Dr Bissie Anderson

Biography	Dr Bissie Anderson is a Lecturer in Journalism and a Journalism Studies/Digital Media researcher. She is the Young Scholars (PGR and ECR) representative of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Journalism Studies Section. Her research appears in journals such as Digital Journalism and Media Studies. Prior to joining RGU, Bissie was a sessional Lecturer and Tutor at the University of Stirling and Bangor University. She has considerable media industry experience, having worked as a newspaper journalist, magazine writer, and digital communications practitioner for over a decade. She holds a PhD in Media and Journalism (University of Stirling), an MRes in Media Research (University of Stirling), an MLitt in Journalism (University of Strathclyde), as well as a BA (Hons) and an MA in English.
Research Interests	- Journalistic epistemology - Knowledge production in digital journalism (design, community engagement, audience reception, media literacy) - Pioneer journalism, innovations in journalism, pioneering approaches to storytelling/production - Encoding/decoding, rhetoric and meaning-making in 21st century media - Media and communication theory, critical theory - Journalism beyond the Western world, global-comparative journalism studies - Press freedom, the role of journalism in public deliberation and democracy around the world - Disinformation and propaganda in the hybrid media ecosystem
Teaching and Learning	- Digital Journalism in Practice (Year 4) - Investigative Journalism (Year 4) - Celebrity Culture (Year 4) - Women and the Media (Year 4) - Undergraduate and postgraduate student project/dissertation supervision - Head of Year 2
Scopus Author ID	57208583123
PhD Supervision Availability	Yes
PhD Topics	- Knowledge production in digital journalism - Pioneer journalism, innovations in journalism - Local <-> global journalism, journalism beyond the Western world - Rhetoric, discourse, and meaning-making in 21st century media