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Professor Catharine Lumby

BA LLB (Syd.) PhD (Macq.)

Discipline of Media and Communications

Email

catharine.lumby@sydney.edu.au

Address

A20 - John Woolley Building

The University of Sydney

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Associations

2019: Academic Board member, Macleay College
2017: Board member, Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia
2013 - 2019: Member, Council of the Australian National Museum
2008 - 2010: Member, Expert Advisory Group on Drugs and Alcohol, NSW Health,
1999 - 2008: Board member, The Australian Advertising Standards Board
2006: Reviewer of Secondary English Curriculum for the Australian Council for Education Research
2006: present - Member, Research Committee, National Rugby League
2006 - 2008: Member, Management Committee, Rape Crisis NSW
2004: Member, Wellbeing and Education Committee, National Rugby League
2003: International validation panel, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Journalism and Communications, Chu Hai College, Hong Kong
2003: TAFE Industry Reference Group, Communication and Media Certificate and Diploma
2003: present - Member, Industry Advisory Group, Postgraduate Studies Program in Media Studies and Journalism, University of Tasmania
2002: External Interview Panel Member, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Sydney
2002: External Interview Panel Member, Interview Panel for Head of School of Communication, Charles Sturt University
2002: Judge, Walkley Awards
2001 - 2006: Judge, AP Bell Awards for Business Publications
2000 - 2001: Board member, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1999: Judge, NSW Premier’s Literary Award (Non-Fiction)
1998 - 1999: Member, Curriculum Committee, NSW Board of Studies

Awards and honours

2024 Shortlisted for the State Library of New South Wales National Biography Award for Frank Moorhouse: A life
2012 Vice Chancellor’s Senior Leadership Award, UNSW
1994-96 Harkness Fellowship, The Commonwealth Fund, New York
1992 Australian Postgraduate Award, Macquarie University

Current research students

Project title	Research student
Being United While We Are Separated: Rethinking the Connectivity and Interaction on Chinese Social Media during the Pandemic of COVID-19	Haley HU
A National Approach to Housing Reform - Can Private Investment Structures Effectively Address Affordable Housing Challenges in Australia?	Bridget SOUL
China’s Digital Fashion Power: Hidden Intermediations in Cultural Production and Epistemic and Symbolic Boundaries	Jiahui XING

Selected publications

Frank Moorhouse: A Life

(Allen and Unwin, 2023)

Broken: Children, Parents and Family Courts

(La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc. , 2021)

Feeling Terrified? The Emotions of Online Violent Extremism

(Cambridge University Press, 2021)

The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexual Abuse and Agency

(UWA Publishing, 2019)

Alvin Purple

(Currency Press, 2008)

Why TV Is Good for Kids: Raising 21st century children

(Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006)

Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics

(Cambridge University Press, 2003)

Tim Storrier: The Art of the Outsider

(Craftman's House, 2000)

Gotcha: life in a tabloid world

(Allen and Unwin, 1999)

Bad girls: the media, sex and feminism in the '90's

(Allen and Unwin, 1997)

Publications

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Books

Lumby, C. (2023). Frank Moorhouse: A Life. Sydney, Australia: Allen and Unwin. [More Information]
Nelson, C., Lumby, C. (2021). Broken: Children, Parents and Family Courts. Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc. [More Information]
Waldek, L., Droogan, J., Lumby, C. (2021). Feeling Terrified? The Emotions of Online Violent Extremism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2008). Alvin Purple. Sydney: Currency Press. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Fine, D. (2006). Why TV Is Good for Kids: Raising 21st century children. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia.
Lumby, C. (2000). Tim Storrier: The Art of the Outsider. Fisherman's Bend, VIC, Australia: Craftman's House.
Lumby, C. (1999). Gotcha: life in a tabloid world. Gotcha: life in a tabloid world: Allen and Unwin.
Lumby, C. (1997). Bad girls: the media, sex and feminism in the '90's. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin.

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Edited Books

Gleeson, K., Lumby, C. (2019). The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexual Abuse and Agency. Crawley: UWA Publishing. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Probyn, E. (2003). Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics. UK: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters

