Overview
Background
Ken Tann is an in-house linguist at the UQ Business School. He specializes in applying linguistic and semiotic techniques to interdisciplinary research, and helps industry professionals add value to their professions through effective communication. His analytical framework has been applied across media, forensic, education and workplace contexts. He is currently supervising PhD research in marketing, finance and aged care.
Availability
- Dr Ken Tann is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Research interests
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Business communication
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Employability skills
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Office design
Research impacts
Ken's interdisciplinary framework has been applied in a range of research across different contexts, including media, forensic studies, education and the workplace. He assisted governmental bodies in the implementation of the Australian Curriculum, and has been invited to speak at the Climate Change: Business and Organisational Responses Symposium and the English Teachers' Association of New South Wales Discovery Day.
Works
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2018
Conference Publication
Communicating in space: A discourse analysis of open plan offices
Tann, K. and Ayoko, O.B (2018). Communicating in space: A discourse analysis of open plan offices. 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic, 24-28 May, 2018.
2017
Journal Article
An Analysis of Media Representation of the Australian Electronic Gaming Machine Industry
Buchanan, June St Clair, Jones, Michael L. and Tann, Ken (2017). An Analysis of Media Representation of the Australian Electronic Gaming Machine Industry. Journal of Gambling Issues (36), 65-96. doi: 10.4309/jgi.2017.36.4
2017
Book Chapter
Nihonjinron and the context of culture
Tann, Ken (2017). Nihonjinron and the context of culture. Mapping genres, mapping culture: Japanese texts in context. (pp. 213-240) edited by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Motoki Sano and Helen de Silva Joyce. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/pbns.281
2017
Book Chapter
Context and meaning in the Sydney architecture of systemic functional linguistics
Tann, Ken (2017). Context and meaning in the Sydney architecture of systemic functional linguistics. The Routledge Handbook of Systemic Functional Linguistics. (pp. 438-456) edited by Tom Bartlett and Gerard O'Grady. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315413891
2016
Book Chapter
The language of collaboration: NGOs and corporations working together
Van Leeuwen, Theo, Tann, Ken and Benn, Suzanne (2016). The language of collaboration: NGOs and corporations working together. Language at work: analysing language use in work, education, medical and museum contexts. (pp. 45-66) edited by Helen de Silva Joyce. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2016
Book Chapter
Negotiating the Australian curriculum: exploring institutional policy through textual analysis
Farrell, Lesley and Tann, Ken (2016). Negotiating the Australian curriculum: exploring institutional policy through textual analysis. Language at work: analysing language use in work, education, medical and museum contexts. (pp. 87-107) edited by Helen de Silva Joyce. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2012
Journal Article
The language of identity discourse: introducing a systemic functional framework for iconography
Tann, Ken (2012). The language of identity discourse: introducing a systemic functional framework for iconography. Linguistics and the Human Sciences, 8 (3), 361-391. doi: 10.1558/lhs.v8i3.361
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Ken Tann is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Un-packaging fresh food packaging: A social semiotic perspective
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Josephine Previte
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Deeply discrediting: The stigma of working in aged care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michael Thai, Associate Professor Kirsten Way
Media
Enquiries
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- Business communication
- Business literacy
- Business semiotics
- Multimodal communication
- Visual communication
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