Emeritus Professor

Graeme Turner

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Background

Graeme Turner is one of the founding figures in media and cultural studies in Australia, and a leading figure internationally. He has published 23 books with international publishers, his work has been translated into 9 languages, and many of his books have gone into multiple editions. A former ARC Federation Fellow, a past President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the founding Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies (2000-2012), his most recent projects have been focused on television and new media, and the formation of national communities. His most recent publications include (with Anna Cristina Pertierra) Locating Television: Zones of Consumption (Routledge, 2013), What's Become of Cultural Studies? (Sage, 2012), Ordinary People and the Media: The Demotic Turn (S(Sage, 2010), and (with Jinna Tay) Television Studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era (Routledge, 2009). He is an Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies..

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Fields of research

Communication and media studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Sydney
  • Masters (Coursework), Queen's University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of East Anglia
  • Academy of Humanities, Academy of Humanities

Search Professor Graeme Turner’s works on UQ eSpace

137 works between 1991 and 2024
All (137) Journal Article (63) Book Chapter (46) Conference Publication (2) Book (17) Edited Outputs (9)

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2013

Book

Locating television: zones of consumption

Pertierra, Anna Cristina and Turner, Graeme (2013). Locating television: zones of consumption. London; New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203096772

Locating television: zones of consumption

2013

Book

Understanding celebrity

Turner, Graeme (2013). Understanding celebrity. 2nd ed. London, UK: Sage.

Understanding celebrity

2013

Journal Article

Celebrating the undiscipline of cultural studies

Lovink, Geert and Turner, Graeme (2013). Celebrating the undiscipline of cultural studies. Media International Australia, 146 (146), 6-11. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1314600104

Celebrating the undiscipline of cultural studies

2013

Journal Article

Interview with Graeme Turner, November 2012. Interview conducted by James Hay. Interview edited by James Hay

Hay, James and Turner, Graeme (2013). Interview with Graeme Turner, November 2012. Interview conducted by James Hay. Interview edited by James Hay. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 10 (1), 138-153. doi: 10.1080/14791420.2013.773606

Interview with Graeme Turner, November 2012. Interview conducted by James Hay. Interview edited by James Hay

2013

Book Chapter

'It works for me': British cultural studies, Australian cultural studies, Australian film

Turner, Graeme (2013). 'It works for me': British cultural studies, Australian cultural studies, Australian film. Cultural Studies. (pp. 640-653) Boca Raton, FL United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203699140

'It works for me': British cultural studies, Australian cultural studies, Australian film

2012

Book

What's become of cultural studies?

Turner, Graeme (2012). What's become of cultural studies?. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.

What's become of cultural studies?

2012

Book Chapter

Television and new media

Turner, Graeme (2012). Television and new media. Taking stock: the humanities in Australian life since 1968. (pp. 160-165) edited by Ian Donaldson and Mark Finnane. Perth, WA, Australia: University of Western Australia Press.

Television and new media

2011

Journal Article

Surrendering the space: Convergence culture, Cultural Studies and the curriculum

Turner, Graeme (2011). Surrendering the space: Convergence culture, Cultural Studies and the curriculum. Cultural Studies, 25 (4-5), 685-699. doi: 10.1080/09502386.2011.600556

Surrendering the space: Convergence culture, Cultural Studies and the curriculum

2011

Book Chapter

Convergence and divergence: The international experience of digital television

Turner, Graeme (2011). Convergence and divergence: The international experience of digital television. Television as digital media. (pp. 31-51) edited by James Bennett and Niki Strange. Durham NC, USA: Duke University Press.

Convergence and divergence: The international experience of digital television

2010

Journal Article

Approaching Celebrity Studies

Turner, Graeme (2010). Approaching Celebrity Studies. Celebrity Studies, 1 (1), 11-20. doi: 10.1080/19392390903519024

Approaching Celebrity Studies

2010

Journal Article

Changing stations: The story of Australian commercial radio

Turner, G. (2010). Changing stations: The story of Australian commercial radio. Journal of Australian Studies, 34 (3), 410-411. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2010.498335

Changing stations: The story of Australian commercial radio

2010

Journal Article

Not the apocalypse: Television futures in the Digital age

Tay, Jinna and Turner, Graeme (2010). Not the apocalypse: Television futures in the Digital age. International Journal of Digital Television, 1 (1), 31-50. doi: 10.1386/jdtv.1.1.31/1

Not the apocalypse: Television futures in the Digital age

2010

Book Chapter

Public relations

Turner, Graeme (2010). Public relations. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 207-216) edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner. Crows Nest, N.S.W, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Public relations

2010

Book

Ordinary people and the media: The demotic turn

Turner, Graeme (2010). Ordinary people and the media: The demotic turn. Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781446269565

Ordinary people and the media: The demotic turn

2010

Book Chapter

Introduction: The media and communications today

Cunningham, Stuart and Turner, Graeme (2010). Introduction: The media and communications today. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 1-11) edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner. Crows Nest, N.S.W, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Introduction: The media and communications today

2009

Journal Article

Politics, radio and journalism in Australia: The influence of 'talkback'

Turner, Graeme (2009). Politics, radio and journalism in Australia: The influence of 'talkback'. Journalism, 10 (4), 411-430. doi: 10.1177/1464884909104948

Politics, radio and journalism in Australia: The influence of 'talkback'

2009

Journal Article

The SBS story: The challenge of cultural diversity

Turner, Graeme (2009). The SBS story: The challenge of cultural diversity. Journal of Australian Studies, 33 (2), 248-249. doi: 10.1080/14443050902883447

The SBS story: The challenge of cultural diversity

2009

Journal Article

Introduction

Turner, Graeme and Tay, Jinna (2009). Introduction. Television Studies After TV: Understanding Television in the Post-Broadcast Era, 1-6. doi: 10.4324/9780203878316

Introduction

2009

Book

Television studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era

Turner, Graeme and Tay, Jinna (2009). Television studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203878316

Television studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era

2009

Journal Article

Cultural Studies 101: Canonical, mystificatory and elitist?

Turner, Graeme (2009). Cultural Studies 101: Canonical, mystificatory and elitist?. Cultural Studies Review, 15 (1), 175-187.

Cultural Studies 101: Canonical, mystificatory and elitist?

Past funding

  • 2014 - 2016
    Australian Cultural Fields: National and Transnational Dynamics (ARC Discovery Project led by the University of Western Sydney)
    University of Western Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Locating television: an international study of the changing socio-cultural functions of television
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2012
    Australian Television and Popular Memory: New Approaches to the Cultural History of the Media in the Project of Nation-building (administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2011
    Television in the post-broadcast era: the role of old and new media in the formation of national communities
    ARC Federation Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2009
    The Cultural Research Network
    ARC Research Networks
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    Talkback radio in Australia: Content, audience and influence
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2001
    A Cultural History of Current Affairs Programming on Australian Television
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant
  • 1997 - 1998
    The production of celebrity in the Australian media
    ARC Australian Research Council (Large grants)
    Open grant

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  • Australian studies
  • Celebrity, media and culture
  • Cultural studies
  • Culture - Australia
  • Media analysis
  • Media reform
  • Popular culture
  • Radio - culture analysis
  • Society and media
  • Talkback radio
  • Television
  • Television personalities

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