Communicating as Community: Examining Power and Authority in Community-focused Environmental Communication through Participatory Action Research in the Ourimbah Creek Valley

Chloe Killen, Phillip McIntyre, Bernadette Drabsch, Andrea Cassin, Anita Chalmers, Alex Callen, Luke Foster, Lucinda Ransom, Aaron Mulcahy, Barry Williams, Kevin Duncan, Edwina Richards & Kevina-Jo Smith– University of Newcastlechloe.killen@newcastle.edu.au Platform: Journal of Media and Communication Volume 9.2, ANZCA Special Issue (2022): pp.6 – 21 Abstract In this paper we argue that the making of …

Have Faith and Question Everything: Understanding QAnon’s Allure

Luke Munn luke.munn@gmail.com Platform: Journal of Media and Communication Volume 9.1, Visuality: Truth and Politics (2022): pp.80 – 97 Abstract QAnon is an influential conspiracy theory centering on a nefarious “deep state” network. The core of the movement is Q, an unknown individual claiming to have classified access. This article examines one year of Q’s posts. These …

Mediating the Social: The Excesses o f Racial Representation within (Trans)formative Digital Space

Dorothy R. Santos – University of California, Santa Cruz drsantos@ucsc.edu Platform: Journal of Media and Communication Volume 9.1, Visuality: Truth and Politics (2022): pp.73 – 79 Abstract In this essay, I explore what Gray (2015) calls “the excesses of representation” that reproduce race and gender across proliferating digital platforms. I traverse the digital in tracking and tracing …

On the Road: Emergent Spatiality in #Vanlife

Lawrence May – University of Auckland l.may@auckland.ac.nz Platform: Journal of Media and Communication Volume 9.1, Visuality: Truth and Politics (2022): pp.56 – 72 Abstract ‘Vanlife’ is a term utilised on social media sites, including YouTube, to denote images and videos that represent a lifestyle centred around long-distance travel using converted vans. The Vanlife phenomenon demonstrates the potential …

Crowdsourcing Women’s Experiences of Space: Empowerment, (In)Visibility, and Exclusions – A Critical Reading of Safetipin Map

Trang Le – Monash Universitytrang.le@monash.edu Platform: Journal of Media and CommunicationVolume 9.1, Visuality: Truth and Politics (2022): pp. 43 – 55 Abstract As a crowdsourced visual-based technique, participatory mapping has generally been lauded as an innovative method to identify place-based inequities and shape a more inclusive urban world. In the context of sexual violence in public spaces, …