Dr Donald Matheson

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7888
Office: Locke Building (English) 610

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Fields of Research

• Communication ethics
• Discourse analysis, language as it is used
• Journalism
• New media, partic online journalism, digital radio
• Newswriting and news language

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Researcher Summary

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Subject Area: Disciplines

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Research Groups

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Future Research

• Digital journalism practices
• ethics of understanding in journalism

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Key Methodologies

• Discourse analysis

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Affiliations

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Publications

• Matheson, D. (2013) The power of online politics. In Rudd, C., Kemp, G., McMillan, K. and Bahador, B. (Ed.), Politics and the media: tbc. tbc: tbc. (Chapter in Book)

• Allan, S. and Matheson, D. (2013) War reporting in a digital age. In K. Orton-Johnson and N. Prior (Ed.), Digital sociology: Critical perspectives: pp. London: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2012) Facebook. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), International Encylopedia of Communication: Online. Oxford: Blackwell/ICA. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2012) People like us: The cultural geography of New Zealand's international news. In M. Hirst, S. Phelan and V. Rupar (Ed.), Scooped: The politics and power of Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand: 128-140. Auckland: AUT Press. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. and Ross, K. (2012) Social media and fire safety. Adelaide, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference (ANZCA), 4-6 Jul 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Matheson, D. and Ross, K. (2012) Social media and fire safety. New Zealand Fire Service. 70pp. (Report for External Body)

• Hopkins, K. and Matheson, D. (2012) Talking in a crowded room: Political blogging during the 2008 New Zealand general election. Media International Australia (144): 108-117. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2012) When the war photographer returns: Exploring reflexive moments in photojournalism. Montreal, Canada: Conflict[ed] Reporting: War and Photojournalism in the Digital Age, 2 Nov 2012. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Matheson, D. (2011) Digital media as infowar: The tension between radical discourses of freedom and control. In K. Foster (Ed.), The Information Battlefield: Representing Australians at War: 119-132. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2011) International news at the periphery: A failure to connect. Wuhan University, China: 6th International Conference on Intercultural Communication, 17-18 Dec 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Matheson, D. (2011) Stuck in the middle: The lack of mid-career education for New Zealand journalists. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) 2011 Conference, 6-8 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Matheson, D. (Ed.) (2011) The Electronic Journal of Communication (Vol 21, 1&2): Social Media in News Discourse. Rotterdam Junction: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship. Online. http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v21n12toc.htm. (Edited Book)

• Matheson, D. (2011) The good journalist: Experienced UK journalists on how the best journalism engages the world. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association 2011 Conference (ANZCA), 6-8 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Matheson, D. (2010) "Can't talk now, mate": New Zealand news media and the invisible Afghan war. In R. Keeble and J. Mair (Ed.), Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and Frontlines: 276-288. Bury St Edmunds: Abramis. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2010) Discourses of a pandemic. In The Media Student's Book 5th edition [website] London: Routledge. http://www.mediastudentsbook.com/content/discourses-pandemic. Case Study. (Other)

• Allan, S. and Matheson, D. (2010) Images in wartime: The mediation of power. In J. Klaehn (Ed.), The political economy of media and power: 143-160. New York: Peter Lang. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2010) Minding the gaps. Media International Australia 136: 35-41. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2010) New Zealand. Asia Pacific Media Landscape Online Article. (Other)

• Matheson, D. (2010) News: Producing reality. In L. Goode and N. Zuberi (Ed.), Media Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand (2nd ed.): 134-143. Auckland: Pearson. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2010) Radical ideas of openness in wartime: The emerging digital media landscape. University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia: Information Warfare: Shaping the Stories of Australians at War, 25-26 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Matheson, D. and Allan, S. (2010) Social networks and the reporting of conflict. In R. Keeble, J. Tulloch and F. Zollman (Ed.), Peace Journalism: War and Conflict Resolution: 173-192. Amsterdam: Peter Lang Publishing. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2010) The watchdog's new bark bark: The changing forms of investigative journalism. University of Oxford, UK: Nuffield Seminar Series, 12 May 2010. (Oral Presentation)

• Matheson, D. and Allan, S. (2010) War Blogs and the War in Iraq. In G. Murdock and P. Golding (Ed.), Digital Dynamics: Engagements and Disconnections: 45-62. Cresskill: Hampton Press. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2010) What's wrong with narrative models of the news? In V. Rupar (Ed.), Journalism and Meaning-Making: Reading the Newspaper: 37-54. Cresskill: Hampton Press. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. and Allan, S. (2009) Digital War Reporting. Cambridge: Polity Press. 218pp. (Authored Book)

