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

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

101 - 120 of 137 works

2002

Book Chapter

The media and communications in Australia today

Turner, G. and Cunningham, S. (2002). The media and communications in Australia today. The Media and Communications in Australia. (pp. 3-20) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin.

The media and communications in Australia today

2002

Book Chapter

Television production and distribution

Turner, G. (2002). Television production and distribution. Television Studies. (pp. 46-50) edited by T. Miller and A. Lockett. London: British Film Institute Publishing.

Television production and distribution

2002

Book Chapter

Radio

Miller, T. and Turner, G. (2002). Radio. The Media and Communications in Australia. (pp. 133-151) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Allen and Unwin.

Radio

2002

Journal Article

'Why does cultural studies want history?'

Turner, Graeme (2002). 'Why does cultural studies want history?'. Australian Historical Studies, 33 (118), 113-120. doi: 10.1080/10314610208596184

'Why does cultural studies want history?'

2002

Book Chapter

Public relations

Turner, Graeme (2002). Public relations. The Media and Communications in Australia. (pp. 217-225) edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin.

Public relations

2002

Journal Article

Editing and Publishing Symposium: Taking Submission Seriously

Petelin, R. M., Turner, G., McKee, A., Pearson, M. S., Zorn, T., Greenfield, C. and Weiss, E. (2002). Editing and Publishing Symposium: Taking Submission Seriously. Australian Journal of Communication, 29 (2), 103-107.

Editing and Publishing Symposium: Taking Submission Seriously

2002

Book Chapter

Editor's introduction

Turner, G. (2002). Editor's introduction. The Film Cultures Reader. (pp. 1-10) edited by G. Turner. London: Routledge.

Editor's introduction

2001

Journal Article

Television and cultural studies: Unfinished business

Turner, Graeme (2001). Television and cultural studies: Unfinished business. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 4 (4), 371-384. doi: 10.1177/136787790100400401

Television and cultural studies: Unfinished business

2001

Book Chapter

Sold Out: Recent shifts in television news and current affairs in Australia

Turner, G. (2001). Sold Out: Recent shifts in television news and current affairs in Australia. No News is Bad News. (pp. 46-58) edited by M. Bromley. Harlow: Longman.

Sold Out: Recent shifts in television news and current affairs in Australia

2001

Edited Outputs

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy. (2001). 100 (August)

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

2001

Edited Outputs

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy. (2001). 101 (November)

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

2001

Book Chapter

Reshaping Australian institutions: Popular culture, the market and the public sphere

Turner, G. (2001). Reshaping Australian institutions: Popular culture, the market and the public sphere. Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs. (pp. 161-175) edited by Tony Bennett and David Carter. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

Reshaping Australian institutions: Popular culture, the market and the public sphere

2001

Book Chapter

Australasia

Turner, G. (2001). Australasia. A Companion to Cultural Studies. (pp. 246-258) edited by Toby Miller. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell.

Australasia

2001

Edited Outputs

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy. (2001). 98 (February)

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

2001

Journal Article

Ethics, entertainment and the tabloid: The case of talkback radio in Australia

Turner, G. (2001). Ethics, entertainment and the tabloid: The case of talkback radio in Australia. Continuum, 15 (3), 349-357.

Ethics, entertainment and the tabloid: The case of talkback radio in Australia

2001

Edited Outputs

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy. (2001). 99 (May)

Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy

2000

Book Chapter

Studying television

Turner, G. (2000). Studying television. The Australian TV Book. (pp. 3-12-12) edited by Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen and Unwin.

Studying television

2000

Journal Article

Media wars: Journalism, cultural and media studies in Australia

Turner, G. (2000). Media wars: Journalism, cultural and media studies in Australia. Journalism: Theory, practice and criticism, 1 (3), 353-365. doi: 10.1177/146488490000100305

Media wars: Journalism, cultural and media studies in Australia

2000

Edited Outputs

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy.

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy.. (2000). 94

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy.

2000

Edited Outputs

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy.

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy.. (2000). 95

Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy.

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

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