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Professor Lelia Green

Professor of Communications

Staff Qualifications

• MA (Master of Arts), The University of Western Australia, 2012 .
• MEd (Master of Education), Edith Cowan University, 2004 .
• PhD, Murdoch University, 1998 .
• Master of Arts (Distinct), Charles Sturt University, 1992 .
• Master of Arts, England, 1982 .
• Bachelor of Arts, England, 1979 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Using community engagement and enhanced visual information to promote FireWatch satellite communication as a support for collaborative decision-making,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2011,  $30,469.
• Parents or peers: Which group most affects the experiences of young people online and how?,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Discovery,  2011,  $30,473.
• Developing Guidelines for Integrating Social Networking Technologies and Professional Advice-Giving in Constructing an Online Community for Supporting Breast Cancer Survivors,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2011,  $106,866.
• Research on Online Content,  University of New South Wales,  Grant(**),  2010,  $3,000.
• Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI)(**),  2010,  $13,611.
• Developing Guidelines for Integrating Social Networking Technologies and Professional Advice-Giving in Constructing an Online Community for Supporting Breast Cancer Survivors,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects)(**),  2010,  $103,585.
• AU Kids Online,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Centres of Excellence(**),  2010,  $204,000.
• Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2009,  $38,669.
• An ethnographic investigation into the everyday work and communication cultures of public transport transit guards: reducing risk and injury,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2009,  $39,972.
• Developing Guidelines for Integrating Social Networking Technologies and Professional Advice-Giving in Constructing an Online Community for Supporting Breast Cancer Survivors,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2009,  $35,708.
• Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2008,  $26,140.
• An ethnographic investigation into the everyday work and communication cultures of public transport transit guards: reducing risk and injury,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2008,  $31,140.
• An ethnographic investigation into the everyday work and communication cultures of public transport transit guards: reducing risk and injury,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2007,  $30,627.
• Australian responses to the images and discourses of terrorism and the other: establishing a metric of fear,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Discovery,  2007,  $53,073.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of online support in building community, promoting healthy behaviours and supporting philanthropy.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2007,  $12,682.
• Construction of the subject as heart patient in the context of the gift economy,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2007,  $31,627.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of online support in building community, promoting healthy behaviours and supporting philanthropy.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2006,  $30,113.
• An ethnographic investigation into the everyday work and communication cultures of public transport transit guards: reducing risk and injury,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2006,  $30,118.
• Australian responses to the images and discourses of terrorism and the other: establishing a metric of fear,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Discovery,  2006,  $62,424.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of online support in building community, promoting healthy behaviours and supporting philanthropy.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2005,  $29,650.
• Australian responses to the images and discourses of terrorism and the other: establishing a metric of fear,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Discovery,  2005,  $36,756.
• Family Internet: Theorising Domestic Internet Consumption, Production and Use Within Australian Families.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Discovery,  2004,  $72,959.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of online support in building community, promoting healthy behaviours and supporting philanthropy.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2004,  $29,107.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Books

• Green, L., (2010), The internet: an introduction to new media. Berg New Media Series, 246, Oxford, UK.

Book Chapters

• Green, L., Kabir, N., (2012), Australian migrant children: ICT use and the construction of future lives. Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies, 91-103, Oxford, UK.
• Rodan, D., Uridge, L., Green, L., (2012), Negotiating a new identify online and off-line: The HeartNET experience. New Media and Intercultural Communication: Identity, Community and Politics, 13(19), 139-154, New York.
• Green, L., Brady, D., (2012), Young people online. Blackwell Companion to New Media Dynamics, 461-471.
• Green, L., Kabir, NA., (2011), Australian migrant children: ICT use and the construction of future lives. Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies, 91-103, Oxford.
• Green, L., Ally, A., (2011), How Australian Muslims Construct Western Fear of the Muslim Other. Negotiating Identities Constructed Selves and Others, 77(10), 65-90, Amsterdam.
• Green, L., Bruns, A., (2009), .au Australia. Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010, 135-143, New Delhi, India.
• Green, L., Bruns, A., (2008), .au Australia. Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008, 92-101, New Delhi, India.

Journal Articles

• Bradshaw, V., Witney, C., Green, L., Costello, L., (2012), Embodying knowledge of breast cancer in a disembodied community?. M/C Journal, 15(4), n/a, http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/issue/view/embody.
• Barnes, D., Fusco, D., Green, L., (2012), Developing a taste for coffee: Bangladesh, Nescafe, and Australian student photographers'. M/C Journal, 15(2 ), 1.
• Green, L., (2012), Children's and young people's interests as recognised in the Convergence Review, 2012. Australian Journal of Communication, 39(3), 87-103, Australia.
• Holloway, D., Green, L., Holloway, D., (2011), The Intratourist Gaze: Grey Nomads and 'Other Tourists'. Tourist Studies, 11(3), 235-252, United Kingdom, DOI: 10.1177/1468797611432043.
• Green, L., Brady, D., Olafsson, K., Hartley, J., Lumby, C., (2011), Risks and safety for Australian children on the internet: Full findings from the AU Kids Online survey of 9-16 year olds and their parents. Cultural Science , 4(1), 1-73, http://cultural-science.org/journal/index.php/culturalscience/article/view/49/129.
• Dare, J., Green, L., (2011), Rethinking social support in women?s midlife years: Women?s experiences of social support in online environments. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 14(5), 473-490, DOI: 10.1177/1367549411412203.
• Teague, C., Green, L., Leith, D., (2010), An ambience of power? Challenges inherent in the role of the public transport transit officer. M/C Journal, 13(2), 1, Online at http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/227.
• Castellino, D., Green, L., (2010), Media freedom in China as reflected in the development of the Sanlu milk scandal, 2008. Australian Journal of Communication, 37(3), 87-102, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland.
• Hartley, J., Green, L., Lumby, C., (2010), Refused classification and the proposed Australian internet filter: An assault on the Open Society. Australian Journal of Communication, 37(3), 1-14, St Lucia, Brisbane.
• Green, L., Costello, L., Dare, J., (2010), Veganism, health expectancy, and the communication of sustainability. Australian Journal of Communication, 37(3), 51-72, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland.
• Aly, A., Green, L., (2010), Fear, anxiety and the state of terror. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33(3), 268-281, DOI: 10.1080/10576100903555796.
• Green, L., (2010), Imagining rural audiences in remote Western Australia. Culture Unbound: journal of current cultural research, 2(n/a), 131-152, www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/v2/a09/cu10v2a.pdf, DOI: 10.3384/cu.2000.1525.102.
• Elund, J., Clayden, J., Green, L., (2010), Getting to know your avatar in Second Life. Australian Journal of Communication, 37(2), 73-86, Brisbane, Queensland.
• Green, L., Costello, L., (2009), Fractures between an online and offline community (and the ethical responses). International Journal of Web Based Communities, 5(3), 462-475, United Kingdom.
• Noble, J., Green, L., (2009), Synchronous Asynchronicity: The use of mobiles to pattern face to face encounters in chaotic environments. Australian Journal of Communication, 36(1), 1-10, Brisbane, Queensland.
• Green, L., (2008), The digital review of Asia-Pacific (2003-2006). Observatorio (OBS*), 2(1), 055-063, http://www.obs.obercom.pt/index.php/obs.
• Green, L., Bloustien, G., Balnaves, M., (2008), "We are next!" Listening to Jewish voices in a multicultural country. M/C Journal, 11(5), 1-19, http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/79.
• Green, L., Goode, S., (2008), The 'Hollywood' Treatment of Paedophilia: Comparing Some Cinematic and Australian Press Constructions of Paedophilia Between 2003 and 2006. Australian Journal of Communication, 35(2), 71-85.
• Aly, A., Green, L., (2008), Less Than Equal: Secularism, Religious Pluralism and Privilege. M/C Journal, 11(2), 14p, Kelvin Grove, Queensland.
• Aly, A., Green, L., (2008), Moderate Islam': Defining the Good Citizen. M/C Journal, 10/11(6/1), 7p.
• Green, L., (2008), Is it meaningless to talk about 'the internet'?. Australian Journal of Communication, 35(3), 1-14, Queensland, Australia.
• Holloway, D., Green, L., (2008), Room to View: Family Television Use in the Australian Context. Television and New Media, 9(1), 47-61.

