Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Media Discourse and the “Truths” of Gender, Culture and Violence
Published 2010-01-01Indigenous Family Violence (IFV) became the subject of a highly politicised and mediatised debate during 2006 – 2007, culminating in the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act. This thesis investigates how the ...Open AccessThesis -
Where there’s smoke, there’s more smoke: The social settings and friendship interactions that encourage young adults to smoke cigarettes
Published 2010-01-01Despite widespread public health campaigns in Western countries people continue to smoke cigarettes and more worryingly, young people continue to take up the habit. In this thesis it is argued that cigarette smoking practices ...Open AccessThesis -
The disintermediation of the furniture supply chain: Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs at the global-local nexus
Published 2010-01-01In the contemporary world-economy Chinese firms have significantly improved their positions within global supply chains. One way this has been achieved is through the disintermediation of supply chains, i.e. their evolution ...Open AccessThesis -
Knowledge and Multisemiosis in Undergraduate Physics
Published 2010-01-01Physics is arguably the most fundamental of the sciences, yet many students disengage with it at a very early level. This thesis lays the groundwork to understanding why this is the case by using Systemic Functional theory ...Open AccessThesis -
Children's Silences in Mareeba Aboriginal English
Published 2009-11-01This thesis examines the role of silence in conversations between teacher’s aides and 5-6 year old Indigenous Australian children at school. Recent studies of conversation among adult Aboriginal Australians have observed ...Open AccessThesis