Associate ProfessorLeonie Rutherford
Honorary Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
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- Honorary Associate ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Children's and youth literature and media; digital literacies; television
studies; multiplatform textualities; narratology; screen media and children's
environmental and health knowledges and consumption practices; animation and
graphic genres; fantasy; nineteenth-century women's poetry and publishing;
media and publishing history; empirical social research methods; critical
institutional analysis
Knowledge Areas
Children's and youth literature and media; multiplatform textualities;
narratology; digital literacies; digital television industry; television
studies; longitudinal data analysis; role of media on children's health and
behavioural outcomes; nineteenth-century women's poetry and publishing; media
and publishing history; empirical social research methods; critical
institutional analysis
Projects
Current Research Projects
1. Teen Reading and Digital Practices, http://www.teenreading.net
2. Early childhood digital media practices and their health, sustainability and consumption behaviours.
studies; multiplatform textualities; narratology; screen media and children's
environmental and health knowledges and consumption practices; animation and
graphic genres; fantasy; nineteenth-century women's poetry and publishing;
media and publishing history; empirical social research methods; critical
institutional analysis
Knowledge Areas
Children's and youth literature and media; multiplatform textualities;
narratology; digital literacies; digital television industry; television
studies; longitudinal data analysis; role of media on children's health and
behavioural outcomes; nineteenth-century women's poetry and publishing; media
and publishing history; empirical social research methods; critical
institutional analysis
Projects
Current Research Projects
1. Teen Reading and Digital Practices, http://www.teenreading.net
2. Early childhood digital media practices and their health, sustainability and consumption behaviours.
GRANTS
- GRANTDiscovering a 'good read': Pathways to reading for Australian teens5 Feb 2020 - 28 Feb 2025People funded by this grant:
- Rutherford L,
- Dezuanni M,
- Johanson K,
- Singleton A,
- Matheson D
- GRANTAustralian adolescents and reading: discoverability, social enablers, and digital inclusion1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2021People funded by this grant:
- Rutherford L,
- Johanson K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHAustralian Teenagers' Reading Behaviour in the Digital Era1 Jul 2016 - 24 Feb 2017People funded by this grant:
- Rutherford L,
- Johanson K,
- Waller L,
- Bullen E,
- Merga M
- GRANTPromoting healthy eating, active play and sustainability awareness in early childhood curricula: Addressing the Ben10 problem1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- Skouteris H,
- Edwards S,
- Rutherford L,
- Cutter-McKenzie A
- GRANTEvaluation of a Healthy Lifestyle Intervention Targeting Young People Living in Out-of-home Care1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Skouteris H,
- Rutherford L,
- Cox R
- GRANTDigital Natives: Growing up with new and old media in Australia28 May 2009 - 31 Dec 2013People funded by this grant:
- Bittman M,
- Rutherford L,
- Unsworth L