Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Communication and Creative Arts


   Dr. Toija Cinque

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Position Senior Lecturer
Email toija.cinque@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Communication & Creative Arts
Phone +61 3 925 17470
Campus Burwood
Location Burwood
Role and profile Toija is presently Lecturer in the Media and Communication program in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University where she specialises in new media and related disciplines.

Media and Communication Honours Adviser
Teaching responsibilities ALC101 Making Sense of Text, Image and Meaning
ALC102 Making Sense of New Media
Research interests • New Media
• Internet Use and Regulation
• Television and Radio Broadcasting
• Public Broadcasting in Australia
• Digital Television and Datacasting
• Communications Institutions and Industries
• Communications and Media Policy
Current research projects A pilot project involving analysis of how public broadcasters are currently responding to new media such as datacasting and the internet as more and more people go online for their entertainment/education.
Awards Excellent Teacher Award, Swinburne University, 2001.

Excellence in Teaching Award: Certificate of Commendation Swinburne University, 2001.

Award for outstanding contribution to the Swinburne academic community, 1996.
Qualifications PhD, Communication and Media Studies, Monash University, 2007
Master of Arts (Communications), Monash University, 1998
Graduate Diploma of Arts (Communications), Monash University, 1997
Bachelor of Arts, Swinburne University, 1996
Memberships ANZCA
Conferences 'A New Screen Face for Public Service Broadcasting'. Australian New Zealand Communication Association’s Annual Conference on Communication, Creativity and Global Citizenship.
Queensland University of Technology, 8-10 July 2009.

'The Role of Australia’s Public Broadcasters in Development and Democracy'. The Ninth International Women in Asia (WIA) Conference: Transition and Interchange.
University of Queensland, 29 September - 1 October 2008

'The Future of Television is Outside the Box'. Media, Communications and Public Speech, 2008 Conference of the CMCL–Centre for Media and Communications Law.
University of Melbourne Law School, 20 – 21 November 2008

‘The ABC and SBS Online: From Portal to Vortal’. Australian New Zealand Communication Association’s Annual Conference on Communication, Civics, Industry.
University of Melbourne, 5-7 July 2007.

‘The Impact of Globalisation on Cultural Policies: A Call for Universal Social Responsibility’. 2nd International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities.
Monash University Prato Campus, Italy, 20-23 July 2004.

‘Custodians for the Future: Media, Art and Cultural Policy in Australia’, 7th European Association for Studies on Australia, University of Aveiro, Portugal, 23-27 September 2003.
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22nd April 2013