Fae is the Program Director for the Masters of Communication (DMCO) at UniSA Creative, which includes the nested Graduate Diploma in Communication (DGCO) and the Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication (DCSC). She also lectures in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (MBCD).
Fae has ten years industry experience as a strategic communications professional, having worked in public health communication for the Department of Health in the UK and in Adelaide, and has held communication positions in the disability sector and in primary health care research at Flinders University. Fae has previously taught public relations, communication and media subjects at Flinders University, Charles Sturt University and at UniSA... Read more
About me
Fae is the Program Director for the Masters of Communication (DMCO) at UniSA Creative, which includes the nested Graduate Diploma in Communication (DGCO) and the Graduate Certificate in Strategic Communication (DCSC). She also lectures in the Bachelor of Communication and Media (MBCD).
Fae has ten years industry experience as a strategic communications professional, having worked in public health communication for the Department of Health in the UK and in Adelaide, and has held communication positions in the disability sector and in primary health care research at Flinders University. Fae has previously taught public relations, communication and media subjects at Flinders University, Charles Sturt University and at UniSA Online.
Fae's research interests focus on the impact of digital media use and media technologies at different levels of society. She is currently leading the Play and Pause Video Game Research project which explores the challenges and opportunities of gaming for parent players. Results from the national survey will be analysed and published along with interview data from parent gamers as part of the next phase of the project, due to commence in March 2023. She is also working with a not-for-profit on a project that aims to shape government policy around media classification in Australia.
Fae's PhD research examined mothers’ interactions with digital media, both as users and facilitators of children’s use, and utilised theories of mediatisation, domestication of technology and parental mediation to identify changes in the communicative practices of contemporary mothers.
In addition to teaching and research, Fae is actively engaged in supporting and representing the perspectives of peers and HDR candidates through her role as ECR rep for UniSA Creative's research strategy group and her mentoring work with international HDR candidates. Fae is also a member of UniSA Creative's Academic Unit Board.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 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.
| Year | Output |
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| 2016 |
Open access
13
8
1
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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 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 |
|---|---|
Graduate Women SA Centenary ScholarshipAustralian Federation of University Women |
2020 |
Teaching & student supervision
