John Postill

3.1k citations

36 papers · 1.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 15

Communication top 1%
- Social Media and Politics 9
- Media Studies and Communication 3
Gender Studies top 2%
Sociology and Political Science top 2%
- Asian Studies and History 9
- Participatory Visual Research Methods 3
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods 3
- Socioeconomic Development in Asia 2
Human-Computer Interaction top 5%
Urban Studies top 2%
Linguistics and Language
- Multilingual Education and Policy 2
Demography
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs 2

Co-authors: Sarah Pink Jo Tacchi Larissa Hjorth Heather A. Horst Tania Lewis Xabier E. Barandiaran Miguel Aguilera Kerstin Leder Mackley
Cited by: Communication Gender Studies Sociology and Political Science
Journals: Social Anthropology (4 papers)Information Communication & Society (2 papers)Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom Germany

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John Postill

30 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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1	Social media ethnography: the digital researcher in a messy web John Postill,Sarah Pink,Phan Thành Đạt	2023	3
2	Localizing the Internet Berghahn Books ·John Postill	2022	0
3	Imagining Mundane Futures Anthropology in Action ·Sarah Pink,John Postill	2019	5
4	Populism and social media: a global perspective Media Culture & Society ·John Postill	2018	87
5	The Rise of Nerd Politics Pluto Press eBooks ·John Postill	2018	13
6	Digital-visual Stakeholder Ethnography Sociological Research Online ·Sarah Pink,John Postill,Kerstin Leder Mackley,Steve Parchment	2017	9
7	Communication Activism as a School of Politics: Lessons From Spain's Indignados Movement Journal of Communication ·Ty R Mote,John Postill	2017	20
8	Freedom technologists and the future of global justice John Postill	2016	6
9	Firebrand waves of digital activism 1994–2014: the rise and spread of hacktivism and cyberconflict Information Communication & Society ·John Postill	2016	7
10	Public anthropology in times of media hybridity and global upheaval RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) ·John Postill	2015	0
11	Multitudinous identities: a qualitative and network analysis of the 15M collective identity Information Communication & Society ·H. C. Lee,Buskirk's Aquarium,Miguel Aguilera,Xabier E. Barandiaran,John Postill	2015	51
12	A Critical History of Internet Activism and Social Protest in Malaysia, 1998-2011 RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) ·John Postill	2014	28
13	LOCALIZING THE INTERNET Berghahn Books ·John Postill	2011	26
14	The anthropology of news and journalism: global perspectives – Edited by S. Elizabeth Bird Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute ·John Postill	2011	1
15	Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) ·John Postill	2011	32
16	Response to Mark A. Peterson Social Anthropology ·John Postill	2009	1
17	What is the point of media anthropology? Social Anthropology ·John Postill	2009	17
18	Localizing the internet beyond communities and networks New Media & Society ·John Postill	2008	69
19	Knowledge, literacy and media among the Iban of Sarawak. A reply to Maurice Bloch An earlier version of this article was published in the Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Borneo Research Council. University of Malaysia, Kuching, 1014 July 2000. The article follows from research I carried out in Sarawak for some 17 months in 19968 was part of a PhD thesis with the Anthropology Department at University College London, supervised by Dr Simon Strickland and Professor Chris Tilley. I was officially attached to both the Majlis Adat Istiadat (Council for Customary Law) and the Sarawak Museum in Kuching. My doctoral research was supported by the Anthropology Department and Graduate School at University College London, the Evans Fund of Cambridge University and the Central Research Fund of London University. I am most grateful to these institutions and to the Iban Service at RTM, Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan, Tun Jugah Foundation, Betong District Office, State Planning Unit, as well as to countless individuals and families in the Saribas, Skrang and Kuching areas for their generous support. I also wish to thank two anonymous readers and Carlos Pinas for their helpful comments. Social Anthropology ·John Postill	2003	0
20	Clock and Calendar Time Time & Society ·John Postill	2002	46

About John Postill

John Postill is a scholar working on Communication, Linguistics and Language, Sociology and Political Science, Geography, Planning and Development and Demography, having authored 36 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Media and Politics (9 papers), Asian Studies and History (9 papers), Participatory Visual Research Methods (3 papers), Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods (3 papers), Media Studies and Communication (3 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (2 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (2 papers) and Socioeconomic Development in Asia (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (501 citations), Gender Studies (216 citations), Sociology and Political Science (884 citations), Human-Computer Interaction (79 citations) and Urban Studies (84 citations). John Postill has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Sarah Pink, Jo Tacchi, Larissa Hjorth, Heather A. Horst, Tania Lewis, Xabier E. Barandiaran, Miguel Aguilera, Sarah Pink and Kerstin Leder Mackley. Their work appears in journals such as Social Anthropology, Information Communication & Society, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Sociological Research Online and Ethnography.

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