Edward Hurcombe

Edward Hurcombe is a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT. Edward researches how news and journalistic practice are transforming in relation to the technologies, economies, and user cultures of social media platforms. He is interested in both the challenges and possibilities emerging from these transformations: from tackling malicious actors on platforms, to locating new kinds of socially-positive digital journalism.

His ARC DECRA project (DE250100115) investigates how journalist influencers are reshaping news to reach and build trust with young adult audiences.

Edward researches how news and journalistic practice are transforming in relation to the technologies, economies, and user cultures of social media platforms. He is interested in both the challenges and possibilities emerging from these transformations: from tackling malicious actors on platforms, to locating new kinds of socially-positive digital journalism. His research has been published in leading journals such as Journalism, Digital Journalism, and New Media & Society. Currently, he is writing a monograph titled “Social News: How Born-Digital Outlets Transformed Journalism”, to be published with Palgrave Macmillan.