Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books

• Matheson D. and Allan S. (2009) Digital War Reporting. Cambridge: Polity Press. 218pp.

• Matheson D. (2005) Media Discourses: Analysing Media Texts. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 224pp.

Edited Volumes

• Matheson D; Mair J (Ed.) (2020) Covering Covid-19: Critical, global Perspectives (special issue of Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics). Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 17(3/4)Bury St Edmonds, UK: Abramis.

• Moy P; Matheson D (Ed.) (2019) Voices: Exploring the shifting contours of communication. New York: Peter Lang. 260. http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/b14771.

• Fitch K., Matheson D. and Bourk M. (2016) Media International Australia (160): Rethinking Public Relations in the Australian and New Zealand Communication Landscape. 6-158.

• Matheson D. and Bourk M. (2015) Communication Research and Practice 1(4): Rethinking Communication, Space and Identity. 291-390.

• Paterno D., Bourk M. and Matheson D. (2015) Refereed Proceedings of the 2015 Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference: Rethinking Communication, Space and Identity. Queenstown: ANZCA.

• Matheson D. (2011) The Electronic Journal of Communication (Vol 21, 1&2): Social Media in News Discourse. Rotterdam: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship.

• Mills CE. and Matheson D. (2005) Communication at Work: Showcasing Communication Scholarship: Publication of the Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association 2005. Christchurch: ANZCA and the University of Canterbury. 1.

Journal Articles

• Matheson D. and Wahl-Jorgensen K. (2020) The epistemology of live blogging. New Media and Society 22(2): 300-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444819856926.

• Xin J. and Matheson D. (2018) One Belt, Competing Metaphors: The Struggle Over Strategic Narrative in English-Language News Media. International Journal of Communication 12: 4248-4268.

• Matheson D. (2017) The performance of publicness in social media: Tracing patterns in tweets after a disaster. Media, Culture & Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443717741356.

• Matheson D., Moring T., Zilliacus K., Rupar V., Treadwell G., Jørgensen AS., Larsen I. and Munk I. (2017) Global interaction as a learning path towards inclusive journalism. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 6(3): 485-506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajms.6.3.485_1.

• Fitch K., Matheson D. and Bourk M. (2016) Rethinking public relations in the Australian and New Zealand communication landscape. Media International Australia 160(1): 6-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878X16651501.

• Matheson D. (2016) ANZCA News. Media International Australia 160(1): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878X16662109.

• Matheson D. and Jones A. (2016) Communication in a Post-Disaster Community: The Struggle to Access Social Capital. International Journal of Communication 10: 1622-1639.

• Matheson D. (2015) ANZCA Australian & New Zealand Communication Association News. Media International Australia 157(1): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878X1515700102.

• Matheson D. (2015) When the Photojournalist Returns: Exploring Reflexive Moments in Photojournalism. Photography and Culture 8(2): 173-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17514517.2015.1076243.

• Xin J. and Matheson D. (2015) The Chinese writer as empty signifier: a corpus-based analysis of the English-language reporting of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature. Chinese Journal of Communication 8(3): 289-305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2015.1051070.

• Xin J. and Matheson D. (2013) The emerging practices of Chinese web journalism during the Beijing Olympics: A textual comparison with Western news sites. Pacific Journalism Review 19(1): 221-243.

• Hopkins K. and Matheson D. (2012) Talking in a crowded room: Political blogging during the 2008 New Zealand general election. Media International Australia (144): 108-117.

• Matheson D. (2010) Minding the gaps. Media International Australia 136: 35-41.

• Matheson D. (2009) Hans-georg gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and journalism research. Journalism Studies 10(5): 709-718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616700903126490.

• Matheson D. (2008) Are the new media radically more independent? Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 5(3): 13-16.

• Matheson D. (2008) Critiquing the critical: A reflection on critical discourse analysis. Communication Journal of New Zealand 9(1): 83-96.

• Matheson D. (2007) In Search of Popular Journalism in New Zealand. Journalism Studies 8(1): 28-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616700601056817.

• Matheson D. (2007) The Interpretative Resources of Aotearoa New Zealand Journalists Reporting on Māori. New Zealand Journal of Media Studies 10(2): 40-46.

