Communication research and teaching: the Australian Communication Association at 40 years

Steven Maras, David Nolan, Gerard Goggin, Kate Fitch, Diana Bossio, Jonathon Hutchinson, Stephanie Brookes, Julie Freeman

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Abstract

This article presents responses from a range of Australian scholars on communication research and teaching in the context of a roundtable in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Australian Communication Association (ACA), the precursor organisation to the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA). Emphasising the range and diversity of approaches and epistemologies in this field, the roundtable invited a ‘situated’ response to questions considering scholarship, frameworks, and theoretical perspectives useful in thinking through the near and mid-term challenges facing the area. Emerging from the exercise is a snapshot of different agendas for research and teaching, many of them future-oriented and reformist in their emphasis on responsible practice and social change.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)74-88
Number of pages15
JournalMedia International Australia
Volume189
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2023

Keywords

  • Communication
  • digital methods
  • media
  • news
  • public
  • research
  • teaching
  • work

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