: Journal of the History Teachers' Association of NSW Inc., 48 (1), pp.8-12.
- Tapsell, R 2013, 'The Media Freedom Movement in Malaysia and the Electoral Authoritarian Regime', Journal of Contemporary Asia, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 613-635.
- Tapsell, R 2013, 'Negotiating Media 'Balance' in Malaysia's 2013 General Election', Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 39-60.
- Tapsell, R & Eidenfalk, J 2013, 'Australian Reporting from East Timor 1975-1999: Journalists as Agents of Change', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 576-592.
- Tapsell, R 2012, 'Politics and the Press in Indonesia', Media Asia, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 109-116.
- Tapsell, R 2012, 'Old Tricks in a New Era: Self-Censorship in Indonesian Journalism', Asian Studies Review, vol. 36, pp. 227-245.
- Tapsell, R 2008, 'Australian reporting of the Indonesian killings of 1965-66: The media as the "first rough draft of history"', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 211-224.
- Tapsell, R 2011, 'Battlefield Balibo: An Enduring Confrontation between the Media and the Government', in Kevin Foster (ed.), The Information Battlefield: Representing Austrailians at War, Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, North Melbourne, pp. 108-118.
- Tapsell, R 2011, 'Book Review: Witnesses to War: The History of Australian Conflict Reporting', Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 456-57.