Conference Publications

• Uridge, LK., Rodan, D., Green, L., (2012), A moderator's dilemma: Munchausen syndrome by internet. Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Assocation Conference: Communicating Change and Changing Communication in the 21st Century, 11.
• Costello, L., Green, L., (2012), Reflecting upon the challenges of building online community, or: "a techie's guide to the help dummies need'. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC) 2012, 359-371, Perth, Australia.
• Brady, D., Holloway, D., Green, L., (2012), Firewatch: Use of satellite imagery by remote communities in northern Australia for fire risk communications. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC) 2012, 372-382, Perth, Australia.
• Green, L., (2012), Censoring, censuring or empowering? Young people and digital agency. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication (CATaC) 2012, 514-529, Perth, Australia.
• Costello, L., Witney, C., Green, L., Bradshaw, V., (2012), Self-revelation in an online health community: Exploring issues around co-presence for vulnerable members. Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Assocation (ANZCA) Conference: Communicating Change and Changing Communication in the 21st Century, 12.
• Witney, C., Green, L., Costello, L., Bradshaw, V., (2012), Building an online community in the context of an existing social network site. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2012 (CATAC), 270-283.
• Green, L., (2012), Children's interests in the National Classification Scheme Review. Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Assocation (ANZCA) Conference: Communicating Change and Changing Communication in the 21st Century, 17.
• Green, L., Hartley, J., Lumby, C., Brady, D., (2011), Australian children's experiences of parents' online mediation., 259-276, http://www.networkinsight.org/verve/_resources/RecordCPRF2011.pdf.
• Teague, C., Green, L., Leith, D., (2010), Watching me, watching you: The use of CCTV to support safer workplaces for public transport transit officers. Media Democracy and Change: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communications Association Annual Conference, 11p., www.anzca.net/conferences/conference-papers/94-anzca10proceedings.html.
• McQueen, T., Green, L., (2010), Obama's election campaign and the integrated use of social media. Cultural attitudes towards technology and communication. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on cultural attitudes towards technology and communication, 315-330, http://blogs.ubc.ca/catac/catac-2010/proceedings-2010/.
• Devauld, C., Green, L., (2010), "Don't throw anything away!" Greenwashing in public relations. Media Democracy and Change: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communications Association Annual Conference, 1-12, www.anzca.net/conferences/conference-papers/94-anzca10proceedings.html.
• Green, L., (2010), The planned, the surprising and the serendipitous: exploring the creative writing process. The strange bedfellows or perfect partners papers: The refereed proceedings of the 15th Conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, 2010, 9p., Online.
• Uridge, LK., Rodan, D., Green, L., (2010), Negotiating conflict and negativity in an online community for recovering heart patients. Cultural attitudes towards technology and communication. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on cultural attitudes towards technology and communication, 231-246, http://blogs.ubc.ca/catac/catac-2010/proceedings-2010/.
• Rodan, D., Uridge, LK., Green, L., (2010), Using nicknames, psuedonyms and avatars on HeartNET: A snapshot of an online health support community. Media Democracy and Change: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communications Association Annual Conference, 16p., http://www.anzca.net/conferences/conference-papers/94-anzca10proceedings.html.
• Green, L., (2010), Internet savvy? Children and online risk. Record of CPRF Communications Policy and Research Forum 2010, 226-235, http://www.networkinsight.org/verve/_resources/CPRF_2010_papers.pdf.
• Uridge, L., Green, L., Rodan, D., (2009), Enhancing wellness: HeartNET an online interactive community supporting people with cardiovascular disease. 2008 Vario Health Conference Physical and Mental Wellness Integrative Approaches to Health Conference Proceedings, 145-150, Joondalup, Western Australia.
• Knight, M., Green, L., (2009), BitTorrents and Family Guy: teenage peer group interactions around a peer-to-peer Internet download community. Communication, Creativity and Global Citizenship: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2009, 209-222, Queensland.
• Green, L., (2009), Minors online and their risks from cyber predators: Should we protect or empower?. The Good, The Bad and The Challenging: The user and the future of information and communication technologies. Conference Proceedings Volume 1, 1(13-15 May), 283-299, Koper, Slovenia.
• Green, L., (2008), Being Vegangelical and the Radical Sustenance of Culture. Online proceedings arising out of the 'Sustaining Culture' Conference held at The University of South Australia, 12, Australia.
• Uridge, L., Rodan, D., Green, L., (2008), HeartNET: Moving Towards a Transformative Space?. Proceedings of the Transforming Information & Learning Conference, On Line, Perth.
• Green, L., (2008), Designing A National Innovation System To Allow The Creative Industries To Add Value. Creating value: Between commerce and commons conference papers, 7, Brisbane.
• Green, L., Kabir, NA., (2008), What The British Papers Said On The First Anniversary Of The London Bombing. Communication, Civics, Industry : Proceedings of the ANZCA 2007 Annual Conference, 10, Melbourne, Australia.
• Kabir, NA., Green, L., (2008), What The British Papers Said On The Second Anniversary Of The London Bombings. Power and Place: Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2008, 21, Wellington, New Zealand.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  The Discourse On Terror And Audience Constructions Of Terrorism And The 'other'..
• Hardwiring Consumer Desire: Publishing And Promoting The Online Technocultural Experience. A Critical Analysis Of "wired" Magazing And Its Advertising 1993-1996..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Grey Nomads: Retirement, Leisure And Travel In The Australian Context..
• An Ethnographic Investigation Of The Relevance Of Shop Floor Culture To Effective Safety Communication In An Australian Minerals Refinery.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Socrates Cafe: An Effective Mechanism For Realising A More Participatory Democracy?.
• Multiply-mediated Households: Space And Power Reflected In Everyday Media Use..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  On Fate And Fatalism: Photography And Fatal Theories.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Increasing Rural Women's Involvement In Government Decision-making Using Information And Communication Technologies..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Reducing Risk And Injury To Transit Officers.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  The Role Of The Internet In Managing Transition During Women's Middle Years..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  You Don't Know What You Don't Know: Investigating The Information Needs Of Clients Of Web Based Public Sector Information Services..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Communicating Health Promotioni On The Web: The Building, Functioning And Marketing Of A Therapeutic Online Community..
• Master of Arts,  An Archaeological Re-investigation Of Mulka's Cave, A Profusely Decorated Rockshelter Near Hyden, Southwestern Australia..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Thumb On The Pulse: The Use Of Copresent-, Location - And Gossip-based Sms Texting By Young Adults Engaging In The Twenty-four Hour Economy..