Professor Nicholas Carah
Professor
School of Communication and Arts
Director of Centre for Digital Cultures and Societies
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Affiliate of Centre of Architecture, Theory, Culture, and History
Centre of Architecture, Theory, Criticism and History
Centre Director of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies & Affiliate of Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies
+61 7 336 53145
Researcher biography
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.
Publications
Books
Carah, Nicholas (2021). Media & Society: Power, platforms, and participation. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Brodmerkel, Sven and Carah, Nicholas (2016). Brand machines, sensory media and calculative culture. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave MacMillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-49656-0
Louw, Eric and Carah, Nicholas (2015). Media and society: production, content and participation. London, United Kingdom: Sage.
Carah, Nicholas (2010). Pop Brands: Branding, popular music and young people. New York, U.S.A.: Peter Lang.
Book Chapters
Arden, Holly and Carah, Nicholas (2022). Cloud, breath, bling, exhaust: an introduction. Conflict in my outlook. (pp. 6-13) edited by Anna Briers, Nicholas Carah and Holly Arden. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Perimeter Editions.
Carah, Nicholas and Hawker, Kiah (2022). Popular music in a brand culture. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Youth Culture. (pp. 445-466) New York, NY United States: Bloomsbury.
Carah, Nicholas and Brodmerkel, Sven (2022). Regulating platforms’ algorithmic brand culture: the instructive case of alcohol marketers on social media. Digital platform regulation global perspectives on internet governance. (pp. 111-130) edited by Terry Flew and Fiona R. Martin. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-95220-4_6
Carah, Nicholas (2020). Mobile marketing. The Oxford handbook of mobile communication and society. (pp. 324-338) edited by Rich Ling, Leopoldina Fortunati, Gerard Goggin, Sun Sun Lim and Yuling Li. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190864385.013.22
Dobson, Amy Shields, Carah, Nicholas and Robards, Brady (2018). Digital intimate publics and social media: towards theorising public lives on private platforms. Digital intimate publics and social media. (pp. 3-27) edited by Amy Shields Dobson, Brady Robards and Nicholas Carah. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-97607-5_1
Carah, Nicholas (2018). Commercial media platforms and the challenges to public expression and scrutiny. Public interest communication: critical debates and global contexts. (pp. 92-110) edited by Jane Johnston and Magda Piecska. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315185521-6
Cherrier, Helene, Carah, Nicholas and Meurk, Carla (2017). Social media affordances for curbing alcohol consumption: insights from Hello Sunday Morning blog posts. Youth drinking cultures in a digital world: alcohol, social media and cultures of intoxication. (pp. 167-184) edited by Antonia C. Lyons, Tim McCreanor, Ian Goodwin and Helen Moewaka Barnes. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315660844-11
Carah, Nicholas (2017). Alcohol corporations and marketing in social media. Youth drinking cultures in a digital world: alcohol, social media and cultures of intoxication. (pp. 115-131) edited by Antonia C. Lyons, Tim McCreanor, Ian Goodwin and Helen Moewaka Barnes. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315660844-8
Carah, Nicholas (2016). 'Enjoy responsibly!': young people as brand co-creators. The mediated youth reader. (pp. 153-167) edited by Sharon R. Mazzarella. New York, NY, United States: Peter Lang. doi: 10.3726/978-1-4539-1780-0
Carah, Nicholas and Louw, Paul Eric (2015). The apologetic brand: building Australia's brand on a postcolonial apology. Commercial nationalism: selling the nation and nationalizing the sell. (pp. 27-45) edited by Zala Volcic and Mark Andrejevic. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan.
Carah, Nicholas (2012). Are you a musician? The rock ideology and the construction of authenticity on Australian idol. Adapting idols: authenticity, identity and performance in a global television format. (pp. 169-180) edited by Koos Zwaan and Joost de Bruin. Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate. doi: 10.4324/9781315565620-23
Carah, N. (2010). New technologies, the individual and social change. An introduction to communication and social change. (pp. 109-119) edited by Pradip Thomas and Michael Bromley. St. Lucia , Qld, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Journal Articles
Brookfield, Samuel, Chye, Nathan A., Carah, Nicholas and Gartner, Coral (2025). Reporting on the
“Next Generation of Nicotine Addicts”
: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of How the Australian Media has Covered and Constructed Youth Vaping (2018–2023). Health Communication, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2025.2458648
Carah, Nicholas, Demaio, Sandro, Holly, Louise, Kickbusch, Ilona and Williams, Carmel (2025). Beyond banning: Our digital world must be made safer for young people. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (1) e938. doi: 10.1002/hpja.938
Newton, Giselle, Kirby, Emma, Carah, Nicholas and Wilson Gray, Romy (2024). On the sensations of direct-to-consumer DNA testing: realisations, resemblance and relationships. Emotions and Society, 1-18. doi: 10.1332/26316897y2024d000000045
Angus, Daniel, Hayden, Lauren, Obeid, Abdul Karim, Tan, Xue Ying, Carah, Nicholas, Burgess, Jean, Parker, Christine, Andrejevic, Mark, Fordyce, Robbie, Cellard, Loup and Bagnara, Julian (2024). Computational methods for improving the observability of platform-based advertising. Journal of Advertising, 53 (5), 661-680. doi: 10.1080/00913367.2024.2394156
Burgess, Jean, Carah, Nicholas, Angus, Daniel, Obeid, Abdul and Andrejevic, Mark (2024). Why Am I Seeing This Ad? The affordances and limits of automated user-level explanation in Meta’s advertising system. New Media and Society, 26 (9), 5130-5149. doi: 10.1177/14614448241251796
Casswell, Sally, Babor, Thomas F, Carah, Nicholas, Jernigan, David H and Petticrew, Mark (2024). Normative value of 'best buys' and the case of bans on alcohol marketing. BMJ Global Health, 9 (8) e015708, 1-3. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015708
Brown, Maria Gemma, Carah, Nicholas, Tan, Xue Ying (Jane), Angus, Daniel and Burgess, Jean (2024). Finding the future in digitally mediated ruin: #nostalgiacores and the algorithmic culture of digital platforms. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 30 (5), 1710-1731. doi: 10.1177/13548565241270669
Angus, Daniel, Obeid, Abdul Karim, Burgess, Jean, Parker, Christine, Andrejevic, Mark, Carah, Nicholas and Tan, Xue Ying (2024). Enabling online advertising transparency through data donation methods. Computational Communication Research, 6 (2), 1-25. doi: 10.5117/CCR2024.2.6.ANGU
Brookfield, Samuel, Chye, Nathan A., Carah, Nicholas and Gartner, Coral (2024). "I've lost my children to vaping": A frame analysis of the Australian media's construction of the "Youth vaping crisis". International Journal of Drug Policy, 130 104513, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104513
Carah, Nicholas, Hayden, Lauren, Brown, Maria-Gemma, Angus, Daniel, Brownbill, Aimee, Hawker, Kiah, Tan, Xue Ying, Dobson, Amy and Robards, Brady (2024). Observing “tuned” advertising on digital platforms. Internet Policy Review, 13 (2) 1779. doi: 10.14763/2024.2.1779
Irving, Rohann, Olive, Rebecca, Phillips, Murray G. and Carah, Nicholas (2024). ‘It’s pretty sad if I’m just betting by myself … ’: navigating shame and stigma in everyday sports betting. Leisure Studies, 1. doi: 10.1080/02614367.2024.2364788
Lyons, Antonia, Barnes, Angela Moewaka, Goodwin, Ian, Carah, Nicholas, Young, Jessica, Spicer, John and McCreanor, Timothy (2024). Exposure to digital vape marketing among young people in Aotearoa New Zealand. The New Zealand Medical Journal, 137 (1589), 20-38. doi: 10.26635/6965.6317
