Dr Ross Tapsell
PhD (Wollongong) BA Hons (Sydney)
Lecturer, Asian Studies, School of Culture, History & Language
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
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6125 3677
Areas of expertise
- Studies Of Asian Society 169903
- Asian History 210302
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
Convergence and media freedom in Indonesia and Malaysia Media freedom in Papua provincesNew media, new politics in Indonesia: the rise of Joko Widodo
Current student projects
A'an Suryana - Religious freedom in Indonesia
Evi Eliyanah - Contemporary Indonesian women film-makers
Publications
- 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 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, Indonesia's media moguls: managers or manipulators?, Asian Currents pp. 9-11.
- Tapsell, R 2011, Why being a better neighbour could ease our biggest political problems, The Conversation.
- 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.
