Marty Kaplan, director of USC Annenberg's Norman Lear Center, has spent much of August in Australia, as visiting professor at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.

Kaplan has lectured, given presentations on the U.S. media landscape and been featured on several Australian shows.

Here's your media guide:

• Newsline with Jim Middleton, Australia Network -- click on "Presidential Battle"
• Marty Kaplan on Mornings with Margaret Throsby, ABC Classic FM
• The World Today, ABC Radio "Could the Tea Party Have a Shot at the Presidency?"
• For Quality News, Stewart's No Joke, by Tim Dick, Business Day, August 19, 2011