Core expertise
National identity in literature, media and film
Military-media relations
Biography
Kevin’s principal focus of research has been on the construction and articulation of national identity in literature, media and film. He’s conducted extensive research on military-media relations and the representation of war, and published widely in this area. His most recent book was Anti Social Media: Conventional Militaries in the Digital Battlespace (Melbourne University Press, 2021). His current research projects focus on Australia's first photo-magazine and its coverage of the Second World War, and on the photographers of Australia's Military History Section in the Second World War.
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