Morphett, Kylie, Carah, Nicholas and Gartner, Coral (2024). Ethical and legal issues in conducting tobacco and nicotine research using social media data. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 26 (Supplement_1), S57-S59. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad194
Brown, Maria-Gemma, Carah, Nicholas, Robards, Brady, Dobson, Amy, Rangiah, Lillian and De Lazzari, Chiara (2024). No Targets, Just Vibes: Tuned Advertising and the Algorithmic Flow of Social Media. Social Media + Society, 10 (1) 20563051241234691, 1-15. doi: 10.1177/20563051241234691
McCreanor, Timothy, Moewaka Barnes, Angela, Goodwin, Ian, Carah, Nicholas, Young, Jessica, Spicer, John and Lyons, Antonia C. (2024). Alcohol marketing on social media: young people’s exposure, engagement and alcohol-related behaviors. Addiction Research and Theory, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2024.2373145
Parker, Christine, Albarrán-Torres, César, Briggs, Casey, Burgess, Jean, Carah, Nicholas, Andrejevic, Mark, Angus, Daniel and Obeid, Abdul (2024). Addressing the accountability gap: gambling advertising and social media platform responsibilities. Addiction Research and Theory, 32 (4), 312-318. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2023.2269852
Carah, Nicholas, Brown, Maria-Gemma, Dobson, Amy and Robards, Brady (2023). The algorithmic flow of harmful industries advertising on social media platforms. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. doi: 10.5210/spir.v2022i0.12985
Burgess, Jean, Carah, Nicholas, Brown, Maria-Gemma and Angus, Daniel (2023). #Cottagecore, #futurecore, #sadcore: using critical simulation to explore the interplay between machine vision and vernacular instragram aesthetics. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. doi: 10.5210/spir.v2022i0.12980
Lyons, Antonia C., Goodwin, Ian, Carah, Nicholas, Young, Jessica, Moewaka Barnes, Angela and McCreanor, Timothy (2022). Limbic platform capitalism: understanding the contemporary marketing of health-demoting products on social media. Addiction Research and Theory, 31 (3), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/16066359.2022.2124976
Carah, Nicholas, Brown, Maria-Gemma and Hickman, Sarah (2022). Optimizing looking and buying on Instagram: tracing the platformization of advertising and retail on mobile social media. Television and New Media, 24 (4), 152747642211230-396. doi: 10.1177/15274764221123033
Brooks, Ruby, Christidis, Rebecca, Carah, Nicholas, Kelly, Bridget, Martino, Florentine and Backholer, Kathryn (2022). Turning users into ‘unofficial brand ambassadors’: marketing of unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverages on TikTok. BMJ Global Health, 7 (6) e009112, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009112
Carah, Nicholas, Angus, Daniel and Burgess, Jean (2022). Tuning machines: an approach to exploring how Instagram’s machine vision operates on and through digital media’s participatory visual cultures. Cultural Studies, 37 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/09502386.2022.2042578
O’Regan, Tom and Carah, Nicholas (2021). The promotional culture of social media and search platforms: an original article by Tom O’Regan and a commentary by Nicholas Carah. Media International Australia, 180 (1), 64-82. doi: 10.1177/1329878x211010784
Miller, Peter G., Coomber, Kerri, de Andrade, Dominique, Livingston, Michael, Puljević, Cheneal, Vakidis, Thea, Carah, Nicholas, Taylor, Nicholas, Burn, Michele, Curtis, Ashlee, Chikritzhs, Tanya, Room, Robin, Clough, Alan, Najman, Jake, Scott, Debbie, Mayshak, Richelle and Ferris, Jason (2021). Queensland Alcohol-related violence and Night-time Economy Monitoring (QUANTEM): rationale and overview. Drug and Alcohol Review, 40 (5) dar.13270, 1-5. doi: 10.1111/dar.13270
