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Media International Australia
Journal Prestige (SJR): 0.29

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Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
ISSN (Print) 1329-878X - ISSN (Online) 2200-467X
Published by Sage Publications

[1176 journals]

Social media: Connecting and sharing in a bushfire crisis
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  Authors: Susan Atkinson, Jee Young Lee
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Social media has become an integral channel for official agencies to communicate with citizens in a natural disaster crisis and increasingly time, effort and money are being spent on improving social media strategies and practices. However, there is much less research focused on understanding how people engage with official social media content, a significant piece of the crisis communication puzzle. As the use of social media for crisis communication in natural disasters is increasing and the amount of information threatens to overwhelm people, understanding how people engage with official social media content is vital. Using quantitative content analysis, this study examined the use of Facebook by two Australian emergency response agencies during a specific bushfire event and explored how the attributes of social media content are related to user engagement with the information. The findings show that the two agencies had markedly different approaches which resulted in differences in user engagement.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-03-14T07:48:44Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231163367
Studying the datafication of Australian childhoods: learning from a survey
of digital technologies in homes with young children
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  Authors: Luci Pangrazio, Jane Mavoa
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The home is a crucial site of young children's early encounters with digitally connected technologies. It is here that their emerging digital footprints are being formed and where digital data about them is being produced then collected, analysed and commodified in varying ways. While much is speculated about the rise of intelligent assistants, baby monitors, connected toys and goods, there is little quantitative information available about what sorts of devices households with children actually contain. This article reports on findings from an online survey of 504 Australian households with children aged 0–8 years. The survey was designed to capture a snapshot of internet connected devices and goods in households as a way of contextualising current discussions around the datafication of childhood. Results indicate that Australian households with young children are indeed highly connected, and this is primarily via devices already well domesticated into everyday family life such as TVs, computers and smartphones. We discuss several key points emerging from our findings, including: the safety and security of the household as a primary motivator for using smart home devices; the different rates of acceptance of the datafying objects in the home; and the Googlization of family life. We conclude the paper by outlining a research agenda that more accurately reflects the digital realities of Australian family life.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-03-13T07:31:31Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231162386
Media representations of China amid COVID-19: A corpus-assisted critical
discourse analysis
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  Authors: Yating Yu, Dennis Tay, Qian Yue
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Although there has been an increasing number of studies investigating media representations of the COVID-19 outbreak around the world, less international attention has been given to Chinese media outlets’ coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak than that of their western counterparts. This study employs corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis to investigate how China is linguistically represented in a state-run English-language news media. The analysis reveals that China is respectively represented as a victim, a fighter, and a cooperative/supportive country with ideological implications for global solidarity and humanitarianism. This study sheds light on the effective use of discursive strategies in promoting international cooperation and building a national image amid a global health crisis. The value of using corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis to examine national image is also highlighted.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-03-10T05:29:27Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231159966
The production and consumption of news podcasts
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  Authors: Yoonmo Sang, Jee Young Lee, Sora Park
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This special issue, which focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, brings together five articles addressing the use of podcasting in a journalistic context. Drawing on articles that cover diverse topics, this issue paints a larger picture of how news podcasts are created and consumed in various global contexts. Implications are discussed. Reflecting different global contexts, the articles herein address such topics as health, politics and sports and invite researchers to explore the potential and limitations of news podcasts from a wide range of perspectives.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-27T08:35:49Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231159423
Entertaining information: Third-party influencers’ role in
COVID-safety health communication
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  Authors: Rob Cover, Lukas Parker, Charlotte Young, Katia Ostapets
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This paper discusses findings from a commissioned evaluation of an Australian government COVID-19 health campaign that utilised third-party influencers to increase the reach of health communication messages among culturally and linguistically diverse young people. Although the campaign was successful, interviews with select influencers and target audience members indicated that the ‘serious’ tone of the health messaging was less effective and less likely to be shared and that messages should be more ‘entertaining’. Analyses of data indicated three themes providing insights into how future campaigns may benefit from a focus that draws together health information and entertainment using models already constructed in the entertainment–education field: (1) Entertaining health messages have a stronger fit with influencers who are known for their entertainment value; (2) Entertaining messages are more memorable and more likely to be shared; (3) A balance between entertainment and the signifiers of trust and credibility such as government health authority logos overcomes trust issues in the context of current health disinformation and misinformation.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-22T06:28:27Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231158880
Motives for using news podcasts and political participation intention in
South Korea: The mediating effect of political discussion
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  Authors: Yoon Y. Cho, Ahran Park, Jinho Choi
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The purpose of this study is to examine Korean listeners’ motivations for listening to political news podcasts drawing on uses and gratifications. This study revealed five motivations: social support, convenience, ease of obtaining political information, diversion/habitual use, and alternative use/de-authoritative flow. The study also confirmed that the extent to which gratifications sought for political news podcasts differs depending on listeners’ political orientations. Liberals have stronger motivations for convenience in use, ease of obtaining political information, and diversion/habitual use compared to conservatives. Furthermore, this research found that the motivations for social support, alternative use, and diversion/habitual use tend to impact political discussions with others, both online and offline, and this process could encourage their intention of political participation as well.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-20T08:49:05Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231154052
Book Review: Setting the Agenda by Maxwell McCombs & Sebastián
Valenzuela
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  Authors: Phoebe Matich
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-14T07:56:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231154687
Connections, Community, Coconuts: Exploring the History of Regional
Community Radio
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  Authors: Bridget Backhaus