• Matheson D. (2007) The making of a mainstream medium. MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA (122): 216-216.

• Hopkins K. and Matheson D. (2005) Blogging the New Zealand Election: The impact of new media practices on the old game. Political Science 57(2).

• Matheson D. (2005) Discourse analytical strategies: Understanding Foucault, Koselleck, Laclau and Luhmann. DISCOURSE & SOCIETY 16(2): 303-304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095792650501600207.

• Allan S. and Matheson D. (2004) Online Journalism in the Information Age. Savoir, Travail & Société 2(3): 73-94.

• Matheson D. (2004) Journalists as Interpreters: Gadamer and Elements of a Communicative Ethics in News Culture. Ethical Space 1(2): 37-43.

• Matheson D. (2004) Negotiating Claims to Journalism: Webloggers' Orientation to News Genres. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 10(4): 33-54.

• Matheson D. (2004) Review of Cissna and Anderson, Moments of Meeting: Buber, Rogers, and the Potential for Public Dialogue. Discourse Studies 16(5): 673-674.

• Matheson D. (2004) Weblogs and the Epistemology of the News: Some Trends in Online Journalism. New Media & Society 6(4): 443-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146144804044329.

• Matheson D. (2003) Scowling at their notebooks: How British journalists understand their writing. Journalism 4(2): 165-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146488490342002.

• Matheson D. (2003) Scowling at Their Notebooks: The Management of Writing within British Journalism’s Reflexive Identity. Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism 4(2): 165-183.

• Matheson D. (2003) The Tacit Learning of the Journalism Student: Aspects of What Journalists Learn as They Learn to Write. Pauta Geral 10(5): 175-195.

• Matheson D. (2000) The Birth of News Discourse: Changes in News Language in British Newspapers, 1880-1930. Media, Culture and Society 22(5): 557-573.

Chapters

• Matheson D. and Allan S. (2019) War and conflict coverage. In Vos T; Hanusch F (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0218.

• Matheson D. (2018) An Exception To The Rule: Journalism And Research Ethics. In Iphofen R; Tolich M (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics: 429-440. Los Angeles: Sage. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526435446.n29.

• Matheson D. (2017) Journalism ethics under conditions of disruption. In Rupar V (Ed.), Themes and Critical Debates in Contemporary Journalism: 17-34. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Matheson D. (2015) International news at the periphery: A failure to connect. In Bo S; Xue L (Ed.), The Illusion of Intercultural Communication through Global Media: 190-206. Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press.

• Xin J. and Matheson D. (2015) Strange and Familiar: The Othering of Chinese Writer Mo Yan in US News. In Shan B; Christians C (Ed.), The Ethics of Intercultural Communication: 135-156. New York: Peter Lang.

• Matheson D. (2014) History of Citizen Journalism. In Moy P (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Communication New York: Oxford University Press.

• Matheson D. (2014) Journalism ethics. In Moy P (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Communication New York: Oxford University Press.

• Matheson D. (2014) Tools in their pockets: How personal media were used during the Christchurch earthquakes. In Thorsen E; Allan S (Ed.), Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, Vol 2: 99-112. New York: Peter Lang.

• Allan S. and Matheson D. (2013) War reporting in a digital age. In Orton-Johnson K; Prior N (Ed.), Digital sociology: Critical perspectives: 151-168. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Matheson D. (2013) The power of online politics. In Bahador B; Kemp G; McMillan K; Rudd C (Ed.), Politics and the Media: 132-144. Auckland: Pearson.

• Matheson D. (2012) Facebook. In Donsbach W (Ed.), International Encylopedia of Communication Oxford: Blackwell/ICA.

• Matheson D. (2012) People like us: The cultural geography of New Zealand's international news. In Hirst M; Phelan S; Rupar V (Ed.), Scooped: The politics and power of Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand: 128-140. Auckland: AUT Press.

• Matheson D. (2011) Digital media as infowar: The tension between radical discourses of freedom and control. In Foster K (Ed.), The Information Battlefield: Representing Australians at War: 119-132. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

• Allan S. and Matheson D. (2010) Images in wartime: The mediation of power. In Klaehn J (Ed.), The political economy of media and power: 143-160. New York: Peter Lang.

