Fields of Research (FoR)

• Social and Community Psychology ( 170113 )
  
• Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies ( 200102 )
  
• Social Psychology ( 520505 )
  
• Community Psychology ( 520501 )
  
• Communication Technology And Digital Media Studies ( 470102 )
  
• Social And Personality Psychology ( 520500 )
  
• Communication And Media Studies ( 470100 )
  

Research interests
Social media and technology across the lifespan, Psychology and Counselling careers, Ethics

Professional memberships
Associate member of Australian Psychological Society
International affiliate of American Psychological Association
Member of Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Member of the Internation Association of CyberPsychology, Training, and Rehabilitation

Industry affiliations
Division 2 APA: Society for the teaching of psychology
Division 8 APA: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Division 46 APA: Society for Media Psychology and Technology
APS Interest Group: Psychology Education (Chair)
APS Division of Psychology, Research, Education, and Training (Committee Member)

USQ Research affiliations

• Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs
PSY2010 Social Processes of Behaviour
PSY2030 Developmental Psychology
PSY4101 Psychology Honours Project A
PSY4102 Psychology Honours Project B

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
10 Years

Administrative responsibilities
Member of USQ Human Research Ethics Committee
Program Coordinator - 4th year BPSH, BSCH (Psychology), MSCR (Psychology) (2018-2020)

Research most recent
Abel, S., Machin, T., & Brownlow, C. (2020). WhatsApp fam? Long-distance family connectedness over social media: A mixed methods systematic review. New Media and Society, 1-20. https://doi:10.1177/1461444820958717

Abel, S., Machin, T., & Brownlow, C. (2019). Support, socialise and advocate: An exploration of the stated purposes of Facebook autism groups, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 61, 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2019.01.009

Brownlow, C., O’Dell, L., & Machin, T. M. (2017). Understanding the autistic individual: a practical guide to critical discourse analysis. In M. O’Reilly, J.N. Lester, & T Muskett. (eds.). A Practical Guide to Social Interaction Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): Communication, Discourse and Conversation Analysis. pp.141-165. Palgrave Macmillan

Gilmour, J., Machin, T., Brownlow, C., & Jeffries, C. (2019). Facebook-based social support and health: A systematic review. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000246

Machin, T. (2018) Children and social media. Childhood Studies, 22 Feb 2018. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2379-934X

Machin, T. M., Brownlow, C., & Jeffries, C. H. (2018). A case study of designing artificial Facebook pages: A new approach to online research. In SAGE research methods cases- Psychology. Retrieved from http://methods.sagepub.com/case/designing-artificial-facebook-pages-a-new-approach-to-online-research

Machin, T. M. & Jeffries, C. H. (2017). Threat and opportunity: The impact of social inclusion and likeability on anonymous feedback, self-esteem, and belonging. Personality and Individual Differences, 115, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.11.055

Phillips, K., Beel, N., & Machin, T. (2020). Understanding the cues and strategies counsellors indicate they use to develop rapport with clients over the telephone. Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia. 8 (1), Retrieved from https://pacja.org.au/2020/07/understanding-the-cues-and-strategies-counsellors-use-to-develop-rapport-with-clients-through-telephone-counselling/

Russo, F., Brownlow, C., & Machin, T. (2020). Parental experiences of engaging with the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme for their Children: A systematic review. Journal of Disability Policies Studies, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/1044207320943607

Research most notable
Arnett, J., Maynard, A., Brownlow, C., Chapin, L., & Machin T. (2020) Child Development: A Cultural Approach (Australian and New Zealand). Pearson Education

Publications in ePrints

Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Coll, A and Machin, Michael A.ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0967-6934 and Machin, TanyaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-2149 and Martin, Neil I. and Brownlow, Charlotte (2022) A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 119 (22):e2111091119. pp. 1-11. ISSN 0027-8424

Machin, Tanya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-2149 and Abel, SusanORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-8415 (2022) Children and social media. Childhood Studies, 25 April 2022. pp. 1-2. ISSN 2379-934X

Machin, Tanya ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-2149 and Brownlow, Charlotte and Abel, SusanORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-8415 and Gilmour, JohnORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-8772 (2022) Social Media and Technology Across the Lifespan. Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology. Palgrave MacMillan, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783030990480

Fein, Erich C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4119-0130 and Gilmour, JohnORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-8772 and Machin, TanyaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-2149 and Hendry, Liam (2022) Statistics for Research Students: An Open Access Resource with Self-Tests and Illustrative Examples. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia.

Machin, Tony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0967-6934 and Machin, TanyaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-2149 and Jeffries, Carla and Hoare, NanceyORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5156-7574 and Abel, SusanORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-8415 (2022) The Australian Handbook for Careers in Psychological Science. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia.

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Research supervisor in the area of:

• Social and Community Psychology ( 170113 )
  
• Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies ( 200102 )
  
• Social Psychology ( 520505 )
  
• Community Psychology ( 520501 )
  
• Communication Technology And Digital Media Studies ( 470102 )
  
• Social And Personality Psychology ( 520500 )
  
• Communication And Media Studies ( 470100 )