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Regional community radio enriches and diversifies local media landscapes in Australia. It is also a space where communities isolated from mainstream processes of media production can actively participate and, subsequently, ‘see’ themselves reflected in their own media. While the importance of regional community radio generally is well-established, less explored is the history of regional stations. Most historical research on Australian community radio focusses on urban stations while regional and rural stations, which form the majority of the sector, are distinctly underrepresented. Exploring the history of regional community radio stations reveals the relationship between stations and how regional communities choose to represent themselves and construct their own mediatised identity. This article details the findings of a case study focussed on North Queensland station Triple T. One of the oldest regional community radio stations in Queensland, the history of Triple T offers rich insight into the mediatised identity of regional communities.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-09T05:17:42Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231154686
Book Review: TikTok: Creativity and Culture in Short Video by D. Bondy
Valdovinos Kaye, Jing Zeng & Patrik Wikström
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  Authors: Kateryna Kasianenko
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-03T08:30:50Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231155255
Book Review: Creator Culture: An Introduction to Social Global Media
Entertainment by Stuart Cunningham & David Craig
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  Authors: Mohammed Foysal Chowdhury
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-02T06:42:09Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231154693
Podcasting and constructive journalism in health stories about
antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
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  Authors: Mia Lindgren, Britta Jorgensen
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  COVID-19 showed the importance of trustworthy and accessible health information. News organisations increasingly introduced podcasting to keep their audiences informed. Podcasting's documented capacity for listener engagement makes it a pertinent medium to study another global public health threat – superbugs – through the lens of constructive journalism. Both constructive journalism and podcasting feature lived experiences of sources, in constructive journalism focused on empowering audiences to act. This practice-led research study is the first to explore how solutions-oriented journalism intersects with narrative podcasts. It demonstrates through the production of a podcast series about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), an affordance to tell complex and often scary health stories. It finds that podcasting can position individuals affected by AMR as sources of empowering information, rather than as victims. The study contributes new knowledge to constructive podcast journalism as an impactful approach in public health journalism, leveraging its potential to provide solutions to listeners and promote change.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-02-01T06:27:08Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221148499
Book Review: Television in Post-Reform Vietnam: Nation, Media, Market by
Giang Ngyuen-Thu
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  Authors: Zala Volcic
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-01-11T07:03:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221148501
Pandemic impacts on cinema industry and over-the-top platforms in China
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  Authors: Muhammad Yaqoub, Zhang Jingwu, Suhas Suresh Ambekar
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Over-the-top platforms are increasingly being accepted by the younger generation. This study examines the different modes of watching films that have emerged due to the proliferation of over-the-top platforms, smartphones, and 5G technologies during the pandemic period in China. Using survey data, we examine the perception and behavior of 592 respondents. The top five factors in increasing over-the-top platforms to watch movies include easy access, various genres, no time to visit a cinema, pandemic, and new films. Findings also show that users tend to use smartphones to access over-the-top platforms. Bilibili, Tencent Video, and iQIYI are China's most popular over-the-top platforms among viewers. Increasing cinema ticket prices, pandemics, lack of quality content, and film stories are significant challenges for the cinema industry in the near future. These results suggest that the film industry should maintain the quality of the movies, especially those released on the cinema screen. These findings also designate significant substitution between the over-the-top platform and cinema and recommend that competition authorities widen market definitions. The cinema environment and IMAX/3D appear to have little incentive to degrade over-the-top platforms, despite over-the-top's films contributing to declining box office revenue.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2023-01-04T07:25:42Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221145975
A distressing and peculiar disease: endometriosis in the Australian Press
1949–2011
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  Authors: Erin Bradshaw
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This study explores how endometriosis has been represented and framed historically in the Australian press. Analysis of 80 articles published between 1949 and 2011 was conducted. Articles were examined for their framing, themes, and voices in a decade-by-decade format. Results found that endometriosis was overwhelmingly framed as a comorbidity to infertility during this timeframe, and experts were commonly sourced compared to patients with the disease. Medical treatments for the disease were also published heavily. Little focus was put on endometriosis as a standalone medical issue until the 1980s. The ways in which this disease is presented in the media may have an impact on general knowledge and understanding of endometriosis, both for patients and the wider public.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-12-22T06:31:38Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221145974
Trolling of female journalists on Twitter in Pakistan: an analysis
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  Authors: Shabir Hussain, Hajra Bostan, Irfan Qaisarani
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  In this study, we examined the trolling of female journalists on Twitter in Pakistan. Through quantitative and qualitative content analysis, we found the female journalists received offensive comments in which the trolls mocked their gender, profession, and personal lives. Though the trolls affiliated with the government produced more hate, opposition political parties and ordinary people also engaged in varying levels of gender-based slurs. Moreover, the journalists critical of the government received more negative comments than the pro-government journalists. Our findings show the trolls adopted a targeted approach in which the highly conservative cultural values were exploited to put social pressure on journalists to dissuade them against exercising their democratic rights.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-12-21T07:37:22Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221145977
Book Review: China's Digital Presence in the Asia-Pacific: Culture,
Technology, and Platforms by Michael Keane, Haiqing Yu, Elaine J. Zhao &
Susan Leong
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  Authors: Chang Zhang
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-12-21T06:39:00Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221145976
‘African kids can’: Challenging the African gangs narrative on
social media
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  Authors: Claire Moran
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  In 2016, following the ‘Moomba riots’ in Melbourne, the powerful and damaging narrative of ‘African gangs’ reemerged in Australian media and political discourse. The hyper-criminalisation and problematisation of Black African young people as violent and engaging in gang activity, created moral panics that exacerbated already existing anti-Black African sentiment in Australia. This racist ‘majoritarian narrative’ of Black Africans resulted in far-reaching consequences for the African community in Australia, particularly for African young people. Significantly, it has been noted that in the face of these overwhelmingly negative portrayals, African young people felt invisible, disempowered and psychologically defeated by the media. This paper employs the use of the critical race methodology ‘counternarratives’ to explore the use of social media by African young people in Australia to challenge the ‘majoritarian narrative’ of African gangs. Drawing on six months of social media ethnography and multiple participant interviews with African youth participants (n = 15), this paper argues that social media is a significant site where African young people (re)claim their narratives as African kids who ‘can’.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-12-20T07:02:07Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221142879