• Matheson D. (2010) "Can't talk now, mate": New Zealand news media and the invisible Afghan war. In Keeble R; Mair J (Ed.), Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and Frontlines: 276-288. Bury St Edmunds: Abramis.

• Matheson D. (2010) News: Producing reality. In Goode L; Zuberi N (Ed.), Media Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand (2nd ed.): 134-143. Auckland: Pearson.

• Matheson D. (2010) What's wrong with narrative models of the news? In Rupar V (Ed.), Journalism and Meaning-Making: Reading the Newspaper: 37-54. Cresskill: Hampton Press.

• Matheson D. and Allan S. (2010) Social networks and the reporting of conflict. In Keeble R; Tulloch J; Zollman F (Ed.), Peace Journalism: War and Conflict Resolution: 173-192. Amsterdam: Peter Lang Publishing.

• Matheson D. and Allan S. (2010) War Blogs and the War in Iraq. In Murdock G; Golding P (Ed.), Digital Dynamics: Engagements and Disconnections: 45-62. Cresskill: Hampton Press.

• Matheson D. (2009) The Watchdog's New Bark: Changing Forms of Investigative Reporting. In Allan S (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism: 82-92. London: Routledge.

• Matheson D. (2009) What the Blogger Knows. In Papacharissi Z (Ed.), Journalism and Citizenship: New Agendas in Communication: 151-165. New York: Routledge/Taylor.

• Matheson D. (2008) Citizen Journalism, History of. In Donsbach W (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication Oxford: Blackwell/ICA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/b.9781405131995.2008.x.

• Matheson D. (2008) News and the net. In Tully J (Ed.), Intro: A beginner's guide to professional news journalism: 11-20. Wellington: Journalists Training Organisation.

• Matheson D. (2008) Newspaper Journalism. In Donsbach W (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication Oxford: Blackwell/ICA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/b.9781405131995.2008.x.

• Matheson D. and Allan S. (2007) Truth in a War Zone: The Role of Warblogs in Iraq. In Maltby S; Keeble R (Ed.), Communicating war: memory, military and media: 75-89. Bury St Edmunds: Arima.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Matheson D. (2021) Fostering a properly collaborative classroom on e-learning platforms. Auckland: Asia Pacific Public Relations Research & Education Network (APPRREN) Online Symposium 16-17 February 2021 “Communicating Cities”, 16-17 Feb 2021.

• Matheson D. and Ogden-Travis B. (2020) The conditions for journalism that listens to abuse survivors. Brisbane: International Communication Association, 21-25 May 2020.

• Chaban N., Matheson D. and Kenix LJ. (2019) Ukraine through a Baltic Lense: Operationalising links between images, frames and narratives in IR. University of Canterbury, New Zealand: NZPSAA, 20-22 Nov 2019.

• Matheson D. (2019) Tracking hate discourse in news comments. Wellington: New Zealand Discourse Conference, 3-6 Dec 2019.

• Matheson D. (2017) Live news blogging as moments of public participation. Sydney: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference, 4-7 Jul 2017.

• Matheson D. and Millar P. (2017) Post-disaster communication, creativity and preserving community stories. Suva: Creating Futures, 18-23 Sep 2017.

• Lotz A., Green L., Bossio D., Matheson D. and Cunningham S. (2016) Q and A Panel: Creating Space in the Fifth Estate. Newcastle, Australia: ANZCA 2015 conference: Creating Space in the Fifth Estate, 6-8 Jul 2016.

• Matheson D. (2016) Beyond privacy: Criteria for ethical journalistic relations in social media. Newcastle, Australia: ANZCA 2016: Creating Space in the Fifth Estate, 6-8 Jul 2016.

• Matheson D. (2016) Social media and ethical journalism. Auckland, New Zealand: World Journalism Education Congress, 14 Jul-16 Dec 2016.

• Matheson D. (2016) The power of Twitter in New Zealand. Fukuoka, Japan: International Communication Association conference, 9-14 Jun 2016.

• Matheson D. (2016) Using large datasets to study online publics. Wuhan: New Media and Social Transformation: Convergence, Interconnection, Share, 11-13 Nov 2016.

• Matheson D. and Thomson C. (2016) Reflecting on collaboration as method. Newcastle, Australia: ANZCA 2016: Creating Space in the Fifth Estate, 6-8 Jul 2016.

• Richards I., Robie D., Matheson D., Steiner L. and Ha L. (2016) The perils and pitfalls of publishing: The editors' perspective. Auckland, New Zealand: World Journalism Education Congress, 14-16 Jul 2016.

• Matheson D. (2015) Getting real in the computational turn: Discourse analysis and large corpora. Auckland: The Fifth Biennial New Zealand Discourse Studies conference, 7-9 Dec 2015.

• Matheson D. and Jones A. (2014) The role of communication in wellbeing in post-quake Christchurch communities. Melbourne, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference, 9-11 Jul 2014.

• Matheson D. (2012) When the war photographer returns: Exploring reflexive moments in photojournalism. Montreal, Canada: Conflict[ed] Reporting: War and Photojournalism in the Digital Age, 2-2 Nov 2012.

• Matheson D. and Ross K. (2012) Social media and fire safety. Adelaide, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference (ANZCA), 4-6 Jul 2012.

• Matheson D. (2011) International news at the periphery: A failure to connect. Wuhan University, China: 6th International Conference on Intercultural Communication, 17-18 Dec 2011.

• Matheson D. (2011) Stuck in the middle: The lack of mid-career education for New Zealand journalists. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) 2011 Conference, 6-8 Jul 2011.

• Matheson D. (2011) The good journalist: Experienced UK journalists on how the best journalism engages the world. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association 2011 Conference (ANZCA), 6-8 Jul 2011.

• Matheson D. (2010) Radical ideas of openness in wartime: The emerging digital media landscape. University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia: Information Warfare: Shaping the Stories of Australians at War, 25-26 Nov 2010.

• Matheson D. (2008) Looking for Independence in Warblogs. Wellington, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference, 9-11 Jul 2008.

• Matheson D. (2008) Looking for journalism culture, or, Excuses for reading journalists' memoirs. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia: Comparative Journalism Studies Conference, 25-27 Jun 2008.

• Matheson D. (2007) The digital war correspondent: Changing modes of reporting. Melbourne, Australia: Australia & New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2007 (ANZCA2007), 5-6 Jul 2007.

• Matheson D. (2006) When Access Radio Meets the Digital Divide: Community And Access Radio Stations' Use Of The Internet In Aotearoa New Zealand. University of Adelaide, Australia: Australia and New Zealand Communications Association International Conference 2006 (ANZCA Adelaide 2006), 4-7 Jul 2006.

• Matheson D. and Allan S. (2006) Weblogs and the War in Iraq. Dresden, Germany: 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA 2006), 19-23 Jun 2006.

• Matheson D. (2005) Blogging the New Zealand Election: The impact of new media practices on the old game. Surfers Paradise, Australia: Journalism Education Association conference 2005, 29 Nov 2005.

• Matheson D. (2005) In search of popular journalism in New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand: Communication at Work: ANZCA 2005 conference, 4 Jul 2005.

• Matheson D. (2005) The interpretative resources of New Zealand journalists reporting on indigenous people. Taipei, Taiwan: 2005 IAMCR Conference, 26 Jul 2005.

• Allan S. and Matheson D. (2003) Weblogs and the War in Iraq: Journalism for a Network Society? Loughborough, UK: Digital Dynamics, 6 Nov 2003.

• Matheson D. (2003) Journalists as Interpreters: Gadamer and Elements of a Communicative Ethics in News Culture. City University, London: Institute for Communication Ethics conference, 28 Feb 2003.

• Matheson D. (2002) News Weblogs: An Invitation to Abandon the Craft? Tromso, Norway: The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe (COST-A20), 21 Jun 2002.

• Matheson D. (2002) The Tacit Learning of the Journalism Student: Aspects of What Journalists Learn as They Learn to Write. Barcelona, Spain: IAMCR, 22 Jul 2002.

• Matheson D. (2000) Let Nation Speak unto Nation: A Textual Analysis of How Far English Language Newspapers Share a Common Style. Leicester, UK: International News in the Twenty-first Century, 16 Mar 2000.

• Matheson D. (2000) Writing with Style: Aspects of How Broadsheet Journalists Write. Glasgow, UK: News as Discourse, 12 Apr 2000.

