Biography
Maria is a Lecturer in Politics and Policy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Her research interests include media and politics, political communication, the role of the media in transitional justice and the politics of human rights in the media.
Her doctoral thesis was on the role of the mainstream media in post-conflict societies and how victims and advocates use it as a democratic space to negotiate, challenge and resist discourses about a just future.
More recently, her work explores how marginalised communities use digital media to contest dominant narratives and make justice claims. Her methodological interests are in the ethics and practice of virtual ethnography.
She has previously worked as a journalist for News Corp and Fairfax newspapers.
Read more on Maria's profileResearch interests
Media and Politics
Transitional Justice
The Politics of Human Rights in the Media
Discourse Analysis
Political Communication
Affiliations
Member of the Australian Political Science Association
Member of Global Digital Publics Initiative research network
Units taught
Political Communication (AIP781)
Media and Politics: Campaign Strategies (AIP247)
Publications
Bush Podpreneurs: How Rural Women Podcast Producers Are Building Digital and Social Connectivity
Maria Rae, Kirsten Diprose
(2024), pp. 1-20, Journal of Radio and Audio Media, Oxford, Eng., C1
Podcasts and political listening: sound, voice and intimacy in the Joe Rogan Experience
Maria Rae
(2023), pp. 1-13, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, London, Eng., C1
Supporting Media Diversity: Nordic Lessons
Maria Rae, Ebony Bennett, Kristy Hess
(2023), Canberra, A.C.T., A6-1
Towards a More Diverse Media and Stronger Public Broadcasting
Ebony Bennett, Maria Rae
(2021), pp. 168-186, The Nordic Edge: Policy Possibilities for Australia, Melbourne, Vic., B1
Hyperpartisan news: Rethinking the media for populist politics
M Rae
(2021), Vol. 23, pp. 1117-1132, New Media and Society, C1
I Richards, M Rae, M Vergani, C Jones
(2021), Vol. 163, pp. 103-130, Thesis Eleven, C1
Trial by media: Why victims and activists seek a parallel justice forum for war crimes
Maria Rae
(2020), Vol. 16, pp. 359-374, Crime medis culture, London, Eng., C1
Indefinite stuckness: Listening in a time of hyper-incarceration and border entrapment
E Russell, M Rae
(2020), Vol. 22, pp. 281-301, Punishment and Society, C1
M Rae, E Russell, A Nethery
(2019), Vol. 13, pp. 1036-1055, International Journal of Communication, C1
M Rae, R Holman, A Nethery
(2018), Vol. 40, pp. 479-495, Media, Culture and Society, England, C1
Reducing gender wage inequality increases economic prosperity for all: insights from Australia
T Kennedy, M Rae, A Sheridan, A Valadkhani
(2017), Vol. 55, pp. 14-24, Economic analysis and policy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
When reconciliation means reparations: Tasmania's compensation to the stolen generations
M Rae
(2015), Vol. 24, pp. 640-656, Griffith law review, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
No Funded Projects at Deakin found
Supervisions
Benjamin Walters
Thesis entitled: Free Speech in the Modern World
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Praveena Rajkobal
Thesis entitled: The Sarvodaya Movement: Holistic Development and Risk Governance
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences