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Professor Donald Matheson

Contact

Department: Media and Communication

Email: donald.matheson@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3695849

Office: Elsie Locke Building 602

Language: English

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Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • Communication ethics
  • Discourse analysis, language as it is used
  • Journalism
  • New media, partic online journalism, digital radio
  • Newswriting and news language
  • Social media
  • Biosecurity communication

Researcher Summary

Donald studies journalism practice and public communication, including news discourse, social media and science communication. He has written on conflict reporting, communication ethics and discourse analysis.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Communication, Journalism and Media Studies: Communication; Journalism; Media Studies
  • Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour: Biosecurity/Biosafety
  • Philosophy: Ethics

Resources

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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., Kenix LJ. and Chaban N. (2021) Ukraine through a Baltic Lens: Regional Networks of Meaning. Demokratizatsiya 29(4): 1-28.
  • 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
  • Millar P., Blackwood M., Ford G., Garello D., Ghosh D., Looyer N., Matheson D., Middendorf C., Middendorf J. and Moir L. (2023) Views Through Student Lenses: How Workshops with Student Research Assistants Can Enhance a Lab’s Research Programme. In Estill L; Giuliano J (Ed.), Digital humanities workshops: Lessons learned: 280.Routledge.
  • Matheson D. (2022) The ethics of war reporting. The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism: 267-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003174790-32.
  • Matheson D. (2020) War Journalists, News Subjects and Audiences in a Global, Digital World. In Ward S (Ed.), Handbook of Global Media EthicsSpringer.
  • 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. Journalism and Citizenship: New Agendas in Communication: 151-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203871263-18.
  • 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
  • Matheson D., Kenix LJ. and Chaban N. (2021) Ukraine through a Baltic lens: Regional networks of meanings. University of Canterbury: Media and Communication Research Seminar Series, 28 Jul 2021.
  • Matheson D., Kenix LJ. and Chaban N. (2020) Ukraine through a Baltic lens: Regional networks of meanings. Virtual: Reimagining Europe in Cross-Generational Dialogues: Youth narratives and perceptions, The EU, Russia, Ukraine and the Baltic States Symposium for Special Issue of Demokratizatiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, 01 Nov 2020.
  • 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. (2022) Book review, Sound citizens: Australian women broadcasters claim their voice, 1923–1956. Communication Research and Practice 8(1): 103-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2029304.
  • Matheson D. (2022) Reporting on abuse in care. [Information sheet].
  • Matheson D. (2022) Reporting on abuse in care. [Paper].
  • 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 - 2023)
  • Communication Research and Practice Guest Editor ( 2016 )
  • Ethical Space Co-editor ( 0 - 2023)
  • Forum Kumunikasi Editorial Board Member ( 2016 - 2023)
  • JOMEC (Journalism Media and Cultural Studies) Editorial Board Member ( 2011 - 2023)
  • Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Editorial Board Member ( 2017 - 2023)
  • 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 - 2023)

Affiliations

  • Australia New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) (Professional Organisation): President

Research Groups

  • Canterbury Earthquake Twitter Data Research Group
  • Christchurch Discourse Research Group (CDRG)

Research Projects

  • Understanding Place

Future Research

  • Digital journalism practices

Key Methodologies

  • Discourse analysis
  • Corpus-assisted discourse analysis
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