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Browsing School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History / Te Kura Tānga Kōrero Ingarihi, Kiriata, Whakaari, Pāpāho, Tāhuhu Kōrero Toi by Subject "410306 Communications and Media Studies"

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From Tourist to Traveller: Discourses of Authenticity and Self-Transformation in Television Travel Genres

Sugandi, Kania (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

Tourism and travel programmes, in the form of direct advertorials, travel and adventure shows, and reality television series set in exotic locations, now constitute a significant set of media forms, genres and sub-genres. ...
Knitting Ourselves Into Being: the Case of Labour and Hip Domesticity on the Social Network Ravelry.com

Hellstrom, Maria (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Thinking of social media participation in terms of doing work may seem a strange proposition. Yet, social network and handicrafts website Ravelry.com requires a great deal of labour from its members. From painstakingly ...
MTV’s The Hills: A Leading American Docusoap

Currie, Anna (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This thesis explores the relatively uncharted academic territory of the American docusoap, and case studies The Hills as a pertinent example of this burgeoning television genre. Docusoap is a ‘mixed-genre’ that enhances ...
"Sometimes I Live in the Country, Sometimes I Live in Town”: Discourses of Authenticity, Cultural Capital, and the Rural/Urban Dichotomy in Alternative Country Music

Cooper, Tonya (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Alternative country (or alt.country) offers to its listeners a complex juxtaposition of punk and country aesthetics and sentiments, rendering music that is considered to be a heartfelt, rustic, and authentic alternative ...
Television and the Public Sphere: Relationships of Power and Resistance in Contemporary New Zealand Television

Cook, Frances (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis considers New Zealand television’s public sphere role, by analysing three television programmes in terms of how they enable the exercise of power or resistance. The programmes 7 Days, Campbell Live, and ...