Sharing News Online: Analysing the Significance of a Social Media Phenomenon. The sharing of news via social media services is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This multidisciplinary project aims to be the first in Australia to analyse the scale, scope, forms and implications of online news-sharing on Facebook and Twitter. Using methods from computing science, linguistics and audience resea ....Sharing News Online: Analysing the Significance of a Social Media Phenomenon. The sharing of news via social media services is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This multidisciplinary project aims to be the first in Australia to analyse the scale, scope, forms and implications of online news-sharing on Facebook and Twitter. Using methods from computing science, linguistics and audience research this study aims to develop an analytical framework for monitoring, classifying and interpreting news-sharing practices that can inform media industry development, journalism education and digital media policy.Read moreRead less
Media treatment and communication needs of Sudanese-Australians. Working with industry partners the ABC and Adult Multicultural Education Services, the purpose of this research project is twofold: to investigate the media's coverage of the Sudanese community in Australia and to establish and assess an innovative journalism training program and news website providing Sudanese Australians with a real media voice.
New Beats: mass redundancies, career changes and the future of Australian journalism. This project is a multifaceted, innovative and timely analysis of the role of mass redundancies, forced career changes and the digital reinvention of Australian journalism at a time of industry restructure and technological change. The nation’s journalistic workforce shrank by 15 per cent in 2012 after 1000 journalists were made redundant. In this project, academics and industry stakeholders join forces to expl ....New Beats: mass redundancies, career changes and the future of Australian journalism. This project is a multifaceted, innovative and timely analysis of the role of mass redundancies, forced career changes and the digital reinvention of Australian journalism at a time of industry restructure and technological change. The nation’s journalistic workforce shrank by 15 per cent in 2012 after 1000 journalists were made redundant. In this project, academics and industry stakeholders join forces to explore how to best address questions about professional journalism’s experience of structural transformation and its capacity to adapt positively to change. This project aims to provide the first in-depth account of the complex interplay between economic, technological, workplace and career pressures reshaping professional journalism.Read moreRead less