Media Studies
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 12 years ago - ★ - 1 ratingPodcasts on the discussions of the media studies.
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Giving Sudanese-Australians a Voice in the Media
July 16, 2012 05:02 - 15 minutes - 66.8 MB VideoThe Australian Human Rights Commission has highlighted the discrimination experienced by African-Australians in contemporary Australia - through media representations, and the adverse effects of such discrimination. A critical challenge for any society is the search for social justice, a core dimension of which concerns the promotion of belonging, a sense of feeling a part of society. An innovative research based journalism training initiative for Sudanese-Australians has been developed to...
Happiness and Other Bad Ideas
April 28, 2010 01:15 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBOver the past decade or so, there has been renewed interest in the question of happiness. Happiness studies, a multi-disciplinary field which combines insights from psychology, economics, politics and the natural sciences, has attempted to create a ‘science of happiness’. Although a relatively new field, happiness studies has attracted generous research funding. In the United States, for example, over the past decade, the US National Institute of Mental Health has handed out around $226 mil...
Remembering Television: A Gap in the Records
April 14, 2010 02:15 - 23 minutes - 22 MBNational television archives routinely collect all manner of material about the medium, including information about producers, performers, writers as well as copies of the programs in which they were involved. In media studies terms, the industry and text side of the television equation is usually well attended to. Less well observed is how television was actually watched or what it meant to those who were doing the watching in specific geographical and cultural locations, then or now. Wit...
In Defence of Dan Brown
October 09, 2009 01:11 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBDan Brown's books mightn't be the best example of literature, but surely it has to have it's good points. Dr Chris Scanlon of La Trobe University's media department has some good things to say about it... or at least, the success it generates. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Snuff Boxing: Revisiting the "Snuff" (1976) Coda
June 05, 2009 02:57 - 33 minutes - 11.5 MB"Snuff" might not be the best‚ film produced in the Americas in the 1970s, but it may be the decade's most important worst‚ film. Rumoured to show the actual murder of a female crewmember in its final moments, its notoriety consolidated the urban legend of snuff film. The snuff film legacy has manifested across a broad range of media, from fictional snuff narratives like "Vacancy" (Nimród Antal, 2007) and "8mm" (Joel Schumacher, 1999), to fuelling rumours about the appearance of real‚ snuff ...
How TV Ratings Work
May 25, 2009 04:30 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBSue Turnbull discusses the Australian television rating system, and the high rating dramas 'Underbelly' and 'Packed to the Rafters'. You can read a transcript for this podcast at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2009/podcasts/whats-rating-with-sue-turnbull/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Remaking Television Comedy
April 03, 2009 00:41 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBSue Turnbull of Media Studies discusses remaking comedy sitcoms in different countries, such as 'Kath and Kim' and 'The Office'. You can read a transcript for this podcast at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2009/podcasts/remaking-comedy-with-sue-turnbull/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
Celebrity Culture
May 07, 2008 01:11 - 18 minutes - 17 MBChris Scanlon explains why celebrities like Wayne Carey are just a product a sick culture http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2008/podcasts/celebrity-culture/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.