Dr. Susan Yell
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
The social justice issues of smoke im/mobilities
The dynamics of place-based virtual communities: Social media in a region in transition
Social media is a key platform through which communities can organise, connect and communicate....
Community empowerment and trust: Social media use during the Hazelwood mine fire
During and after a disaster, affected communities grapple with how to respond and make sense of...
Performative trolling: Szubanski, Gillard, Dawson and the nature of the utterance
In 2012 the Australian public witnessed three important examples of trolling play out in the...
Why isn't there a plan? Community vulnerability and resilience in the Latrobe Valley's open cut coal mine town
On February 9, 2014, the town of Morwell in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia, was...
Mediated public emotion: Collective grief and Australian natural disasters
The Australian summer is framed by a narrative of bushfi re. Southeastern Australia is recognized...
Mediated public emotion: Collective Grief and Australian Natural Disasters
Natural disaster news and communities of feeling: the affective interpellation of local and global publics
This paper engages with contemporary debates around the mediation of distant suffering by...
Airgraphs and an airman the role of airgraphs in World War II family correspondence
Breakfast is now tea, toast and tissues': affect and the media coverage of bushfires
Print and electronic media coverage of disasters raises a multitude of issues about the media's...