Miller, Peter G., Coomber, Kerri, de Andrade, Dominique, Livingston, Michael, Puljević, Cheneal, Vakidis, Thea, Carah, Nicholas, Taylor, Nicholas, Burn, Michele, Curtis, Ashlee, Room, Robin, Clough, Alan, Najman, Jake, Scott, Debbie, Mayshak, Richelle and Ferris, Jason (2021). Summarising the impacts of the Queensland Alcohol-related violence and Night-Time Economy (QUANTEM) project. Drug and Alcohol Review, 40 (5) dar.13272, 755-760. doi: 10.1111/dar.13272
Puljević, Cheneal, Carah, Nicholas, Miller, Peter G., Wood, Barbara, MacFarlane, Callum, Kilpatrick, Emily, Goold, Lachlan, Regan, Scott and Ferris, Jason (2021). The impact of the Queensland Government's Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Policy on live music performances in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 40 (5) dar.13274, 1-8. doi: 10.1111/dar.13274
Ferris, Jason, PuljeviĆ, Cheneal, Taylor, Nicholas, De Andrade, Dominique, Carah, Nicholas, Coomber, Kerri, Mayshak, Richelle, Grant, Kristy and Miller, Peter G. (2021). The impact of Queensland's Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Policy on nightlife and business trade. Drug and Alcohol Review, 40 (5) dar.13271, 1-9. doi: 10.1111/dar.13271
Norman, Thomas, Bonela, Abraham Albert, He, Zhen, Angus, Daniel, Carah, Nicholas and Kuntsche, Emmanuel (2021). Connected and consuming: applying a deep learning algorithm to quantify alcoholic beverage prevalence in user-generated instagram images. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 29 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2021.1915249
Martino, Florentine, Brooks, Ruby, Browne, Jennifer, Carah, Nicholas, Zorbas, Christina, Corben, Kirstan, Saleeba, Emma, Martin, Jane, Peeters, Anna and Backholer, Kathryn (2021). The Nature and Extent of Online Marketing by Big Food and Big Alcohol During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia: Content Analysis Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7 (3) e25202, 1-16. doi: 10.2196/25202
Carah, Nicholas and Brodmerkel, Sven (2021). Alcohol marketing in the era of digital media platforms. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 82 (1), 18-27. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2021.82.18
Carah, Nicholas, Regan, Scott, Goold, Lachlan, Rangiah, Lillian, Miller, Peter and Ferris, Jason (2021). Original live music venues in hyper-commercialised nightlife precincts: exploring how venue owners and managers navigate cultural, commercial and regulatory forces. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 27 (5), 621-635. doi: 10.1080/10286632.2020.1830979
Hawker, Kiah and Carah, Nicholas (2020). Snapchat’s augmented reality brand culture: sponsored filters and lenses as digital piecework. Continuum, 35 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2020.1827370
Carah, Nicholas (2020). What do participants on digital media platforms produce? Tracking the development of Hello Sunday Morning from a blog, to a social network, to a self-tracking app. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 23 (4), 136787791989996-530. doi: 10.1177/1367877919899963
Carah, Nicholas and Brodmerkel, Sven (2020). Critical perspectives on brand culture in the era of participatory and algorithmic media. Sociology Compass, 14 (2) e12752, e12752. doi: 10.1111/soc4.12752
Carah, Nicholas and Angus, Daniel (2018). Algorithmic brand culture: participatory labour, machine learning and branding on social media. Media, Culture & Society, 40 (2), 178-194. doi: 10.1177/0163443718754648
Miller, Peter, Ferris, Jason, Coomber, Kerri, Zahnow, Renee, Carah, Nicholas, Jiang, Heng, Kypri, Kypros, Chikritzhs, Tanya, Clough, Alan, Livingston, Michael, de Andrade, Dominique, Room, Robin, Callinan, Sarah, Curtis, Ashlee, Mayshak, Richelle, Droste, Nicolas, Lloyd, Belinda, Matthews, Sharon, Taylor, Nicholas, Crane, Meredythe, Thorn, Michael and Najman, Jake (2017). Queensland Alcohol-related violence and Night Time Economy Monitoring project (QUANTEM): a study protocol. BMC Public Health, 17 (789) 789, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4811-9
