Projects

Project Lead: Dr. Frauke Zeller

This project investigates how the COVID-19 health crisis has impacted media representations and dominant media frames of technology, AI, and robotics.

Project Lead: Dr. John Shiga

This project analyzes how the reproduction number (R) of COVID-19 is communicated in The Conversation in comparison with forms of journalism found in more traditional news publications. 

Project Lead: Dr. Charles Davis

This project investigates how explanatory journalism is practiced throughout The Conversation and the relationship between explanatory journalism and audience impact. 

Project Lead: Dr. Robert Clapperton

This project is working to design and develop a machine learning model for the detection of elements such as temporal focus (deliberative, forensic, epideictic), evaluation, and stance in journalistic texts.

Project Lead: Dr. Sibo Chen

This project explores coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in varying media outlets through the lens of crisis communication. 

Project Lead: Dr. Nicole Blanchett

This project explores how and when a piece of writing becomes “journalistic” and how the same piece of content may or may not be considered journalism depending on the viewpoint of the writer, the reader, and/or accepted professional norms.

Project Lead: Stuart Duncan

The AI Chatbot project looks at the use of AI-based chatbots for helping to meet the information needs of audiences. The Online Deliberation project explores automated methods for measuring online deliberation around complex social issues.

Project Lead: Dr. Sibo Chen

This study aims to enrich our understanding of online hate in an increasingly fragmented public sphere.

Project Lead: Angela Misri

This project explores the use of AI for journalistic purposes and the ethical considerations related to its implementation.