James Meese

Associate Professor James Meese

Associate Professor

Details

  • College: School of Media & Communication
  • Department: School - Media & Communication
  • Campus: City Campus Australia
  • james.meese@rmit.edu.au

Open to

  • Industry Projects
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Collaborative projects

About

James Meese is media studies scholar who works in the sub-fields of media and telecommunications policy and journalism studies.

He has been awarded a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council to investigate personalisation and recommendation in the news media sector.

James has published over 45 journal articles, book chapters and reports on the above topics and continues to regularly publish work in leading media and communication journals. His most recent book is Digital Platforms and the Press (Intellect).

James has received research funding from the Australian Research Council, Meta, the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.

Research fields

  • 4701 Communication and media studies

Supervisor projects

  • Can tech save news media? How internet and communication technologies enable digital news startups.
  • 4 Dec 2023
  • The Politics of Communicating Complexity: Editorialising Data and the Visual
  • 23 Jun 2023
  • Understanding the Impact of 5G on People, Society & Industry
  • 2 May 2023
  • China in the Australian Media: A Post-Foreign Correspondent Perspective
  • 7 Mar 2022
  • Towards algorithmic literacy: exploring how young Australians understand news algorithms.
  • 14 Jan 2022
  • Household and Food Consumption: Cross-cultural Analysis of Online Food Delivery Service in Surabaya and Melbourne
  • 17 Dec 2021
  • Translating academic research on election promises to publicly accessible news media
  • 3 Dec 2021

Teaching interests

I am not currently taking on new doctoral students. Future PhD roles will be advertised.

Research interests

Media and telecommunications policy, journalism, automation.
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