David Cameron
Lecturer in Journalism
Postgraduate Journalism Coordinator
MA (Hons) Wgong, BA MitchellCAE, GradCertUnivLearn&Teach
David Cameron
Bio
David has lectured at CSU since 2000. He also coordinates postgraduate journalism. He has worked in radio news, production, and program management. David remains a regular contributor and advisor to the on-campus radio station 2MCE-FM. He has also been a freelance Web designer. David is an informative and interesting guest speaker on subjects related to Generation-Y, journalism, social media, and videogame-based learning. He has consulted with commercial and government clients on social media training and integration. David is a member of the School of Communication Board.
Teaching
David teaches primarily in the areas of journalism and social media. David is the Presiding Officer of the School's Learning & Teaching Committee, and a member of the Faculty of Arts Learning & Teaching Committee. He has also represented the Faculty of Arts on several education and technology working parties. In 2008, David was named a 'Teaching Leader' for his contributions to CSU's Foundations of University Learning & Teaching (FULT) staff development program. He is a Teaching Fellow with CSU's Flexible Learning Institute, and in 2010 will join the teaching team for CSU's Graduate Certificate of University Learning & Teaching (GCULT).
Research
David is a member of the School's Research Development Committee, and the Centre for Research in Complex Systems. He is a Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council linkage grant project (2007 - 2010), with the Australian Defence Force as a major partner. He is leading a Faculty of Arts Research Development Grant project, and a CSU Scholarship in Teaching study.
David's current research interests include:
- social media applications to communication industries
- flexible and digital game-based learning
- crisis management simulation tools
- mobile media
- the impact of emerging media forms on the journalism curriculum
- drama and digital technology
Publications & presentations
Anderson, M., Carroll, J. & Cameron, D. 2009. Drama education with digital technology. Continuum Publishing, UK. [view info]
Cameron, D. & Carroll, J. 2009. Lessons from applied drama: Conventions to help serious games developers. In Serious games on the move, O. Petrovic & A. Brand (eds). Vienna: Springer.
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Carroll, J. & Cameron, D. 2009. Drama, digital pre-text, and social media. Research in Drama Education. Routledge. [view paper]
Arciuli, J., Carroll, J. & Cameron, D. 2008. The use of applied drama in crisis management: An empirical psychological study. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 23 (3), August 2008, pp 3 – 8. [view paper]
Cameron, D. 2008, Mobile journalism: A snapshot of research and practice. End of Journalism conference, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK, October 2008. [view paper]
Cameron, D. & Van Heekeren B. 2008. Hello, and welcome to the show: Applying radio’s ‘explaining voice’ to educational podcasting. In proceedings of the ASCILITE conference, Melbourne, November 2008. [view paper]
Cameron, D. 2008, Games as Practice: Simulating How Professionals Think, Work and Learn. Simtect 2008 conference, Melbourne. [view paper]
Cameron, D. 2007, Mobile media and the journalism curriculum. In proceedings of the Mobile Media 2007 conference, Sydney, Australia, July 2007. [view abstract]
Cameron, D. 2006, The rocket in your pocket: How mobile phones became The Media by stealth. In proceedings of 2nd annual JEA/JEANZ conference, Auckland, New Zealand, December, 2006. [view paper]
Carroll, J., Anderson, M. & Cameron, D. 2006. Real Players? Drama, technology and education. Trentham Books, UK. [view info]
Boland, G. & Cameron, D. 2005. Newspaper Theatre: Applying performance-based learning to journalism education. In proceedings ofthe Journalism Education Association Conference, Griffith University, November 2005. [view paper]
Cameron, D. 2005. The Net Generation goes to university? In proceedings of the Journalism Education Association Conference, Griffith University, November 2005. [view paper]
Carroll, J. & Cameron, D. 2005. Playing the game: Role distance and digital performance.
Applied Theatre Researcher. Number 6. Article 11. 2005. [view paper]
Carroll, J. & Cameron, D. 2005. Machinima: Digital performance and emergent authorship. In proceedings of DiGRA conference,
Vancouver, Canada, June 16th - 20th 2005. [view paper]
Cameron, D 2004, Sky News Active: Notes from a digital TV newsroom, paper presented at Journalism Education Association conference, Suva, Fiji, December 2004. [view paper]
Cameron, D. & Carroll, J 2004, The story so far... The researcher as a player in games analysis, Media International Australia: games and gaming, Vol 110, Feb 2004. [ view abstract]
Cameron, D. 2003, Small Screen, big picture: Students explore TV journalism with streaming media. In proceedings of the Apple University Consortium conference, Adelaide, 2003. [view paper]
Carroll, J. & Cameron D. 2003, To the Spice Islands: Interactive process drama, in proceedings of the Digital Arts & Culture conference, Melbourne, 2003. [view paper]
Cameron, D. 2003, Tips. In Mollison, M.(ed), Video production: A complete guide. 2nd edition, Allen & Unwin, Sydney. [view details]
Cameron, D. 2002, Giving games a day job: Journalism training scenarios that are interactive and immersive. Paper presented at the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association conference, Coolangatta, 2002.
Cameron, D. 2002, Playing serious games in journalism classes. Asia Pacific Media Educator, (11), July - December 2001. [view paper]
Curriculum Vitae
- Available by request
