Dr Damien Spry is a Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of South Australia. His scholarly research focusses on social media impacts on politics and diplomacy. He is a regular contributor to think tanks, including the Lowy Institute and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and has consulted for several multinational companies and NGOs, including Google, Facebook and Amnesty International, as well as to several governments.
He’s been a public relations manager, radio presenter, cultural commentator, human rights campaigner, travel writer, script editor, social media marketer, intercultural communications trainer and a body double for a major motion picture. He’s lived and worked in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan,... Read more
About me
Dr Damien Spry is a Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of South Australia. His scholarly research focusses on social media impacts on politics and diplomacy. He is a regular contributor to think tanks, including the Lowy Institute and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and has consulted for several multinational companies and NGOs, including Google, Facebook and Amnesty International, as well as to several governments.
He’s been a public relations manager, radio presenter, cultural commentator, human rights campaigner, travel writer, script editor, social media marketer, intercultural communications trainer and a body double for a major motion picture. He’s lived and worked in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Egypt, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
He has developed the Facebooking diplomacy database and is currently developing a Twitter diplomacy database with the Digital Media Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology, where he is a Visiting Fellow.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Sydney
Master of Arts University of Technology, Syndey
Master of International Social Development The University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Arts The University of Adelaide
Facebook diplomacy
Twitter diplomacy
Social media and politics
Public diplomacy
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
29
18
20
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| 2017 |
6
5
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| 2017 |
2
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| 2013 |
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| 2013 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2010 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
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| 2017 |
2
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| 2013 |
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| 2010 |
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| 2008 |
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
2
7
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| 2020 |
11
7
13
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| 2018 |
29
18
20
|
| 2017 |
6
5
|
| 2013 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
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| 2013 |
Open access
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| 2013 |
Open access
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Spry, D 2019, 'More Than Data: Using the Netvizz Facebook Application for Mixed-Methods Analysis of Digital Diplomacy', SAGE Research Methods Cases, doi.org/10.4135/ (https://methods.sagepub.com/case/using-the-netvizz-facebook-app-for-mixed-methods-analysis-digital-diplomacy)
Research
Facebook diplomacy
Twitter diplomacy
Social media and politics
Public diplomacy
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Invited Speaker at Young, Creative, Connected: Association of Internet Researchers pre-conference symposiumQueensland University of Technology |
2019 |
Plenary Panelist: Sydney Ideas - Who Controls the Internet?South-East Asian Studies Centre: The University of Sydney |
2019 |
Honorary AssociateDepartment of Media and Communications, The University of Sydney |
2017 |
Invited SpeakerGriffith Asia Institute, Brisbane |
2017 |
Invited SpeakerAustralian Consulate, Hong Kong |
2017 |
Invited SpeakerAustralia and New Zealand Communications Association Conference, Sydney |
2017 |
Country representative for South KoreaAsia Media Information and Communication Commission |
2016 |
Invited PresentationUniversity of Hong Kong Global Cultural Studies program |
2016 |
Invited PresentationAsialink Leaders Program, Brisbane |
2016 |
Invited SpeakerInternational Communications Association pre-conference |
2016 |
Country representative for South KoreaAsia Media Information and Communication Commission |
2015 |
Invited PresentationBritish Council, Seoul |
2015 |
Invited PresentationKorea Foundation, Seoul |
2015 |
Invited SpeakerDaegu Gyeongbuk International Social Network conference, Korea |
2015 |
Country representative for South KoreaAsia Media Information and Communication Commission |
2014 |
Invited SpeakerInternational Communications Association Regional Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
2014 |
Invited SpeakerInternational Association of Media and Communications Research, Hyderabad, India |
2014 |
Plenary SpeakerAsian Congress for Media and Communication, Hong Kong |
2014 |
Country representative for South KoreaAsia Media Information and Communication Commission |
2013 |
Invited PresentationEhwa Women University, Seoul |
2013 |
Invited SpeakerInternational Research Conference on Higher Education, Manila |
2013 |
Invited SpeakerAsian Media, Information and Communication Conference, Yojakarta |
2013 |
Invited PresentationSpecial Presentations for Journalists from the People Republic of China and students from Dong-ah University, Republic of Korea, The University of Sydney |
2012 |
Invited PresentationSpecial Presentation for Asialink Leaders Program. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Melbourne |
2012 |
PanellistJenny Brockie from SBS Insights program with Malcolm Turnbull MP; UNSW Chancellor David Gonski AO AC; and Dr Suelette Dreyfus of Melbourne University. Woollahra Festival |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Extremism by Design? Framing, Fabrication, and Radical Discourse on Social Media | Current |
| From brands to branded employees: how co-creation is accomplished through language | Current |
| Framing fake news: An analysis on its rhetorical strategies, `newsness¿ and how it creates social meaning | Completed |
