Animal Welfare Activism
Book
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2022). Imagining new human-animal futures in Australia. London: Peter Lang
Imagining New Human-Animal Futures in Australia - Peter Lang Verlag
Refereed articles and conferences papers
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2021). Branding Australians as caring and compassionate: An investigation into Animals Australia's livestock activist campaigns. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal 23. www.pria.com.au/pria-newsroom/asia-pacific-public-relations-journal/apprj-volumes/volume-23/
Rodan, D & Mummery J. (2019). Issue editors for special edition of "Vegan" in M/C Journal of Media and Culture 22(2). Retrieved from journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/information/authors
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2019). Animals Australia and the challenges of vegan stereotyping. M/C Journal of Media and Culture 22(2). journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/issue/view/vegan/showToc
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2019). Becoming activist: The mediation of consumers in Animals Australia's Make it Possible campaign. Media International Australia 172(1), 48-60. doi https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X19853077
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2019). The multiple modes of protesting live exports in Australia. Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest. 7(1). 49-65. doi:10.3167/cont.2019.070105
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2019). Digitising kids with chooks to supercharge one online activism campaign. In L. Green, D. Holloway, K. Stevenson & K. Jaunzems (Eds.), Digitising Early Childhood. (pp. 319-336). Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishers.
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2017). Mediation for affect: Coming to care about factory-farmed animals. Media International Australia 165(1), 37-50. doi. 10.1177/1329878X17726454
Mummery, J, Rodan, D & Nolton, M. (2016). Making change - Digital activism and public pressure regarding livestock welfare. Ctrl-Z: New Media Philosophy 6. Retrieved from http://www.ctrl-z.net.au/about/
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2016). Issue editors for New Media Animals. Ctrl-Z New Media Philosophy 6.
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2016). Doing animal welfare activism everyday: Questions of identity. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies 30(4), 381-396.
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2014). The 'Make it Possible' multi-media campaign: Generating a new 'everyday' in animal welfare. Media International Australia 153, 78-87.
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2014). Platforms and activism: Sharing 'My Make it Possible Story' narratives. In D. Bossio (Ed.), Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference: The Digital and the Social: Communication for Inclusion and Exchange (pp.1-22). Swinburne University, Victoria 9-11 July, 2014. Retrieved https://anzca.org/conferences-events/
Mummery, J., Rodan, D., Ironside, K., & Nolton, M. (2014). Mediating legal reform: Animal law, livestock welfare and public pressure. In D. Bossio (Ed.), Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference: The Digital and the Social: Communication for Inclusion and Exchange (pp. 1-16). Swinburne University, Victoria, 9-11 July 2014. Retrieved from https://anzca.org/conferences-events/
International/National Conferences, Seminars papers
Conference |
Paper presented: |
Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA). ‘Bodies in Flux’, Edith Cowan University, Perth. 28-30 June 2022. | Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2022). Politicising animal bodies during the Black Summer fires: An exploration into the framing and circulation of visual images for animal advocacy. |
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference (ANZCA). ‘Communication, Authority and Power’, University of Melbourne, 6-9 July 2021. Online conference | Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2021). Using visual modes of communication to contest ‘business as usual’: An analysis of animal advocacy. |
European Association for Critical Animal Studies (EACAS). Appraising Critical Animal Studies, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, UK 24 - 25 June 2021. Online conference | Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2021). Using visual modes of communication to contest normalized anthropocentrism: An analysis of animal activist campaigning in Australia. |
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference (ANZCA). Making Sense: Data, Publics and Storytelling.University of Canberra, 3 - 5 July 2019. |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2019) Making sense of public comments around vegan identity in The Conversation. |
Third International Conference in Communication & Media Studies, Virtual Video Presentation. University of California Berkeley, California 18-19 October 2018 |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2018) Animals Australia: Shifting the tide of animal activist communications within Australia. Virtual Lightening Talk. Uploaded to YouTube video at |
CREATEC Research Seminar, ECU, 28th September 2018 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2018) The challenges of vegan stereotyping and boundary shifting in the activism of Animals Australia |
