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Dr Jason Wilson
PhD (Griffith), BA Hons (Australian Catholic University)
Location: 19.2017
Phone: 02 4221 3088
Email: jasonw@uow.edu.au
Biography
Jason Wilson is a Lecturer in Digital Communications.
His research interests included digital game cultures, citizen journalism and the online public sphere, mobile media and new media history.
He has previously held academic appointments at the University of Bedfordshire (UK) and in the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology.
Along with his record as a researcher, Jason has experience as a new media practitioner. He was the project manager and chief editor of YouDecide2007, a citizen journalism service run during the 2007 Federal Election. He was also E-Democracy Director at online campaigning organisation GetUp!, where he project-managed the Project Democracy service.
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Research Priority Areas
Jason’s current areas of research focus include:
- Citizen journalism, the Australian political blogosphere, and the online public sphere.
- Digital games – history and aesthetics
- Media history and obsolescence
- True Crime television
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