Stilinovic, M., Swaleh, Z., Lumby, C. (2024). The 'crazies' are panicking: High-vis folk devils and the co-opting of moral panic in Australia: High-vis folk devils and the co-opting of moral panic in Australia. In Morena Tartari, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli and Cirus Rinaldi (Eds.), Folk Devils and Moral Panics in the COVID-19 Pandemic, (pp. 32-47). Abingdon and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Green, L., Lumby, C., McKee, A., Olafsson, K. (2020). National Contexts for the Risk of Harm Being Done to Children by Access to Online Sexual Content. In Liza Tsaliki and Despina Chronaki (Eds.), Discourses of Anxiety over Childhood and Youth across Cultures, (pp. 261-278). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2019). Feminism and gender in the post-truth public sphere. In Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Stuart Allan (Eds.), Journalism, Gender and Power, (pp. 297-311). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Albury, K., McKee, A. (2019). Modern love: young people, sex, relationships and social media. In Kate Gleeson, Catharine Lumby (Eds.), The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexual Abuse and Agency, (pp. 85-100). Crawley: UWA Publishing.
Lumby, C., Albury, K., McKee, A., Hugman, S. (2018). Ethical issues in qualitative research addressing sensitive issues with children and young people. In Liam Grealy, Catherine Driscoll, Anna Hickey-Moody (Eds.), Youth, Technology, Governance, Experience: Adults Understanding Young People, (pp. 86-102). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
Moore, T., Gibson, M., Lumby, C. (2018). Recovering the Australian Working Class. In Deirdre O'Neill and Mike Wayne (Eds.), Considering Class: Theory, Culture and the Media in the 21st Century, (pp. 217-234). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2018). Screentime panics. In Camilla Nelson and Rachel Robertson (Eds.), Dangerous ideas about mothers, (pp. 49-57). Crawley, WA, Australia: University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP).
Lumby, C. (2014). Media ethics. In Stuart Cunningham and Sue Turnbull (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 4th Edition, (pp. 345-350). Sydney: Allen and Unwin. [More Information]
Beckett, J., Lumby, C. (2014). Reading and writing the news in the fifth estate. In John Potts (Eds.), The Future of Writing, (pp. 115-126). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2014). Reality Television. In Bridget Griffen-Foley (Eds.), A Companion to the Australian Media, (pp. 403-404). Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Lumby, C. (2014). The Body Politic. In Samantha Trenoweth (Eds.), Bewitched and Bedevilled : Women write the Gillard years, (pp. 82-92). South Yarra, Australia: Hardie Grant Books.
Lumby, C. (2013). Post-postfeminism. In Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Lisa McLaughlin (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender, (pp. 600-609). London; New York: Taylor and Francis. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2012). Presumed innocent: Picturing childhood. In John Potts and John Scannell (Eds.), The Unacceptable, (pp. 68-79). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan UK. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2012). Reality TV. In Ruth F. Chadwick (Eds.), Encyclopedia of applied ethics, (pp. 734-740). San Diego, United States: Elsevier Inc. [More Information]
Albury, K., Lumby, C. (2010). Sport, media and politics. In Stuart Cunningham, Graeme Turner (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 3rd Edition, (pp. 285-294). Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Lumby, C. (2007). Doing it for Themselves? Teenage Girls, Sexuality and Fame. In Sean Redmond and Su Holmes (Eds.), Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader, (pp. 341-352). Thousand Oaks, United States: Sage Publications, Inc. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2006). "Women" in Sociology: Place, Time and Division. In Peter Beilharz and Trevor Hogan (Eds.), Sociology: Place, Time and Division, (pp. 214-218). USA: Oxford University Press.
Lumby, C. (2006). Inside out: the contemporary humanities in practice. In Elspeth Probyn, Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker (Eds.), Creating Value: The Humanities and their Publics, (pp. 117-128). Canberra: The Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Lumby, C. (2006). Media Ethics. In Stuart Cunningham, Graeme Turner (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 2nd Edition, (pp. 303-314). Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Lumby, C. (2006). Stuart & Turner. In Stuart Cunningham, Graeme Turner (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 2nd Edition, (pp. 303-314). Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Lumby, C. (2006). Vanishing point. In P. David Marshall (Eds.), The Celebrity Culture Reader, (pp. 530-546). New York and London: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis.
Lumby, C. (2004). Our Man At The Cultural Studies Cliff Face. In Friends of the National Library (Eds.), Frank Moorhouse: a celebration, (pp. 03-12). ACT: National Library of Australia.
Lumby, C. (2004). Outside In: Academics and Public Debate. In David Carter (Eds.), The Ideas Market: an alternative take on Australia's intellectual life. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
Lumby, C. (2004). Outside In: Journalists And Academics In The Public Sphere. In David Carter (Eds.), The Ideas Market: an alternative take on Australia's intellectual life, (pp. 199-218). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
Probyn, E., Lumby, C. (2003). Introduction: An ethics of engagement. In Catherine Lumby& Elspeth Probyn (Eds.), Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics, (pp. 11-24). UK: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2003). Real appeal: the ethics of reality TV. In Catherine Lumby& Elspeth Probyn (Eds.), Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics, (pp. 11-24). UK: Cambridge University Press.
Hartley, J., Lumby, C. (2003). Working girls or drop-dead gorgeous? Young girls in fashion and news. In Mallan, Pearce (Eds.), Youth Cultures: Texts, Images, and Identities, (pp. 47-68). Westport, Connecticut, London: Praeger Publishers.
Lumby, C. (2002). No Kidding:Paedophilia and Popular Culture. In Stuart Koop (Eds.), Value Added Goods: Essays on Contemporary Photography, Art and Ideas, (pp. 91-96). Australia: Centre For Contemporary Photography.
Lumby, C. (2002). Televising the Invisible: Prisoners, Prison Reform and the Media. In David Brown and Meredith Wilkie (Eds.), Prisoners as Citizens: Human rights in Australian prisons, (pp. 103-112). Sydney, Australia: Federation Press.
Lumby, C. (2001). Entertaining Sex and Politics. In Lauren Gail Berlant & Lisa Duggan (Eds.), Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest. United States: New York University Press.
Lumby, C. (2001). Generation Panics: Age, Knowledge and Power in a New Media Era. In Tony Bennett & David Carter (Eds.), Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs, (pp. 217-232). Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Lumby, C. (2001). Systemic Murmurs. In Adam Geczy & Benjamin Genocchio (Eds.), What Is Installation?: An Anthology of Writings on Australian Installation Art. Australia: Power Publications.
Lumby, C. (2001). The President's Penis: Entertaining Sex and Power. In Lauren Berlant & Lisa Duggan (Eds.), Our Monica, Ourselves, (pp. 225-236). New York: Sage Publications.

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Journals

Lumby, C. (2023). Introducing Salo o le 120 giornate di Sodoma/ Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Framework: the journal of cinema and media, 64(1), 111-116. [More Information]
McKee, A., Lumby, C. (2022). Pornhub, child sexual abuse materials and anti-pornography campaigning. Porn Studies, 9(4), 464-476. [More Information]
Matthews, N., Boisvert, I., McMahon, C., Lumby, C. (2019). The social spaces of hearing apps: problems, partners and intermediaries. Media International Australia, 171(1), 23-37. [More Information]
Smith, L., Liu, B., Degenhardt, L., Richters, J., Patton, G., Wand, H., Cross, D., Hocking, J., Skinner, R., Cooper, S., et al (2016). Is sexual content in new media linked to sexual risk behaviour in young people? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sexual Health, 13(6), 501-515. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2015). Reshaping public intellectual life: Frank Moorhouse and his milieu. Media International Australia, 156, 133-141. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Anderson, N., Hugman, S. (2014). Apres Le Deluge: social media in learning and teaching. Journal of International Communication, 20(2), 119-132. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2013). Era 2012: The need to think laterally. Australian Journalism Review, 35(1), 19-22.
Crawford, K., Lumby, C. (2013). Networks of governance: users, platforms, and the challenges of networked media regulation. International Journal of Technology Policy and Law, 1(3), 270-282. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Funnell, N. (2011). Between heat and light: The opportunity in moral panics. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 7(3), 277-291. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2011). Past the post in feminist media studies. Feminist Media Studies, 11(1), 95-100. [More Information]
Albury, K., Carmody, M., Evers, C., Lumby, C. (2011). Playing by the rules: Researching, teaching and learning sexual ethics with young men in the Australian National Rugby League. Sex Education, 11(3), 339-351. [More Information]
Caple, H., Greenwood, K., Lumby, C. (2011). What league? the representation of female athletes in Australian television sports coverage. Media International Australia, (140), 137-146. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2010). Ambiguity, children, representation, and sexuality. CLC Web: Comparative Literature and Culture, 12(4). [More Information]
McKee, A., Albury, K., Dunne, M., Grieshaberb, S., Hartley, J., Lumby, C., Mathews, B. (2010). Healthy sexual development: A multidisciplinary framework for research. International Journal of Sexual Health, 22(1), 14-19. [More Information]
Albury, K., Lumby, C. (2010). Introduction: Children, young people, sexuality and the Media. Media International Australia, (135), 56-60. [More Information]
Hartley, J., Green, L., Lumby, C. (2010). Refused Classification and the proposed Australian Internet filter: An assault on the Open Society. Australian Journal of Communication, 37(3), 1-14.
Lumby, C., Albury, K. (2010). Too much? Too young? The Sexualisation of Children debate in Australia. Media International Australia, (135), 141-152. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2009). Australian media studies and the platypus. Television and New Media, 10(1), 94-95. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Albury, K. (2008). Homer versus Homer: Digital Media, Literacy and Child Protection. Media International Australia, 128(1), 80-87. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2001). Watching Them Watching Us: the trouble with teenage girls. Continuum: A Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 15, 49-56.

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Edited Journals

Albury, K., Lumby, C. (2010). Children, Young People, Sexuality and the Media. Media International Australia, 135(1). [More Information]

Magazine / Newspaper Articles

Baulch, E., Lumby, C. (2025). From satire to serious journalism - how The New Yorker has shaped a century of thought. The Conversation. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2024). Opinion: I've seen the fear of Jewish students and colleagues: One academic's plea to uni protesters. The Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2024). Women have been excluded from men's spaces for centuries. And that's why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters. The Conversation. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2023). 'Way too much information, Frank': I wanted to be Frank Moorhouse. Instead I became his biographer. The Guardian. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2023). Banning books on sex is more dangerous than helping teenagers discover it safely. The Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2023). Friday essay: homosexuality was still illegal when Frank Moorhouse started writing - but it was there from his earliest fiction. The Conversation. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2022). A tribute to Frank Moorhouse. Australian Book Review, 445. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2022). Frank Moorhouse obituary: From local views to big news. The Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2022). Scrutiny is Part of the Game. The Herald Sun.

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Report

Flew, T., Chesher, C., Hutchinson, J., Stilinovic, M., Bailo, F., Gray, J., Lumby, C., Stepnik, A., Goggin, G., Humphry, J. (2023). Safe and Responsible AI in Australia: Submission Paper: University of Sydney. [More Information]
Groutsis, D., Martin, L., Lattouf, A., Soutphommasane, T., Lumby, C., Young, N., Crawford, J., Robertson, A. (2022). Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories 2.0. [More Information]
Arvanitakis, J., Cage, C., Groutsis, D., Kaabel, A., Han, Y., Hine, A., Hopkins, N., Lattouf, A., Liu, I., Lo, I., Soutphommasane, T., et al (2020). Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? Putting the spotlight on cultural and linguistic diversity in television news and current affairs. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Le Masurier, M. (2005). Gender and Health.
Lumby, C., McCarthy, W., Albury, K., Le Masurier, M., Moller, M. (2004). Playing By The Rules : On and Off the Field.

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Research Reports

Lumby, C., Goggin, G. (2011). Review of Literature on Commercial Influence in News and Current Affairs Programs on Commercial Radio, March 2011, (pp. 1 - 55). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Communications and Media Authority.

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2025

Baulch, E., Lumby, C. (2025). From satire to serious journalism - how The New Yorker has shaped a century of thought. The Conversation. [More Information]

2024

Lumby, C. (2024). Opinion: I've seen the fear of Jewish students and colleagues: One academic's plea to uni protesters. The Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
Stilinovic, M., Swaleh, Z., Lumby, C. (2024). The 'crazies' are panicking: High-vis folk devils and the co-opting of moral panic in Australia: High-vis folk devils and the co-opting of moral panic in Australia. In Morena Tartari, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli and Cirus Rinaldi (Eds.), Folk Devils and Moral Panics in the COVID-19 Pandemic, (pp. 32-47). Abingdon and New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2024). Women have been excluded from men's spaces for centuries. And that's why the MONA Ladies Lounge matters. The Conversation. [More Information]

2023

Lumby, C. (2023). 'Way too much information, Frank': I wanted to be Frank Moorhouse. Instead I became his biographer. The Guardian. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2023). Banning books on sex is more dangerous than helping teenagers discover it safely. The Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2023). Frank Moorhouse: A Life. Sydney, Australia: Allen and Unwin. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2023). Friday essay: homosexuality was still illegal when Frank Moorhouse started writing - but it was there from his earliest fiction. The Conversation. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2023). Introducing Salo o le 120 giornate di Sodoma/ Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Framework: the journal of cinema and media, 64(1), 111-116. [More Information]
Flew, T., Chesher, C., Hutchinson, J., Stilinovic, M., Bailo, F., Gray, J., Lumby, C., Stepnik, A., Goggin, G., Humphry, J. (2023). Safe and Responsible AI in Australia: Submission Paper: University of Sydney. [More Information]

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2022

Lumby, C. (2022). A tribute to Frank Moorhouse. Australian Book Review, 445. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2022). Frank Moorhouse obituary: From local views to big news. The Sydney Morning Herald. [More Information]
McKee, A., Lumby, C. (2022). Pornhub, child sexual abuse materials and anti-pornography campaigning. Porn Studies, 9(4), 464-476. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2022). Scrutiny is Part of the Game. The Herald Sun.
Groutsis, D., Martin, L., Lattouf, A., Soutphommasane, T., Lumby, C., Young, N., Crawford, J., Robertson, A. (2022). Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories 2.0. [More Information]

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2021

Nelson, C., Lumby, C. (2021). Broken: Children, Parents and Family Courts. Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc. [More Information]
Waldek, L., Droogan, J., Lumby, C. (2021). Feeling Terrified? The Emotions of Online Violent Extremism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]

2020

Green, L., Lumby, C., McKee, A., Olafsson, K. (2020). National Contexts for the Risk of Harm Being Done to Children by Access to Online Sexual Content. In Liza Tsaliki and Despina Chronaki (Eds.), Discourses of Anxiety over Childhood and Youth across Cultures, (pp. 261-278). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Arvanitakis, J., Cage, C., Groutsis, D., Kaabel, A., Han, Y., Hine, A., Hopkins, N., Lattouf, A., Liu, I., Lo, I., Soutphommasane, T., et al (2020). Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? Putting the spotlight on cultural and linguistic diversity in television news and current affairs. [More Information]

2019

Lumby, C. (2019). Feminism and gender in the post-truth public sphere. In Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Stuart Allan (Eds.), Journalism, Gender and Power, (pp. 297-311). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Albury, K., McKee, A. (2019). Modern love: young people, sex, relationships and social media. In Kate Gleeson, Catharine Lumby (Eds.), The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexual Abuse and Agency, (pp. 85-100). Crawley: UWA Publishing.
Gleeson, K., Lumby, C. (2019). The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexual Abuse and Agency. Crawley: UWA Publishing. [More Information]
Matthews, N., Boisvert, I., McMahon, C., Lumby, C. (2019). The social spaces of hearing apps: problems, partners and intermediaries. Media International Australia, 171(1), 23-37. [More Information]

