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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2006
Book
Film as social practice
Turner, Graeme (2006). Film as social practice. 4th ed. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203825198
2006
Book
Film as Social Practice IV
Turner, Graeme (2006). Film as Social Practice IV. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge.
2006
Book Chapter
Producing celebrity
Turner, Graeme, Bonner, Frances and Marshall, P. David (2006). Producing celebrity. The Celebrity Culture Reader. (pp. 770-798) edited by P. D. Marshall. New York: Routledge.
2006
Book Chapter
Cultural identities
Turner, G (2006). Cultural identities. Film as Social Practice. (pp. 170-175) edited by G. Turner. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
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.
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.
2005
Book Chapter
Discipline wars: Australian studies, cultural studies and the analysis of national culture
Turner, G. (2005). Discipline wars: Australian studies, cultural studies and the analysis of national culture. Australian Studies Centre 25th Anniversary Collection. (pp. 5-19) edited by D. Carter and M. Crotty. St Lucia, Qld.: The Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland.
2005
Book
Ending the affair: The decline of television current affairs in Australia
Turner, Graeme (2005). Ending the affair: The decline of television current affairs in Australia. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.
2005
Journal Article
Cultural identity, soap narrative, and reality tv
Turner, G. (2005). Cultural identity, soap narrative, and reality tv. Television & New Media, 6 (4), 415-422. doi: 10.1177/1527476405279864
2004
Book Chapter
Audience decline
Turner, G. (2004). Audience decline. Contemporary World Television. (pp. 44-44) edited by J. Sinclair. London: British Film Institute Publishing.
2004
Book
Understanding celebrity
Turner, Graeme (2004). Understanding celebrity. London: Sage Publications.
2004
Journal Article
(Review) Janet Harbord, Film Cultures
Turner, Graeme (2004). (Review) Janet Harbord, Film Cultures. Screen, 45 (3), 256-259. doi: 10.1093/screen/45.3.256
2004
Book Chapter
Television and democracy: Threats and opportunities
Turner, G. (2004). Television and democracy: Threats and opportunities. Contemporary World Television. (pp. 4-6) edited by J. Sinclair. London: British Film Institute Publishing.
2004
Journal Article
Introduction: Global Television
Turner, Graeme (2004). Introduction: Global Television. Television & New Media, 5 (1), 3-5. doi: 10.1177/1527476403259748
2003
Journal Article
Popularising politics: This Day Tonight and Australian television current affairs
Turner, G. (2003). Popularising politics: This Day Tonight and Australian television current affairs. Media International Australia, 1 (106), 137-150.
2003
Journal Article
Ethics of research involving humans: Uniform processes for disparate categories?
Parker, M., Holt, J., Turner, G. and Broerse, J. (2003). Ethics of research involving humans: Uniform processes for disparate categories?. Monash Bioethics Review, 22 (3), 50-65. doi: 10.1007/bf03351397
2003
Journal Article
After hybridity: Muslim-Australians and the imagined community
Turner, Graeme (2003). After hybridity: Muslim-Australians and the imagined community. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 17 (4), 411-418. doi: 10.1080/1030431032000151998
2003
Book Chapter
Ethics, entertainment and the tabloid: The case of talkback radio in Australia
Turner, G. (2003). Ethics, entertainment and the tabloid: The case of talkback radio in Australia. Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics. (pp. 87-99) edited by C. Lumby and E. Probyn. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511481550.007
2003
Book
British Cultural Studies: An Introduction
Turner, Graeme (2003). British Cultural Studies: An Introduction. 3rd ed. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203994849
2003
Journal Article
(Book Review) Australian beach cultures: The history of sun, sand and surf
Turner, Graeme (2003). (Book Review) Australian beach cultures: The history of sun, sand and surf. Australian Historical Studies, 34 (122), 421-422. doi: 10.1080/10314610308596265
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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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
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Popular music, reality television and the cultural identity of the urban poor in Dhaka
Principal Advisor
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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
Principal Advisor
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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
Principal Advisor
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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
Principal Advisor
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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
Principal Advisor
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2003
Master Arts
From Zero to Tolerance: The Policing of Historical Agency
Principal Advisor
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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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