麻豆传媒

Sam is a popular music scholar, a Lecturer in Creative Industries at UniSA Creative, and a member of the leadership team for the . His work is primarily focused on the issues of capital labour and the value as they relate to the create industries and cultural economy.
Previous peer-reviewed publications of Dr Whiting's have explored issues of access, identity, heritage, cultural policy, and music scenes through the interdisciplinary lens of cultural studies, sociology, and popular music studies. Dr Whiting has research strengths in: live music ecosystems and their policy environments; the political economy of the music industries; cultural policy; basic income for artists; the effects of artificial intelligence on cultural labour; the sociology of music; and small venues.
His recent teaching focusses on cultural economics, the creative industries, and creative spaces and places. His previous research has included work with the SA Music Development Office, City of Adelaide, National Live Music Office, City of Melbourne, Monash University, RMIT University, and the University of Tasmania. My recent book, Small Venues: Precarity, Vibrancy and Live Music, is out now through Bloomsbury.
Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Music Studies with Honours Griffith University
Bachelor of Music Studies Griffith University

Awards and Scholarships

IASPM-ANZ Publication Prize (2022), Rebecca Coyle Prize for research based in ANZ
Australian Postgraduate Award (2014), 3.5-year research stipend
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence (2010), QCGU
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence (2009), QCGU

Dr. Allan brings to his academic and consulting work the resources that are earned from an extraordinary twenty-year-plus career in radio broadcasting. Allan is an authority on music marketing and has been published in such journals as the Journal of Advertising Research, International Journal of Advertising, and Advertising & Society Review. Allan has also been featured in numerous media outlets including NBC, Comcast, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Billboard Magazine and Radio and Records.
Primary stream of research is advertising cues and effects with three (3) areas of interest: music, commercial lengths, and disclaimers. Secondary area of research is teaching and learning with two (2) areas of interest: ethical and virtual.