Jay Daniel Thompson

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Dr Jay Daniel Thompson is a Senior Lecturer and Manager, Digital Communication in the Bachelor of Professional Communication degree, School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. He researches the intersections of journalism, disinformation, digital hostility and media ethics.

Dr. Thompson is the author of silverchair's Frogstomp (2025) and a co-author of two books, both published in 2022: Content Production for Digital Media (with Associate Professor John Weldon) and Fake News in Digital Cultures (with Professor Rob Cover and Dr. Ashleigh Haw). He is currently completing a monograph for Routledge on journalistic reportage of conspiracy movements.

Dr. Thompson is a recipient or co-recipient of competitive funding from the Australian Research Council and the Australian National University.

He can be contacted via email at jay.thompson@rmit.edu.au or via phone on 0439 488 046.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Teaching Associate, Monash University
  • 2016–present
    Sessional Lecturer, University of Melbourne
  • 2016–present
    Unit Coordinator, Research Supervisor, Subject Designer, Victoria University

Education

  • 2009 
    University of Melbourne, PhD (Australian Literature)

Professional Memberships

  • Australasian Association of Writing Programs
  • Association for Cultural Studies
  • Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
  • International Australian Studies Association
  • Institute of Professional Editors Limited

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