Sean Phelan

Sean Phelan is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Department of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp and Associate Professor at the School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. His current Marie Curie research project examines the relationship between journalism, media critique and online publics. His publications include Neoliberalism, Media and the Political and Discourse Theory and Critical Media Politics. His Twitter handle is @seanphelan8

Media critique in a very online world

The place of journalism in an online world where criticism of news media is now ubiquitous.

By Sean Phelan

/ 3 Feb 2021

The Irish election and the possibility of a left populism

More and more voters are no longer willing to accept a political status quo that makes doing “everything else” contingent on upholding the dominant economic order.

By Sean Phelan

/ 9 Mar 2020

The Irish election and the possibility of a left populism

The corporate university and its threat to academic freedom

Neoliberalism has facilitated the emergence of the 'corporate' university, which dangerously prioritises market rationality and public relations over academic freedom.

By Sean Phelan

/ 9 Jan 2016