Catherine Son

Research Interests

Communication & Media Studies

Dr Catherine Son

School of Humanities

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Catherine is a media studies and communication researcher, with expertise in media agenda setting and framing. Her research focusses on the influence of digital technology on Australian media reporting practices, and the implications of these changes for debate of nationally significant issues. Catherine's work continues to open new avenues of research into media agenda setting and framing practices.

Date Position Institution name
2024 - ongoing Adjunct Fellow University of Adelaide
2019 - ongoing Academic Tutor University of Adelaide
2019 - 2020 Lecturer, Course Coordinator University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
2015 - 2018 University of South Australia Australia PhD

Year Citation
2025 Fielding, V., Son, C., Boucaut, R., & Beare, A. H. (2025). News Corp Australia’s Conservative Advocacy Against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. International Journal of Communication, 19, 437-457.
Scopus3 WoS3
2025 Fielding, V., Boucaut, R., Son, C., & Beare, A. H. (2025). News media’s legitimization of disinformation: propaganda and the length of the Uluru Statement. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 42(1), 89-94.
DOI
2025 Son, C., & Fielding, V. (2025). "Teen Fled Danger into the Arms of Death": The Political Agenda Setting Effect of Australian News Media Framing of Violence Against Women. Violence Against Women, 31(5), 1282-1305.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3

Year Citation
2017 Son, C. (2017). From Port Arthur To the Lindt Café Siege: The Role of Digital Publics in Challenging Australian Print Media Agenda Setting Practices. In AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. Tartu, Estonia.

Year Citation
2024 Ali, S., & Son, C. (2024). Muted Defiance: The Australian Media’s Response to Press-Limiting Security Laws. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association (AANZCA). RMIT, Melbourne.
Date Project Title Investigator Role
2023/24 Counterterrorism Laws and the Australian Media Dr Saira Ali Research Assistant
2023 Murdoch Referendum Accountability Project Dr Victoria Fielding Research Assistant
2020/21 Using Mixed Reality Technology to Support People Vulnerable to Post-Traumatic Stress: Understanding the Perceived Training Needs of First Responders Dr Amy Baker Research Assistant
2020 Identifying Combat and Combat-Related Stigma Through the Language of a Deployed Australian Military Population Dr Leanne Glenny Research Assistant

 

 

Date Course Title Course Level Role
2025 Risk and Crisis Communication MDIA 7006 Course Coordinator and Tutor
2025 Media Relations MDIA 2227 Tutor
2024                           Leadership in Strategic Communication  MDIA 7009  Tutor
2024 Risk and Crisis Communication MDIA 7006 Tutor
2024  Media Relations MDIA 7005 Tutor
2024 Social Issues in Journalism MDIA 2338 Tutor
2023/24 Social Media Management MDIA 7004 Tutor
2022 Media Policy and Media Law MDIA 2301 Tutor
2020 Media Industry Transitions MDIA 3207  Course Coordinator
2020 Media Professions and Identities MDIA 1020 Tutor
2019/20 Professional Practice MDIA 3310 Course Coordinator
2019 Introduction to Media MDIA 1002/MDIA 1014OL Course Coordinator
       

 

 

 

Date Topic Presented at Institution Country
2024 - 2024 Muted Defiance: The Australian Media’s Response to Press-Limiting Security Laws Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association (AANZCA) RMIT, Melbourne Australia

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