Doctor Milissa Deitz
Biography
Milissa Deitz is a Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies in the School of Communication Arts, and a member of the Writing and Society research group. She holds a PhD in Communication (2006) from the University of Sydney, a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies (1998) from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Communication (1993) from the University of Newcastle.
She is an Assistant Editor of Global Media Journal - Australian Edition and co-hosts the book show Shelf Life on TVS (channel 44) which is supported by UWS.
Dr Deitz worked as a journalist for fifteen years before moving into academia full-time. Her books Bloodlust (1999) and My Life As A Side Effect (2003) are both published by Random House. The academic crossover text Watch This Space: The Future of Australian Journalism is published by Cambridge University Press (2010). She is currently working on a second novel.
Research and Teaching
Her research and scholarly interests include convergent and participatory media; social media; online identities; the idea of citizenship and community in virtual space; and the relationship between narrative, scholarship and reporting through the history and practice of differing genres of journalism. Throughout her teaching she advocates the need for a productive dialogue between scholarly and intellectual work and media practice and industries.
Dr Deitz coordinates and teaches the following subjects:
- Approaches to Communication
- Introduction to Journalism
- Reportage
- Experimental Writing
- Electronic Publication
