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2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University

Andrea Carson is a 2024 Reuter’s Institute for the Study of Journalism Visiting Academic Associate, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. https://www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/fellows/andrea-carson/

She is the author of several books including 'Undercover Reporting, Deception, and Betrayal in Journalism’ (with Dr Denis Muller) and ‘Investigative Journalism, Democracy and the Digital Age', Routledge: London/New York.

Her research examines investigative journalism, the media's role in a democracy (also campaigns and elections), political communication, and politics and gender.

She studies measures to mitigate fake news and is on Facebook’s global fact-checking advisory board. With colleagues and Australian Research Council funding, Andrea is studying media and political (mis) trust in Australia.

Read more here: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/alcarson

Experience

  • 2024–present
    A Visiting Academic Associate, Reuter’s Institute for the Study of Journalism, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.
  • 2018–present
    Associate Professor, La Trobe University
  • 2007–present
    Author, Allen &Unwin, Cambridge University Press, Routledge
  • 2022–present
    Professor, La Trobe University
  • 2014–2018
    Lecturer, Political Science, University of Melbourne
  • 2004–2010
    774 Morning Producer, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • 2007–2008
    Producer, 7.30 Report, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • 2001–2004
    Radio Broadcaster, 3RRR
  • 1997–2001
    Journalist, The Age

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Melbourne, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2008 
    University of Melbourne, Masters of International Politics
  • 1999 
    Deakin University, Bachelor of Arts
  • 1993 
    Royal Melbourne Hospital, Registered Nurse

Publications

  • 2023
    Undercover Reporting, Deception, and Betrayal in Journalism, Routlesge
  • 2020
    Investigative Journalism Democracy and the Digital Age, Routledge
  • 2018
    Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century Old Institutions, New Challenges, Cambridge University Press
  • 2017
    See http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-3334,
  • 2007
    Gut Instincts: A practical guide to a healthy digestive system, Allen & Unwin

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    The Australian Research Council Discovery Project Mapping & Harnessing Public Mistrust (DP230101777) i
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2019
    Women in Local Government: Understanding their Political Trajectories
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2018
    Understanding political debate and policy decisions using big data
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Vice President, Australian Political Science Association, 2024

Research Areas

  • Journalism Studies (190301)
  • Political Science (1606)
  • Australian Government And Politics (160601)
  • Communication And Media Studies (2001)