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2018

Lumby, C., Albury, K., McKee, A., Hugman, S. (2018). Ethical issues in qualitative research addressing sensitive issues with children and young people. In Liam Grealy, Catherine Driscoll, Anna Hickey-Moody (Eds.), Youth, Technology, Governance, Experience: Adults Understanding Young People, (pp. 86-102). Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
Moore, T., Gibson, M., Lumby, C. (2018). Recovering the Australian Working Class. In Deirdre O'Neill and Mike Wayne (Eds.), Considering Class: Theory, Culture and the Media in the 21st Century, (pp. 217-234). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2018). Screentime panics. In Camilla Nelson and Rachel Robertson (Eds.), Dangerous ideas about mothers, (pp. 49-57). Crawley, WA, Australia: University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP).

2016

Smith, L., Liu, B., Degenhardt, L., Richters, J., Patton, G., Wand, H., Cross, D., Hocking, J., Skinner, R., Cooper, S., et al (2016). Is sexual content in new media linked to sexual risk behaviour in young people? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sexual Health, 13(6), 501-515. [More Information]

2015

Lumby, C. (2015). Reshaping public intellectual life: Frank Moorhouse and his milieu. Media International Australia, 156, 133-141. [More Information]

2014

Lumby, C., Anderson, N., Hugman, S. (2014). Apres Le Deluge: social media in learning and teaching. Journal of International Communication, 20(2), 119-132. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2014). Media ethics. In Stuart Cunningham and Sue Turnbull (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 4th Edition, (pp. 345-350). Sydney: Allen and Unwin. [More Information]
Beckett, J., Lumby, C. (2014). Reading and writing the news in the fifth estate. In John Potts (Eds.), The Future of Writing, (pp. 115-126). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2014). Reality Television. In Bridget Griffen-Foley (Eds.), A Companion to the Australian Media, (pp. 403-404). Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
Lumby, C. (2014). The Body Politic. In Samantha Trenoweth (Eds.), Bewitched and Bedevilled : Women write the Gillard years, (pp. 82-92). South Yarra, Australia: Hardie Grant Books.

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2013

Lumby, C. (2013). Era 2012: The need to think laterally. Australian Journalism Review, 35(1), 19-22.
Crawford, K., Lumby, C. (2013). Networks of governance: users, platforms, and the challenges of networked media regulation. International Journal of Technology Policy and Law, 1(3), 270-282. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2013). Post-postfeminism. In Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Lisa McLaughlin (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender, (pp. 600-609). London; New York: Taylor and Francis. [More Information]

2012

Lumby, C. (2012). Presumed innocent: Picturing childhood. In John Potts and John Scannell (Eds.), The Unacceptable, (pp. 68-79). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan UK. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2012). Reality TV. In Ruth F. Chadwick (Eds.), Encyclopedia of applied ethics, (pp. 734-740). San Diego, United States: Elsevier Inc. [More Information]

2011

Lumby, C., Funnell, N. (2011). Between heat and light: The opportunity in moral panics. Crime, Media, Culture: An International Journal, 7(3), 277-291. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2011). Past the post in feminist media studies. Feminist Media Studies, 11(1), 95-100. [More Information]
Albury, K., Carmody, M., Evers, C., Lumby, C. (2011). Playing by the rules: Researching, teaching and learning sexual ethics with young men in the Australian National Rugby League. Sex Education, 11(3), 339-351. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Goggin, G. (2011). Review of Literature on Commercial Influence in News and Current Affairs Programs on Commercial Radio, March 2011, (pp. 1 - 55). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Caple, H., Greenwood, K., Lumby, C. (2011). What league? the representation of female athletes in Australian television sports coverage. Media International Australia, (140), 137-146. [More Information]

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2010

Lumby, C. (2010). Ambiguity, children, representation, and sexuality. CLC Web: Comparative Literature and Culture, 12(4). [More Information]
Albury, K., Lumby, C. (2010). Children, Young People, Sexuality and the Media. Media International Australia, 135(1). [More Information]
McKee, A., Albury, K., Dunne, M., Grieshaberb, S., Hartley, J., Lumby, C., Mathews, B. (2010). Healthy sexual development: A multidisciplinary framework for research. International Journal of Sexual Health, 22(1), 14-19. [More Information]
Albury, K., Lumby, C. (2010). Introduction: Children, young people, sexuality and the Media. Media International Australia, (135), 56-60. [More Information]
Hartley, J., Green, L., Lumby, C. (2010). Refused Classification and the proposed Australian Internet filter: An assault on the Open Society. Australian Journal of Communication, 37(3), 1-14.
Albury, K., Lumby, C. (2010). Sport, media and politics. In Stuart Cunningham, Graeme Turner (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 3rd Edition, (pp. 285-294). Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Lumby, C., Albury, K. (2010). Too much? Too young? The Sexualisation of Children debate in Australia. Media International Australia, (135), 141-152. [More Information]

