Fae is currently the Program Director for the Master of Communication degree and coordinator of the year-long capstone industry placement, providing ongoing academic and professional mentoring to students and strategic support to industry partners.
She has more than 12 years academic experience, teaching the theory and practice of public relations and professional communication to students in the classroom and online at UniSA, Flinders University and Charles Sturt University.
Fae also has ten years prior industry experience as a strategic communications professional in the UK and in Adelaide, having working in public health for the Department of Health, the disability sector and in primary health care research.
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About me
Fae is currently the Program Director for the Master of Communication degree and coordinator of the year-long capstone industry placement, providing ongoing academic and professional mentoring to students and strategic support to industry partners.
She has more than 12 years academic experience, teaching the theory and practice of public relations and professional communication to students in the classroom and online at UniSA, Flinders University and Charles Sturt University.
Fae also has ten years prior industry experience as a strategic communications professional in the UK and in Adelaide, having working in public health for the Department of Health, the disability sector and in primary health care research.
Fae's research focuses on the impact of digital media use on everyday life. Her PhD thesis (2021) examined mothers’ interactions with digital media as users and facilitators of children’s use, utilising theories of mediatisation, domestication of technology and parental mediation to identify changes in the communicative practices of contemporary mothers. The study revealed that children's increasing use of digital media for schooling, entertainment and social interaction, coupled with societal expectations about a mother's role, adds an additional layer of responsibility on mothers to provide unpaid digital care to children (Heaselgrave 2023).
Current projects include researching the challenges and opportunities of video gaming for parent players and, specifically, any differences in the gameplay practices of mothers compared to fathers, and building an evidence-based framework with an industry partner to inform future policy decisions about Australia's media classification system, making it more accurate and useful for families.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 13/11/2023 |
Australia’s media classification system is no help to parents and carers. It needs a grounding in evidence, https://theconversation.com/australias-media-classification-system-is-no-help-to-parents-and-carers-it-needs-a-grounding-in-evidence-216004 |
| 02/09/2023 |
More unpaid work — the hidden cost to moms of their kids’ online lives, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/09/02/moms-stress-supervising-kids-online/ |
| 04/02/2023 |
‘I can connect with my kids’: The mums who take time out to game, https://www.smh.com.au/technology/video-games/i-can-connect-with-my-kids-the-mums-who-take-time-out-to-game-20230202-p5chdu.html |
| 07/10/2022 |
UniSA calls on parents to divulge gaming habits, https://www.digitalnationaus.com.au/news/unisa-calls-on-parents-to-divulge-gaming-habits-586171 |
| 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
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, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2025 |
Open access
5
4
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| 2016 |
Open access
15
8
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| 2014 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
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| 2020 |
Open access
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Heaselgrave, F., & Bogkvist, A. (2023, 19-23 June). ‘”I prefer to play alone to recharge my social battery”’: Parent gamer identities in Australia’ [Conference presentation]. International Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Sevilla, Spain. https://digra2023.org/
Heaselgrave, F. (2022, 22-25 November). 'Play & Pause: Supporting the parent gamer community in Australia', [Conference presentation abstract]. Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA): Communicating through Chaos. University of Wollongong, NSW.
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, 12-13 July). ‘Digital motherhood in the Australian home: The role of mediatisation in contemporary mothering’, [Conference presentation]. EuroMedia conference, hosted by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR). Brighton, UK.
Heaselgrave, F. (2018, 30 October). ‘Digital dialogue in civic society: Charting the challenges of social media use in local government communication’. [Conference presentation]. Public Relations Institute of Australia research symposium. University of Technology Sydney, NSW.
Heaselgrave, F. (2017, 4-7 July). '"Study keeps drawing them back to the devices": the role of digital pedagogy in the mediatization of motherhood'. (Conference presentation). Australian & New Zealand Communication Association: Communication Worlds: Access, Voice, Diversity, Engagement. University of Sydney, NSW.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Charles Sturt University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Graduate Women SA Centenary ScholarshipAustralian Federation of University Women |
2020 |
Teaching & student supervision
