Emma Jane Explained

Emma A. Jane (born 1969),^[1] previously known as Emma Tom,^[2] is an Australian professor, author, and journalist.

She once wrote a weekly column for The Australian^[3] newspaper and made regular appearances on Australian television and radio.^[4] She received an Edna Ryan Award in 2001 for humour. Jane has written ten books including Deadset, a first novel which won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book for South East Asia and the South Pacific.^[5]

Jane completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales' Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC),^[6] where she then became an associate professor. Her areas of research include communication, media studies, culture, and gender and sexuality.^[7]

She has sung and played bass in Australian rock bands The Titanics (with her then-husband David McCormack)^[8] and 16dd.^[9]

Bibliography

• Deadset, Vintage, 1997,
• Babewatch, Hodder Headline, 1998,
• Evidence, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2002,
• Something about Mary: From Girl about Town to Crown Princess, Pluto Press, 2005,
• Bali: paradise lost?, Pluto Press Australia, 2006,
• Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hormones: Your One-Stop Survival Guide to Staying Sane During Pregnancy, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2009,
• Modern Conspiracy – The Importance of Being Paranoid, coauthored with Chris Fleming, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.
• Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice, coauthored with Chris Barker, SAGE, 2016.
• Cybercrime and its Victims, coauthored with Elena Martellozzo, Routledge, 2017.
• Misogyny Online: A Short (and Brutish) History, SAGE, 2017.

Notes and References

1. https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2896b.htm "Tom, Emma (1969–)"
2. Web site: Emma Jane . Three men in a pre-feminist time warp. https://web.archive.org/web/20101006080707/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rub-a-dub-dub-three-men-in-a-pre-feminist-time-warp/story-e6frg6zo-1225932741253 . dead . 2010-10-06 . The Australian. 2010-10-02 . 2011-06-08.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070901160254/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/index/0,25201,12274,00.html "Emma Tom"
4. Web site: Emma Tom. https://web.archive.org/web/20111220031504/http://www.saxton.com.au/emma-tom/ . dead . 2011-12-20 . Saxton Speakers Bureau. 2011-06-08.
5. Web site: Tom . Emma . Attack of the Fifty-Foot Hormones by Emma Tom . https://archive.today/20121231003240/http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732286729/Attack_of_the_50Foot_Hormones/index.aspx . dead . 2012-12-31 . Harpercollins.com.au . 2010-03-24 . 2011-06-08 .
6. Web site: Journalism and Media Research Centre (JMRC) : UNSW Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110610192415/http://jmrc.arts.unsw.edu.au/. 10 June 2011. 2011-06-08. dmy-all.
7. Web site: Associate Professor Emma A Jane. research.unsw.edu.au. en. 2020-02-23.
8. Web site: 2002-09-20 . Thinker, tailored . 2024-05-17 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
9. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/02/08/1139379571795.html "Rock their jocks off"