Most recently he is the co-author of Media and Society: Production, Content and Participation (Sage, 2015 with Nic Carah), New voices over the air: The transformation of the South African Broadcasting Corporation in a changing South Africa (Hampton Press, 2012 with Viola Milton), and in 2010 Roots of the Pax Americana: Decolonisation, development, democratisation and trade (University of Manchester 2010) and the Media and the Political Process (2nd edition, with a Serbian translation appearing in n 2013). A/Prof Louw has previously worked for a number of South African universities, and run an NGO engaged in development work. He has published widely in the fields of political communication, South African media and South African political discourse.