Reports

• Matheson D. and Ross K. (2012) Social media and fire safety.Commissioned by New Zealand Fire Service. 70pp.

• Norris P., Pauling B. and Matheson D. (2005) Digital Radio in New Zealand, in Public Broadcasting in the Digital Age: Issues for New Zealand.Commissioned by New Zealand on Air. 87-101.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Matheson D.. (2004) Negotiating Claims to Journalism: Webloggers' Orientation to News Genres. In : 22pp.

Oral Presentations

• Zilliacus K., Lindblom C. and Matheson D. (2020) Interactive Challenges of Digital Learning in a Global Classroom: Past, present and future perspectives on transnational collaboration. Helsinki, Finland: EDUFI HigherEd Webinar: Possibilities of virtual internationalization in higher education: Teachers’ and students’ perspectives, 03 Dec 2020.

• Matheson D. (2013) The Chinese novelist and the cosmopolitan west: The reception of Mo Yan in English language media. Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand: Faculty of Arts Research Seminar.

• Matheson D. (2012) When the photojournalist returns: Exploring reflexive moments in photojournalism. Massey University, Wellington: research seminar.

• Matheson D. (2010) The watchdog's new bark bark: The changing forms of investigative journalism. University of Oxford, Uk: Nuffield Seminar Series.

Other

• Matheson D. (2014) Daniel Bennett, Digital Media and Reporting Conflict: blogging and the BBC's coverage of war and terrorism. London: Routledge, 2013; 279pp. Digital Journalism http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.899766. [Book Review].

• Matheson D. (2014) Justin Lewis, Beyond Consumer Capitalism. London: Polity, 2013; 244pp. Pacific Journalism Review 20(2): 245-247. [Book Review].

• Matheson D. (2010) Discourses of a pandemic. London: Routledge. [Case Study].

• Matheson D. (2010) Positioning in Media Dialogue: Negotiating Roles in the News Interview by Elda Weizman. Journal of Sociolinguistics 14(5): 710-713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9841.2010.00460_4.x. [Book review].

• Matheson D. (2007) Xigen Li, Internet Newspapers: The Making of a Mainstream Medium. Media International Australia(122): 216. [Book review].

• Matheson D. (2005) Digital Audio: Which Way for Community Broadcasters? Planet FM Newsletter(April/May): 2pp. [newsletter].

• Mills C. and Matheson D. (2005) Editorial: Communication at Work: Showcasing Communication Scholarship: Publication of the Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association 2005. Communication at Work: Showcasing Communication Scholarship: Publication of the Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association 2005 Christchurch: ANZCA. [online].

• Matheson D. (2002) C. Barker and D. Galasinski, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis: A Dialogue on Language and Identity London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage, 2001C. Barker and D. Galasinski, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis: A Dialogue on Language and Identity London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage, 2001. International Journal of Cultural Studies 5(3): 364-365. [Book Review].

• Matheson D. (2002) Multimodal Discourse: The Modes and Media of Contemporary Communication. Journal of Communication Inquiry 26(3): 338-339. [Book Review].

Theses / Dissertations

• Matheson D. (2001) News Style: How the Discourses of Newswriting Produce and Restrict British Broadsheet News Texts. Glasgow, Scotland. University of Strathclyde.

Editorial Work

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• Anthem Press Media and Communication Studies Editorial Board Member ( 2011 - 2021)
• Communication Research and Practice Guest Editor ( 2016 )
• Ethical Space Co-editor ( 0 - 2021)
• Forum Kumunikasi Editorial Board Member ( 2016 - 2021)
• JOMEC (Journalism Media and Cultural Studies) Editorial Board Member ( 2011 - 2021)
• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Editorial Board Member ( 2017 - 2021)
• Media International Australia Guest Editor ( 2016 )
• Oxford Bibliographies in Communication (2014), editorial board of Journalism Practice (2012-present), article editor for Sage OPEN (2014), editorial board of Anthem Global Media and Communication Studies book series, JOMEC (Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies) Journal (2011-present) Editorial Board Member ( 2012 - 2021)

Research Groups

Future Research

• Digital journalism practices
• ethics of understanding in journalism