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Research interests
What does it mean to make culture in the age of the algorithm? I work across media, music, and technology to understand how creative industries are being remade: who benefits, who gets displaced, and how creators adapt.
I'm interested in:
- how artificial intelligence is reshaping creative labour, ownership, and rights in music and media
- how popular culture travels, and what its global circulation reveals about platform power, cultural policy, and fan communities
- how economic and technological disruption restructures the music industries at local and global scales
- how generative AI is transforming media industries across sectors, from production to distribution to governance
I have a particular interest in the Korean Wave as a lens onto broader questions of media globalisation, platform imperialism, and the politics of popular culture.
My book projects include The New Music Industries: Disruption and Discovery (2016) and the co-edited Handbook of AI‑Based Media Disruption: Emerging Technologies and Multidisciplinary Perspectives Across Sectors (Springer, 2020).
I'm interested in supervising HDR candidates working on creative industries disruption, AI and media, popular music, K-pop and Korean media, and media globalisation, though my current and past supervision spans a wide range of topics in media and music studies.
Teaching
I have been teaching at Macquarie University since 2007 across media and music disciplines, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and across theoretical, practical/production, and creative/performance contexts. Since 2018, I have taught a unit on Korean popular culture as part of Kyung Hee University’s Global Collaborative Summer School program in Seoul, South Korea. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Education/Academic qualification
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
External positions
Lecturer (Global Summer School), Kyung Hee University
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Projects
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Korean popular music and (multi)cultural understanding
Keith, S. (Primary Chief Investigator)
11/07/16 → 30/06/17
Project: Research
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Macquarie University – University of Groningen Strategic Partner Framework Travel Grant
Keith, S. (Primary Chief Investigator)
14/04/24 → 28/04/24
Project: Research
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Multilingualism Research Centre
Benson, P. (Primary Chief Investigator), Barnes, S. (Chief Investigator), Blythe, J. (Chief Investigator), Burridge, A. (Primary Chief Investigator), Chang, M. (Chief Investigator), Chappell, P. (Chief Investigator), Chik, A. (Chief Investigator), Chu, H. E. (Chief Investigator), Djonov, E. (Chief Investigator), Evans, T. (Primary Chief Investigator), Falloon, G. (Chief Investigator), Forrest, J. (Chief Investigator), Garde, U. (Primary Chief Investigator), Gorfinkel, L. (Chief Investigator), Guo, S. (Chief Investigator), Hanley, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Keith, S. (Chief Investigator), Kruger, J.-L. (Primary Chief Investigator), Kim, J.-H. (Chief Investigator), Li, P. (Chief Investigator), Moloney, R. (Chief Investigator), Murray, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ollerhead, S. (Chief Investigator), Orlando, M. (Primary Chief Investigator), Parr, N. (Chief Investigator), Roger, P. (Chief Investigator), Xu Rattanasone, N. (Primary Chief Investigator), Svetanant, C. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Yates, L. (Chief Investigator)
1/07/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Career development strategies within the new music industries
Hughes, D. (Primary Chief Investigator), Morrow, G. (Chief Investigator), Keith, S. (Chief Investigator), Crowdy, D. (Chief Investigator) & Evans, M. (Chief Investigator)
1/07/12 → 30/06/14
Project: Research
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The new music industries: disruption and discovery
Hughes, D., Evans, M., Morrow, G. & Keith, S., 2016, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature. 137 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Bioelectronic measurement of experience of soft power
Chitty, N., Keith, S., Wang, C. & Zhang, X., 2026, The Anthem handbook of soft power and public diplomacy in the age of AI. Chitty, N., Hayden, C., Ohnesorge, H. W. & Wang, C. (eds.). London ; New York: Anthem Press, p. 57-76 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Handbook of AI-based media disruption: emerging technologies and multidisciplinary perspectives across sectors
Böhm, S. (Editor), Collins, S. (Editor), Godulla, A. (Editor), Keith, S. (Editor) & Savery, R. (Editor), 2026, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature. 492 p. (Future of Business and Finance)Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology › peer-review
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Impacts of AI on US copyright law
Collins, S. & Keith, S., 2026, Handbook of AI-based media disruption: emerging technologies and multidisciplinary perspectives across sectors. Böhm, S., Collins, S., Godulla, A., Keith, S. & Savery, R. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature, p. 219-238 20 p. (Future of Business and Finance).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Music creation and production
Collins, S. & Keith, S., 2026, Handbook of AI-based media disruption: emerging technologies and multidisciplinary perspectives across sectors. Böhm, S., Collins, S., Godulla, A., Keith, S. & Savery, R. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature, p. 49-68 20 p. (Future of Business and Finance).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Presentation at Korean Studies Association of Australia (KSAA) conference
Keith, S. (Speaker)
28 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Presentation at Korean Screen Cultures Conference (KSCC)
Keith, S. (Speaker)
2 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Korea and the Indo-Pacific Policy Forum
Keith, S. (Speaker)
6 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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The Rise of K-Wave: Traditional Korean iconography in K-pop
Keith, S. (Speaker)
28 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Press/Media
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What's with all the videos of college graduates booing AI?
23/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The BTS world tour and China's restriction order
31/01/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Kpop’s Cultural Clash: NewJeans and the Global Stage
27/01/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment