Just thought I’d update with a couple of the things I’ve been working on over the (all too brief) Summer.
The first is a paper I was asked to do on the basis of the Rural and Regional Broadband workshop that was held in Wollongong in early 2009. My paper is essentially a case-study of [...]
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Summer research progress
Underbelly Paper
Just thought I’d post a copy of a paper that I’ve written with Melissa Gregg on Australian true crime drama, Underbelly. We’ve submitted it for a special edition of Continuum which arises from the “Television and the National” conference held in Melbourne last year.
Although we’ve both presented papers and written journalism on this topic [...]
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Faking on Twitter – Fake Steve Fielding
This is the third interview I’ve conducted in the course of writing a paper on the practice of faking on Twitter – this one’s with Fake Steve Fielding. (A bit of a gap this time, as it’s been very brisk on a number of fronts for me in recent weeks.)
For those outside Australia, Steve Fielding [...]
Faking on Twitter – Fake Andrew Bolt
This is the second of my faking interviews for my ongoing project working towards a paper on faking and parody on Twitter.
This one is with Fake Andrew Bolt. (I hasten to add that this was actually conducted before my recent little run-in with the real Andrew Bolt.) Bolt, for those outside Australia, is a [...]
Faking on Twitter: Fake Penny Wong.
At the moment I’m working on a paper that considers the practice of “faking” on Twitter as a practice of vernacular parody. My interest come from a few different directions. Partly I’m an enthusiastic fan of this practice, and I get a laugh out of faking. Partly it’s because I would like to move past [...]
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ICR Podcast – An Interview with Graham Young
This week I interviewed Graham Young, the Chief Editor and Founder of On Line Opinion, via Skype. He talked about where he thinks journalism and publishing might be heading. Along the way we talk about Graham’s ten years in online public affairs, The Punch, left and right online, and possible futures for online news services, [...]
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ICR Podcast – An Interview with David McKnight
The second ICR podcast in an interview with Associate Professor David McKnight. David offers his thoughts on journalism and the future of the Australian left.
The following comes from his UNSW biography:
David McKnight is a Senior Research Fellow at the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of NSW. He is the author of three [...]
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ICR Podcast – Christian McCrea
Christian McCrea is one of Australia’s smartest and most provocative game studies scholars. His blog, wolves evolve, has long been an intriguing corner of Australia’s academic blogosphere. I spoke with Christian on Wednesday the 13th of May, 2009, about blogging, “utopia” in game studies, and what wargames can teach us.
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The ICR blog
This blog will be all about presenting research and other goodies associated with the Innovations in Cultural Research Group at the University of Wollongong.
Over time, we’ll post work-in-progress research, as well as a series of audio and video podcasts that we record with a range of leading scholars that speak to our research interests. [...]