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2009

Lumby, C. (2009). Australian media studies and the platypus. Television and New Media, 10(1), 94-95. [More Information]

2008

Lumby, C. (2008). Alvin Purple. Sydney: Currency Press. [More Information]
Lumby, C., Albury, K. (2008). Homer versus Homer: Digital Media, Literacy and Child Protection. Media International Australia, 128(1), 80-87. [More Information]

2007

Lumby, C. (2007). Doing it for Themselves? Teenage Girls, Sexuality and Fame. In Sean Redmond and Su Holmes (Eds.), Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader, (pp. 341-352). Thousand Oaks, United States: Sage Publications, Inc. [More Information]

2006

Lumby, C. (2006). "Women" in Sociology: Place, Time and Division. In Peter Beilharz and Trevor Hogan (Eds.), Sociology: Place, Time and Division, (pp. 214-218). USA: Oxford University Press.
Lumby, C. (2006). Inside out: the contemporary humanities in practice. In Elspeth Probyn, Stephen Muecke and Adam Shoemaker (Eds.), Creating Value: The Humanities and their Publics, (pp. 117-128). Canberra: The Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Lumby, C. (2006). Media Ethics. In Stuart Cunningham, Graeme Turner (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 2nd Edition, (pp. 303-314). Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Lumby, C. (2006). Stuart & Turner. In Stuart Cunningham, Graeme Turner (Eds.), The Media and Communications in Australia: 2nd Edition, (pp. 303-314). Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Lumby, C. (2006). Vanishing point. In P. David Marshall (Eds.), The Celebrity Culture Reader, (pp. 530-546). New York and London: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis.
Lumby, C., Fine, D. (2006). Why TV Is Good for Kids: Raising 21st century children. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia.

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2005

Lumby, C., Le Masurier, M. (2005). Gender and Health.

2004

Lumby, C. (2004). Our Man At The Cultural Studies Cliff Face. In Friends of the National Library (Eds.), Frank Moorhouse: a celebration, (pp. 03-12). ACT: National Library of Australia.
Lumby, C. (2004). Outside In: Academics and Public Debate. In David Carter (Eds.), The Ideas Market: an alternative take on Australia's intellectual life. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
Lumby, C. (2004). Outside In: Journalists And Academics In The Public Sphere. In David Carter (Eds.), The Ideas Market: an alternative take on Australia's intellectual life, (pp. 199-218). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
Lumby, C., McCarthy, W., Albury, K., Le Masurier, M., Moller, M. (2004). Playing By The Rules : On and Off the Field.

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2003

Probyn, E., Lumby, C. (2003). Introduction: An ethics of engagement. In Catherine Lumby& Elspeth Probyn (Eds.), Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics, (pp. 11-24). UK: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Lumby, C. (2003). Real appeal: the ethics of reality TV. In Catherine Lumby& Elspeth Probyn (Eds.), Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics, (pp. 11-24). UK: Cambridge University Press.
Lumby, C., Probyn, E. (2003). Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics. UK: Cambridge University Press.
Hartley, J., Lumby, C. (2003). Working girls or drop-dead gorgeous? Young girls in fashion and news. In Mallan, Pearce (Eds.), Youth Cultures: Texts, Images, and Identities, (pp. 47-68). Westport, Connecticut, London: Praeger Publishers.

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2002

Lumby, C. (2002). No Kidding:Paedophilia and Popular Culture. In Stuart Koop (Eds.), Value Added Goods: Essays on Contemporary Photography, Art and Ideas, (pp. 91-96). Australia: Centre For Contemporary Photography.
Lumby, C. (2002). Televising the Invisible: Prisoners, Prison Reform and the Media. In David Brown and Meredith Wilkie (Eds.), Prisoners as Citizens: Human rights in Australian prisons, (pp. 103-112). Sydney, Australia: Federation Press.

2001

Lumby, C. (2001). Entertaining Sex and Politics. In Lauren Gail Berlant & Lisa Duggan (Eds.), Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest. United States: New York University Press.
Lumby, C. (2001). Generation Panics: Age, Knowledge and Power in a New Media Era. In Tony Bennett & David Carter (Eds.), Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs, (pp. 217-232). Australia: Cambridge University Press.
Lumby, C. (2001). Systemic Murmurs. In Adam Geczy & Benjamin Genocchio (Eds.), What Is Installation?: An Anthology of Writings on Australian Installation Art. Australia: Power Publications.
Lumby, C. (2001). The President's Penis: Entertaining Sex and Power. In Lauren Berlant & Lisa Duggan (Eds.), Our Monica, Ourselves, (pp. 225-236). New York: Sage Publications.
Lumby, C. (2001). Watching Them Watching Us: the trouble with teenage girls. Continuum: A Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 15, 49-56.

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2000

Lumby, C. (2000). Tim Storrier: The Art of the Outsider. Fisherman's Bend, VIC, Australia: Craftman's House.

