Victoria Fielding
Biographic Data
| ID | 4470851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria Fielding |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria |
| FAMILY NAME | Fielding |
| SIGNATURE | FIELDING V |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5426-988X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evaluation of an online self-paced constructive journalism training course for health reporting
Constructive journalism has been proposed to address concerns with news reporting, including on health topics, by increasing trust, and reducing misperceptions fostered by traditional news practices. However, integrating constructive journalism into existing practice has challenges, including limited training resources and practical guidance. Accordingly, we developed an online, self-paced (∼5 hour), health reporting-focused constructive journali…
Constructive journalism and the perceived wellbeing of journalists
Constructive journalism (CJ), an innovative interdisciplinary approach to news reporting grounded in psychology, has been lauded as a potential solution to the crisis of trust and avoidance in journalism. The approach has been taken up by global news organisations in Australia, the UK, and Denmark. Despite its potential and uptake, research on this emerging form of journalism is still developing, often at a slower pace than its implementation. Si…
Measuring Balance and Bias in Sports Journalism
Sport reporters strive for objectivity to legitimize their work, yet acknowledge their subjectivity in creating entertaining narratives. This objectivity–subjectivity tension has importance consequences for sports journalism, and in turn sporting organizations’ cultural and commercial success. This study examines Australian Rules Football reporting about home-team rivals Adelaide and Port Adelaide by South Australia’s only major newspaper, The Ad…
Testing Constructive Journalism’s Effects on Stigma, Trust, and Engagement
News media is a key source of public information on severe mental illness, yet news representations are often negative and stigmatising, with consequences for help-seeking, treatment, and public action (e.g., charitable giving and policy support). We tested whether a new approach to reporting—constructive journalism—could improve audience responses to news stories about severe mental illness. Constructive journalism applies insights from psycholo…
Media Inequality
News media notionally underpins a vibrant and diverse democracy by representing political, industrial and social conflict to mass audiences. Yet, few studies measure how equitably journalists frame public contestation. Despite framing theory’s extensive use in media and communication scholarship, little is known about how frames are created and disseminated - how frames are built - to explain how and why journalists frame news the way they do. Me…
Teen Fled Danger into the Arms of Death
News framing of violence against women (VAW) has important implications for public understanding of this epidemic problem in Australian society, and in turn, politicians’ impetus to act. This article uses a frame-building model to analyze media reporting of three cases of VAW. The murder of Eurydice Dixon, who was killed by a stranger, was framed thematically and received substantial media attention. Conversely, Larissa Beilby and Qi Yu, who were…
Constructive Journalism
Objectivity plays a central role in Western news media, being considered the cornerstone of professionalism and quality. However, as traditionally and passively practiced, critiques of objectivity include journalists overlooking inherent subjectivities in newsgathering, the impacts of journalists’ ideology on news representation, replication of existing power structures, and portrayals of false balance. These critiques have led to increasing scho…
Conservative advocacy journalism
The democratic role of news media in Western society is usually analysed through the lens of the dominant liberal model of media. This model assumes that journalists play a positive part in democracy by monitoring those with power and facilitating a diverse marketplace of ideas. Within this model, journalistic professionalism emphasises objectivity, neutrality, pluralism, balance and independence. There are, however, two types of advocacy journal…
Constructive Journalism
Objectivity plays a central role in Western news media, being considered the cornerstone of professionalism and quality. However, as traditionally and passively practiced, critiques of objectivity include journalists overlooking inherent subjectivities in newsgathering, the impacts of journalists’ ideology on news representation, replication of existing power structures, and portrayals of false balance. These critiques have led to increasing scho…
Conservative advocacy journalism
The democratic role of news media in Western society is usually analysed through the lens of the dominant liberal model of media. This model assumes that journalists play a positive part in democracy by monitoring those with power and facilitating a diverse marketplace of ideas. Within this model, journalistic professionalism emphasises objectivity, neutrality, pluralism, balance and independence. There are, however, two types of advocacy journal…
