Biography
Dr Janine Little's research and writing in media, journalism, literary, cultural, Indigenous and gender studies covers more than three decades. She has contributed to significant national and international projects and publishing on urgent social justice issues, including the dispossession of Indigenous Australians from culture and land, violence against women and children, and the ethical and legal tensions in professional communication.
Janine is a recognised international scholar in media law and ethics, and socialist feminist cultural analysis of family violence, namely violence against women and children. Her current project is: The Role of Mediated Culture in Men's Violence Against Women and Children (see publication list).
Janine’s work is informed by lifelong experiences as a news reporter, journalism/literary and cutural studies academic, and First In Family university graduate.
Read more on Janine's profileCareer highlights
Journalism Ethics and Law: Stories of Media Practice, Oxford University Press, 2013
APN News and Media Work-Integrated Learning Journalism Training Program, 2006-07 (with Associate Prof. Michael Sankey, formerly USQ)
Dean's Commendation for Outstanding Achievement, Graduate Certificate Tertiary Teaching and Learning, 2007 (USQ)
Queensland Country Press Association Award for Individual Journalistic Excellence First Prize 2000
Research interests
I supervise Honours and HDR projects in the following areas
Family violence in the media/popular culture -- e.g. filicide, violence against women, domestic violence, true crime in TV, film, fiction, creative non-fiction
Cultural representation of gender, social class, and difference (using qualitative approaches)
Women's studies and feminist cultural theory
Media Law and Ethics -- e.g. defamation and the media; privacy and media practice; media coverage of social and cultural disadvantage/difference/conflict
Teaching interests
Media Law and Ethics
Units taught
Chair ACC717 Law Media Communication (2012-2022, except 16-17)
Chair ACC213 Media Law and Ethics (2009-2022, except 1/13 & 2/17)
ALJ112 News Reporting B (Chair 2008-2011; teaching 2008-11, 2013, 2015)
ALJ111 News Reporting A (2012)
Chair and designer/developer ALJ722 Investigative and Narrative Journalism (2008-2014)
ALJ216 Feature writing (undergraduate) 2019
ALJ728 Feature Writing (postgraduate) 2019-2021
Chair and designer/developer ALJ716 Writing the News 2022
Knowledge areas
Addressing social disadvantage, gender, cultural difference, and violence/non-violence
Relational ethics and legal discourse across media forms and genres
Women's studies and feminist paradigms in creative non-fiction and fiction
Cultural analysis of journalism
Working class subjectivity
Indigenous Australian media and cultural representation
Expertise
- Communication
- Culture
- Ethics
- Gender issues
- Journalism
- Literature & creative writing
- Violence
- Women's issues
Professional activities
Australia and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference 2016, Chair of Gender Panel, Domestic Violence in the Media, and paper presenter, Newcastle, July.
Peer reviewer:
Australian National Research Organisation for Women's Safety
Feminist Media Studies
Women's Studies International Forum
Communication Culture and Critique
Court of Conscience (UNSW Law Society Journal)
Palgrave Macmillan
Research groups
View my research on Research Gate
Awards
The George Essex Evans Prize (UQ, 1991)
The Venerable Archdeacon Edward Leo Hayes Scholarship (UQ, 1993)
Australian Postgraduate Award (UQ 1993)
Dean's Commendation for Outstanding Achievement, Faculty of Education, USQ, 2007 (Grad.Cert. Tertiary Teaching)
Qld Country Press Association Award for Individual Journalistic Excellence 2000
Publications
A Monster We (Re)Make: Family Violence and Monstrous Masculinity in Joker
Janine Little
(2022), pp. 173-186, Breaking down Joker : violence, loneliness, tragedy, London, Eng., B1
True Victims: Men's privilege, class, and violence against women in Making a Murderer and The Jinx
Natalia Vedric, Janine Little
(2022), pp. 1-16, Feminist Media Studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Filicide, journalism and the 'disempowered man' in three Australian cases 2010-2016
J Little
(2021), Vol. 22, pp. 1450-1466, Journalism, London, Eng., C1
Janine Little
(2021), Vol. 46, pp. 138-163, Hecate: an interdisciplinary journal of women's liberation, St. Lucia, QLD, C1
J Little
(2020), Vol. 20, pp. 1-17, Feminist media studies, Abingdon, Eng, C1
Janine Little
(2020), Vol. 45, pp. 209-230, Hecate: an interdisciplinary journal of women's liberation, Brisbane, Qld., C1
J Little
(2018), pp. 1-25, Ethical Space: the international journal of communication ethics, Suffolk, Eng., C1
Filicide in Australian media and culture
J Little, D Tyson
(2017), pp. 1-24, Oxford research encyclopedia of criminolgy and criminal justice, Oxford, Eng., B1
Jill Meagher CCTV gothic tendencies in narratives of violence and gender justice
J Little
(2015), Vol. 15, pp. 397-410, Feminist media studies, London, Eng., C1
J Little
(2015), Vol. 29, pp. 605-616, Continuum: journal of media and cultural studies, London, Eng., C1
Animal rights and media ethics in Australia: advocacy journalism?
