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Biography
Kerry McCallum is Director of the News & Media Research Centre. Her research in Political Communication specialises in the relationships between changing media and Australian social policy. Kerry has a strong record of grants management, publication and research translation. She is the co-author of 'The Dynamics of News and Indigenous Policy in Australia' (Intellect, 2017), and is currently lead investigator on the ARC-funded project 'Breaking Silences: Media and the Child Abuse Royal Commission'. 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. From 2017-19 she was UC's Academic Director (Dean) of Graduate Reserach, and 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; Communication of Inquiry; Indigenous Media Studies; Mediatization; Political Participation; Media and Public Opinion
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
… → 5 Dec 2005
Award Date: 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
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Projects
Breaking silences: Media and the Child Abuse Royal Commission
Mccallum, K., Dreher, T., Hess, K., Skogerbø, E., Waller, L. & Deas, M.
5/08/19 → 4/08/22
Project: Other
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
Research Output
Analysing the Digital News Network in Action: IndigenousX, The Guardian and the Wakul App
Nolan, D., Waller, L., Lattimore, J., Simons, M. & Mccallum, K., 2020, Questioning Indigenous-Settler Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Maddison, S. & Nakata, S. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 69-86 18 p. (International-Settler Relations in Australia and the World).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter
Analysing the Indigenous News Network in Action: IndigenousX, The Guardian and the Wakul App
Nolan, D., Waller, L., Latimore, J., Simons, M. & Mccallum, K., 2020, Questioning Indigenous-Settler Relations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Maddison, S. & Nakata, S. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 69-86 18 p. (Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter
Digital News Report: Australia 2020
Park, S., Fisher, C., LEE, J. Y., Mcguinness, K., Sang, Y., O'Neil, M., Jensen, M., Mccallum, K. & Fuller, G., 16 Jun 2020, Canberra: News Media Research Centre, University of Canberra. 115 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
Beyond deficit discourse: reframing debate in Indigenous education
MCCALLUM, K., Waller, L. & Dreher, T., 2019, Digitizing Democracy. Schapals, A., Bruns, A. & McNair, B. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 147-162 15 p. (Routledge Studies in Media, Communication and Politics).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter
Media hierarchies of attention: News values and Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Waller, L., Dreher, T., Hess, K., MCCALLUM, K. & Skogerbø, E., 24 Jun 2019, In : Journalism Studies. p. 1-17 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Activities
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Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference
Kerry MCCALLUM (Participant)
Jul 2010
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...