Alena Radina

Alena Radina serves as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Media Transition and sessional academic in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, where she teaches communication strategy and media studies courses. A UTS PhD graduate (2019-2023), she also holds a Master’s in Global Business Journalism from Tsinghua University, Beijing, completed through a partnership with Bloomberg.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD, University of Technology Sydney (2019-2023)
• Master’s in Global Business Journalism, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Research interests center on political communication dynamics, examining how multimodal instruments of power operate in media ecosystems and how satirical content shapes political agenda-setting. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges communication theory, political science, and semiotics to analyze contemporary media-power relationships.

Professional experience spans cultural insights consultancy, commercial semiotics, radio/TV journalism, public relations, and film production, providing applied context to her academic work. She maintains active affiliation with the Centre for Media Transition, a UTS research hub investigating digital platform impacts on journalism and media evolution.