Carah, Nicholas, Meurk, Carla, Males, Matthew and Brown, Jennifer (2017). Emerging social media ‘platform’ approaches to alcohol marketing: a comparative analysis of the activity of the top 20 Australian alcohol brands on Facebook (2012-2014). Critical Public Health, 28 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2017.1282154
Carah, Nicholas and Meurk, Carla (2016). We need a media platform perspective on alcohol marketing: a reply to Lobstein et al.. Addiction, 112 (2), 370-370. doi: 10.1111/add.13599
Carah, Nicholas and Dobson, Amy (2016). Algorithmic hotness: young women’s “promotion” and “reconnaissance” work via social media body images. Social Media and Society, 2 (4), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/2056305116672885
Carah, Nicholas (2016). Book review: "Landscape and branding: the promotion and production of place", by Nicole Porter. Consumption, Markets & Culture, 21 (3), 290-293. doi: 10.1080/10253866.2016.1225328
Carah, Nicholas and Shaul, Michelle (2016). Brands and Instagram: Point, tap, swipe, glance. Mobile Media and Communication, 4 (1), 69-84. doi: 10.1177/2050157915598180
Carah, Nicholas (2015). Algorithmic brands: a decade of brand experiments with mobile and social media. New Media and Society, 19 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1177/1461444815605463
Carah, Nicholas, Meurk, Carla and Angus, Daniel (2015). Online self-expression and experimentation as ‘reflectivism’: using text analytics to examine the participatory forum Hello Sunday Morning. Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine, 21 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1177/1363459315596799
Meurk, Carla, Whiteford, Harvey, Head, Brian, Hall, Wayne and Carah, Nicholas (2015). Media and evidence-informed policy development: the case of mental health in Australia. Contemporary Social Science, 10 (2), 160-170. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2015.1053970
Carah, Nicholas, Carla Meurk and Hall, Wayne Denis (2015). Profiling Hello Sunday Morning: who are the participants?. International Journal of Drug Policy, 26 (2), 214-216. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.07.019
Carah, Nicholas, Brodmerkel, Sven and Hernandez, Lorena (2014). Brands and sociality: alcohol branding, drinking culture and Facebook. Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 20 (3), 259-275. doi: 10.1177/1354856514531531
Carah, Nicholas (2014). Curators of databases: circulating images, managing attention and making value on social media. Media International Australia, 150 (150), 137-142. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1415000125
Carah, Nicholas (2014). Watching nightlife: affective labor, social media and surveillance. Television and New Media, 15 (3), 250-265. doi: 10.1177/1527476413498121
Carah, Nicholas (2014). Brand value: how affective labour helps create brands. Consumption, Markets and Culture, 17 (3-4), 346-366. doi: 10.1080/10253866.2013.847435
Brodmerkel, Sven and Carah, Nicholas (2013). Alcohol brands on Facebook: the challenges of regulating brands on social media. Journal of Public Affairs, 13 (3), 272-281. doi: 10.1002/pa.1466
Carah, Nicholas and Shaul, Michelle (2013). Leveraging social media. Prevention Research, 1-25.
Carah, Nicholas and Brodmerkel, Sven (2012). The Gruen Transfer: the paradoxical ritual of advertisers exposing advertising. Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture, 3 (3), 345-360. doi: 10.1386/iscc.3.3.345_1
Carah, Nicholas and Louw, Eric (2012). Inundated by the audience: Journalism, audience participation and the 2011 Brisbane flood. Media International Australia, 144 (144), 137-145. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1214400118
Nicholas Carah, Brodmerkel, Sven and Knaggs, Angie (2012). Gruen Nation: Dissecting the show, not the business. Communication, Politics and Culture, 45 (1), 60-77.
Carah, Nicholas and van Horen, Andrew (2011). DrinkWise, enjoy responsibly: News frames, branding and alcohol. Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, 141 (141), 5-16. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1114100103
Carah, Nicholas (2011). Breaking into The Bubble: Brand-building labour and 'getting in' to the culture industry. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 25 (3), 427-438. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2011.565869
Conference Papers
Goold, Lachlan, Carah, Nicholas, Regan, Scott, Ferris, Jason, Puljevic, Cheneal and Miller, Peter (2019). Queensland alcohol-related violence legislation and its effect on original live music venues in Fortitude Valley. Sydney Institute of Music and Sound Research, Sydney, NSW Australia, 3 July 2019.
Puljević, Cheneal, Carah, Nicholas, Miller, Peter, Wood, Barbara, Goold, Lachlan, Regan, Scott and Ferris, Jason (2019). The impact of the Queensland Government’s Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Policy on live music performances in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia. 45th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3-7 June 2019.
Ferris, Jason, Zahnow, Renee, Miller, Peter G., Coomber, Kerri, Carah, Nicholas, Goold, Lachlan and Regan, Scotty (2017). Queensland Government's tackling alcohol-fuelled violence policy: A graphical display of administrative data. APSAD 2017 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 12–15 November 2017. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.
Stephens, Ray, Barratt, Monica J., Carah, Nicholas and Aiken, Paul (2013). Advocacy, Research, Treatment: the Art of Harnessing Web-Based Approaches to Improve Aod Policy and Practice. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 24 -27 November 2013. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/dar.12077
Nicholas Carah (2009). Enjoying Virgin's V festival. ANZCA 2009, QUT, Brisbane, 8-10 July 2009. Brisbane, Australia: QUT.
Carah, Nicholas (2008). Fake or Real!!?? Have your say!!!: Negotiating authenticity on Australian Idol. Power and Place: Australian and New Zealand Communications Association Conference, Wellington NZ, 9-11 July 2008. Wellington ,NZ: Massey University.
Carah, N. (2007). Are you all coked out? Global corporations, music culture and young Australians. ICA2007: Creating Communication: Content, Control & Critique, San Francisco, USA, 24-28 May 2007. Online, www.icahdq.org: International Communications Association.
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.
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.
Data Collection
Brown, Maria-Gemma, Hickman, Sarah and Carah, Nicholas (2022). Timeline of the development of Instagram's promotional culture and advertising model (2010-2020). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/7c94074
Preprint
Burgess, Jean, Angus, Daniel, Carah, Nicholas, Andrejevic, Mark, Hawker, Kiah, Lewis, Kelly, Obeid, Abdul Karim, Smith, Adam, Tan, Jane, Fordyce, Robbie, Trott, Verity and Li, Luzhou (2021). Critical simulation as hybrid digital method for exploring the data operations and vernacular cultures of visual social media platforms.
Thesis
Carah, Nicholas (2008). Empowerment within the brandscapes of popular music culture. PhD Thesis, School of Journalism and Communication, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/152672
Research Reports
Hayden, Lauren, Newton, Giselle, Carah, Nicholas, Tran, Dang Khuong, Brownbill, Aimee, Obeid, Abdul and Irving, Rohann (2024). How alcohol and gambling companies target people most at risk with marketing for addictive products on Facebook. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Hayden, Lauren, Brownbill, Aimee, Angus, Daniel, Carah, Nicholas, Tan, Xue Ying, Hawker, Kiah, Dobson, Amy and Robards, Brady (2024). Buy now: the link between alcohol advertising, online sales and rapid delivery. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Hayden, Lauren, Brownbill, Aimee, Angus, Daniel, Carah, Nicholas, Tan, Xue Ying, Hawker, Kiah, Dobson, Amy and Robards, Brady (2023). Alcohol advertising on social media platforms – A 1-year snapshot. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Robards, Brady, Carah, Nicholas, Rangiah, Lillian, Roberts, Steven, De Lazzari, Chiara, Brown, Maria-Gemma, Elliott, Karla, Tanner, Claire, Savic, Michael and Dobson, Amy (2023). A citizen science approach to monitoring unhealthy industry digital marketing to young people: The Social Media & Unhealthy Marketing Project: final report. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Monash University; The University of Queensland.