1999

Lumby, C. (1999). Gotcha: life in a tabloid world. Gotcha: life in a tabloid world: Allen and Unwin.

1997

Lumby, C. (1997). Bad girls: the media, sex and feminism in the '90's. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin.

Selected Grants

2024

Improving digital sexual literacy in Australia, McKee A, Power J, Lumby C, Page Jeffery C, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2023

Addressing Online Hostility in Australian Digital Cultures, Lumby C, Brevini B, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2016

Online Violent Extremism: Youth Engagement and Perceptions, Conway M, Waldek L, Droogan J, Weimann G, Lumby C, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2006

Peer Based Mentoring in Sport: Strategies for Best Practice, Albury K, Evers C, Lumby C, Probyn E, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)

2005

Safer Sex Beliefs and Practices in Multi-Partner Heterosexuals, Albury K, Brassil A, Evers C, Lumby C, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)
The Well-Rounded Person: The Role of Sport in Shaping Physical, Emotional and Social Development, Albury K, Lumby C, O'Dea J, Probyn E, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2004

Frank Moorhouse and His Milieu: A Secret History of Australian Journalism, Lumby C, University of Sydney/Research & Development

2003

Research attitudes towards women in the game of Rugby League and making recommendations for future strategies to ensure that the Rugby League provides a positive environment in this area, Lumby C, O'Reilly T, National Rugby League Limited/Research Grants

2001

Understanding pornography in Australia: public discourses and pornographic texts, Lumby C, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2000

Girl Cultures: The effects of Media on Girls and Young Womens Self Representations, Lumby C, Probyn E, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Large Research Grants (LRG)

1999

Ethical issues in youth media consumption, Lumby C, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Small Grants

