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RMIT University: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

2023-01-23 to present | Lecturer (Public Relations) (School of Media and Communication)
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Edward Hurcombe

Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2023-01-04
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Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, Queensland, AU

2023-01-04
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Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2016-02 to 2019-08 | Doctor of Philosophy (Creative Industries)
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Edward Hurcombe

University of Melbourne: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2011-02 to 2015-12 | Bachelor of Arts (Hons) (Faculty of Arts, School of Culture and Communication)
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Works (24)

The discursive function of Meta’s Newsroom: How Meta frames the problem of problematic online content

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
2025-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/13548565251315521
Contributors: Edward Hurcombe; Ehsan Dehghan; Laura Vodden; Daniel Angus
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Covering Conspiracy: Approaches to Reporting the COVID/5G Conspiracy Theory

2025-01-03 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.4324/9781032647807-2
Contributors: Axel Bruns; Edward Hurcombe; Stephen Harrington
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Soft power, sharp power? Exploring RT ’s dual role in Russia’s diplomatic toolkit

Information, Communication & Society
2023-12-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2155485
Contributors: Sofya Glazunova; Axel Bruns; Edward Hurcombe; Silvia Ximena Montaña-Niño; Souleymane Coulibaly; Abdul Karim Obeid
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Conspiracy theories on social media

Edward Elgar
2022 | Encyclopedia entry
DOI: 10.4337/9781800374263
Part of ISBN: 9781800374256
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Edward Hurcombe

Global Platforms and Local Networks: An Institutional Account of the Australian News Media Bargaining Code

Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business
2022 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-95220-4_8
Part of ISBN: 9783030952198
Part of ISBN: 9783030952204
Part of ISSN: 2634-6192
Part of ISSN: 2634-6206
Contributors: Edward Hurcombe
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Social News: How Born-Digital Outlets Transformed Journalism

2022 | Book | Author
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91712-8
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ISBN: 978-3-030-91712-8
ISBN: 978-3-030-91711-1
Contributors: Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

Australia’s DIGI Code: what can we learn from the EU experience?

Australian Journal of Political Science
2022-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/10361146.2022.2122774
Contributors: Edward Hurcombe; James Meese
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Covering Conspiracy: Approaches to Reporting the COVID/5G Conspiracy Theory

Digital Journalism
2022-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2021.1968921
Contributors: Axel Bruns; Edward Hurcombe; Stephen Harrington
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The Dissemination of Problematic News on Facebook: A Large-Scale, Longitudinal Study

2022 International Conference on Social Media and Society
2022-06-26 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/hsd38
Contributors: Edward Hurcombe
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Visual Mis/disinformation in Journalism and Public Communications: Current Verification Practices, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Journalism Practice
2022-05-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1832139
Contributors: T.J. Thomson; Daniel Angus; Paula Dootson; Edward Hurcombe; Adam Smith
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'Fake news' on Facebook: a large-scale longitudinal study of problematic link-sharing practices from 2016 to 2020

Selected Papers in Internet Research 2021
2021 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12089
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Contributors: Daniel Angus; Axel Bruns; Edward Hurcombe; Stephen Harrington
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories: Tracing Misinformation Trajectories from the Fringes to the Mainstream

Communicating COVID-19
2021 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_12
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Part of ISBN: 978-3-030-79735-5
Part of ISBN: 978-3-030-79734-8
Part of ISBN: 978-3-030-79737-9
Contributors: Axel Bruns; Stephen Harrington; Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

RT on Facebook: The reach of pro-Kremlin propaganda across language communities

Selected Papers in Internet Research 2021
2021 | Conference paper | Author
Part of DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12089
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Contributors: Sofya Glazunova; Silvia Montaña-Niño; Edward Hurcombe; Abdul Obeid; Souleymane Coulibaly; Axel Bruns
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The institutional impacts of algorithmic distribution: Facebook and the Australian news media

Selected Papers in Internet Research 2021
2021 | Conference paper | Author
DOI: 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12091
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Contributors: Francesco Bailo; James Meese; Edward Hurcombe
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Facebook, news media and platform dependency

New Media and Society
2021-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1461444820926472
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Contributors: James Meese; Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

Managing problematic visual media in natural hazard emergencies

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102249
Contributors: Paula Dootson; T.J. Thomson; Daniel Angus; Sophie Miller; Edward Hurcombe; Adam Smith
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#IStandWithDan versus #DictatorDan

Media International Australia
2021-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1329878X20981780
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Contributors: Timothy Graham; Axel Bruns; Daniel Angus; Edward Hurcombe; Sam Hames
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The institutional impacts of algorithmic distribution

Social Media and Society
2021-04-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/20563051211024963
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Contributors: Francesco Bailo; James Meese; Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

What’s newsworthy about ‘social news’? Characteristics and potential of an emerging genre

Journalism
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1464884918793933
Contributors: Edward Hurcombe; Jean Burgess; Stephen Harrington
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Regulating misinformation: policy brief

2020-11-12 | Report | Author
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Contributors: James Meese; Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

'Corona? 5G? Or Both?'

Media International Australia
2020-11-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/1329878X20946113
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Contributors: Axel Bruns; Stephen Harrington; Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

'Cloudy with a chance of sh!tstorm': Examining the role of social news outlets in the hack live: Is male privilege bullsh!t? Social media ritual

Digitizing democracy (Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics)
2019 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-1-138-48344-6
Contributors: Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE

Digital Journalism as Symptom, Response, and Agent of Change in the Platformed Media Environment

Digital Journalism
2019-03-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1556313
Contributors: Jean Burgess; Edward Hurcombe
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The making of a captain: The production and projection of a political image on the Tony Abbott Facebook page

Communication, Politics and Culture
2016 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Edward Hurcombe
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Queensland University of Technology PURE
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