2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University
Andrea Carson is a 2024 Reuter’s Institute for the Study of Journalism Visiting Academic Associate, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. https://www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/about/fellows/andrea-carson/
She is the author of several books including 'Undercover Reporting, Deception, and Betrayal in Journalism’ (with Dr Denis Muller) and ‘Investigative Journalism, Democracy and the Digital Age', Routledge: London/New York.
Her research examines investigative journalism, the media's role in a democracy (also campaigns and elections), political communication, and politics and gender.
She studies measures to mitigate fake news and is on Facebook’s global fact-checking advisory board. With colleagues and Australian Research Council funding, Andrea is studying media and political (mis) trust in Australia.
Read more here: https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/alcarson
Experience
2024–present
A Visiting Academic Associate, Reuter’s Institute for the Study of Journalism, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.
2018–present
Associate Professor, La Trobe University
2007–present
Author, Allen &Unwin, Cambridge University Press, Routledge
2022–present
Professor, La Trobe University
2014–2018
Lecturer, Political Science, University of Melbourne
2004–2010
774 Morning Producer, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2007–2008
Producer, 7.30 Report, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2001–2004
Radio Broadcaster, 3RRR
1997–2001
Journalist, The Age
Education
2013
University of Melbourne, Doctor of Philosophy
2008
University of Melbourne, Masters of International Politics
1999
Deakin University, Bachelor of Arts
1993
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Registered Nurse
Publications
2023
Undercover Reporting, Deception, and Betrayal in Journalism, Routlesge
2020
Investigative Journalism Democracy and the Digital Age, Routledge
2018
Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century Old Institutions, New Challenges, Cambridge University Press
2017
See http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-3334,
2007
Gut Instincts: A practical guide to a healthy digestive system, Allen & Unwin
Grants and Contracts
2023
The Australian Research Council Discovery Project Mapping & Harnessing Public Mistrust (DP230101777) i
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
Australian Research Council
2019
Women in Local Government: Understanding their Political Trajectories
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
Australian Research Council
2018
Understanding political debate and policy decisions using big data
Role:
Chief Investigator
Funding Source:
Australian Research Council
Professional Memberships
Vice President, Australian Political Science Association, 2024