Fran Martin

Associate Professor Fran Martin is currently working on a five-year fellowship funded by the Australian Research Council researching the social and subjective experiences of a large group of young women from China studying and living in Australia (www.mobileselves.org).

Fluent in Mandarin, Fran's research over the past 20 years has explored various aspects of transnational Chinese youth and media cultures. Her recent books include Telemodernities: Television and Transforming Lives in Asia (with Tania Lewis and Wanning Sun Duke U.P., 2016), and Lifestyle Media in Asia: Consumption, Aspiration and Identity (co-edited with Tania Lewis, Routledge, 2016).

Fran is a Reader in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne.