Biography
Dr Janine Little has been researching and publishing in cultural and gender studies, and media communication for more than three decades. She has contributed to national and international conversations on important social justice issues.
Janine has particular expertise in feminist critical analysis of gender and class in representations of family violence, particularly violence against women and children. She is currently researching horror and tragedy as gendered and classed constructs in popular culture.
Janine’s work is informed by lifelong experiences as a reporter and journalism academic. She is the author of multiple texts on journalism, law, ethics, training and indigenous Australian writing and representation.Janine has been an enthusiastic participant in government, industry and academic forums, including cross-disciplinary projects with clear social outcomes.
Read more on Janine's profileResearch 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 (2012-2019, except 16-17)
Chair ACC213 Media Law and Ethics (2009-2019, 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 2019
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, research reports, domestic violence and the media, 2015.
Reviewer for various journals including Feminist Media Studies, Women's Studies International Forum, Communication Culture and Critique.
Publications
J Little
(2020), Vol. 20, pp. 1-17, Feminist media studies, Abingdon, Eng, C1
J Little
(2018), pp. 1-25, Ethical Space: the international journal of communication ethics, Suffolk, Eng., C1
Filicide, journalism and the 'disempowered man' in three Australian cases 2010-2016
J Little
(2018), pp. 1-17, Journalism, London, 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
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. 131-145, Pacific Journalism Review, 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
Janine Nyoongah
(1998), Vol. 40, pp. 33-46, Race & Class, 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 & Creative Arts
Emma Clare Hayes
Thesis entitled: The Scarlet Legacy Representations of the Single Mother
Master of Arts, School of Communication & Creative Arts