Journal Description
Media International Australia (MIA) is an international peer-reviewed journal founded in 1976 and dedicated to publishing cutting-edge scholarly research exploring media and communications in all their forms. MIA is inclusive, interdisciplinary, and international in its orientation; it welcomes diverse voices, and new conceptual and methodological approaches. A particular strength of MIA is its feature topics, guest-edited by leading scholars and bringing coherence to the publication of a collection of articles presenting vital research on significant new themes in media and communication. Each issue of the journal consists of a feature topic and a selection of individual articles, as well as book reviews.
The journal is affiliated with the Australian and New Zealand Communications Association Inc (ANZCA). MIA supports Online First publication to make work available as soon as possible and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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- by Caroline Fisher, Sora Park, Janet Fulton, Uwe Dulleck, Terry FlewMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. In a choice-rich media environment, audience perceptions of what is and is not news are not static. However, most of the scholarship about news definitions has been from the perspective of the practitioner. This article takes an audience-centric approach. …
- by Paul DawsonSchool of the Arts and Media, 7800University of New South Wales, AustraliaMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. This article investigates the high-profile, years-long, media coverage of former federal government staffer, Brittany Higgins, in the wake of a 2021 television interview in which she recounted her experience of sexual assault in Parliament House. Higgins' …
- by Ryan Thorneycroft, Benjamin Hanckel, Erika K. Smith, Lucy Nicholas6489Western Sydney University, AustraliaMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Pornography scholarship is often dominated by discourses surrounding its alleged risks to viewers. Approaching sex and porn through the lens of ‘play’ rather than ‘drama’, this article concentrates on the everyday particularity of porn viewing, where …
- by Rowan Wilken, James Meese, Catherine Middleton, Kieran HegartyMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. The introduction of the fifth generation of mobile standards (5G) has promised faster speeds, greater network capacity and lower latency. 5G has only recently rolled out in many countries, so there is little empirical data on what individual consumers are …
- by Ronnie Scott, Elizabeth MacFarlane, Gabriel Clark, Meg O’Shea, Patrick GrantMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. What kinds of comics were sold and procured from Australia's zine fairs, comics fairs and market days in 2022? The research team for Folio, a comics oral history project, visited Australian zine fairs, comics fairs and market days between February and …
- by Jaelea Skehan, Ross Tynan, Renate Thienel, Jane Pirkis, Myfanwy Maple, Brian KellyMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. This study examined whether Australian media professionals agree with guidelines for reporting suicide (Mindframe guidelines) and the factors that may influence their level of agreement. Participants completed an online survey to assess their level of …
- by Ying Zhu, Yali Yang12430Northeast Agricultural University, ChinaMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. In 2020, China witnessed its own “Year of the Podcast.” Podcast, an auditory medium that dominates the Western market, is once again enjoying a “renaissance” in China after years of silence. This article begins by tracing the development trajectory of …
- by Adam Fish, Joshua Zeunert7800University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. As a key component of decarbonisation, many nations are undergoing an energy transition from fossil fuels to solar, wind, and other renewable energies. This is creating landscape transformations in ways prior energy regimes did not. Scholars, …
- by Claire Konkes, Alana MannMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print.
- by Alexandra Wake, Sharon SmithSchool of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Climate activists have increasingly used hunger strikes to gather media attention to perceived inaction on the issue; however, there is little guidance for journalists about how they should approach such a story. Applying social responsibility theory to …
- by David J Paterno5376RMIT University, AustraliaMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Engaging and guiding the public to accept new, green fuels carries manifold challenges for communication. This article employs interview data to explore how communications professionals in the Australian energy sector speak about communicative aspects of …
- by Anna Broinowski, Fiona R. Martin4334The University of Sydney, AustraliaMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Australian debates about how to regulate deepfake video have, to date, largely been shaped by STEM agendas for generative artificial intelligence (AI) policy and public fears about disinformation intensification. As the federal government consults on AI …
- by Emma Mesikämmen, Lisa Waller, Brian BurkettMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. In January 2019, the South Australian Government released the report of its Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin, which investigated the implementation of the Basin Plan and allegations of water theft in upstream states. This study analyses the …
- by Usha Sundar Harris156392University of Central Asia, KyrgyzstanMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Participatory environmental communication (PEC) offers a way of engaging in communication by inviting the participation of communities and their ways of knowing. As a process-oriented approach, PEC enables communities to use local knowledge and design …
- by Susan Kerrigan, Phillip McIntyre, Janet Fulton, Alysson WatsonMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Using a creative ecosystems approach, this paper demonstrates that journalism is deeply embedded in the interconnected ecosystem of publishing and, at a higher level, the creative industries. Analysis of data from seven regional areas in New South Wales …
- by Natalie Krikowa, Kate Delmo, Melinda McDonald, Jeffrey MillarMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. This article and research was first inspired by fire personnel attending emergencies that could have easily been avoided if the people living in the dwellings had been able to better understand fire hazards and safety preparedness. In response to this, we …
- by Callum Jones, Verity Trott, Brady Robards, Steven RobertsMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Alternative news media, which opposes mainstream news media, has been utilised by the far right to proliferate their ideology. This study explores how the scale of discussion, and negative framing, of different groups that are commonly targeted by the far …
- by Stephen Harrington, Axel Bruns, Phoebe Matich, Daniel Angus, Edward Hurcombe, Nadia JudeMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. Much of the scholarly attention on disinformation has focussed on the role of social media, thus overlooking the political actors who themselves propagate disinformation and the mainstream news outlets that report on them. In this article we argue that …
- by James Bingaman, Moses MikeMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. In February of 2022, Pat Cummins – the captain of the Australian cricket team and one of the world's top players – published an essay advocating for action on climate change. He would later reinforce this advocacy by refusing to appear in ads for one of …
- by Ahmad Muhammad Auwal, Metin Ersoy52957New Media and Journalism, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Gazimağusa, TurkeyMedia International Australia, Ahead of Print. The rise of social media usage has generated global debates over efforts to address widening concerns through moderation of user practices and content that potentially undermine public safety and security. Content moderation has become a politically …