Researching rhetoric
Deakin leads the way in the developing fields of critical PR and in the critical analysis of news media. The significance of critical public relations is that it overturns established understandings of PR as a politically-neutral technology of persuasion, and locates research in this discipline within broader conceptual frameworks.
Researchers in professional writing critique the constitution of various publics through representational techniques and institutional arrangements that involve gender and racial biases.
Journalism researchers focus on the 'margins' of journalism practice, both geographically and politically, and the ways in which marginalised publics are constituted through problematic representations.
Our researchers
- Dr Richie Barker
- Dr Earvin Cabalquinto
- Associate Professor Toija Cinque
- Associate Professor Katrina Clifford
- Ben Crockett
- Associate Professor Kristin Demetrious
- Dr Julie Freeman
- Vicki Hatton
- Dr Erin Hawley
- Dr Luke Heemsbergen
- Cameron Jenyns
- Professor Kristy Hess
- Dr Janine Little
- Alison Madam
- Professor David Marshall
- Dr Jennifer Martin
- Dr Sharyn McDonald
- Dr Emma Mesikaemmen
- Dr Gabi Mocatta
- Ross Monaghan
- Deirdre Quinn-Allan
- Professor Matthew Ricketson
- Dr Christopher Scanlon
- Mark Sheehan
- Emily Wade
- Dr Jian Xiu
Contact us
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