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference (ANZCA), Multiple Realities: Fluidity, Hybridity, and Stability in Global Communication. University of Auckland, New Zealand, 4 -6 July, 2018 |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D (2018). Becoming Activist: The mediation of consumers in Animals Australia’s "Make it Possible" campaign |
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference (ANZCA), Multiple Realities: Fluidity, Hybridity, and Stability in Global Communication. University of Auckland, New Zealand, 4 -6 July, 2018 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2018) The challenges of vegan stereotyping and boundary shifting in the activism of Animals Australia |
History of Emotions Conference, Emotions of Cultures/Cultures of Emotions: Comparative Perspectives. The University of Western Australia, 11-13 December, 2017 |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D (2017). Cross-species care on the basis of shared emotions |
Bridging Gaps: National identity in persona, branding and activism. Centre for Media & Celebrity Studies. The University of Western Australia, 8 - 10 December, 2017 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2017). How do you brand Australians as caring and compassionate? An investigation into Animals Australia’s livestock campaigns. |
Minority Stereotypes in Digital Culture Symposium, University of Western Australia, 4-5 December, 2017 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2017). Animal activist? Must be a vegan! The challenges of vegan stereotyping in the Animals Australia’s digital media campaigns. |
WACCM Gender and the Everyday Conference, Murdoch University, Perth, 29 September 2017 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2017). Shopping for change: Women leading everyday activism in territorialising positions around animal welfare |
Digitalising Early Childhood Conference, Edith Cowan University Perth, 12 -14 September 2017. |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D (2017) Digitising kids with chooks to supercharge one online activism campaign |
News reporting and emotions, 1100-2017. ARC Centre of Excellence, History of emotions. University of Adelaide, 4 - 6 September, 2017. |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2017). Af-fact-ivity: Blending the factual with the emotional in reporting on animal welfare in Australia’s live export trade |
AASA conference, Animal intersections, University of Adelaide, 3 - 5 July 2017. |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2017) New materialist views regarding activist production and affective mobilisation in Animals Australia’s “Make it Possible” campaign |
23rd Australasian Humour Studies Network Conference (AHSN) Conference. Humour: Here and There; Then and Now. School of Mines Campus Federation University Australia Ballarat Victoria, 1 - 3 February 2017 |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2017). Shying from cucumbers: Funny cat videos and the question of anthropocentric humour |
Emotions, Media and History: Theory and Practice Symposium, University of Adelaide, 22-23 September, 2016, Adelaide. |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2016). Animals Australia and emotional mobilisation through digital and social media campaigning. |
Crossroads in Cultural Studies International Conference, University of Sydney, 14-17th December 2016 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2016). Everyday ethical purchasing: How can multiplatform tools facilitate citizens’ participation towards social change for animal welfare? |
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference (ANZCA): Rethinking Communication, Space and Identity. University of Canterbury, Queenstown, New Zealand, 8 - 10 July, 2015 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2015). The Conversation: Using digital media to shape public attitudes to animal welfare |
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference (ANZCA): The digital and the social: communication for inclusion and exchange Swinburne University, Victoria 9-11 July, 2014 |
Mummery, J., Rodan, D., Ironside, K., & Nolton, M. (2014). Mediating legal reform: animal law, livestock welfare and public pressure. |
Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference (ANZCA): The digital and the social: communication for inclusion and exchange.Swinburne University, Victoria 9-11 July, 2014 |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2014). Platforms and activism: Sharing “My Make it Possible Story” narratives. |
Digital Interventions in Everyday Activity Symposium, Edith Cowan University, WA. 2-3 December, 2013. |
Rodan, D & Mummery, J. (2013). The “Make it Possible” multi-media Campaign: Articulating a new ‘everyday’ in animal welfare |
Cultural Enquiry Research Seminar, University of Ballarat, July, 2013 |
Mummery, J & Rodan, D. (2013). Activating sentiment and giving voice: Animals Australia’s ‘Make it Possible’ campaign. |
ANZCA conference ‘Global Networks - Global Divides’ Conference, Murdoch University, Fremantle. 3-5 July, 2013. |
Rodan, D., Mummery., J, Ironside., K & Alexander, L (2013). The communicative act of a mainstream campaign: A discursive analysis of Animals Australia’s “Make it Possible” (2012) campaign |
Media talks:
6PR (882) local radio station Interview 2:07 - 2:17 on 29th November 2022. Program Afternoons with Jo McManus (1200 - 300pm) about Jane and my co-authored book Imagining New Human-Animal Futures in Australia.