Our research covers a broad range of communications issues encompassing new technologies, screen studies, and politics and mass media.

Research areas

Technologies and new media

• David Savat – David's main background is in political theory, but his specific research interests are focused on technologies of communication, especially digital media, and some of their political, economic, and social effects.

• Ian Saunders – Ian has teaching and research interests in virtual cultures and hypertexts, screen studies, cultural and environment studies, and Australian literature. He has a particular interest in new media as a social and political phenomenon

Screen

• Chantal Bourgault – A screenwriter and producer, Chantal's research interests include the pedagogy of self-reflection and creativity; the theory and practice of writing story, particularly in relation to screenwriting; and cultural policy, especially as it relates to film.
• Larissa Sexton-Finck – Larissa's current research interests include autoethnography, character-centred cinema, film feminism, and French poststructuralism, with a particular focus on the  representation of female subjectivity and agency in and on screen. Larissa is also a screenwriter and director.

Communication for problem solving

• Tauel Harper – His research interests are oriented around critical theory with a focus on what constitutes good communication and how good communication can be used to solve contemporary environmental, social and economic problems.

Politics and mass media

• David Denemark – David's research focus is on elections, campaigns, and media effects in Australian and New Zealand politics.