Hawker, Kiah, Carah, Nicholas, Angus, Daniel, Brownbill, Aimee, Tan, Xue Ying (Jane), Dobson, Amy and Robards, Brady (2022). Advertisements on digital platforms: how transparent and observable are they?. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Miller, Peter, Coomber, Kerri, Ferris, Jason, Burn, Michelle, Vakidis, Thea, Livingston, Michael, Droste, Nicholas, Taylor, Nicholas, Puljevic, Cheneal, de Andrade, Dominique, Curtis, Ashlee, Grant, Kristy, Moayeri, Foruhar, Carah, Nicholas, Jiang. Jason, Wood, Barbara, Mayshak, Richelle, Zahnow, Renee, Room, Robin, Scott, Debbie, Cook, Steffi, Towle, Simon, Regan, Scott, Goold, Lachlan, Mount, David, Rangiah, Lillian, Boubouras, Lauren, Nixon, Bowman, Vayne, Brooke ... Najman, Jake (2019). QUeensland Alcohol-related violence and Night Time Economy Monitoring (QUANTEM): Final Report (April 2019). Geelong, VIC, Australia: Deakin University.
Miller, Peter, Coomber, Kerri, Ferris, Jason, Burn, Michelle, Vakidis, Thea, Livingston, Michael, Droste, Nicholas, Taylor, Nicholas, Puljevic, Cheneal, De Andrade, Dominque, Curtis, Ashlee, Grant, Kristy, Moayeri, Foruhar, Carah, Nicholas, Jiang, Jason, Wood, Barbara, Mayshak, Richelle, Zahnow, Renee, Room, Robin, Scott, Debbie, Cook, Steffi, Towle, Simon, Regan, Scott, Goold, Lachlan, Mount, David, Rangiah, Lillian, Boubouras, Lauren, Nixon, Bowman, Vayne, Brooke ... Najman, Jake (2018). QUeensland Alcohol-related violence and Night Time Economy Monitoring (QUANTEM): Interim report. Geelong, VIC, Australia: Deakin University.
Carah, Nicholas, Brodmerkel, Sven and Shaul, Michelle (2015). Breaching the code: Alcohol, Facebook and self-regulation. Canberra, ACT Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Carah, Nicholas (2014). Like, comment, share: alcohol brand activity on Facebook. Canberra, ACT Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research & Education.
Hamley, Ben and Carah, Nicholas (2012). One Sunday at a time: Evaluating Hello Sunday Morning. Canberra, ACT Australia: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education.
Working Papers
Lyons, Antonia, Barnes, Angela Moeweka, McCreanor, Tim, Goodwin, Ian, Young, Jessica and Carah, Nicholas (2024). Te Ngāngara Limbic capitalism in Aotearoa: Young people, social media and unhealthy product marketing. University of Auckland Centre for Addiction Research, University of Auckland.
Barnes, Angela Moeweka, Lyons, Antonia, McCreanor, Tim, Young, Jessica and Carah, Nicholas (2024). Te Ngāngara Limbic capitalism in Aotearoa: Māori youth (14-20 years), social media and unhealthy product marketing. University of Auckland Centre for Addiction Research, University of Auckland.
Angus, Daniel, Obeid, Abdul Karim, Burgess, Jean, Parker, Christine, Andrejevic, Mark, Bagnara, Julian, Carah, Nicholas, Fordyce, Robbie, Hayden, Lauren, Lewis, Kelly, O'Neill, Christopher, Albarrán-Torres, César and Cellard, Loup (2024). The Australian Ad Observatory: technical and data report. ADM+S Working Paper. 9. ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. doi: 10.60836/bzfz-fk08
Newspaper Articles
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