PhD - Queensland University of Technology 

BA (Hons) - University of Waterloo, Canada 

Krystina Benson taught as an Assistant Professor in Public Relations at Bond University,
with a teaching focus in crisis communication, online advertising, media and new media
theory and public speaking, amongst others. In March 2012, she was awarded her doctorate
in media and communication from the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University
of Technology. 

Her thesis, entitled: The Committee on Public Information (CPI): A transmedia war
propaganda campaign, examines archival files of the CPI to learn more about the
historical relationship between propaganda,popular culture and journalism. 

Krystina has over nine years professional experience in the field of media and
communications in academic, corporate and administrative roles. In academia, she has held
a number of positions in varied roles including lecturer, project officer, course
materials developer, and research development officer. While working as a project manager
for an online communication company, she worked in sectors including telecommunications,
music, food and beverage, and government and partnered with a number of advertising and
PR firms in planning and executing projects.

Articles

Archival analysis of The Committee on Public Information: The relationship between propaganda, journalism and popular culture, The international journal of technology, knowledge and society (2010)

In 1916 American President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected on the slogan “He kept us out...

 

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Truth, obligation and ethics in the propagation of democracy, eJournalist (2009)

In this paper I present an analysis of the language used by the National Endowment...

 

Popular Press

Propaganda between reels: The four minute men, Starts Thursday: The art and history of motion picture coming attraction slides (2011)

Extract: In 1917, the USA entered the Great War on the side of the allies....

 

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Media studies: Why democracies need an unlovable press., M/C reviews (2009)

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Michael Schudson's Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press is a collection of essays focusing...

 

Conference Papers

An analysis of Fox News host Glenn Beck’s ‘History Lesson’ on the Committee on Public Information: A historical, media and cultural studies approach, Next generation of cultural researchers conference: Building new cultural intelligence for 21st century problems (2010)
 

An archival analysis of the committee on public information: The success of its multi-media propaganda campaign, International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society (2010)

Analyses propaganda in multiple media forms from the National Archives and Records Administration (USA) produced...