Dr Victoria Fielding's research investigates the relationship between strategic communication, media power and democracy. Drawing on framing theory, critical political economy and journalism studies, her work examines how powerful political, commercial and media actors influence public discourse, shape news narratives and contest social change. Her research makes theoretical contributions to understanding structural media inequality, conservative advocacy journalism and the legitimisation of disinformation. Through empirical studies of industrial relations, Indigenous rights and recognition, climate change and other contested social issues, she explores how journalism can both reproduce and challenge existing power structures. Her overarching research agenda seeks to understand how communication power operates within democracy, whose interests it serves, and what consequences it has for social and political change.