Our聽research聽at 国民彩票 School of the Arts & Media uses disciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to explore media cultures, practices聽and聽change.聽We聽recognise聽that media in all its forms is increasingly entangled at every level of life, from the macro to the micro.聽Focusing on聽the interplay of theory and practice, our research is critical, creative and attuned to the world around us.聽
With an emphasis on excellence, engagement and impact,听our school聽addresses聽four broad聽research聽themes:聽
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We have聽Australian聽Research聽Council (ARC)聽Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)聽and Future Fellows聽and聽鲍狈厂奥听Scientia researchers聽in聽media, as well as聽a range of ARC-funded projects.聽We are also home to聽the Media Futures Hub,听a collection of 国民彩票 scholars researching justice, media and emerging technologies.
Engagement
Media researchers聽at 国民彩票 School of the Arts & Media聽are committed to making a positive impact through research partnerships and engagement with industry, government, business, NGOs and community聽organisations.聽Our research partners include聽,听聽and community media peak bodies.聽
We聽exchange聽knowledge through public events and media engagement, aiming to lead debates on crucial issues and on media industry聽and professional practices.聽Our聽academics collaborate聽extensively聽with international researchers and institutions, including in Europe, North America, China, South America, South Africa and across our region.聽聽
Impact
At聽鲍狈厂奥听School of the Arts & Media, our media researchers聽work collaboratively and with external partners. Our research translates into impact on professional practice in journalism, public relations, advertising, strategic and creative communications,听and in community media and international development.聽
We interact and engage with research end-users or beneficiaries through practice-led research, advocacy, advisory roles and through expert input聽to聽government enquiries and policymaking.聽Our expertise in media engagement impacts聽public conversations, including via expert commentary and聽an聽ongoing media presence.
Research themes
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Our research begins with the understanding that contemporary culture is intensely mediated. Using methods of digital ethnography, discourse analysis, social media linguistics and transnational inquiry, our work addresses the cultural impact and use of media in local, diasporic, global and First Nations communities. From the selfie to cyberbullying,听to how facts are made, we examine the expressions and practices of culture that strengthen, test and fray the bonds so essential to political and social life.聽
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How media works in practice is at the heart of our research. Whether investigating the transformation of journalism, determining best practice in public relations and strategic communications, or producing thought-provoking animation and video games, we apply a critical eye to professional practice and provide聽a聽practitioner鈥檚 insight.聽With聽expertise in practice-led research,听we聽can聽connect how media works in the聽real聽world聽with聽how it is understood in the academy.聽
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Our聽research聽embraces the challenge of understanding rapid change in media and its effects on the world around us. We鈥檙e聽committed to investigating that change, but also developing the tools individuals and communities need to respond to聽it.聽We examine聽the politics of listening across difference, the dynamics of communication for development,听and the tools for policy communication.聽Our research聽recognises聽that media forms, practices and cultures are never聽static,听and that academic insight must be socially engaged to understand and speak to that change.聽聽
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We聽understand that the future of media is already here, but also unknowable in its forms and effects. Driven by theoretical innovation and critical insight, our Media Futures Hub is at the forefront of research that offers frameworks, vocabularies and strategies for our rapidly unfolding yet unknown media landscape.聽
Stand-alone devices long ago gave way to digital and networked media that are increasingly inseparable from the social, physical and biological worlds. Our researchers examine these intersections, ranging from virtual, augmented and mixed realities to the internet of things, drones, cryptocurrencies, the affective dimensions of digital media and the social justice consequences of artificial intelligence, algorithms and automation.