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Online communications and media

Summary

Dr Jonathon Hutchinson is a Senior Lecturer in Online Communication and Media at the University of Sydney. He is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project, Online News and Media Pluralism, and is also a Chief Investigator on the eSafety Commission Research project, Emerging online safety issues: co-creating social media education with young people. During 2022, Dr Hutchinson is the Faculty of Arts and Design Distinguished Fellow at the University of Canberra. His research explores cultural production, public service media, cultural intermediation, everyday social media, automated media, and algorithms in media. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Policy & Internet journal and the Treasurer for the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA). Hutchinson is on the Board of Directors for the Diplomatic World Institute and is an active and regular contributor to the media. He is an award-winning author with articles in several national and international Scimago Q1 journals, government submissions, and his book, Cultural Intermediaries: Audience Participation and Media Organisations (2017), is published through Palgrave Macmillan.
He tweets from @dhutchman

Supervisor

Dr Jonathon Hutchinson.

Research location

Media and Communications, School of Art, Communication and English (SACE)

Synopsis

Research interests

  • Social media
  • Media industries
  • Public Service Media (PSM)
  • Cultural intermediation
  • Algorithms and automation in media
  • Convergence
  • Internet governance
  • Digital ethnography
  • Cultural production

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Opportunity ID

The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3059