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..

Availability

Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

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

136 works between 1991 and 2022
All (136) Journal Article (62) Book Chapter (46) Conference Publication (2) Book (17) Edited Outputs (9)

61 - 80 of 136 works

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

Television and the nation: Does it matter any more?

2009

Journal Article

Millennial journalism

Turner, Graeme (2009). Millennial journalism. Journalism, 10 (3), 390-392. doi: 10.1177/1464884909102581

Millennial journalism

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.

What is television? Comparing media systems in the post-broadcast era

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

Critical literacy, cultural literacy, and the English school curriculum in Australia

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.

The meaning and significance of celebrity

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

Film and Cultural Studies

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

The cosmopolitan city and its Other: the ethnicizing of the Australian suburb

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

Shrinking the borders: globalization, culture and belonging

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.

Some things we should know about talkback radio

2007

Edited Outputs

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy. (2007). (122)

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

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.

Jonestalk: the specificity of Alan Jones

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

The Economy of celebrity

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

Cultural literacies, critical literacies and the English school curriculum in Australia

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

The mass production of celebrity: 'Celetoids', reality TV and the 'demotic turn'

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.

Talkback radio: Some notes on format, politics and influence

2006

Book Chapter

Informing the public: Is there a place for critical humanities?

Turner, G (2006). Informing the public: Is there a place for critical humanities?. Creating Value: The Humanities & Their Publics. (pp. 141-153) edited by E. Probyn, S. Muecke and A. Shoemaker. Canberra: The Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Informing the public: Is there a place for critical humanities?

2006

Book Chapter

Celebrity, the tabloid and the democratic public sphere

Turner, G (2006). Celebrity, the tabloid and the democratic public sphere. The celebrity culture reader. (pp. 487-500) edited by P. D. Marshall. New York: Routledge.

Celebrity, the tabloid and the democratic public sphere

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.

Celebrity

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.

The media and communications today: Introduction

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.

Spectacle versus narrative

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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