Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
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.
Monash teaching commitment
Research interests
- Social media (long-term use, memory, and impact on employment)
- Youth culture and internet cultures
- Gender and sexuality
- Digital research methods and ethics
External positions
Executive Committee, The Australian Sociological Association
2015 → …Member, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
2011 → …Keywords
- social media
- youth
- gender
- sexuality
- qualitative methodology
- internet research
- digital society
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects 2014 2022
BC-GRIP Encouraging drivers to stay focused on the road
Kaviani, F., Koppel, S. N., Young, K. L., Robards, B. J. & Smith, L. D. G.
13/09/17 → 25/03/21
Project: Research
Scrolling Beyond Binaries
Robards, B. J., Churchill, B., Byron, P., Vivienne, S. & Hanckel, B.
1/01/16 → …
Project: Research
The impact of social media on the employment prospects of young Australians
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/06/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Identifying and Understanding Men’s Risky Drinking Subcultures and Settings
Roberts, S., O'Brien, K. S., Lindsay, J. M., Robards, B. J., Savic, M., Lubman, D. & Elliott, K. B.
8/12/17 → 1/01/19
Project: Research
Research Output 2010 2018
Belonging and Neo-Tribalism on Social Media Site Reddit
Robards, B. J., 2018, Neo-Tribes: Consumption, Leisure and Tourism. Hardy, A., Bennett, A. & Robards, B. (eds.). Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 187-206 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media
Dobson, A. (ed.), Robards, B. J. (ed.) & Carah, N. (ed.), 2018, Palgrave Macmillan. 304 p. (Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
Forming connections in the digital era: Tinder, a new tool in young Australian intimate life
Newett, L., Churchill, B. & Robards, B., 2018, In : Journal of Sociology. 54, 3, p. 346-361 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Neo-Tribes: Consumption, Leisure and Tourism
Bennett, A. (ed.), Hardy, A. (ed.) & Robards, B. J. (ed.), 2018, Palgrave Macmillan. 259 p.Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › Other › peer-review
Tool, toy and tutor: Subjective experiences of digital self-tracking
Lyall, B. J. & Robards, B. J., 2018, In : Journal of Sociology. 54, 1, p. 108-124 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Press / Media
The enduring significance of Pride
Brady Jay Robards, Kirsten Elizabeth McLean & John Grant Gardner
30/01/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
There's something queer about Tumblr
Paul Byron & Brady Jay Robards
29/05/17
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature