Unfit to print: A history and analysis of press power in Australia. For over eighty years, there have been accusations that newspapers strongly influence Australian politics and policy-making. But newspapers are also accused of masking their influence and failing to cover themselves with the same vigour they cover other industries. How do newspapers report on themselves and policies affecting their interests? This project will examine the controversial issue of press power by mapping a history o ....Unfit to print: A history and analysis of press power in Australia. For over eighty years, there have been accusations that newspapers strongly influence Australian politics and policy-making. But newspapers are also accused of masking their influence and failing to cover themselves with the same vigour they cover other industries. How do newspapers report on themselves and policies affecting their interests? This project will examine the controversial issue of press power by mapping a history of newspaper influence on media policy-making from 1927-2012. It will combine archival research, content analysis of newspapers and interviews with former politicians and newsworkers to examine not just how newspapers exercise power but also how they represent their power to politicians and the public. Read moreRead less
Chinese international students in Australia: A study of the transformative potential of education abroad. This longitudinal study of female Chinese students in Australian universities is the first to trace in detail these students’ subjective experience of their journeys from China to Australia and their post-graduation destinations. Through in-depth ethnographic research, it will reveal how these young women’s time in Australia impacts on their gendered and national-cultural sense of identity. ....Chinese international students in Australia: A study of the transformative potential of education abroad. This longitudinal study of female Chinese students in Australian universities is the first to trace in detail these students’ subjective experience of their journeys from China to Australia and their post-graduation destinations. Through in-depth ethnographic research, it will reveal how these young women’s time in Australia impacts on their gendered and national-cultural sense of identity. This project aims to deepen knowledge in areas directly linked to Australian education export, and enhance Australia’s engagement with its region.Read moreRead less
Switched-on Audiences: Australian Listeners and Viewers. Based on substantial primary research and interviews across Australia, this project will map and interrogate the voices of media audiences since the rise of the pervasive new medium of radio in the 1920s. Tuning in to radio and television, both public and commercial, this project will rigorously explore audience engagement with broadcasting over nearly a century. Representing a major shift from the study of media production to reception, t ....Switched-on Audiences: Australian Listeners and Viewers. Based on substantial primary research and interviews across Australia, this project will map and interrogate the voices of media audiences since the rise of the pervasive new medium of radio in the 1920s. Tuning in to radio and television, both public and commercial, this project will rigorously explore audience engagement with broadcasting over nearly a century. Representing a major shift from the study of media production to reception, the work will produce new understandings of Australian media users and digital citizens in a rapidly changing and converging media landscape.Read moreRead less
The Social Credit System and Everyday Life in China. This project examines the development of the social credit system in China from a cultural and social perspective. It aims to empirically investigate the lived experience of social credit among individuals, families, and communities, in the context of China’s larger ambition to build a ‘digital civilisation’ through technological advancement. Expected outcomes include policy briefings, reports, and an open-access research hub, as well as agend ....The Social Credit System and Everyday Life in China. This project examines the development of the social credit system in China from a cultural and social perspective. It aims to empirically investigate the lived experience of social credit among individuals, families, and communities, in the context of China’s larger ambition to build a ‘digital civilisation’ through technological advancement. Expected outcomes include policy briefings, reports, and an open-access research hub, as well as agenda-setting academic publications. The project will advance public understanding of and inform policy responses to automated decision-making and society in both Western and non-Western societies.Read moreRead less