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Kieran McGuinness is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra. His recent research focuses on mixed method approaches to news consumption, misinformation, journalistic role performance, defence journalism and discourses of risk, problematisation and threat in news media. He is a co-author of the annual Digital News Report Australia, an ongoing study of news consumption done in collaboration with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. As a Postdoctoral Fellow Kieran assists with data analysis and report writing with a special focus on combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to research.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Baseline research to inform media literacy measurements and initiatives
PARK, S. (CI), McGuinness, K. (CoI), Fulton, J. (CoI) & LEE, J. Y. (CoI)
27/03/26 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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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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External Review – ABC Coverage of the Voice to Parliament Referendum
McGuinness, K. (CI), PARK, S. (CoI) & FISHER, C. (CoI)
30/06/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Other
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Sense of belonging among multilingual audiences in Australia 2024
PARK, S. (CI), LEE, J. Y. (CoI) & McGuinness, K. (CoI)
21/06/24 → 30/09/25
Project: Other
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VDNN: Valuing Diversity in News and Newsrooms
McGuinness, K. (CI), PARK, S. (CoI) & LEE, J. Y. (CoI)
15/06/22 → 15/06/23
Project: Research
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Digital News Report: Australia 2025
PARK, S., FISHER, C., McGuinness, K., LEE, J. Y., FUJITA, M., HAW, A., MCCALLUM, K. & Nardi, G., 2025, University of Canberra. 148 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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‘Use these strategies to advocate for yourself at your next doctor's appointment’: a snapshot of Australian online news framing of endometriosis in 2024
Adler, H. & McGuinness, K., 2025, In: Media International Australia. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Citizens’ Strategies for Navigating News and Misinformation in the COVID-19 “Infodemic”
Holland, K., Park, S., Mccallum, K., John, E., Fisher, C., Mcguinness, K. & LEE, J. Y., 2024, In: International Journal of Communication. 18, p. 2882-2901 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing journalistic role performance across thematic beats: A 37-country study
Mellado, C., Márquez-Ramírez, M., Van Leuven, S., Jackson, D., Mothes, C., Arcila-Calderón, C., Berthaut, J., Blanchett, N., Boudana, S., Chen, K. Y. N., Davydov, N., De Maio, M., Fahmy, N., Ferrero, M., Garcés, M., Hagen, L., Hallin, D. C., Humanes, M. L., Himma-Kadakas, K. & Keel, G. & 17 others, , Mar 2024, In: Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. 101, 1, p. 97-126 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital News Report: Australia 2024
Park, S., Fisher, C., Mcguinness, K., LEE, J. Y., Mccallum, K. & Yao, S., 17 Jun 2024, University of Canberra. 168 p.Research output: Book/Report › Reports
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News, Trust & Misinformation: Evidence and Strategies webinar
Mccallum, K. M. (Speaker), Fisher, C. (Speaker), Park, S. (Speaker), Mcguinness, K. (Speaker) & O'Neil, M. (Speaker)
27 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Social media and traditional news access among Gen Z and Millennials
Fisher, C. (Speaker) & Mcguinness, K. (Speaker)
9 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk