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Biography
Kerry McCallum holds joint appointments at the University of Canberra as Academic Director, Graduate Research, and Professorial Research Fellow in the News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design. Her research in Political Communication specialises in the relationships between changing media and Australian social policy, particularly in Indigenous affairs. She has a strong record of grants management and research translation, with more than 60 academic publications and research reports since entering academia in 2005. Kerry is actively involved in the field of Communication and Media Studies in Australia and internationally; she is former President of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) and Member of the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). As an experienced academic leader Kerry has implemented and administered complex change management processes at the faculty, university and national levels. She is a member of the Australian Council of Graduate Research. This trajectory is supported and grounded by nearly a decade of previous professional experience working in federal parliament in political and media advisory roles.
Student Projects Available
Political Communication; Indigenous Media Studies; Mediatization; Political Participation; Media and Public Opinion
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
… → 5 Dec 2005
Bachelor
… → 1988
External positions
Member, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2011 → 2021President, Australian and New Zealand Communication Association
1 Sep 2010 → 31 Aug 2011Fingerprint Fingerprint is based on mining the text of the person's scientific documents to create an index of weighted terms, which defines the key subjects of each individual researcher.
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Projects 2009 2019
Collaborative Evaluation, Research And Planning Panel 2015
BROWN, L., BURROUGHS, S., CAFFERY, J., DAVEY, R., DAVIS, J., EVANS, M., GEORGES, A., JORGENSEN, R., MCCALLUM, K., OBRIEN, P., OBRIEN, P., TANTON, R., TAYLOR, A. & UPTON, P.
12/04/16 → 8/03/19
Project: Other
Deficit Discourse and Indigenous Education-via ANU
MCCALLUM, K., Fforde, C., Fogarty, W., Gorringe, S., Sullivan, P. & Waller, L.
1/01/15 → 31/12/17
Project: Other
Conversations about Alcohol and Pregnancy
HOLLAND, K., BLOOD, W., BLOOD, W., MCCALLUM, K. & McCallum, H.
Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
1/01/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Other
Australian news media and Indigenous policymaking 1988-2008
1/01/09 → 31/12/12
Project: Other › Research
Research Output 2002 2018
2
Citations
Bypassing the press gallery: from Howard to Hanson
FISHER, C., MCCALLUM, K. & MARSHALL, D. 10 Apr 2018 In : Media International Australia. p. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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press secretary
mediatization
broadcaster
Indigenous Media studies in Australia: Traditions, Theories and Contemporary Practices
MCCALLUM, K. & Waller, L. 2017 Minorities and media: producers, industries, audiences. Budarick, J. & Han, G-S. (eds.). 1 ed. London UK: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 105-124 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Citations
The dimensions of mediatized policy-making in Australian Indigenous affairs
McCallum, K. & Waller, L. 1 Apr 2017 In : Communications. 42, 2, p. 173-193 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
mediatization
Monitoring
news
bureaucracy
development policy
The dynamics of news and Indigenous policy in Australia
MCCALLUM, K. & Waller, L. Jul 2017 United Kingdom: Intellect Books. 318 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
news
bilingual education
conversation
legislation
politics
User-generated content on the Facebook page of Emergency Management Organizations: Perspectives of Emergency Management Administrators
KURIAN, J. C., WATKINS, J. & MCCALLUM, K. 2017 Communication Worlds: Access, Voice, Diversity, Engagement. Sydney: ANZCA, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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