Prof Kerry Green

Prof Kerry Green

School of Communication, Media and Journalism

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Professor Kerry Philip Green teaches and researches at the University of South Australia. He specialises in newspaper audience research in print and online, computer-assisted journalism, multimedia journalism, and news media organisation and management.
Professor Green has been the project leader of a Federal Government-funded project investigating Trauma and the Newsroom. The project conducted research into psychological trauma that difficult reporting assignments may cause to both journalists and their audience members.
He has been a Chief Investigator in a nationally funded project that investigated the alignment between journalism curricula and industry needs, and also has participated in a national research project, funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, investigating the representation of ethnic diversity in Australia’s news media.
Professor Green has a background in the print media, with experience as a daily newspaper editor in Queensland. He holds a PhD in journalism from the University of Queensland, a Masters degree in Journalism and bachelor degrees in Economics and Arts.

Year Citation
2024 Green, K., & Green, C. (2024). Trove: still a buried treasure. Australian Journalism Review, 46(1), 7-16.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2012 Tanner, S., Green, K., & Burns, S. (2012). Experiential learning and journalism education: Special olympics – A case study. Australian Journalism Review, 34(2), 115-127.
Scopus10
2011 Tanner, S., Green, K., & Burns, S. (2011). Media coverage of sport for athletes with intellectual disabilities: the 2010 Special Olympics National Games examined. Media international Australia, (140), 107-116.
Scopus5 WoS5
2009 Green, K. P., & Tanner, S. (2009). Reporting disability. Asia Pacific media educator, 19(article no. 16), 43-54.
2008 Romeo, M., Green, K., Skehan, J., Visser, A., Coan, L., & Hazell, T. (2008). Researching and reporting on suicide or mental illness: A student perspective. Australian Journalism Review, 30(1), 123-130.
Scopus3
2007 Green, K. (2007). Welcome addition to a lean field: review of Steen, R (2007). Sports jouralism: a multimedia primer. Australian journalism review, 140-141.
2007 Snowden, C. M., & Green, K. P. (2007). Media reporting, mobility and trauma. M/C journal : a journal of media and culture.
2005 Green, K., McLellan, T., & McMahon, C. (2005). Year of living dangerously revisited. Australian journalism review, 27(2), 67-74.
2003 Green, K. P. (2003). The need to synthesise industry academy ambitions. Pacific Journalism Review.
2003 Sykes, J., Embelton, G., Green, K., Hippocrate, C., & Richards, I. (2003). Covering trauma: suggestions for a more collaborative approach. Australian journalism review, 25(2), 73-83.
2001 Obijiofor, L., & Green, K. P. (2001). New technologies and the future of newspapers. Asia Pacific Media Educator.
2001 McIlwaine, S., Tanner, S., & Green, K. (2001). Journalism specialisms: generating better generalists. Australian journalism review, 23(1), 171-181.
1997 Green, K. (1997). Journalism education : towards a better understanding. Australian journalism review, 27(1), 185-194.

Year Citation
2012 Green, K. (2012). The wounded 'warco'. In N. Starck (Ed.), Source details - Title: Legacies of war (pp. 130-140). Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
2010 Pearson, M., Green, K. P., Tanner, S., & Sykes, J. E. (2010). Researching journalists and vulnerable sources: issues in the design and implementation of a national study. In Y. Pasadeos (Ed.), Source details - Title: Advances in communication and mass media research (pp. 87-96). Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education and Research.
2009 Green, K. P. (2009). Power in paradise: how Queensland's north opposed the Japanese advance. In P. Skrebels (Ed.), Source details - Title: Remnants of war: retracing the sites of conflict and reconciliation (pp. 93-105). Adelaide: Lythrum Press.
2008 Green, K. P. (2008). The trauma of reporting war. In Source details - Title: Writings of War (pp. 167-178). Adelaide: Lythrum Press in association with the University of South Australia.
2002 Green, K. P. (2002). Newspapers, copytasters and readerships. In Source details - Title: Mobilising the audience (pp. 213-234). Brisbane: Queensland University Press.
2002 Balnaves, M., Green, K. P., Shoesmith, B., & Hwee, L. (2002). Push, pull, layering, and blogs : user behaviour in the online medium. In Source details - Title: Asia-Pacific Internet Handbook (pp. 124-145). New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.
2002 Green, K. P. (2002). Database journalism. In Source details - Title: Journalism Investigation and Research (pp. 73-90). Sydney: Longman.

Year Citation
2021 Kernot, D., Van Hooff, M., Lawrence Wood, E., Glenny, L., Snowden, C., Green, K., & Son, C. (2021). The role of embodied cognition in linguistic mental health analysis. In Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM (pp. 435-441). Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
DOI Scopus2
2007 Richards, I. K., Bowd, K. J., & Green, K. P. (2007). Reporting diversity : journalism in multicultural Australia. In Media, Communication, Information: Celebrating 50 Years of Theories and Practice. Paris: Professional Education Section, Paris 2007.
2006 Snowden, C. M., & Green, K. P. (2006). Mobility, media and trauma. In Journalism down-under: the future of the media in the digital age. N/A: N/A.
2006 Green, K. P., Richards, I. K., & Bowd, K. J. (2006). Reporting multiculturalism in Australia : a case study. In 2006 IAMCR Conference: Refereed Conference Proceedings, Professional Education Section, Cairo 2006. Australia: International Association for Media and Communications Research.
2005 Green, K. P., & Sykes, J. (2005). Post-disaster counselling for journalists : professionalisation drives change. In Refereed conference proceedings, professional education section of IAMCR: 2005. Taipei, Taiwan: International Association for Media and Communication Research.
2004 Green, K. P., Bilboe, W., & Sykes, J. (2004). Communication breakdown : when the crisis managers meet the news media. In Making a Difference: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2004. Sydney: ANZCA.
2003 Sykes, J., & Green, K. P. (2003). The dangers of dealing with journalists. In ANZCA03: Designing Communication for Diversity. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.

Programs I'm associated with

  • MBJR - Bachelor of Journalism and Professional Writing
  • MBJC - Bachelor of Journalism and Professional Writing, Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing and Literature)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor `Churn and burn': a snapshot of the risk and impact of traumatic assignments on journalists in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sharon Smith
2015 - 2018 Co-Supervisor The role of technology in framing and agenda setting in contemporary Australian media: reporting the Port Arthur massacre and Lindt cafe siege Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Catherine Son
2014 - 2018 Co-Supervisor 'E-political marketing: new media campaign'. The role of new media and traditional media in political campaign strategies‎ in the 2014 presidential election in Indonesia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Solikhah Yuliatiningtyas
2010 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Fear and loathing in the global village: growing resistance to moral panics blocks the Australian government's internet filter Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Helen Sims
2010 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Utility drives adoption: diffusion of the internet in rural China Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mingrui Ye
2009 - 2013 Co-Supervisor An Australian story: media and memory in the making of Anzac Day Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Sharon Mascall-Dare
2007 - 2007 Co-Supervisor The virtual communication department: a practical work situation for journalists and communication professionals? Doctor of Communication Doctorate Full Time Mr Olaf Krueger
2005 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Reversing the North-South flow - viewing Al Jazeera's talk show The Opposite Direction with Arab-Islamic diasporic audiences in Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sulaiman Jalloh

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