Mark Pearson is Professor of Journalism and Social Media in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He is a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research within the Arts, Education and Law Group.

He is a former section editor of Australia’s national daily newspaper The Australian and has since produced freelance journalism for a range of publications, including The Australian, the Far Eastern Economic Review, the Wall Street Journal, the Otago Daily Times, Crikey.com.au, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Gold Coast Bulletin.