Debra Adams

Current

• Research Assistant at Queensland University of Technology
• Tutor at Queensland University of Technology
• Research Assistant at Queensland University of Technology

• PhD Candidate (scholarship) at Queensland University of Technology

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Past

• Tutor | Guest Lecture at Queensland University of Technology
• Research Assistant at Queensland University of Technology
• Tutor | Guest Lecture at Queensland University of Technology

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Education

• Queensland University of Technology
• Monash University
• Central Queensland University

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Connections

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Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Blog

Debra Adams’s Summary

I am researching the ways that news media use the internet to engage citizens with public affairs. In particular I'm looking at news blogs and citizen journalism. My cases of study are: news.com.au, blogs.bbc.co.uk and OhmyNews International.

I'm also a sessional academic in the school of Media and Communication in the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology. I have lectured and tutored in Media Industries, Virtual Cultures and New Media Technologies.

My role as a research assistant with the Citizen Journalism ARC Linkage project requires me to investigate a number of citizen journalism sites.

My formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism), Monash and Bachelor of Journalism (Hons 1st class ), Queensland University of Technology.

Other key academic studies include: Creative Writing, Screen Studies, Philosophy, Sociology and Literary Studies.

Debra Adams’s Specialties:

Journalism, Media and Communication research.

Thesis on Journalism Education: Profiles of Undergraduate Journalism Courses in Australia. (abridged version presented to 2005 Journalism Education Australia Conference).

Debra Adams’s Experience

• Research Assistant

  Queensland University of Technology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  I am employed by the Citizen Journalism ARC Linkage project at QUT to investigate particular instances of citizen journalism.

• Tutor

  Queensland University of Technology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  I tutor fifty students in New Media Technologies in the school of Media and Communication in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT.

• Research Assistant

  Queensland University of Technology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  Research Journalism Education: Professor Terry Flew & Dr Jason Sternberg
  
  Flew, Terry, Jason Sternberg and Debra Adams (2007), “Revisiting the ‘Media Wars ’ debate”, Australian Journal of Communication, 34(1), pp. 1-28.

• PhD Candidate (scholarship)

  Queensland University of Technology

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  My research is located within the Creative Industries faculty at QUT.
  The research is supervised by Professor Terry Flew and Dr Axel Bruns.

Debra Adams’s Education

• Queensland University of Technology

  PhD , Media and Communications , 2006 — 2009

  Creative Industries Research Grant-in-Aid
  Creative Industries Scholarship to attend Harvard World MUN
  Research Poster Award
  APA Scholarship

  Activities and Societies:

  Queensland University of Technology
  Delegate for 2008 Harvard World Model United Nations Conference.
  User-Led Research Group

• Monash University

  BA , Journalism, Creative Writing, Mass Communication , 1998

• Central Queensland University

  Commenced BA , Literary Studies , 1996

  I transferred my studies to Monash in 1998 to include Journalism.

Additional Information

Debra Adams’s Websites:

• My Blog

Debra Adams’s Interests:

journalism, media, communication, technology, new media, journalism education, politics, citizen journalism, internet law, media law

Debra Adams’s Groups:

Harvard World Model United Nations Conference 2008,
YouDecide2007

•    The Group of Eight - represents Australia's leading universities.
•    constructive journalism
•    Association of Internet Researchers

Debra Adams’s Honors:

Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship (2006-2009)

Postgraduate Research Poster Competition Finalist (2007)
Awarded in recognition of outstanding communication of postgraduate research at QUT. Competition finalists contributed to the research project gallery at 2007 QUT Postgraduate and Research Showcase events.

Creative Industries Faculty Scholarship (2007-2008)
Awarded to attend, as a QUT delegate, the Harvard World Model United Nations conference in Puebla Mexico March 24-28, 2008.

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