Brady Robards

Brady Robards is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Monash University in the School of Social Sciences. His research explores how young people use and produce digital social media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, and Reddit. Brady’s recent research focuses on the role of social media platforms as archives of memory, made up of digital traces of life over years of use. Brady also studies social media use among particular groups (LGBTIQ+ people, high school students, tourists) and is interested in research methods involving social media (‘scrolling back’ with research participants, friending participants, and incorporating visual media into qualitative analysis).

Brady is a member of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) and serves on the Executive of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA). With Akane Kanai, Brady is also the co-convenor of the Monash Digital Cultures Research Group.

Brady coordinates the Sociology Major at Monash.

ATS2561 - Sex & The Media

ATS1366 - The Individual & Society

• Social media (long-term use, memory, and impact on employment)
• Youth culture and internet cultures
• Gender and sexuality
• Digital research methods and ethics