Academic explanatory journalism and emerging COVID-19 science: how social
media accounts amplify The Conversation’s preprint coverage
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  Authors: Alice Fleerackers, Michelle Riedlinger, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This article examines the public communication of COVID-19-related ‘preprints’ (unreviewed research studies) in a digital media environment. To understand how preprint research flows from preprint server, to media story, to social media audience, we analysed engagement with ‘second-order citations’ – social media posts linking to media coverage of research – using a sample of 41 media stories published by the research amplifier platform The Conversation (TC) that mentioned preprint research during the early months of the pandemic. We applied content analyses to the Facebook and Twitter accounts sharing these stories and analysed the engagement that the posts received. We found that TC stories mentioning preprints were shared among a diverse collection of Facebook and Twitter accounts, providing a second layer of social media amplification of preprint research. Still, posts by a small proportion of ‘elite’ actors – people with prominent roles in media and communications, politics or academia – tended to generate more engagement.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-12-15T06:55:20Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221145022
Publics of interest and the death of the critic on Australian TV
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  Authors: Robert Boucaut, Peter C Pugsley
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This article charts a turning point in recent Australian broadcast television history, where enduring institutions of media criticism in popular formats rapidly disappeared from screens. We firstly situate media criticism and the roles of the ‘television critic’ within theoretical paradigms of Bourdieusian taste-making and publics of interest, before undertaking a close analysis of three case studies circa 2015. Examining Good Game, The Book Club and Movie Juice demonstrates variations in critical and presentational aims and tones, influenced by such factors as media types and associated cultures (games, literature and film, respectively), network/broadcaster interests, scope of media operations and engagement with online publics. Our assessments of these formats are then placed in their historical context of media production and consumption, whereby we retrospectively find that the retirement of the popular film criticism show At the Movies marked the beginning of the Australian television critic's extinction event.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-12-13T11:46:38Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221145026
Remedying the fractured domain through slow journalism: A case of
journalistic podcasting in India
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  Authors: Sneha Gore Mehendale, Ruchi Kher Jaggi
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This study contributes significantly by adding to the limited existing knowledge of news podcasting practices as well as building an empirical understanding of a specific type of slow journalism. It examines the practices of news podcasting in India and positions it as a form of slow journalism. The study found that this construction of slow journalism through podcasting is purposeful on the journalist's part. More importantly, it is done with the intention of remedying the systemic fractures that contemporary journalism experiences. Finally, reclaiming the lost trust in journalism through practicing slow journalism is one of the crucial aims that podcasting journalists have in this context. The data for this paper was collected through newsroom observations and in-depth interviews with podcasting journalists across three Indian newsrooms. The study reveals the specific features of the news selection and production practices of the podcasting journalists fitting in the slow journalism framework, as told through their own perspectives as practitioners.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-12-09T08:19:21Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221144238
Book Review: Digital Activism in Russia: The Communication Tactics of
Political Outsiders by Sofya Glazunova
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  Authors: Katja Lehtisaari
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  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-30T07:19:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221142878
Security and Digital Nationalism: Speaking the Brand of Australia on
Social Media
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  Authors: Xiufang (Leah) Li, Juan Feng
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This article investigates the ways a nation brand is constructed by elite and non-elite actors on social media using the case of Australia in China through the lens of security. The mixed-method analysis unveils the collaborative process in the security realm driven by digital technologies does not enable vernacular discussions to produce an alternative understanding of the national brand of the Other crafted by the pro-state actors. The narratives centering around societal security to citizens strategically served to prompt the population's interactions and nationalistic support for the state's agendas. Uncovering the contribution of digital nationalism to the mean-making of securitization in the participatory media space, this article advances the engagement between security and nation branding from a critical vantage point. It enriches the strategies of harnessing the dynamics between people, digital media, and identity politics to create a unified response from the community to a security threat.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-18T06:32:16Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221139581
Who is a journalist now' Recognising atypical journalism work in the
digital media economy
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  Authors: Lawrie Zion, Timothy Marjoribanks, Penny O’Donnell
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  For the past two decades, understandings of the scale of digital disruption in journalism work in post-industrialised countries have relied on data about newspaper closures, newsroom job losses and the creation of new full-time jobs in journalism. Yet, the digital economy has fostered new employment and work arrangements, and there is less secure employment in journalism, making it more difficult to define who is a journalist now. Using a case study of Australian journalists seeking re-employment after newsroom job loss, this article examines some of the emerging patterns of atypical journalism work. It concludes that attempts to measure the current extent of journalism work need to explicitly account for hybrid careers characterised by professional activities at the margins of or outside of traditional newsroom work. In the digital economy, journalists may undertake a range of journalism and non-journalism work simultaneously or sequentially.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-17T06:31:40Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221134207
The Final Word on sports podcasts: audience perceptions of media
engagement and news consumption
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  Authors: Peter English, Jacqueline Burgess, Christian Jones
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Sports podcasting has spread rapidly over the past decade and reflects how sports media have been quick to embrace new technologies. Despite being a relatively recent medium, podcasts have expanded the sports field with their format and content. The rise in podcast shows and episodes has been noticeable, but less is known, particularly in an academic context, about the audience's desire for sports news and information. Utilising the audience of The Final Word, a global podcast focusing on cricket, this study will examine perceptions of media engagement and news consumption through a survey of 333 listeners. The Final Word is a popular podcast that has gained critical acclaim for its content and format, and is hosted by two cricket writers, who are based in Australia and the United Kingdom. The findings provide important global insights and descriptive results of the habits and perceptions of listeners in relation to media engagement and news consumption of a journalistic podcast
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-15T08:10:37Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221139567
Book Review: Peripheral Actors in Journalism by Aljosha Karim Schapals
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  Authors: Sandra Banjac
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-14T07:23:16Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221139580
Book Review: tumblr by Crystal Abidin, Natalie Ann Hendry & Katrin
Tiidenberg
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  Authors: Andrew Morran
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-14T07:22:35Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136921
Media literacy education through an online space: Co-designing of a
participative website in media literacy for teachers
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  Authors: Mania Alehpour, Margareta Melin, Ebrahim Talaee
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This study applies a participatory design approach including the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a participative website in media literacy for Iranian teachers. In the design cycle, we utilized collaboration with Iranian teachers formulating basic inceptive design in three workshops identifying needs and requirements in media literacy. The development process was through paper-based prototyping of design components of the website by participants embodying particular design guidelines and ideated design concepts for the website. In the implementation step, the website was launched based on guidelines and prototypes taken from participants in the workshops. The website was evaluated by teachers based on four factors including being educational, facilitating networking, being engaging, and user-friendly. The result of this research informs researchers about the benefit of a participatory design approach to design a platform in media literacy for teachers. We argue that the process of applying participatory design and the design components prototyped by teachers for designing a website in media literacy can be a guide for researchers and all other agents who are active in media literacy education.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-14T07:22:16Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136583
How Do South Korean Podcasts Reflect Changes in Journalistic Norms and
Practices' Comparing Podcasts of Professional Journalists with
Podcasts of Non-Journalists
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  Authors: Na Yeon Lee, Jeehyun Kim, Changsook Kim
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The purpose of this study is to examine whether journalistic norms of objectivity and practices of gatekeeping are observed in news and current-affairs podcasts. By analyzing 101 episodes from three different types of news and political podcasts, which included 13,237 sentences related to the 2022 presidential election in South Korea, the findings showed that journalistic norms and practices were often blurred in podcasts. Specifically, this study measured objectivity norms in three ways: (1) expression of opinion and first-person narration; (2) types of evidence/grounds employed; and (3) transparency of evidence/grounds. The results showed that 15.8% of sentences included opinions and 3.1% included first-person narrations. Three out of 10 episodes (31.7%) included no evidence. Only half the evidence/grounds were transparent (56.4%). Also, the gatekeeping role was shared by inviting outsiders as interviewees (71.3%). Importantly, the findings showed that the observation of norms and practices differed depending on whether podcast hosts were affiliated with mainstream media.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-11T08:30:22Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136931
Digital arts and culture in Australia: Promissory discourses and uncertain
realities in pandemic times
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  Authors: Indigo Holcombe-James, Jacinthe Flore, Natalie Ann Hendry
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This article critically interrogates the promissory discourse underpinning the cultural sectors’ ‘digital pivot’ in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 and 2021; namely, that artistic and creative work could be done lucratively online, offer equal opportunities for all, and assure ongoing audience consumption. Drawing on empirical data from two research projects with arts and culture workers in Australia during COVID-19 restrictions, we investigate the intersection of this promissory discourse with individual and institutional practices of digital disengagement. We contend that, rather than a panacea to lost work and income and the assurance of continued cultural consumption, digital disengagement meant that the pivot prohibited, multiplied, and negated artistic and cultural labour. By considering disengagement that was imposed upon, resourcing contingent, and that actively pushed back, this article complicates our understanding of digitalised arts and cultural labour.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-08T01:47:55Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136922
Book Review: Subtitling: Concepts and Practices by Jorge Díaz Cintas
& Aline Remael
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  Authors: Huihuang Jia
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-08T01:47:16Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136920
Book Review: Everyday Data Cultures by Jean Burgess, Kath Albury, Anthony
McCosker & Rowan Wilken
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  Authors: Jay Daniel Thompson
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-02T06:10:12Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136930
Book Review: Rethinking Social Media and Extremism by Shirley Leitch &
Paul Pickering
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  Authors: Gordon Alley-Young
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-02T05:49:41Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136926
Book Review: Netflix and Streaming Video: The Business of
Subscriber-Funded Video on Demand by Amanda Lotz
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  Authors: Michael L. Wayne
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-02T05:49:21Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136925
Book Review: Popular Culture and Social Change: The Hidden Work of Public
Relations by Kate Fitch & Judy Motion
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  Authors: C. Kay Weaver
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-11-02T05:48:51Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221136924
Scott Morrison’s Political Discourse During Crisis: A
Narrative-Semiotic Analysis
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  Authors: Mohammed Akhib, Sky Marsen
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This study explores communication strategies and techniques in the political discourse of the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, during crisis. Twelve public speeches and statements made during media conferences, from April 2019 to May 2020, are analysed as sample data. These consist of three contexts, starting from the election campaign, followed by the bushfires that ravaged the nation and the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The study identifies the prominent themes and most frequently occurring features in the data set. The election campaign communications and COVID-19 crisis communications are observed to have similar use of discourse features and emphasis of themes. Comparatively, the bushfire crisis communications showed low levels of technique usage and a low significance of themes. The speeches are grouped into four political discourse clusters for further analysis using actantial modelling. The models provide a visual representation of various actants to draw comparative insights. The study highlights that communication needs to be viewed as a discursive activity that can have variations to the contexts, and the need to attribute sufficient significance for public issues using discourse features is critical.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-10-10T05:45:02Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221129922
Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) original production in Australia:
Evolution or revolution'
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  Authors: Alexa Scarlata, James Douglas, Ramon Lobato
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Original production by subscription-video-on-demand services (SVOD) is often associated with a U.S. model of premium drama, characterized by high production values, edgy storytelling, and narrative complexity. Yet the internationalization of SVOD production in recent years has complicated this assumption, revealing diverse national experiences. In this article, we test the notion of ‘SVOD exceptionalism’ through a content and production analysis of Australian SVOD originals released by Netflix, Stan, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, and Binge (2015–2021). Identifying the characteristic formats, genres, features, and production dynamics of Australian SVOD originals, we explore how these texts connect with the existing patterns of the national production culture. Our findings suggest that SVOD production in Australia has largely extended rather than challenged established storytelling norms, reflecting a production ecology still shaped around broadcast logics. Consequently, we identify the early years of SVOD production in Australia as a period marked less by innovation than by risk mitigation.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-09-22T04:52:26Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221127083
Book Review: Difficult Women on Television Drama: The Gender Politics of
Complex Women in Serial Narratives by Isabel C. Pinedo
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  Authors: Liming Liu, Yanjun He
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-09-07T07:20:50Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221125237
Warwick Blood (1947–2022): a journey in communication research
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  Authors: Kerry McCallum, Peter Putnis
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Warwick Blood (1947–2022) was a leading Australian researcher in the field of Communication and Media Studies whose research focused on the role of the news media in framing public understanding of major social issues such as fear of crime, suicide and mental illness and community perceptions of risk. This article traverses Warwick's research career from his 1981 PhD on agenda setting to his later qualitative research using news frame analysis and ethnomethodology. Warwick's research is positioned within the history of Communication and Media Studies in Australia. We argue his work had a major impact on the practice of journalism and more generally on the study of health communication. His legacy was to forge a path in impactful, collaborative social research that has enabled the flowering of applied media studies and health communication research at a time of critical urgency in both public health and the media industries.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-08-30T06:53:28Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221122165
Development journalism and revitalisation of familism in Malaysia
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  Authors: Muhammad Asim Imran
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This paper explores the role of Malaysian media in the revitalisation of familism, which seems to descend in most Asian societies. The examination of news articles published in English-language Malaysian newspapers between 2011–2021 through critical discourse analysis reveals that newspapers in Malaysia are playing a moral guardianship role by warning readers of the slipping of filial responsibility and the dangers of the alternatives. The papers construct a discourse in support of an established social norm of traditional family roles in caring for family members – particularly, elderly people who are on the rise throughout the world – something the government supports as well, as it relieves it of any obligation to elderly citizens. The role of journalists in the rekindling of familial piety can be linked to development journalism that emphasises the media's partnership with the government as care of older family members absolves the government from the cost of care associated with an increasingly ageing population.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-08-29T06:47:40Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221122241
Erratum
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  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-08-29T06:47:24Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221121424
The value of news: A gender gap in paying for news
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  Authors: Emma John, Jee Young Lee, Sora Park
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The factors that impact audiences’ willingness to pay for news have received much attention over the last decade given a steady decline in advertising revenues and online news outlets attempting to diversify their revenue streams. Drawing on an online survey of 2034 news consumers in Australia, the study examined gender differences in the value of the news as a predictor of willingness to pay for news. The results revealed significant gender differences. Perceptions of sufficient and fair coverage of their gender affected women’s willingness to pay, but not men’s. Women are more likely to pay for news when they believe that women are fairly covered. On the other hand, women are more likely to pay for news if they perceive an under- or overrepresentation of women in news. This study provides important implications for news industry and journalism practices, evidencing the significance of fair gender representation to the economic value of news.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-07-28T06:02:57Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221116410
(Dis)assembling mental health through apps: The sociomaterialities of
young adults’ experiences
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  Authors: Jacinthe Flore
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Typically free, accessible on-demand and easy to use, smartphone-based applications (apps) targeting mental health have expanded in recent years. This article discusses a qualitative research study with 14 young adults aged 18 to 25 years old who use apps to understand, track, and monitor their mental health. I present four vignettes drawn from a screenshot elicitation and a qualitative interview that sought to explore what is significant, socially and materially, for young adults in their usage of apps for their mental health. In this article, I examine how apps transform, interrupt, and mediate young adults’ understandings and experiences of mental (ill) health. The analysis draws on sociomaterialism to demonstrate how, at a time when digital mental health is expanding, mental (ill) health is assembled and disassembled with and through apps, and users’ experiences are enmeshed in affective intensities and entangled with technology.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-07-25T11:49:40Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221114486
Where are they now' Career sustainability and Australian web-series
producers
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  Authors: Mark David Ryan, Guy Healy, Stuart Cunningham
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Over the last decade, several professionalising amateur Australian content creators making web series, distributed on multiple open platforms, broke into the television industry and developed promising careers. The limited scholarly research into the career trajectories and sustainability of web series creators has typically been conducted as normative critique of the value of web series labour. In contrast, we look processually and empirically at the career trajectories of 26 creators following their first publicly funded web series between 2011 and 2020. The creators’ pathways are varied, but web series facilitated a pathway to career sustainability for roughly three quarters of the cohort. Web series functioned as (1) a calling card for native online creators, (2) a format facilitating career consolidation or acceleration for television professionals and (3) a format enabling career diversification for filmmakers. Overall, they can be a market-tested talent training ground for television, especially broadcaster-video-on-demand or subscription-video-on-demand services.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-07-22T07:30:24Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221114484
Media Representation and the Paralympics: A Step Too Far or Not Far
Enough'
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  Authors: Angela Page, Kerry Daly, Joanna Anderson, Genevieve Thraves
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The Paralympics is globally the largest and most significant sporting event that takes place for athletes with a disability. The 2020 Tokyo Games was heralded as significant in its extensive media coverage that served to promote the disability athletic movement, breaking all broadcasting viewing records from the number of broadcasters, viewers, and a number of events provided live. In the past, however, media reporting of the Paralympic Games has not been without controversy. Stereotypical representations of disability, for example, have often been cited). These involve representations such as framing disability as something to be overcome; where athletes ‘participate’ rather than ‘compete’; and for those with adaptive technology, being portrayed as ‘cyborgs’, rather than as competitive athletes. This article has been driven by the curiosity to determine if media depictions of Paralympic athletes have improved over time. We wished to explore the current representations of the print and television coverage in Australia of the 2020 Tokyo games. Our research found that media coverage did, for the most part, provide coverage of events where Paralympians were represented as athletes first and their disability second. Despite this positive outcome, stereotypes prevailed in both print and television reporting. These included minimalising a person's disability, often to the point of making the disability invisible; focussing on overcoming tragedy; using inspirational language to position athletes as advocates for the disability; the use of patronising language; and the positioning of athletes as needing to be grateful. We conclude that whilst the media in Australia has made significant steps towards representing Paralympians as elite athletes, continued attention and primary focus needs to be given to the athlete’s first narrative.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-07-01T06:43:16Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221110275
Book Review: Women in PR History by Anastasios Theofilou
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  Authors: Ziyi Ding, Chengxi Yao
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-06-06T05:03:36Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221106560
Outdated or innovative' Examining news practices that have stood the
test of time at one of Australia's longest-serving local newspapers
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  Authors: Alison McAdam, Kristy Hess
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Researchers studying media innovation and local news tend to emphasise the ‘here and now’, focusing on digital advances as the pathway towards more efficient journalism and viable businesses. This paper argues for the importance of examining media practices that have been preserved and valued over time. It advocates for a temporal reflexivity lens to help inform media innovation strategies and policies for the local news sector in the future. We conduct a fine-grained exploration of one of Australia's oldest family-owned local newspapers, The Buloke Times in the state of Victoria, identifying three main areas of the business that have stood the test of time: respect for tradition and reputations, ‘embeddedness’ in place, and fostering company loyalty and collaboration. Ultimately, we suggest that an appreciation of tradition and continuation may play an important role in understanding the future of digital news in small-town communities.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-06-01T05:44:39Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221104851
WeChat as the coordinator of polymedia: Chinese women maintaining
intercultural romantic relationships
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  Authors: Yutian Xiong, Tingting Liu
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This article considers the ways in which the super-sticky all-in-one platform WeChat acts as the coordinator of a polymedia environment – and not just part of the polymedia environment – in mediating intercultural romantic relationships in the Greater Bay Area of China. Based on qualitative interviews, the article explores how WeChat coordinates a diverse range of digital communication tools for typical intercultural couples (Chinese women and foreign men) to mediate and maintain intimacy. The article contends that WeChat mainly derives its coordinator legitimacy and power from the government's prohibition of non-Chinese social media, WeChat's multi-functionality and its ‘local’ nature – Chinese language, social networking capacities and connectivity to other Chinese applications. Finally, this article finds that the power asymmetry caused by WeChat coordinating ecosystem of converged communication has significantly empowered middle-class Chinese women to take control of their intimate intercultural relationships. Research limitations and theoretical implications are discussed.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-05-27T05:38:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221103883
Writing themselves in: Indigenous gender and sexuality diverse Australians
online
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  Authors: Georgia Coe
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  There has been limited exploration into the online engagements of people who are Indigenous and gender and sexuality diverse. There are, however, two separate bodies of literature that provide substantial insights into the digital involvement of Indigenous Australians, and gender and sexuality diverse people. Each has identified a myriad of complex negotiations, interactions and resistances that take place through the affordances of digital spaces, along with identifying impacts on well-being. This scoping review discusses dominant themes within existing research on these topics, and documents research that discusses an online blog entitled Archiving the Aboriginal Rainbow that is designed to foreground representations of Indigenous gender and sexuality diverse people. To contextualise this discussion, the paper begins with a review of scholarly literature that articulates and challenges the ongoing colonisation of Indigenous peoples’ gender and sexuality. The literature reviewed exposes new research directions. Namely, the importance of exploration into Indigenous gender and sexuality diverses peoples’ online engagements, and their interrelationship with well-being.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-05-24T05:37:02Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221103884
‘Abba Kyari did not die of Coronavirus’: Social media and fake news
during a global pandemic in Nigeria
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  Authors: Temple Uwalaka
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This study examined the influence of fake news online on how social media users viewed and reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. Analyses of an online survey (N = 254) and contents from Twitter users in Nigeria from the hashtags: ‘#coronavirusNigeria’ and ‘#covid19Nigeria’ (N = 10,408), reveal that social media users in Nigeria used Twitter to inform and educate Twitter users as well as debunking fake news stories about the virus to prevent purveyors of fake news from misleading Twitter users in Nigeria. Findings further indicate that those who use social media platforms and national television as main sources of news and are less educated, are statistically more likely to believe fake news about the virus than those who are educated and used newspapers as main sources of news. Consequently, the study recommends that Nigerian political leaders enact policies that they can observe as their inability to adhere to their own lockdowns powered fake news about COVID-19 in Nigeria.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-05-13T03:06:05Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221101216
“Must know Photoshop”: proprietary skills and media jobs in
Australia
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  Authors: Sarah Keith, Stephen Collins
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Over the last two decades, media and associated creative disciplines have moved increasingly towards digital and online production. This shift has seen proprietary software companies clamouring for market share by proclaiming their product as ‘industry standard’ ( Keith et al., 2021). These discourses of professionalism implicitly suggest that proficiency in particular software leads to improved employment outcomes. In turn, many higher education institutions have co-opted this branding message, embedding specific software in their marketing materials. To this end, this research aims to unpack the notion of proprietary software as ‘industry standard’, by undertaking a quantitative survey of media job advertisements. It also aims more broadly to determine what constitutes a ‘media job’ in today’s labour market.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-05-05T05:21:02Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221099046
“Epistemic justice” (a memoir)
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  Authors: John Hartley
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This is a review essay, focussing on Emma A. Jane's (2022) memoir, Diagnosis Normal: Living with Abuse, Undiagnosed Autism, and coronavirus disease grade Crazy (2022).
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-05-03T11:47:05Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221099047
‘Without technology we’d be very stuck’: Ageing migrants’
differential (im)mobile practices during a lockdown
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  Authors: Earvin Cabalquinto
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Ubiquitous mobile communication technologies have played an integral role in the way people navigated forced physical immobilities produced through restrictive measures during a pandemic. This paper critically investigates how 15 ageing people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Victoria, Australia used a range of digital communication technologies and online platforms to cope during the 2020 lockdown. The study deploys the mobilities lens (Urry, 2007) in analysing a data set based on conducting remote and in-depth interviewing. It foregrounds how everyday and multi-scalar digital behaviours afford cultural and social connectedness, reflecting diverse forms of care practices. However, forced immobile practices emerged as shaped by disproportionate network capital. In sum, this study puts forward a nuanced perspective in understanding the scales and textures of (im)mobile practices of ageing migrants during a lockdown in Australia.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-04-25T05:53:54Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221095582
Visibility and invisibility in the aged care sector: Visual representation
in Australian news from 2018–2021
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  Authors: TJ Thomson, Evonne Miller, Sarah Holland-Batt, Jen Seevinck, Sam Regi
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The skyrocketing number and severity of issues in Australian aged care led to the establishment of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in 2018. Yet, compared to other Royal Commissions, media coverage has been relatively muted, and public awareness and engagement with aged care issues has been uneven. Journalists bear a significant responsibility for shaping the national conversation about aged care, and ensuring this demographic is reflected in the news Australians consume. Due to their unique properties, images are especially important in giving visibility to this historically marginalised topic, and to emotionally engaging an often apathetic public. As such, this study focuses on the aged care visuals accompanying Australian news coverage during the period of the Royal Commission's announcement through to four weeks after the government's response. Drawing on the lens of symbolic annihilation, it does this through a visual analysis that examines who or what is represented and the role of news values in shaping the selection of images included with news reports over this period.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-04-22T06:40:04Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221094374
‘Our old pastor thinks the mobile phone is a source of evil.’
Capturing contested and conflicting insights on digital wellbeing and
digital detoxing in an age of rapid mobile connectivity
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  Authors: Bruce Mutsvairo, Massimo Ragnedda, Kames Mabvundwi
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  While Africa has largely been considered a digitally-disconnected country, recent studies have shown that connectivity figures are on a rise. In this paper, we theorize digital wellbeing in a context characterized by a fast-growing number of mobile data users despite a historically low Internet penetration. It is focused on an ongoing ethnographic research on mobile users and digital inequalities in Africa, zooming in on results from an explorative study featuring 10 in-depth interviews with young adult heavy users (more than 4–5 hours a day) and seeking to understand strategies they use in attaining digital wellbeing. The findings show how the sampled young adults (18–30 years old) struggle with the daily realities of digital participation including addiction and generational conflict in technology use. Results also reveal ways through which electronic connectivity is perceived both be a tool of freedom as well as a subtle form of potential digital enslavering.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-04-11T02:36:34Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221090992
Between culture and industry: Re-evaluating the development of the
Australian New Eligible Drama Expenditure (NEDE) requirement on Australian
pay-TV
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  Authors: Oliver Eklund
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  In Australia, policies that mandate levels of production and distribution of local television content are shaping factors of the sector. Many of these policies are under review due to the impact of new streaming services. At a time of major overhaul of policies, it is illustrative to return to the development of earlier local content policies in Australia. The development of the 1992 New Eligible Drama Expenditure Requirement (NEDE) on Australian pay-TV reveals the difficult balancing act between cultural and economic rationalisations of cultural policy. Using policy analysis of key historical documents surrounding the NEDE's development, this article charts how decisions over the shape of the policy were constructed in ways that prioritised impacts on industry. In doing so, this article reveals how despite some objectives of the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA) aiming to balance culture and the economy, the NEDE was designed with industry at the forefront.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-03-21T08:39:18Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221088051
From Bondi to Fairfield: NSW COVID-19 press conferences, health messaging,
and social inequality
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  Authors: Duc Dau, Katie Ellis
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The use of media sources increases exponentially during a health crisis or disaster. Similarly, digital health information and misinformation can spread quickly through social media. From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the press conference has been one of the federal, state, and territory governments’ key outlets for providing updates, containing misinformation, reassuring constituents, and articulating public health measures. This article focuses on NSW press conferences relating to the major Delta outbreak in Australia. The article looks at the press conferences as they pertain to the NSW government's controversial targeting of the lower socioeconomic and ethnically diverse south-west ‘hotspot’ or ‘LGA of concern’, Fairfield, which turned the LGA into an area of intense policing. We argue strategic manoeuvring in the press conferences, through the individualisation of responsibility and blame shifting, formed part of the NSW government's attempts to minimise political fallout.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-03-18T08:14:20Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221087732
Book Review: Film Noir and Los Angeles: Urban History and the Dark
Imaginary by Sean Maher
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  Authors: Terry Flew
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-03-17T06:14:23Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221088280
Book Review: Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their
Voice, 1923-1956 by Catherine Fisher
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  Authors: Tess van Hemert
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-03-14T01:09:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221087729
Making Queer Content Visible: Approaches and Assumptions of Australian
Film and Television Stakeholders working with LGBTQ + Content
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  Authors: Rob Cover
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  A concept of visibility frames much scholarship and public writing on LGBTQ + representation in film and television, and underpins diversity reporting and inclusivity measurement. Although visibility is often depicted as a social good, there is a growing critical interest in asking if there are different kinds of visibility, and how these might be differentially valued. This paper reports insights gained from interviews with Australian stakeholders involved in the production of screen entertainment with LGBTQ + content. The study found that stakeholders are motivated by to create texts that make LGBTQ + stories and characters visible. The range of approaches to visibility was, however, nuanced and diverse: some understood any LGBTQ + representation as valuable, while others discussed visibility in contexts of character depth, anti-stereotyping, and visibility tempered by concepts of human dignity. Although visibility is perceived diversely, it remains a significant lens by which creative artists involved in LGBTQ + texts understand their work.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-02-01T12:42:34Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221077851
Book Review: Regional Cultures, Economies, and Creativity: Innovating
through Place in Australia and beyond by Ariella Van Luyn & Eduardo de la
Fuente
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  Authors: Tully Barnett
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-01-11T03:22:29Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X211073930
What do Indonesian start-ups communicate during the COVID-19 pandemic'
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  Authors: Jandy Luik
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This article aims to explore the media content during the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on the pandemic-handling videos released by start-up companies in Indonesia through their official YouTube accounts. As start-ups were also experiencing the impact of the pandemic, one of their biggest challenges was to communicate optimistic messages to the public with the right content and context. Therefore, this article examines the contents of the videos released by start-up companies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Drawing from the data collected between March and December 2020, this qualitative study finds four inspirational media themes: ‘we all are affected by the pandemic’, the appearance of human values, presenting action taken, and optimistic expressions. Further, this article discusses the arrangement of inspirational statements and acts of empathy, which are predominantly mixed with brand identities and echo the value of gotong royong (mutual assistance).
