Bio
Amanda D. Lotz is a media scholar, author, and consultant who has been exploring how digital technologies have changed how media industries operate, what they make, and their role in culture for more than two decades. Based at Queensland University of Technology where she leads the Transforming Media industries research program in the internationally regarded Digital Media Research Centre, her research focuses on understanding the implications of internet distribution on media industries and society, with a particular concentration on fictional series. She has also published two books on representations of gender on television.
The author, co-author, or editor of 14 books and dozens of academic articles and book chapters, Lotz’s work is read widely and has been translated into Mandarin, Korean, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, and Polish. She has worked with a variety of media organizations on topics related to the digital era, internet distribution strategy, and changing media business models. Select projects/talks include: National Football League NBC Station Group, IFC, Detroit Public Television, Samsung, Google, Warner Bros., and Red Line Editorial. She has also presented work or done consulting work for governments in Australia, Estonia, and Korea. She (with Ramon Lobato) has cultivated a global network of media scholars with expertise on streaming in many countries around the world (see Global Internet Television Consortium).
Amanda’s honors include being named a fellow of the International Communication Association, a Mellon post-doctoral fellowship, membership in Phi Beta Kappa, receipt of the Harold E. Fellows Scholarship from the Broadcasting Education Association in 1994, and being included among the inaugural group of Fellows at the Peabody Media Center. She was named Coltrin Professor of the Year by the International Radio and Television Society in 2004 for her case study exploring the redefinition of television. She earned a Ph.D. in Radio-Television-Film and certificate in women’s studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 following degrees from Indiana University (MA: Telecommunications) and DePauw University (Communication). She previously taught at Washington University in St. Louis (2000-02), Denison University (2002–04) and spent most of her career at the University of Michigan (2004–2018).
Contact
UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
amanda.lotz@qut.edu.au
+61 07 3138 3757
CONSULTING, EXPERT WITNESS, AND SPEAKING INQUIRIES
drtvlotz@gmail.com
+1 740.398.3464
@DrTVLotz
