ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The analysis presented in this book has emerged from almost ten years of
teaching and researching sociology of media. I have been fortunate to
present my research across sociology and communications forums, and
have benefitted from the challenges of organizing my ideas for classrooms
of inquiring minds. I am grateful to the Humanities Research Program at
the University of New South Wales for providing assistance in the middle
phase of writing, as well as colleagues both there and at Monash for ongo-
ing conversation, encouragement and thoughtfulness. In particular, I
would like to thank Paul Jones and Ned Rossiter for rewarding conversa-
tions around themes and figures central to the book. For assistance with
some research tasks, thanks are due to Aaron Cross and Olivia Harvey.
With production I would like to Fabienne Pedroletti at Sage Publications
and in Melbourne, Andrew Padgett, who has been invaluable with the
final productive phases. Finally, my gratitude to my partner Vasilka Pateras
for her patience and love, and our daughter Elena, for being an aspiration.Holmes-Prelims.qxd 2/15/2005 10:30 AM Page xv