Mark Lowes
Assistant professor
Department of Communication
* Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Ottawa
* Member of the Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society, University of Ottawa.
DEGREES:
Ph.D.
M.A.
B.A.
Communication, Simon Fraser University, 1999
Canadian Studies, Carleton University, 1995
Law, Carleton University, 1993
EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING:
2002-05 $67,230, Principal investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council,
Standard Research Grants (3years)
2002
$5000, Canadian Federation for the Humanities, Aid to Scholarly Publishing Programme,
book publication subvention.
1999
$5000, Canadian Federation for the Humanities, Aid to Scholarly Publishing Programme,
book publication subvention.
INTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING:
2002
2000
2000
$4180, Research grant, Faculty of Arts Research and Publications Committee.
$8,500, SSHRC Seed grant for new professors, through the Faculty of Arts,.
$2515, Research grant, Faculty of Arts, Assoc. Dean (Research).
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PUBLICATIONS:
1) Life-time summary (count) according to the following categories:
- Books authored .............................................................................................................................................. 2
- Books edited .................................................................................................................................................. 1
- Chapters in books ....................................................................................................................................... .. 3
- Papers in refereed journal ............................................................................................................................... 2
- Papers in refereed conference proceedings..................................................................................................... 1
- Major invited contributions and/or technical reports ....................................................................................... 0
- Abstracts and/or papers read........................................................................................................................... 6
- Others (workshops presented) ........................................................................................................................ 0
Books authored:
2. Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares: Speed Merchants, Spectacle, and the Struggle Over Urban Public
Space (University of Toronto Press, 2002). 160pp.
1. Inside the Sports Pages: Work Routines, Professional Ideologies, and the Manufacture of Sports News
(University of Toronto Press, 1999), 150pp.
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Second printing, 2000
Third printing, 2004
Books edited:
1.
Project Censored Canada: Blindspots in Canada’s News Agenda by Mark Douglas Lowes, Robert
Hackett, James Winter, Donald Gutstein, Richard Gruneau (Simon Fraser University, 1996), 89 pp.
Chapters in Books:
3. “Sports Page,” in David Rowe (ed) A Reader in Sport, Culture and the Media. Maidenhead: Open
University Press, 2004. Reprinted from Mark Lowes “Sports page: A case study in the manufacture of
sports news for the daily press,” Sociology of Sport Journal. 14(2):143-159, 1997.
2. “Major league sports, civic discourse, and the ‘world-class’ city”, in S. Ferguson and L. Shade (eds),
Civic Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada: A Cacophony of Voices. Ablex Publishing, 2002.
1. “Indy Dreams in the World-Class City,” in Peter Donnelly (ed) Taking Sport Seriously: Social Issues in
Canadian Sport (Thompson Educational Publishing, 2000, pp. 147-149.
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Papers in refereed Journals:
2. “Neoliberal power politics and the controversial siting of the Australian Grand Prix motorsport event in
a public park,” Loisir et Soiété/Society and Leisure, 27(1), 2004.
1. “Sports page: A case study in the manufacture of sports news for the daily press,” Sociology of Sport
Journal. 14(2):143-159, 1997.
Papers in refereed conference Proceedings
1. “Australia’s ‘high performance cities? Motorsport and sustainable urban environments,” (with Paul
Tranter), State of Australian Cities National Conference. Parramatta, Australia, December 3-5, 2003.
Paper available at http://www.uws.edu.au/about/acadorg/caess/uf/conference#3.
Conference Papers Read
“Australia’s ‘high performance cities? Motorsport and sustainable urban environments,” (with Paul
Tranter), State of Australian Cities National Conference. Parramatta, Australia, December 3-5, 2003.
“Motorsport, Civic Discourse and the Challenges of Globalization: A case study of the Australian Grand
Prix,” World Congress of Sociology of Sport. Cologne, Germany, June 18-21, 2003.
“Social Drama in Newspaper Coverage of Sports Franchise Relocation Controversies,” World Congress of
Sociology. Brisbane, Australia, July 7-13, 2002.
“Social Drama and Sports Franchise Relocation Controversies,” North Central Sociological Association.
Windsor, Canada, April 18-21, 2002.
“Resisting Spectacle: A Case Study of the Molson Indy Vancouver,” North American Society for the
Sociology of Sport, 18th Annual Congress. Toronto, Canada, November 5-8, 1997.
“Newswork Routines and the Social Construction of Sports News for the Daily Press,” North American
Society for the Sociology of Sport, 16th Annual Congress. Sacramento, United States, November 1-4,
1995.