Staff profile
Dr Christopher Scanlon
Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director, Institute for Human Security
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Communication, Arts and Critical EnquiryHU2 223, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 1041
- F: +61 3 9479 3638
- E: c.scanlon@latrobe.edu.au
- W: http://www.upstart.net.au
Qualifications
BA (Hons –UTAS), PhD (Monash)
Membership of professional associations
Journalism Education Association
Area of study
Creative Arts
Global Communications
Journalism
Media Studies
Brief profile
Dr Christopher Scanlon is a writer and commentator whose work has been published in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Punch, The Courier-Mail, The Canberra Times, Crikey, Business Spectator, The Monthly, Overland and Arena Magazine. From 1999–2007, Christopher was a co-editor of Arena Magazine and online editor of Arena until 2009. Prior to joining La Trobe in 2008, Christopher worked at RMIT University's Globalism Institute, conducting research on the links between participation in community and health and wellbeing as part of an ARC linkage project. In 2004, Christopher graduated from Monash University with a PhD in politics. Christopher developed and is Production Editor of www.upstart.net.au, a magazine for emerging journalists.
Research interests
Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
- Convergence Journalism
- Social media technologies
- Technology as applied to journalism
- Web and mobile production practices and techniques
Communications and Media Policy
- Australian and UK politics and media policy
Media Studies
- Cultural and ideological critique
- Social and political theory
Teaching units
MST2/3PAS - Press and Society. MST2/3JPW - Online Journalism Production. MST3AJD - Advanced Journalism and Design.
Recent publications
- Scanlon, C & Zion, L 2009, ‘Starting upstart’, paper presented at ‘Journalism Education in the Digital Age: Sharing Strategies and Experiences’, JEA conference, Burswood Intercontinental Hotel, Perth November 30–December 2. http://www.2009jeaconference.au.com/documents/pdfs/Scanlon_and_Zion.pdf
- Scanlon, C 2010, ‘What a concept car can tell you about life in the future’, The Punch, 22 April.
- Scanlon, C 2010, 'A message to the selfish: children are a public good', The Punch, 16 February.
- Scanlon, C 2010, 'Tech journos, take note on your iPads: cheering Steve Jobs isn’t journalism', Crikey, 29 January.
- Scanlon, C 2009, 'Abbott’s gaffe-prone image is pure bullshit', Crikey, 15 December.
- Scanlon, C 2009, 'In praise of Dan Brown', The Punch, 5 October.
- Scanlon, C 2009, 'Pregnancy has become a competitive sport', The Punch, 12 August.
- Scanlon, C 2009, 'Politics comes before lights and camera', The Age, 27 July.
- Scanlon, C 2009, 'Removing the goal posts', Business Spectator, 10 April.
- Scanlon, C 2009, 'Don't worry, be happy. Or at least fake it', The Age, 17 February.
- Scanlon, C 2009, 'Ideology is not always a dirty word', The Age, 20 January.
Research projects
#ozelection: a nation tweeting to itself A Twitter–Google Map mash-up http://www.upstart.net.au/ozelection/ — 2010