Testing Constructive Journalism’s Effects on Stigma, Trust, and Engagement
News media is a key source of public information on severe mental illness, yet news representations are often negative and stigmatising, with consequences for help-seeking, treatment, and public action (e.g., charitable giving and policy support). We tested whether a new approach to reporting—constructive journalism—could improve audience responses to news stories about severe mental illness. Constructive journalism applies insights from psycholo…
Teen Fled Danger into the Arms of Death
News framing of violence against women (VAW) has important implications for public understanding of this epidemic problem in Australian society, and in turn, politicians’ impetus to act. This article uses a frame-building model to analyze media reporting of three cases of VAW. The murder of Eurydice Dixon, who was killed by a stranger, was framed thematically and received substantial media attention. Conversely, Larissa Beilby and Qi Yu, who were…
Conservative advocacy journalism
The democratic role of news media in Western society is usually analysed through the lens of the dominant liberal model of media. This model assumes that journalists play a positive part in democracy by monitoring those with power and facilitating a diverse marketplace of ideas. Within this model, journalistic professionalism emphasises objectivity, neutrality, pluralism, balance and independence. There are, however, two types of advocacy journal…
Constructive Journalism
Objectivity plays a central role in Western news media, being considered the cornerstone of professionalism and quality. However, as traditionally and passively practiced, critiques of objectivity include journalists overlooking inherent subjectivities in newsgathering, the impacts of journalists’ ideology on news representation, replication of existing power structures, and portrayals of false balance. These critiques have led to increasing scho…
Media Inequality
News media notionally underpins a vibrant and diverse democracy by representing political, industrial and social conflict to mass audiences. Yet, few studies measure how equitably journalists frame public contestation. Despite framing theory’s extensive use in media and communication scholarship, little is known about how frames are created and disseminated - how frames are built - to explain how and why journalists frame news the way they do. Me…
Teen Fled Danger into the Arms of Death
News framing of violence against women (VAW) has important implications for public understanding of this epidemic problem in Australian society, and in turn, politicians’ impetus to act. This article uses a frame-building model to analyze media reporting of three cases of VAW. The murder of Eurydice Dixon, who was killed by a stranger, was framed thematically and received substantial media attention. Conversely, Larissa Beilby and Qi Yu, who were…
Testing Constructive Journalism’s Effects on Stigma, Trust, and Engagement
News media is a key source of public information on severe mental illness, yet news representations are often negative and stigmatising, with consequences for help-seeking, treatment, and public action (e.g., charitable giving and policy support). We tested whether a new approach to reporting—constructive journalism—could improve audience responses to news stories about severe mental illness. Constructive journalism applies insights from psycholo…
Evaluation of an online self-paced constructive journalism training course for health reporting
Constructive journalism has been proposed to address concerns with news reporting, including on health topics, by increasing trust, and reducing misperceptions fostered by traditional news practices. However, integrating constructive journalism into existing practice has challenges, including limited training resources and practical guidance. Accordingly, we developed an online, self-paced (∼5 hour), health reporting-focused constructive journali…
Constructive journalism and the perceived wellbeing of journalists
Constructive journalism (CJ), an innovative interdisciplinary approach to news reporting grounded in psychology, has been lauded as a potential solution to the crisis of trust and avoidance in journalism. The approach has been taken up by global news organisations in Australia, the UK, and Denmark. Despite its potential and uptake, research on this emerging form of journalism is still developing, often at a slower pace than its implementation. Si…
Measuring Balance and Bias in Sports Journalism
Sport reporters strive for objectivity to legitimize their work, yet acknowledge their subjectivity in creating entertaining narratives. This objectivity–subjectivity tension has importance consequences for sports journalism, and in turn sporting organizations’ cultural and commercial success. This study examines Australian Rules Football reporting about home-team rivals Adelaide and Port Adelaide by South Australia’s only major newspaper, The Ad…
Media Studies and Communication (7 works) · Journalism (5 works) · Constructive (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works)