Awards and Honours

2020 John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Curtin University
2017-18 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Murdoch University, Perth
2017 Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
2013-2016 Guest Researcher, Institute for Cultural Industries, Shenzhen University, China
2013 Senior Consultant of Media Culture Creativity Park, Hangzhou Economic & Technological Development Area, China
2016 "Juri Lotman Lecture" Tartu University, Estonia. "Understanding Social Media: The Turn To Evolution, Complexity and 'The Three Bigs'
2013 Honorary Professor of Communication University of Zhejiang, China
2012 Awarded the title of 'John Curtin Distinguished Professor', Curtin University (renewed 2017)
2012 Elected Fellow, International Communication Association (USA)
2009 Order of Australia: Appointed as a Member (AM) in the General Division, for 'service to education as an academic and commentator in the areas of journalism, culture and media studies'
2009 China Creative Industry Individual Honorary Prize
2006 Keynote address, Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Research (AoIR), Brisbane
2001 Centenary Medal (Australian Honours List), 'For Service to Australian Society and the Humanities in Cultural and Communication Studies'
2001 Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)
1996 Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA), Life Fellow, 2006
2007-2012 Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (QAAS)
2006 Awarded Queensland University of Technology's first Distinguished Professorship
2006 26th Ian McPherson Memorial Lecture, 53rd Sydney Film Festival, Sydney: 'Television at Fifty: Growing old disgracefully, or is the best yet to come?'
2000 Honorary Member of CSAA (Cultural Studies Association of Australia), by invitation of the Association
1995 Henry Mayer Memorial Essay Prize for best article of the year, awarded by the Australian Journal of Communication

ProfessorJohn Hartley

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