J Little
(2013), pp. 1-6, 2nd Annual International Conference on Journalism and Mass Communications 2013, Phuket, Thailand, E1
Enraged Aborigines at the Embassy Ball : media representations of indigenous Australia
J Little
(2012), pp. 40-55, Introductory indigenous studies in education : reflection and the importance of knowing, Frenchs Forest, N. S. W., B1
Bogans run : American dreams, Australian news and other stories
J Little
(2011), Vol. 31, pp. 1-8, Griffith review, Nathan, Qld., C1
J Little
(2011), Vol. 11, pp. 21-30, Ejournalist : a refereed media journal, North Rockhampton, Qld., C1
From Masterchef to the Arab spring via Wikileaks : social media and political change
H Huijser, J Little
(2011), Vol. 1, pp. 1-17, New Zealand journal of interdisciplinary studies, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, C1
Beyond the Hijab Debates: New Conversations on Gender, Race and Religion
Janine Little
(2011), Vol. 7, CRITICAL RACE AND WHITENESS STUDIES, C1-1
J Little
(2010), Vol. 32, pp. 47-58, Australian journalism review, Adelaide, S. Aust., C1
J Little
(2010), pp. 1-13, Proceedings of the inaugural Media Investigative Journalism Technology Conference 2010, Auckland, N.Z., E1
J Little
(2009), pp. 1-11, JEANZ 2009 : Proceedings of the 2009 Journalism Education Association of New Zealand Conference, Rotorua, N.Z., E1-1
Getup! for what? Issues-driven democracy in a transforming public sphere
H Huijser, J Little
(2008), Vol. 16, pp. 1-11, Transformations, Bundaberg, QLD., C1-1
Teaching narrative journalism and the APN Professional Development Program
J Little, M Sankey
(2007), Vol. 1, pp. 113-123, Asia Pacific media educator, Wollongong, N.S.W., C1-1
Perspectives on assessment practices in Australian journalism education
J Little
(2006), Vol. 17, pp. 90-103, Australian studies in journalism, Brisbane, Qld., C1-1
J Little
(2006), Vol. 12, pp. 135-145, Pacific journalism review, Auckland, New Zealand, C1-1
Working contacts : finding and keeping reliable sources
J Little
(2005), pp. 54-58, Release the hounds : a guide to research for journalists and writers, Crows Nest, N.S.W., B1-1
(Re)-citing the sovereign source : media representations of Indigenous peoples
J Little
(2005), pp. 101-116, Introductory indigenous studies in education : the importance of knowing, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W., B1-1
'Be it on your head' : discontinuities in history and conscience in Australian journalism
J Little
(2003), pp. 1-1, Journal of politics and culture, Poughkeepsie, NY, C1-1
Australian cleverwoman : an Aboriginal writer beats the blues
J Little Nyoongah
(1998), Vol. 40, pp. 33-46, Race and class, London, England, C1-1
Nothing like the real thing : post colonialism and travelling
J Little
(1998), Vol. 24, pp. 72-84, Hecate : an interdisciplinary journal of women's liberation, St Lucia, Qld., C1-1
The last interview : Mudrooroo talks with Janine Little and Carole Ferrier
J Little
(1997), The indigenous literature of Australia : Milli Milli Wangka, Melbourne, Vic., B1-1
J Little Nyoongah
(1997), Vol. 23, pp. 121-140, Hecate : an interdisciplinary journal of women's liberation, St Lucia, Qld., C1-1
Placing authority in Aboriginal women's prose
J Little
(1995), pp. 45-58, Voices of a margin : speaking for yourself, Rockhampton, Qld., B1-1
Deadly work : reading the short fiction of Archie Weller
J Little
(1993), Vol. 16, pp. 190-199, Australian literary studies, Wollongong, N. S. W., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
Claire Duffy
Thesis entitled: What's so funny: humour as a subversive technique in contemporary feminist literature
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Communication and Creative Arts
Emma Clare Hayes
Thesis entitled: The Scarlet Legacy Representations of the Single Mother
Master of Arts, School of Communication and Creative Arts