Andrea Carson

Andrea Carson is Professor of Political Communication in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University. She is a political scientist and a trained journalist. She has authored book studies on journalism including Investigative Journalism, Democracy and the Digital Age (Routledge, New York) and has a co-authored book published in December 2022, Undercover Reporting, Deception, and Betrayal in Journalism (Routledge, London).
Andrea examines the media's role in democracies, journalism and political communication. Her studies focus on information quality (both high and low) with special interests in investigative journalism (high quality) and mis and disinformation (low quality information and fake news). She studies mitigation measures to combat mis- and disinformation, including fact -checking and government regulatory environments. She has published top-tier journal articles on journalism, Australian politics, political communication during election campaig...