• Matheson, D. (2009) The Watchdog's New Bark: Changing Forms of Investigative Reporting. In S. Allan (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism: 82-92. London: Routledge. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2009) Theory review: Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and journalism research. Journalism Studies 10(5): 709-718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616700903126490. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2009) What the Blogger Knows. In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), Journalism and Citizenship: New Agendas in Communication: 151-165. New York: Routledge/Taylor. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2008) Citizen Journalism, History of. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication: online. Oxford: Blackwell/ICA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/b.9781405131995.2008.x. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2008) Newspaper Journalism. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication: online. Oxford: Blackwell/ICA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/b.9781405131995.2008.x. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. (2007) In Search of Popular Journalism in New Zealand. Journalism Studies 8(1): 28-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616700601056817. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2007) The Interpretative Resources of Aotearoa New Zealand Journalists Reporting on Māori. New Zealand Journal of Media Studies 10(2): 40-46. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. and Allan, S. (2007) Truth in a War Zone: The Role of Warblogs in Iraq. In S. Maltby and R. Keeble (Ed.), Communicating war: memory, military and media: 75-89. Bury St Edmunds: Arima. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/698. (Chapter in Book)

• Matheson, D. and Allan, S. (2006) Weblogs and the War in Iraq. Dresden, Germany: 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA 2006), 19-23 Jun 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Matheson, D. (2006) When Access Radio Meets the Digital Divide: Community And Access Radio Stations' Use Of The Internet In Aotearoa New Zealand. University of Adelaide, Australia: Australia and New Zealand Communications Association International Conference 2006 (ANZCA Adelaide 2006), 4-7 Jul 2006. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/anzca2006/conf_proceedings/. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Hopkins, K. and Matheson, D. (2005) Blogging the New Zealand Election: The impact of new media practices on the old game. Political Science 57(2) (Journal Article)

• Mills, C.E. and Matheson, D. (Ed.) (2005) Communication at Work: Showcasing Communication Scholarship: Publication of the Annual Meeting of the Australia New Zealand Communication Association 2005. Christchurch: ANZCA and the University of Canterbury. (Edited Book)

• Norris, P., Pauling, B. and Matheson, D. (2005) Digital Radio in New Zealand, in Public Broadcasting in the Digital Age: Issues for New Zealand. New Zealand on Air. 87-101. http://www.nzonair.govt.nz/images/media/about/digi-age_may05.pdf. (Report for External Body)

• Matheson, D. (2005) Media Discourses: Analysing Media Texts. (Issues in Cultural and Media Studies Series ed.). Maidenhead: Open University Press. 224 pp. http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/ cgi-bin/search_title_in_all.pl?by=title&user_input=media%20discourses&start=1. (Authored Book)

• Matheson, D. (2005) The interpretative resources of New Zealand journalists reporting on indigenous people. Taipei, Taiwan: 2005 IAMCR Conference, 26-28 Jul 2005. http://profed-iamcr.cci.ecu.edu.au/pdfs/Matheson_full_paper.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Matheson, D. (2004) Journalists as Interpreters: Gadamer and Elements of a Communicative Ethics in News Culture. Ethical Space 1(2): 37-43. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2004) Negotiating Claims to Journalism: Webloggers' Orientation to News Genres. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 10(4): 33-54. http://convergence.luton.ac.uk/issues/volumeten/numberfour. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2004) Negotiating Claims to Journalism: Webloggers' Orientation to News Genres. Sydney, Australia: Making a Difference: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference (ANZCA) 2004, 7-9 Jul 2004. 22 pp. http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/viewabstract.php?id=248&cf=3. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)

• Allan, S. and Matheson, D. (2004) Online Journalism in the Information Age. Savoir, Travail & Société 2(3): 73-94. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2004) Review of Cissna and Anderson, Moments of Meeting: Buber, Rogers, and the Potential for Public Dialogue. Discourse Studies 16(5): 673-4. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2004) Weblogs and the Epistemology of the News: Some Trends in Online Journalism. New Media & Society 6(4): 443–468. doi:10.1177/146144804044329. (Journal Article)

• Matheson, D. (2003) Scowling at Their Notebooks: The Management of Writing within British Journalism’s Reflexive Identity. Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism 4(2): 165-183. (Journal Article)

• Allan, S. and Matheson, D. (2003) Weblogs and the War in Iraq: Journalism for a Network Society? Loughborough: Digital Dynamics, 6-8 Nov 2003. (Conference Contribution - Other)

• Matheson, D. (2002) C. Barker and D. Galasinski, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis: A Dialogue on Language and Identity London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi: Sage, 2001. International Journal of Cultural Studies 5(3): 364-365. Book Review. (Other)

• Matheson, D. (2002) Multimodal Discourse: The Modes and Media of Contemporary Communication. Journal of Communication Inquiry 26(3): 338-339. Book Review. (Other)

• Matheson, D. (2002) News Weblogs: An Invitation to Abandon the Craft? Tromsø, Norway: The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe (COST-A20), 21-22 JUN 02. (Conference Contribution - Other)

• Matheson, D. (2002) The Tacit Learning of the Journalism Student: Aspects of What Journalists Learn as They Learn to Write. Barcelona: IAMCR, 22-26 JUL 02. (Conference Contribution - Other)

• Matheson, D. (2001) News Style: How the Discourses of Newswriting Produce and Restrict British Broadsheet News Texts. PhD, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)

• Matheson, D. (2000) The Birth of News Discourse: Changes in News Language in British Newspapers, 1880-1930. Media, Culture and Society 22(5): 557-573. (Journal Article)