
Dr Cesar Albarran-Torres
Doctor of Philosophy (Digital Cultures), The University of Sydney, Australia; Master in Digital Communication and Culture, The University of Sydney, Australia; Bachelor in Communication Sciences, ITESM-CEM, Mexico
- School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education
- Department of Media and Communication
- AS310 Hawthorn campus
Biography
César Albarrán-Torres is a Mexican-Australian scholar and film critic. He has been widely published in academic and non-academic titles as a film and literary critic, author and translator. His current research focuses on postcolonial identities and subjectivities in film and television, as well as the negotiations between social media and politics in Mexico, particularly concerning the drug cartels. He also researches the intersections between digital media, finance and gambling. He is the author of Digital Gambling: Theorizing Gamble-Play Media (Routledge, 2018) and Global Trafficking Networks on Film and Television: Hollywood’s Cartel Wars (Routledge, 2021). He is a research affiliate of the Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making, funded by the ARC. He is editor at the online journal Senses of Cinema. Available to supervise masters and doctoral students.
Research interests
Communication, Journalism and Media Studies; Digital Media, Film and Television; Gambling studies; Social media; Screen studies; Cultural studies; Mobile media
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
Honours
Available to supervise honours students.
Fields of Research
- Communication And Media Studies - 470100
Teaching areas
Communication, Journalism and Media Studies;Digital Media, Film and Television;Popular culture;Critical theory
Publications
Also published as: Albarran-Torres, Cesar; Albarran-Torres, C.; Albarran Torres, C.; Albarran Torres, Cesar; Albarran-Torres, Cesar Alberto; Albarran-Torres, César; Albarrán Torres, César; Albarrán Torres, César Alberto; Albarrán-Torres, C.; Albarrán-Torres, C. A.; Albarrán-Torres, César; Albarrán-Torres, César Alberto
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