Overview
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..
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
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
Works
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2009
Journal Article
My media studies taking the 'mass' out of mass media
Turner, Graeme (2009). My media studies taking the 'mass' out of mass media. Television and New Media, 10 (1), 165-166. doi: 10.1177/1527476408325112
2009
Book Chapter
Television and the nation: Does it matter any more?
Turner, Graeme (2009). Television and the nation: Does it matter any more?. Television studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era. (pp. 54-64) edited by Graeme Turner and Jinna Tay. Abingdon Oxford: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203878316
2009
Journal Article
Millennial journalism
Turner, Graeme (2009). Millennial journalism. Journalism, 10 (3), 390-392. doi: 10.1177/1464884909102581
2008
Journal Article
What is television? Comparing media systems in the post-broadcast era
Tay, Jinna and Turner, Graeme (2008). What is television? Comparing media systems in the post-broadcast era. Media International Australia (126), 71-81.
2008
Book Chapter
The meaning and significance of celebrity
Turner, Graeme, Bonner, Frances and Marshall, P. D. (2008). The meaning and significance of celebrity. The tabloid culture reader. (pp. 141-148) edited by Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn. Maidenhead, United Kingdom; New York, United States of America: Open University Press.
2008
Book Chapter
Film and Cultural Studies
Turner, G. (2008). Film and Cultural Studies. The Sage Handbook of Film Studies. (pp. 270-284) edited by Donald, J. and Renov, M.. London: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781849200400.n18
2008
Journal Article
The cosmopolitan city and its Other: the ethnicizing of the Australian suburb
Turner, G. (2008). The cosmopolitan city and its Other: the ethnicizing of the Australian suburb. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 9 (4), 568-582. doi: 10.1080/14649370802386487
2008
Book Chapter
Critical literacy, cultural literacy, and the English school curriculum in Australia
Turner, Graeme (2008). Critical literacy, cultural literacy, and the English school curriculum in Australia. Richard Hoggart and cultural studies. (pp. 158-170) edited by S. Owen. London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230583313
2007
Journal Article
Shrinking the borders: globalization, culture and belonging
Turner, Graeme (2007). Shrinking the borders: globalization, culture and belonging. Cultural Politics, 3 (1), 5-19. doi: 10.2752/174321907780031025
2007
Journal Article
Some things we should know about talkback radio
Turner, Graeme (2007). Some things we should know about talkback radio. Media International Australia (122), 73-80.
2007
Edited Outputs
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy. (2007). (122)
2007
Journal Article
Jonestalk: the specificity of Alan Jones
Crofts, Stephen and Turner, Graeme (2007). Jonestalk: the specificity of Alan Jones. Media International Australia (122), 132-149.
2007
Journal Article
Cultural literacies, critical literacies and the English school curriculum in Australia
Turner, Graeme (2007). Cultural literacies, critical literacies and the English school curriculum in Australia. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 10 (1), 105-114. doi: 10.1177/1367877907073905
2007
Book Chapter
The Economy of celebrity
Turner, G. (2007). The Economy of celebrity. Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader. (pp. 193-205) edited by Redmond, S. & Holmes, S.. London: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781446269534.n19
2006
Journal Article
The mass production of celebrity: 'Celetoids', reality TV and the 'demotic turn'
Turner, Graeme (2006). The mass production of celebrity: 'Celetoids', reality TV and the 'demotic turn'. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 9 (2), 153-165. doi: 10.1177/1367877906064028
2006
Journal Article
Talkback radio: Some notes on format, politics and influence
Turner, Graeme, Tomlinson, Elizabeth and Pearce, Susan (2006). Talkback radio: Some notes on format, politics and influence. Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, 118, 107-119.
2006
Book Chapter
Celebrity
Turner, G (2006). Celebrity. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 357-367) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
2006
Book Chapter
The media and communications today: Introduction
Turner, G and Cunningham, S. (2006). The media and communications today: Introduction. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 1-9) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
2006
Book Chapter
Spectacle versus narrative
Turner, G (2006). Spectacle versus narrative. Film as Social Practice. (pp. 35-39) edited by G. Turner. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
2006
Book Chapter
Public relations
Turner, Graeme (2006). Public relations. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 227-237) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
The Rise of China's Internet Users: The Democratic Imagination
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Popular music, reality television and the cultural identity of the urban poor in Dhaka
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Musicians and Aspiration: Exploring the Rock Dream in Independent Music
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Cultures of authenticity: Popular music, food television, and travel writing
Principal Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Multiform Film Narrative: From the Arthouse to the Multiplex
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Contemporary Australian Political Satire: Newspaper Cartoonists as Public Intellectuals
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter
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2008
Master Philosophy
Cultural identity and cultural representation on reality TV: a textual analysis of akedemi fantasia
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2006
Master Philosophy
STAND STILL, LOOK PRETTY: REPRESENTATION AND TRADITION IN MAINSTREAM AMERICAN WOMEN'S COUNTRY MUSIC 1972-2005
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
HAUNTED IMAGES: THE AESTHETICS OF CATASTROPHE IN A POST-HOLOCAUST WORLD
Principal Advisor
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2005
Master Philosophy
HISTORICAL THEORY, POPULAR CULTURE AND TELEVISION DRAMA
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2005
Master Philosophy
THE KINESTHETICS OF ROCK MUSIC PERFORMANCE: AN EXAMINATION THROUGH PERFORMATIVITY, MASCULINITY, AND NICK CAVE.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Joanne Tompkins
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2004
Master Philosophy
High culture as subculture: Brisbane's contemporary chamber music scene
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2003
Master Arts
From Zero to Tolerance: The Policing of Historical Agency
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
PARTY PEOPLE: MAPPING CONTEMPORARY DANCE MUSIC CULTURES IN AUSTRALIA
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Blurred lines: Women, subjectivities and surfing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Murray Phillips
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Living Nach Baliye: Young People's Consumption, Production and Reproduction of Bollywood Culture in the Bustess (slums) of Kolkota, India
Associate Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
The 1996 Olympic Games: Emotive narrative and national identity
Associate Advisor
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
TRUTH AND THE PHOTOJOURNALIST: A COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ETHICAL ISSUES AT THE HEART OF THE DEBATE ON PHOTO-IMAGING
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
Contact Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner directly for media enquiries about:
- 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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