In the media

03/02/2025 - interviewed on 2GB Radio 'Afternoons with Michael McLaren' about about trust in traditional media
22/01/2025 - interviewed on radio ABC Broken Hill AM about Channel Nine axing the Darwin local news bulletin division
22/01/2025 - interviewed on radio ABC Alice Springs "Afternoons with Jess Ong" about Channel Nine axing the Darwin local news bulletin division
22/01/2025 - interviewed on ABC News Online: Channel Nine suddenly axes Darwin television news bulletin
17/01/2025 - quoted in The Guardian (widely syndicated): A Sydney ban on skimpy swimmers is not new. ‘Bikini wars’ have been raging in Australia for a century
16/01/2025 - quoted in the Daily Mail Australia (widely syndicated): More women in cabinet but representation worries build
13/12/2024 - quoted in New York Post: Married woman sparks debate over having her dress cut up by man in front of live audience
11/12/2024 - interviewed in news.com.au: Woman’s dress cutting clip divides internet
23/11/2024 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: For decades, power protected Alan Jones. Now he’s facing his own reckoning
11/11/2024 - quoted in The Daily Telegraph: Why women across the world are joining the 4B movement
08/11/2024 - quoted on NewsFinale: Exploring the ‘boycott men’ 4B campaign – American women seek information following Trump’s win.
26/10/2024 - Interviewed on ABC 24 about the cultural impact of true crime entertainment
31/07/2024 - quoted in Women's Agenda 'News & Views': Gen Z women want to have fun and succeed in their careers. Why are sexist knee jerk responses so common?
27/09/2024 - featured on ABC 'PM': Legal victory for Mona's Ladies' Lounge
18/10/2024 - guest on ABC 1 Sydney 'News Breakfast' to talk about an external review into culture at Nine Entertainment that revealed a very high prevalence rate of abuse of power
17/07/2024 - quoted on Yahoo News: The multi-million dollar reason behind Jack Black's 'overreaction' to Trump assassination joke
19/05/2024 - quoted in the Financial Review: Growing pains: Tougher times put VC on a collision course with media
07/05/2024 - quoted on SBS News "The Feed": No dating, no sex, no babies and no marriage with men: Inside the anti-men '4B' movement
03/05/2024 - interviewed on ABC Great Southern WA about pro-Palestinian protesters encampment on campus
11/04/2024 - interviewed on 936 ABC Hobart about the Tasmanian civil and administrative tribunal decision to force a female-only art exhibition to open its doors to men
11/04/2024 - quoted in The Canberra Times: Men want to enter the ladies lounge? Fine. Here are some conditions
21/03/2024 - quoted on ABC News Online: Necessary sanctuary or blatant discrimination? The decades-old battle over women-only spaces
21/03/2024 - interviewed on ABC South East NSW 'Statewide Drive with Simon Lauder' about an anti-discrimination claim against the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
14/03/2024 - quoted in The Daily Telegraph: Rising festival to feature Brazilian artist Carolina Bianchi’s show about date rape
12/06/2023 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘We don’t just wither away and die’: A new era of influencers30/11/2023 - quoted in Mumbrella: Misinformation plagued Australian media in 2023
05/11/2023 - quoted in YourLifeChoices: Granfluencers: How older content creators are taking over social media
04/11/2023 - quoted in The New Daily: The social media trend that’s eroding the hard-won gains of feminists past
16/10/2023 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: Fact, fantasy and a bit of fancy
10/10/2023 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: Australia's Real Housewives on their regrets and the reality of making TV
26/09/2026 - book reviewed in The Southern Sydney Herald: Frank Moorhouse: A Life
23/09/2023 - book reviewed in The Canberra Times: Review: Catharine Lumby's biography of Frank Moorhouse
23/09/2023 - upcoming talk at ANU mentioned in The Canberra Times (print version): Catch poetry, book launches and author talks
18/09/2023 - interviewed on SBS News 'The Feed': This Aussie Russell Brand interview shows how times have changed. Or does it?
15/09/2023 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: When Bridget Hustwaite met her boyfriend, people kept asking her one specific question
13/09/2023 - quoted in InDaily: Diary of a Book Addict: Lives, and crimes, of the times
08/09/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio National to talk about her book 'Frank Moorhouse: A Life'
04/09/2023 - guest on ABC Radio National to talk about her book 'Frank Moorhouse: A Life'
01/09/2023 - book review of 'Frank Moorhouse: A Life' in The Sydney Morning Herald: A man at the cultural cliff-edge: How Frank Moorhouse broke the mould
01/09/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio National: The Book Club: Frank Moorhouse Retrospective
29/08/2023 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Drive with Richard Glover' about her book 'Frank Moorhouse: A life'
14/08/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about gender roles and the role of the media
25/07/2023 - interviewed in Crikey: Guardian Australia rejects ‘unfounded’ Voice bias allegations over funding
23/07/2023 - interviewed in the Finacial Review: ABC, battered by criticism, tracks Voice coverage down to the second
13/07/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney 'The World Today' about how the way tabloids report on scandals has shifted
17/06/2023 - interviewed on ABC News Weekend Breakfast about how women experience the workforce
13/06/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Perth about the phenomenon of ‘grand influencers,’ (elderly influencers)
12/06/2023 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: ‘We don’t just wither away and die’: A new era of influencers
01/06/2023 - interviewed in The Sydney Morning Herald: The billionaire, the TV station and Ben Roberts-Smith: Kerry Stokes mulls his next move
11/05/2023 - interviewed in the Newcastle Herald: Panel discussion in Newcastle hears how Australia's legal system is re-traumatising sexual assault survivors
25/03/2023 - interviewed in The New Daily: 'Married at First Sight' trainwreck ends as family friendly 'LEGO Masters' rebuilds faith in reality TV
06/03/2023 - interviewed in The Australian: Where are women at the creative leadership table?
03/02/2023 - interviewed in The Sydney Morning Herald: AFL must be more proactive on treatment of women: expert
09/01/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney (syndicated) about why people “love to hate” things
06/01/2023 - interviewed in The Sydney Morning Herald: Sky News boss to oversee first female editor-in-chief of The Australian
10/12/2022 - interviewed in The Age: How you feel about Princess Diana says a lot about you
08/12/2022 - quoted in The Guardian: ‘A cultural reckoning’: how an allegation of rape in Australia’s parliament sparked a firestorm
24/11/2022 - interviewed on Sky News about the Sex Discrimination Act, which was passed in 1984
22/11/2022 - op-ed published by The Sydney Morning Herald: Free speech could cost Elon Musk $61 billion
21/11/2022 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: News Corp staff still in the dark over top editor’s exit
28/10/2022 - interviewed in The Age: Why is Hollywood still so conservative in depicting women’s pleasure?
27/10/2022 - review she led quoted in Adelaide Advertiser: College
review bares all: ‘Rape myth’ concerns
03/10/2022 - interviewed in The Age: Confusing: Are you ‘embracing ageing’ at 50 if you still look 35?
20/09/2022 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: The problem with Bridgerton: Do TV shows need a consent classification?
20/09/2022 - interviewed on ABC Radio about consent in movies
01/09/2022 - interviewed in The Australian: Dusty under fire for breast grope before do-or-die final
24/08/2022 - interviewed in The Australian: Mirror mirror on the wall, who looks like me, out of them all?: This is what the most powerful social media creator looks like
22/08/2022 - quoted in The Australian: Your mum didn't cause your kinks: Blaming parents for the sexual proclivities of their kids is pretty vanilla
27/07/2022 - guest on ABC Radio National: The NRL match between the Manly Sea Eagles and the Sydney Roosters is set to go ahead despite seven Sea Eagles players sitting it out
26/07/2022 - interviewed on 3AW: Former NRL adviser weighs in on pride jersey boycott and outcry
27/06/2022 - interviewed by The Australian: Humanist and risque raconteur dies at 83
26/06/2022 - quoted in The Age: Author Frank Moorhouse dies aged 83
31/08/2021 - featured in ABC The Signal podcast Can the Family Court be fixed?
07/05/2021 - interviewed on ABC News: Convicted rapist Jarryd Hayne could be stripped of individual accolades following result of appeal
16/04/2021 - quoted in The Mandarin: There’s 101 reasons why it’s not okay to slut-shame a dance squadron

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