I’m also thankful for the trust my Australian colleagues have placed in me. It was very special to be able to celebrate this news immediately with friends and colleagues at #AANZCA25 and #JERAA25

Journalists adopt the practices of youtubers and TikTok creators (mostly) - PhD Conference presentation — Platform Journalism I presented some of my research at the AANZCA 2025 conference. This conference brings together media and communication scholars from Australia & New Zealand, and sometimes from further afield .

PhD student presenting at a conference. Here are some of my reflections.

#AANZCA #AANZCA25 #PlatformJournalism #PhD @abcnewsbot.bsky.social #ABC

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TikTok cultures in Australia - AANZCA conference talk — Platform Journalism On the final day of the AANZCA conference 2025 a team of researchers presented some preliminary results of their ongoing research into Australian TikTok culture (if there is such a thing). The project...

Does Australia have it's own TikTok culture?

Here are some of my notes from a presentation by researchers investigating this question.

#AANZCA #AANZCA25 #TikTok @jeanburgess.bsky.social

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AANZCA 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association conference, Sunshine Coast, 26-28 Nov. 2025

Another panel on the 2025 #ausvotes federal election at #AANZCA25 – and a good one, featuring my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @vilkins.bsky.social and @antmandan.bsky.social.

Liveblog here:

AANZCA 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association conference, Sunshine Coast, 26-28 Nov. 2025

A really interesting #AANZCA25 panel about mis- and disinformation in the 2025 #ausvotes federal election from the NMRC.

Liveblog here:

AANZCA 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association conference, Sunshine Coast, 26-28 Nov. 2025

Really good set of papers on disinformation and policy in the post-lunch #AANZCA25 session. Liveblog here:

Unpacking the Strategies of Influencer Industries | Snurblog — Axel Bruns And the second keynote at the AANZCA 2025

Interesting and unusually interactive second keynote by Crystal Abidin at #AANZCA25 – here’s an attempt at liveblogging it:

Cover of the M/C Journal ‘experience’ issue.

Delighted to launch M/C Journal issue 28.5: ‘#experience’, edited by Jo Jung, Harrison See, and Lelia Green – and just in time for the #AANZCA25 conference too… #mcjournal

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ARC DECRA Success - QUT Digital Media Research Centre Three QUT researchers affiliated with the Digital Media Research Centre have been successful in the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.The...

In case you hadn’t seen it yet, this is just brilliant, brilliant news – very excited for our wonderful early-career researchers at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social.

#AANZCA25 folks, you might be interested in hearing about these projects too…

AANZCA 2025 | Snurblog — Axel Bruns Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association conference, Sunshine Coast, 26-28 Nov. 2025

I’ve been A. Bit. Busy. over the past few hours (also with two presentations of my own), so I’ve now _finally_ managed to post up three sessions’ worth of #AANZCA25 liveblogging (also featuring those two presentations of my own). And that ends Day One – more tomorrow… 😮‍💨

Loving the resistance to extractive research, and a deep commitment to relational research in the 'Research as Relationship: Rethinking Communication Methods' session. Some wonderful discussion in the shared Q&A after 4 super engaging papers. #aanzca25 #aanzca2025

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen discussing her idea of “Boutique media” at #AANZCA25. Including news influencers, podcasts, newsletters/substack, and local news entrepreneurs (hyper local); Karin highlights the blurred boundaries, complexities, the role of authority/trust, economics, and the research needed 📚

Understanding Boutique News Media as a Novel Form of Journalism | Snurblog — Axel Bruns For my last conference of the year, I’ve made the short trip up to the Sunshine Coast to attend t

A great keynote by @karinwahlj.bsky.social on the rise of boutique news media to start off the #AANZCA25 conference on the Sunshine Coast. Liveblog is up: