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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Stephanie Brookes is senior lecturer in journalism in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University. She researches media, journalism and politics, focusing on election campaigns, political journalism and journalistic identity, and fact-checking. She has a particular interest in questions of identity and belonging in news media and political discourse.
She has published widely in journal articles and book chapters, including co-editing the May 2018 special edition of Media International Australia on press gallery and political journalism in Australia, and is the author of Politics, Media and Campaign Language: Australia's Identity Anxiety (Anthem Press, 2017).
Research interests
- Journalism, identity and representation
- Fact-checking and journalism
- Election campaign communication and coverage
- National identity and belonging
- Political communication
- Celebrity politics and populism
- Australian and US politics and media
- Western media representations of China
Research area keywords
- Political journalism
- News media and identity
- Journalism and representation
- Political communication
- National identity
- United States elections and journalism
- Australian elections and journalism
- Celebrity politics
- Humanitarian and development journalism
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Projects
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Checking the facts: The impact of new sources of political information on 'legacy' election coverage in Australia and the United States
1/05/16 → 31/03/18
Project: Research
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Introduction: Special Issue: ANZCA 2021 Special Issue - Editor's Introduction
Nolan, D., Brookes, S. & Wright, S., 23 Mar 2022, In: Media International Australia. p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other
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Abandoning either/ors in analyzing shifts in humanitarian reporting
Nolan, D., Brookes, S. & Imison, M., 2020, In: Journalism Practice. 14, 1, p. 17-33 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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“There’s just way more places operating in the same space”: competition and boundary work in Australian and United States political journalism
Brookes, S., 2020, In: Journalism Studies. 21, 3, p. 319-335 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
‘Up close and in person’: United States and Australian political reporters’ changing conceptions of the value of campaign coverage
Brookes, S., 2019, In: Journalism. 20, 8, p. 1035-1051 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Checking the Facts: Campaign coverage, online journalism and fact-checking in the 2016 Australian federal and US presidential election campaigns
Brookes, S. L., Jul 2018, Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia. 35 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Other
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Activities
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Submission to Inquiry
Stephanie Brookes (Fellow)
Jun 2017Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Victorian Representative
Stephanie Brookes (Member)
1 Jul 2014 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Reviews Editor
Stephanie Brookes (Member)
Mar 2013 → Mar 2014Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Australia and New Zealand Communication Association (External organisation)
Stephanie Brookes (Member)
1 Jan 2013 → …Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Australian Political Studies Association (External organisation)
Stephanie Brookes (Member)
1 Jan 2007 → …Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board