People

Program Leader

• Prof Amanda Lotz
  

  Program Leader - Transforming Media Industries and Cultures

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Chief Investigators

• Assoc Prof John Banks
  

  Associate Professor, School of Communication

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• Dr Ruari Elkington
  

  Lecturer in Creative Industries, QUT

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• Dr Jennifer Kang
  

  Lecturer

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• Dr Brendan Keogh
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Benjamin Nicoll
  

  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Dr Kylie Pappalardo
  

  Lecturer, Faculty of Law

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• Prof Anna Potter
  

  Professor in Digital Media and Cultural Studies

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• Dr David Richard
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Assoc Prof Mark Ryan
  

  Associate Professor, School of Creative Practice

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• Prof Kevin Sanson
  

  Head, School of Communication

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• Dr Tess Van Hemert
  

  Lecturer, School of Communication

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• Prof Patrik Wikstrom
  

  Professor, School of Communication

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Associate Investigators

• Dr Godwin Iretomiwa Simon
  

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Affiliate Investigators

• Dr Gabriela Monteiro Lunardi
  

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• Dr Xiaoting Yu
  

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Centre Research Staff

• Dr Marion McCutcheon
  

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HDR students

• Sophia Evans
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - Expressing The Self Through Media: Exploring Neurodiverse Player Identities in Gaming Communities

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• Shubhangi Heda
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - Evolving Media Environment in Repressive Regimes: Cultural , Social and Political Implication of Internet Distributed Television

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• Donald Johannessen
  

  PhD Candidate l Thesis - Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP): Improving the legal management of media content about/with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

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• Xuan Li
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - Food porn or food saving? Investigating the role of TikTok in reducing food waste in Australia

• Do Doan Hanh Nguyen
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - Labour and Masculinity: Examining the Performances of Vietnamese Game Livestreamers on Platformised Cultural Work

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• Daniel Pearson
  

  PhD Candidate l Thesis - Creating impact and increasing engagement with creative research videos

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• Luke Pearson
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis Title: TBA

• Albert Prestianta
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis: Media Literacy and Social Media: The Influence of Digital Platforms on Media and News Consumption Habits among Young Indonesians

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• Benson Rajan
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - Safe to ‘Make the First Move’? Exploring Experiences of Intrusion and Safety Work for Indian Women on Bumble

• Andreas Ryan Sanjaya
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - A Study of Collaborative Journalism in Indonesia in the Digital Age

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• David Harold ten Cate
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis title: Finite Videogames: Envisioning Aesthetics After Climate Change

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• Erix Verkaaik
  

  PhD Candidate l Thesis - Examining the sustainability of non-commercial game development practices

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• Jasper Vermeulen
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - Understanding Human Factors that Shape Human-Robot Collaboration

• Zeyu Zhu
  

  PhD Candidate | Thesis - Digital Goals: Examining Football Fan Productivity in Chinese Media

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