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-01-05T03:09:42Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X211068463
Introduction to the Media International Australia special issue on
“TikTok cultures in the Asia Pacific”
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  Authors: Crystal Abidin, Jin Lee, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye
  First page: 3
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  The editors of this Feature Topic are founding members of the TikTok Cultures Research Network that focuses on culturally-situated and qualitatively-grounded scholarship on TikTok in the Asia Pacific region. This Feature Topic collection for Media International Australia is our second in a string of Special Issues on TikTok, each primed to interrogate the platform from different scholarly vantage points while remaining committed to surfacing, highlighting, and strengthening research from, by, and about contexts in the margins. In this Feature Topic issue, we focus on the Asia Pacific region to understand the socio-cultural impacts, creative circumventions, and agentic employments of TikTok since its installation. Given the timing of symposium and intellectual inquiries, these studies have also naturally considered the cascading impacts and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on platform use, meaning making, and the habitable spaces we make for ourselves and for each other in times of crisis.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-10-18T07:04:08Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221130126
From karaoke to lip-syncing: performance communities and TikTok use in
Japan
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  Authors: Sonja Petrovic
  First page: 11
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  This paper discusses the versatile use of TikTok among Japanese media users in the context of the platform's increased appeal during the COVID-19 pandemic. Japanese users have adopted global trends of sharing creative content under prominent hashtags to spread a sense of togetherness in a time of social isolation. As social forms of entertainment are disrupted and paused, the practice of singing and dancing on TikTok is substituted for the joy of singing in a karaoke bar. This study adopts a walkthrough method to provide an analysis of TikTok's sociotechnical affordances and employs a content analysis for close reading of users’ videos and their accompanying captions and hashtags. The study reveals that the socialities previously afforded by karaoke cultures linger in TikTok song and idol dance challenges and duets, hashtag initiatives mimicking karaoke practices, and users’ endeavours to become ‘TikTok famous’.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-06-09T01:34:17Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221106565
The cultural customization of TikTok: subaltern migrant workers and their
digital cultures
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  Authors: Satveer Kaur-Gill
  First page: 29
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  Migrant construction workers in Singapore produced TikTok videos sharing their structural, social, and health conditions during the pandemic. The platform's user-centered design presents opportunities for marginalized communities to participate in content production and distribution. The TikTok videos created by MCWs richly detailed the precarities they faced during the pandemic. Through the production of short videos, workers made visible their dormitory conditions, stringent medical surveillance of their bodies, the mental health anxieties they faced from confinement and isolation, and discussed the extensive mobility restrictions imposed on them. They also customized the platform's editability features to produce and edit vernacular content for entertainment and information-sharing, and digitally archived their precarities on the platform. Through user-generated content, workers responded to the exclusions they faced in the host country, undoing the mainstream discursive silencing of their lived experiences as subaltern workers in the city-state. Workers’ use of TikTok presents opportunities for activism and organizing that center voice and agency for greater digital mobilities.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-06-29T05:19:09Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221110279
Exploring children’s TikTok cultures in India: Negotiating access, uses,
and experiences under restrictive parental mediation
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  Authors: Devina Sarwatay, Jin Lee, D Bondy Valdovinos Kaye
  First page: 48
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  TikTok is a popular platform allowing users to view and make short videos. The platform's embeddedness among youth cultures is key to TikTok’s commercial success, to attract and sustain a diverse array of international users. The discourse around children and social media especially TikTok is laced with technopanics, as is the case in India. Although sparse, literature shows children in India want to explore social media but parental mediation usually follows a restrictive style. Using a qualitative approach and multimodal methods, we unpack how children (10–18 years) in a large Indian metropolitan city use TikTok for self-presentation and creative expression while navigating restrictive parental mediation. This article helps gain in-depth understanding of children’s TikTok cultures in India by foregrounding their voices and contributes to larger scholarship on youth digital cultures by focusing on their: (a) vernacular cultures on TikTok, (b) deliberations on safety and wellbeing, and (c) negotiations regarding agency and resistance.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-09-23T06:27:57Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221127037
Teachers of TikTok: Glimpses and gestures in the performance of
professional identity
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  Authors: Catherine Hartung, Natalie Ann Hendry, Kath Albury, Sasha Johnston, Rosie Welch
  First page: 81
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  During a tumultuous period marked by a global pandemic, forced lockdowns, and educational institutions going ‘digital by default’, TikTok has emerged as a key platform for teachers to connect and share their experiences. These digital practices have been widely celebrated for providing teachers with an outlet during a challenging time, though little is known about the particulars of TikTok's appeal among teachers and their followers. This article focuses on a teacher from South Australia, ‘Mr Luke’, whose upbeat TikTok videos capturing ‘#teacherlife’ have seen him grow a significant following. Drawing on interviews with Mr Luke and an Australian pre-service teacher who follows him, we consider their thoughts on TikTok and its relationship to professional practice. We identify key factors that have enabled TikTok's popularity among educators, with implications for both teacher education and social media scholarship.
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-01-06T12:17:52Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X211068836
Book Review: The Production of Global Web Series in a Networked Age by Guy
Healy
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  Authors: Tom Boniface-Webb
  First page: 165
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-07-25T11:49:58Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221116401
Erratum
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  First page: 168
  Abstract: Media International Australia, Ahead of Print.
  
  Citation: Media International Australia
  PubDate: 2022-09-09T02:08:43Z
  DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221116682