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I am Dr Jonathon Hutchinson and I am a Senior Lecturer in Online Communication and Media at the University of Sydney. I am a Chief Investigator on the eSafety Commissioner funded project, Emerging Online Safety Issues: Co-creating social media education with young people. I am also a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project, Online News and Media Pluralism. My research explores Public Service Media, cultural intermediation, everyday social media, automated media, and algorithms in media. I am the Editor-in-Chief of the Policy & Internet journal, and the Treasurer for the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA). I am an award-winning author and my latest book is Cultural Intermediaries: Audience Participation and Media Organisations (2017), published through Palgrave Macmillan.