QUT | Staff Profiles | Aljosha Karim Schapals

Name

Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals

Position(s)

Lecturer (Journalism)
Creative Industries Faculty,
School of Communication

Discipline *

Communication and Media Studies, Journalism and Professional Writing

Phone

+61 7 3138 0157

Email

aljosha.schapals@qut.edu.au

Location

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Qualifications

PhD (City University, London)

Professional memberships and associations

Member – Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC)
Member – European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Member – International Communication Association (ICA)
Member – Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA)

Keywords

Journalism Studies, Political Communication, Media and Democracy, Election Reporting (Brexit), Fake News

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals (FHEA) is a Lecturer in Journalism and Political Communication in the School of Communication of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, as well as a Chief Investigator in the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC). He also serves as Book Review Editor for Media International Australia, a Q1-ranked journal in the field of media and communication studies.

Previously, he worked as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Journalism at City, University of London. Additionally, he has experience as a practising journalist working for the Financial Times as well as the German government organisation Federal Agency for Civic Education.

His research interests lie in the changes taking place in news production and consumption as a result of the internet, with a particular focus on social media and verification, algorithms and automation in contemporary news production as well as election reporting more broadly, with a particular focus on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (‘Brexit’).

This information has been contributed by Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals.

Semester 1:

Political Communication (CWB301)

This unit provides an overview of the theory and professional practices of political and governmental communication, especially through the media and communications industries. The unit examines contemporary and historical political issues and communications in Australia and internationally from the perspectives of democratic theory, media influence, strategic image and issue management, and popular culture.

Newswriting (CJB101)

By adopting a hands-on newsroom approach and industry-based assessment, this unit provides a foundation for advanced and specialised professional journalistic reporting techniques. Professional journalists require such foundational knowledge and skills in order to practice in either traditional or evolving newsrooms.

Semester 2:

Journalistic Enquiry (CJB103)

This unit develops journalism skills and knowledge acquired in Newswriting – generating story ideas and finding angles, researching, conducting interviews, and exercising news values. It concentrates on newsgathering aspects and introduces students to basic elements of a regular journalist’s life such as news rounds and rigorous deadlines.

This information has been contributed by Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals.

Schapals A, Porlezza C, (2020) Assistance or resistance? Evaluating the intersection of automated journalism and journalistic role conceptions, Media and Communication p16-26
Schapals A, Maares P, Hanusch F, (2019) Working on the margins: Comparative perspectives on the roles and motivations of peripheral actors in journalism, Media and Communication p19-30
Schapals A, (2018) Fake news: Australian and British journalists' role perceptions in an era of 'alternative facts', Journalism Practice p976-985

For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Awards and recognition

Type: Assessor, Examiner or Supervisor Role
Reference year: 2020
Details: External examiner for doctoral student at University of Queensland, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.

Type: Reviewer for an Academic Journal
Reference year: 2018
Details: Reviewer for International Journal of Communication (IJoC) based at USC Annenberg School of Communication, Los Angeles, USA.

Type: Reviewer for an Academic Journal
Reference year: 2018
Details: Reviewer for Journalism Studies

Type: Funding Award
Reference year: 2012
Details: Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for the MA Double Degree 'Journalism & Media within Globalisation: The European Perspective' based at City, University of London, UK.

Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals

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