Away from Sydney, I also wish to acknowledge Richard Howson and Mary Zournazi, who helped guide me on the research path in my undergraduate years. cohort-David Allinson, Judy Betts, Naser Ghobadzadeh, Stewart Jackson, Stephen Mills, Chris Neff and Colombina Schaeffer-who provided some of the best feedback I received for the book. In Sydney, I was also lucky to be located within the Department of Government and International Relations, where a number of staff offered outstanding support-thanks to Betsi Beem, Anna Boucher, Charlotte Epstein, Anika Gauja, Alex Lefebvre, Rodney Smith and Ariadne Vromen-as well as my fellow Ph.D. His leadership of the Sydney Democracy Network also provided a forum for wonderful conversations with like-minded folks from all over the world that helped shape my thinking, so thanks also to the SDN crew: Giovanni Navarria, Tim Soutphommasane, and Robert Lamb amongst others who offered generous advice. Thanks must also go to John Keane, who gave me the confidence to be bold in my claims, helped me make sense of the shifting media landscape, and whose joie de vivre made the writing and research process so much more enjoyable. Without his many hours of discussion and careful reading, this book simply would not exist. At Sydney, thanks must first go to Simon Tormey, whose guidance, support, advice and encouragement to “go the bloody hard way” was absolutely essential to this project. This book was written from 2012 to 2015 across two wonderful institutions on opposite sides of the planet: the University of Sydney and Stockholm University. I have been fortunate to have many people on my side through the process of working on this book, and I could not have done it without them. Although on the surface it looks like writing a book is a solitary affair, it cannot be done without the support, guidance, encouragement and feedback from a whole team of people.
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