Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Verity Trott is Lecturer in Digital Media Research in the School of Media, Film and Journalism.
My teaching and research practices involve developing and implementing a range of computational tools amd methods for analyzing the political, cultural and social dimensions of digital media technologies. My research typically combines data analytics with ethnographic practices to analyze digital activism, online communities, and digital cultures. My key theoretical contributions have included theorising digital networks and the characteristics of counterpublics online, particularly in relation to feminist activism (including the #MeToo movement), and understanding how digital technology is used in the production of gendered online harassment and hegemonic masculinity. You can find my research published in leading international journals including New Media & Society; Information, Communication & Society; and Feminist Media Studies.
Research profiles: Google scholar | academia.edu | researchgate
I am a founding member of the Automated Society Working Group in which I have contributed to several projects including funded research exploring the impacts of "dark" ads on Australian social media users, and Australian attitudes toward facial recognition technology.
My current research agenda continues to explore two sides of the same coin (excuse the cliche): the role of digital technology and digital platforms in feminist activism and anti-feminist backlashes (with a focus on several men's communities and groups that collectively make up what is known as the Manosphere).
Graduate Supervision
I am interested in supervising projects that relate to digital activism, feminism, online communities, platform politics and cultures of digital and automated technology. I am currently supervising projects about anti-social networks and mediatised conflict.
Research area keywords
- Online communities
- Digital activism
- Masculinities
- Feminism
- Social network and social medias
- Digital media
Network
Projects
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Data Visualisation and Policymaking
Trott, V., Alan, W. & Nash, K.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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The Politics of Data Visualisations
Allen, W., Trott, V. & Nash, K.
1/01/20 → 1/12/21
Project: Research
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Young people’s experience with Australian public services
Robards, B., Roberts, S., Lindsay, J., Barbosa Neves, B., Ghazarian, Z., Smith, J., Laughland-Booy, J. & Trott, V.
24/01/20 → 30/10/20
Project: Research
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Unregulated and segmented dark ads on social media: consumer education and regulatory options
Andrejevic, M., Trott, V., Fordyce, R. & Li, L.
27/08/19 → 30/08/20
Project: Research
Research output
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Connective Crowds: The Organisational Structure of a Feminist Crowd in the #TakeDownJulienBlanc Campaign
Trott, V., 2020, From Sit-Ins to #Revolutions: Media and the Changing Nature of Protests. Guntarik, O. & Grieve-Williams, V. (eds.). New York NY USA: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 203-216 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Networked feminism: counterpublics and the intersectional issues of #MeToo
Trott, V., 15 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Feminist Media Studies. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
On solitude and solidarity
Guntarik, O. & Trott, V., 2020, From Sit-Ins to #Revolutions: Media and the Changing Nature of Protests. Guntarik, O. & Grieve-Williams, V. (eds.). New York NY USA: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 141-156 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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‘The pussy ain’t worth it, bro’: assessing the discourse and structure of MGTOW
Wright, S., Trott, V. & Jones, C., 2020, In : Information, Communication and Society. 23, 6, p. 908-925 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Sluts and soyboys: MGTOW and the production of misogynistic online harassment
Jones, C., Trott, V. & Wright, S., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : New Media and Society. 19, 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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"Illuminating Dark Ads" - Association of Internet Researchers
Mark Andrejevic (Speaker), Verity Trott (Speaker), Robbie Fordyce (Speaker) & Luzhou Li (Speaker)
27 Oct 2020 → 1 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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"Tracking Dark Ads" workshop, Creative Directions Festival, Monash University
Mark Andrejevic (Speaker), Robbie Fordyce (Speaker), Verity Trott (Speaker) & Luzhou Li (Organiser)
8 Oct 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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“Dark ads and the spread of disinformation.”
Mark Andrejevic (Contributor), Robbie Fordyce (Contributor), Verity Trott (Contributor) & Luzhou Li (Contributor)
21 May 2020Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Artificial Intelligence: Australia's Ethics Framework: A Submission in Response to the Discussion Paper
Robbie Fordyce (Fellow), Mark Andrejevic (Fellow), Nina Li (Fellow), Verity Trott (Fellow) & Suneel Jethani (Contributor)
31 May 2019Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Press / Media
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Melbourne's social media sentiment + the pandemic
5/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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