Professor Nicholas Carah
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Nicholas Carah

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Background

Nicholas Carah is Director of the Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and Professor in the School of Communication and Arts. He is an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, and a Chief Investigator on ARC Discovery and Linkage projects. In 2023, they were Deputy Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Nicholas' research examines the algorithmic and participatory advertising model of digital media platforms, with a sustained focus on digital alcohol marketing. Nicholas is the author of Media and Society: Power, Platforms & Participation (2021), Brand Machines, Sensory Media and Calculative Culture (2016), Media and Society: production, content and participation (2015), Pop Brands: branding, popular music and young people (2010). And, co-editor of Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media (2018) and Conflict in My Outlook (2022). Nicholas is a Director and Deputy Chair of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.

Availability

Professor Nicholas Carah is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Communication and media studies

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Nicholas Carah’s works on UQ eSpace

102 works between 2004 and 2025
All (102) Journal Article (56) Book Chapter (12) Conference Publication (10) Book (6) Other Outputs (18)

101 - 102 of 102 works

2004

Conference Publication

Globalizing cultures challenge: The ethics, strategy and outcomes of research processes defining IPR

Arnold, N. and Carah, N. C. (2004). Globalizing cultures challenge: The ethics, strategy and outcomes of research processes defining IPR. Intellectual property rights, communication and the public domain in Asia-Pacific Region, UQ, Brisbane, 14th - 17th December, 2004. The University of Queensland, Brisbane: WACC, School of Journalism and Communication.

Globalizing cultures challenge: The ethics, strategy and outcomes of research processes defining IPR

2004

Conference Publication

Youth rights to re-pirating originality

Carah, N. C. (2004). Youth rights to re-pirating originality. Intellectual Property Rights, Communication, and the Public Domain in the Asia-Pacific Region, UQ, Brisbane, 14th - 17th December, 2004. The University of Queensland, Brisbane: WACC, School of Journalism and Communication.

Youth rights to re-pirating originality

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    The Australian experience of automated advertising on digital platforms
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    Australian Internet Observatory (administered by RMIT)
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Young Australians and the promotion of alcohol on social media
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    How alcohol and gambling companies target people most at risk with marketing for addictive products on social media
    Foundation for Alcohol Research & Education Limited
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Youth digital marketing surveillance (Y-DAMS) (CDC Grant administered by Research Foundation of CUNY)
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Engaging young Victorians as citizen scientists to track the marketing of unhealthy products on digital media (VicHealth grant led by Monash Uni.)
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Using machine vision to explore Instagram's everyday promotional cultures (ARC Discovery Project administered by Queensland University of Technology)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Evaluation of the Queensland Government's Tackling Alcohol-fuelled Violence Policy (DPC-15-2016)
    Deakin University
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Report on the extent, nature, and/or consequences of children and young people's exposure to alcohol advertising and sponsorship
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Hello Sunday Morning: designing an evaluation method
    Hello Sunday Morning
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Alcohol and the social web: Facebook, branding, and culture
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Alcohol brands on Facebook in Australia
    Foundation for Alcohol Research & Education Limited
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Leveraging Social Media
    Australian Drug Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Hello Sunday Morning: Communication effectiveness of alcohol abstinence support blog
    Hello Sunday Morning
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Exploring the media city: citizens, consumers and interactive media.
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Nicholas Carah is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Affective digital labour and FemTech

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Elizabeth Stephens

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Reality Check: augmented reality on social media

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mothers and the consumption and promotion of alcohol on social media

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Rural women's online self-representation and identity construction on Chinese short-video sharing apps Douyin and Kuaishou

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Pradip Thomas

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Crafting new realities: How augmented reality transforms our lived experience of the world

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Vibes, Flows, Feelings: Investigating the algorithmic techniques of affective capitalism

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Elizabeth Stephens

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Algorithmic Realities: Platform Data Processing Perceptions of Productivity Content Creators, and Their Influence

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sports betting as an everyday practice

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips, Dr Rebecca Olive

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sports betting as an everyday practice

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips, Dr Rebecca Olive

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Vaccinating the future: Australian GLAM industry approaches to collecting COVID 19.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Caroline Wilson-Barnao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Rumour in Social Media: A study on Bangladesh Cases

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Pradip Thomas

  • Master Philosophy

    A Quieter Space: Revisiting Audio Commentaries by Filmmakers at a Time of Declining Directorial Voices

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Ted Nannicelli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Research on the effects of the digital media visual context on artistic representation and art creation of professional artists across the Asia-Pacific region.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sungyong Ahn, Dr Caroline Wilson-Barnao

  • Master Philosophy

    A quieter space: the diminution of film audio commentary and intentionalism, a case for the rehabilitation of screen-specific paratext

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Ted Nannicelli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    In what ways has creativity, play and social exchange manifested itself in the amateur radio community in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Platformisation of Film and Television Aesthetics

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Ted Nannicelli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    In what ways has creativity, play and social exchange manifested itself in the amateur radio community in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Influences of social media-based communication on ecotourism: a case study in India

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Leah Henrickson, Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert

  • Master Philosophy

    A quieter space: the diminution of film audio commentary and intentionalism, a case for the rehabilitation of screen-specific paratext

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Ted Nannicelli

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Nicholas Carah directly for media enquiries about:

  • advertising
  • alcohol
  • alcohol advertising
  • digital advertising
  • digital media
  • digital platforms
  • gambling
  • Social media
  • social media algorithms
  • Social networking sites

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