Davis, Lloyd and McKay, Susan Structures and strategies: An introduction to academic writing. South Melbourne, Australia: Macmillan Education Australia, 1996.

Book Chapters

McKay, Susan (2011). Language and the media. In Rajend Mesthrie (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of sociolinguistics (pp. 396-412) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

Bonner, Frances and McKay, Susan (2010). Slawa i zdrowie w australijskich czasopismach kobiecych. In Edyty Zierkiewicz (Ed.), Świat (z) kolorowych czasopism: Prasa dla kobiet i dziewczyn w perspektywie interdyscyplinarnej. (pp. 247-255) Wrocław, Poland: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT: Wrocławskie Wydawnictwo Oświatowe (Publishing House TRUMP - Educational Publishing House).

McKay, Susan B. (2006). The discursive construction of health risk in magazines: Messages, registers and readers. In Gotti, Maurizio and Salager-Meyer, Francoise (Ed.), Advances in Medical Discourse Analysis: Oral and Written Contexts 1 ed. (pp. 311-330) Bern: Peter Lang.

McKay, S. B. (2006). Media and language: Overview. In K. Brown (Ed.), Encyclopedia of language & linguistics 2nd ed. (pp. 597-602) Amstedam, The Netherlands: Elseiver.

McKay, S. B. (2006). Health and the media. In K. Brown (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics 2nd ed. (pp. 253-255) UK: Elsevier Ltd.

Gallois, Cindy, McKay, Susan. and Pittam, Jeffery (2005). Intergroup Communication and Identity: Intercultural, Organizational, and Health Communication. In Kristine L. Fitch and Robert E. Sanders (Ed.), Handbook of Language and Social Interaction (pp. 231-250) Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc..

McKay, S. B., Thurlow, C. and Toomey Zimmerman, H. (2005). Wired whizzes or techno-slaves? Young people and their emergent communication technologies. In A. Williams and C. Thurlow (Ed.), Talking Adolescence: Perspectives on Communication in the Teenage Years 1st ed. (pp. 185-203) New York: Peter Lang.

Mckay, S. B. (2005). Communication and 'risky' behaviour in adolescence. In A. Williams and C. Thurlow (Ed.), Talking Adolescence: Perspectives on Communication in the Teenage Years 1st ed. (pp. 265-281) New York: Peter Lang.

Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2000). Politicising breast cancer. In Hannelore Best and Eileen Sellers (Ed.), International Images of Health: Perspectives, Power & Practice 1st ed. (pp. 61-68) Ballarat: University of Ballarat.

Journal Articles

McKay, Susan and Fitzgerald, Richard (2012) Just like home: remediation of the social in contemporary news broadcasting. Discourse, Context and Media., 1 1: 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.dcm.2011.12.001

McKay, Susan (2008) Advice columns as cultural intermediaries. Australian Journal of Communication, 35 2: 93-103.

Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2007) Personalizing current affairs without becoming tabloid: The case of Australian Story. Journalism, 8 6: 640-656. doi:10.1177/1464884907083116

Bonner, F J and McKay, S B (2006) The illness narrative: Australian media reporting of Kylie Minogue's breast cancer. METRO, 148 154-159.

Nguyen, An, Ferrier, Elizabeth, Western, Mark and McKay, Susan (2005) Online News in Australia: Patterns of Use and Gratification. Australian Studies in Journalism, 15: 5-34.

McKay, S. B. (2005) Review: Cultural Sutures: Medicine and Media, Friedman, Lester D (ed). Media International Australia, 117 153-154.

Riedlinger, M. E., Gallois, C., McKay, S. and Pittam, J. (2004) Impact of social group processes and functional diversity on communication in networked organizations. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 32 1: 55-79. doi:10.1080/0090988042000178130

McKay, Susan and Bonner, Frances (2004) Educating readers: Breast cancer in Australian women's magazines. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 17 4: 517-535. doi:10.1080/09518390410001709571

McKay, Susan (2003) The paradox in ageing well: stories of older women in the Australian women's weeky. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 17 2: 177-185. doi:10.1080/10304310302750

McKay, S (2003) Adolescent risk behaviors and communication research - Current directions. Journal of Language And Social Psychology, 22 1: 74-82. doi:10.1177/0261927X02250058

Thurlow, C and McKay, S (2003) Profiling "new" communication technologies in adolescence. Journal of Language And Social Psychology, 22 1: 94-103. doi:10.1177/0261927X02250060

Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2003) Magazine Features and Infotainment Values. Media International Australia, 107 May: 117-133.

McKay, S. and Bonner, F. (2002) Evaluating Illness in Women's Magazines. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 21 1: 53-67. doi:10.1177/0261927X02021001004

McKay, S and Pittam, J (2002) Special issue: Language and healthcare - Preface. Journal of Language And Social Psychology, 21 1: 5-6. doi:10.1177/0261927X02021001001

Bonner, Frances and McKay, Susan (2002) Reporting Childhood Illness in Australian Mass Market Women's Magazines. Australian Journal of Communication, 29 1: 53-66.

McKay, S. B. (2001) Beyond Biomedicine: Renegotiating the Sick Role for Postmodern Conditions. M/C, 4 3: .

McKay, S. B. and Rintel, E. S. (2001) Interacting with Reality TV. M/C Reviews, Reality TV .

Bonner, F. J., McKay, S. and McKee, A. (2001) On the beach. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 15 3: 269-274.

McKay, S. B. and Rintel, S. (2001) Online Television Forums: Access, Interactivity, and Transactional Space. EJC (Electronic Journal of Communication), 11 2: 1-19.

Bonner, F. J. and McKay, S. B. (2000) Challenges determination and triumphs: Inspirational discourse in women's magazine health stories. Continuum, 14 2: 133-144.

McKay, S. B. and Bonner, F. J. (2000) Introduction. Continuum, 14 2: 117-119.

McKay, Susan and Bonner, Frances (1999) Telling stories: Breast cancer pathographies in Australian women's magazines. Women's Studies International Forum, 22 5: 563-571. doi:10.1016/S0277-5395(99)00055-2

McKay, Susan (1998) Taking the politics out of sport?: Australian press coverage of South Africa-Australia sport 1992-1994. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 33 3: 255-267. doi:10.1177/101269098033003003

Bonner, Frances, McKay, Susan and Goldie, Kathryn (1998) Caring for the family: Fifty years of health in the Australian Women's Weekly. Journal of Australian Studies, 22 59: 154-164. doi:10.1080/14443059809387433

McKay, Susan and Pittam, Jeffrey (1993) Ethnic identity and the human interest story: Vietnamese in Brisbane. Australian Journalism Review, 15 2: 51-62.

McKay, Susan and Pittam , Jeffery (1993) Determinants of anglo-Australian stereotypes of the Vietnamese in Australia. Australian Journal of Psychology, 45 1: 17-23. doi:10.1080/00049539308259114

McKay, Susan (1993) Representations of the Vietnamese in the letter columns of the Daily Press. Australian Journal of Communication, 20 1: 99-115.

Pittam, J. and McKay, S. (1991) The Vietnamese: Representations in Brisbane's press. Australian Journal of Communication, 18 1: 90-106.

Conference Papers

McKay, Susan (2010). Communicating health risk to teens in non-news formats. In: Giacomo Bottà and Marja Härmänmaa, Language and the Scientific Imagination: Proceedings of the 11th international conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI). ISSEI 2008: Language and the Scientific Imagination. The 11th international conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Helsinki, Finland, (1-13). 28 July-2 August 2008.

Riedlinger, M. E., McKay, S. and Gallois, C. (2004). Identity and communication: Who collaborates in collaborative research?. In: B. Bonmati, 8th International Conference, Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST-8), Scientific Knowledge and Cultural Diversity. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST-8), Barcelona, Spain, (423-424). 3 - 6 June 2004.

Riedlinger, M., McKay, S. B., Gallois, C. and Pittam, J. F. (2001). Communication & Behaviour Change in the Murray Darling Basin. In: Situating the Environment at the University of Queensland. Situating the Environment at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, (82-90). 15-16 February, 2001.

Conference Item

Riedlinger, M. E., McKay, S. B., Gallois, C. and Pittam, J. F. (2001). Scientists and the community: The role of group identity in environmental behaviour change. In: W. Noble, Australian Journal of Psychology Combined Abstracts of 2001 Australian Psychology Conferences. The Seventh Annual meeting of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists, Melbourne, Victoria, (126-126). 12-15 July 2001.

Research Reports

McKay, S. B. (2002) Adolescent Health and Risk Online: The International Association of Language and Social Psychology

Thurlow, C. and McKay, S. B. (2002) Adolescents and New Technologies of Communication Online: The International Association of Language & Social Psychology