Adrian Scott Scholarship topics of study



255270-468630586740-464820Adrian Scott Scholarship: potential topics for studyThe scholarship supports research on any topic that can strengthen the understanding and performance of rural/regional journalism in Australia. Examples of previous topics are:John Flynn studied how aggregation has affected regional TV news (see ). John’s research helped to inform a Media Watch segment on the topic ()Amanda Gearing created a non-fiction book and award-winning radio documentary on the Toowoomba/Lockyer Valley floods, and analysed the issues involved in interviewing and gathering information (see )Anne Kruger wrote a guidebook for rural and regional journalists on reporting the economic fundamentals of Australian commodities, and analysed the needs of reporters who cover economic issues affecting rural and regional Australia.There are many other topics that a scholarship winner might research, for example:what women want: the needs of female audiences in regional or remote Australian areasthe impact of diminished government funding for the ABC’s Rural Departmentthe role of radio as an information source for rural and/or regional Australiansthe impact of the Internet and other new media in regional and/or rural communitiesthe use of online journalism by Australia’s rural and/or regional audiencesthe political function of Australia’s regional or rural journalists: community-development versus watchdog-style functionsmedia representations of environmental versus economic priorities in developing regional and rural industries in Australiaissues in reporting Australia's primary industriesthe changing face of journalism in Australian communities being re-invented by the "sea change" and "tree change" phenomenathe symbiotic relationship between journalists and political, business and police leaders in rural and regional Australiasports journalism and the role of sports as a social mediator in small communitiescareer development journalists in rural and regional Australia: breaking beyond the perceived role of rural/regional media organisations as a training ground for big city mediathe rise of syndicated and shared content and the impact on the rural/regional mediathe role of infotainment in recording and developing the social life and cultural heritage of rural or regional Australiathe (mis)representation of regional and/or rural Australia to big-city audiencesjournalism's role in sustaining or breaking down the bush-city dividethe impact of media coverage of crises and disasters in rural or regional areas of Australia, and strategies for ensuring best practice in covering such eventsrepresenting racial and/or religious diversity in regional and/or rural areasthe mass media and Indigenous communities in regional, rural or remote areas. ................
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