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Dr Janet Fulton is a Research Fellow at the News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra. Janet’s research interests include creativity and cultural production, journalism, journalism education, media entrepreneurship and work-integrated learning.
Janet has co-authored books in these areas including The Creative System in Action: Understanding Cultural Practice and Production (2016), Educating for Creativity within Higher Education (2018), Creative Industries Entrepreneurship: How Innovative Agents, Skills and Networks Interact (2023) and Creativity and Creative Industries in Regional Australia: Interconnected Networks, Shared Knowledge and Choice Making Agents (2024). She has also published chapters, journal articles and conference presentations.
As a Research Fellow, Janet provides research support to other members of the Centre that has included work on several ARC projects – Heartbeat of Australia: Tracking, understanding and engaging news audiences, The rise of mistrust: Digital platforms and trust in news media and New approaches measuring Australia’s creative workforce: Beyond the Census – as well as projects on diversity, climate change, reporting on child sexual abuse, media literacy and political misinformation.
Janet’s research expertise is primarily qualitative with experience in interviews, observation, document analysis and focus groups.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Making the news: Print journalism and the creative process, University of Newcastle Australia
Award Date: 21 Apr 2012
External positions
Treasurer, Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia
Jan 2020 → …
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Political Misinformation and Media Literacy: Australian Election 2025
MCCALLUM, K. (CI), PARK, S. (CI), LEE, J. Y. (CI), FISHER, C. (CI), HAW, A. (CI), O'NEIL, M. (CI), FUJITA, M. (CI), ROSS, A. (CI), NOLAN, D. (CI), McGuinness, K. (CI), HUSSEIN, A. (CoI) & Fulton, J. (CoI)
1/04/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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What is news in a high-choice media environment? An adapted boundary framework for audience definitions of news
Fisher, C., Park, S., Fulton, J., Dulleck, U. & Flew, T., Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Media International Australia. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A creative ecosystem: regional journalism as scalable and integrated practice
Kerrigan, S., McIntyre, P., Fulton, J. & Watson, A., 2024, In: Media International Australia. p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Communicating in Crisis: Community practices of online participation during extreme events
Park, S., Atkinson, S., Fulton, J., Wong-Parodi, G. & Mani, L., 2024, Climate Disaster Preparedness: Reimagining Extreme Events through Art and Technology. Del Favero, D., Ostwald, M., Frohne, U. & Thurow, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 199-211 13 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Culture, Creativity, and Climate: A Dangerous Gap in Policies of Preparedness
Cunningham, S., Park, S., Mccallum, K., Fulton, J. & Helsby-Clark, N., 2024, Reimagining extreme event scenarios. Del Favero, D., Ostwald, M., Frohne, U. & Thurow, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 169-181 13 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
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Exploring responses to mainstream news among heavy and non-news users: From high-effort pragmatic scepticism to low effort cynical disengagement
Park, S., Fisher, C., Fletcher, R., Tandoc, E., Dulleck, U., Fulton, J., Stepnik, A. & Yao, S. P., Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Media and Society. p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)10 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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ICA 2024 Pre-conference event
PARK, S. (Organiser), FISHER, C. (Organiser) & Fulton, J. (Organiser)
25 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...