Fae has ten years industry experience as a strategic communications professional working for the Department of Health in the UK and in Adelaide and has held similar positions in the disability sector and at a primary health care research facility in Adelaide. Fae has taught public relations, communication and media subjects at Flinders University, Charles Sturt University and at UniSA Online and is currently a lecturer in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (MBCD) and Masters of Communication (DMCO) at UniSA Creative.
Fae's research interests focus on the impact of media use and media technologies at different levels of society. She is currently leading a research project about inclusive game design, especially... Read more
About me
Fae has ten years industry experience as a strategic communications professional working for the Department of Health in the UK and in Adelaide and has held similar positions in the disability sector and at a primary health care research facility in Adelaide. Fae has taught public relations, communication and media subjects at Flinders University, Charles Sturt University and at UniSA Online and is currently a lecturer in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (MBCD) and Masters of Communication (DMCO) at UniSA Creative.
Fae's research interests focus on the impact of media use and media technologies at different levels of society. She is currently leading a research project about inclusive game design, especially for families. The Play and Pause Video Game Research project is currently surveying parent gamers in Australia.
Fae is also working with the not-for-profit Children and Media Australia, leading a research project that aims to legitimise a media classification system for Australian parents.
Fae's PhD research focused on the digital home and utilised theories of mediatisation, domestication of technology and parental mediation to explore changes in the communicative experiences of contemporary mothers.
Fae is the ECR rep for UniSA Creative's research strategy group and facilitates a writing and well-being group for international HDR candidates and those who have English as a second language.
About me
| Date | Title |
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| 13/12/2021 |
Half of Australia’s gamers are women, but we know very little about mothers who game, https://theconversation.com/half-of-australias-gamers-are-women-but-we-know-very-little-about-mothers-who-game-172498 |
About me
Doctor of Philosphy University of South Australia
Postgraduate Diploma in Public Communication University of Leeds
Bachelor of Arts (Communication) Honours Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Arts (Media Studies) Sheffield Hallam University
Fae is leading the Play and Pause Video Gaming Research project and is currently seeking responses to a survey about parent gamers. The online survey is run through Qualtrics and is accessible by clicking this link.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Fae provided research assistance to Dr Sally Lewis, UniSA lead for a cross-institutional research project on interdisciplinary work integrated learning, funded by the Australian Technology Network. The project was led by Curtin University and included RMIT and Univeristy of Technology, Sydney.
The findings from this research are available here: Interdisciplinary project-based work-integrated learning: the Australian Good Practice Guide
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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| 2016 |
Open access
12
8
1
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| 2014 |
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| 2020 |
Open access
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Heaselgrave, F 2021, ‘The digital home: exploring the communicative experiences of contemporary mothers', PhD thesis, University of South Australia, UniSA Repository: <https://ap01-a.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/61USOUTHAUS_INST/12232442610001831>.
Heaselgrave, F 2021, 'Writing oneself into the PhD oral defense: preparing a response to examination reports', blog post, Doctoral Writing SIG.
Heaselgrave, F 2019, ‘Digital motherhood in the Australian home: The role of mediatisation in contemporary mothering’, paper presented at the EuroMedia conference, hosted by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR), 12-13 July 2019, Brighton, UK.
Heaselgrave, F 2018, ‘Digital dialogue in civic society: Charting the challenges of social media use in local government communication’, paper presented at the Public Relations Institute of Australia research symposium, 30 October 2018, University of Technology Sydney.
Heaselgrave 2017, '"Study keeps drawing them back to the devices": the role of digital pedagogy in the mediatization of motherhood', paper presented at the annual conference of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association, Communication Worlds: Access, Voice, Diversity, Engagement, University of Sydney, 4-7 July 2017.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Graduate Women SA Centenary ScholarshipAustralian Federation of University Women |
2020 |
Teaching & student supervision
