Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Capture - Upload - Broadcast. A case study in the gatekeeping of amateur footage
Published 2013-01-01This thesis explores the transition of amateur footage across three different stages of the news making process. Through a case study of the 'Mardi Gras Police Brutality Video' this thesis tracks and analyses the development, ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
False Start: Quantitative representation of sportswomen in The Sydney Morning Herald in 2005, 2007 and 2011
Published 2012-01-01Despite the increasing participation and success of women in sport in Australia, sportswomen continue to receive a significantly lower quantity of media coverage than sportsmen. This thesis will examine the impact of the ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
A Social Cognitive Theory based examination of the behavioural change role played by Let's Move's website and social media applications
Published 2011-10-01It is of key importance to find ways to combat the growing global obesity epidemic. This thesis investigates, using the basis of social cognitve theory, the behavioural change role played by the obesity prevention campaign ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Technologies of Government
Published 2012-01-01In the last two decades, the deeply flawed ethical disposition of the press, or print media, and changes in the traditional business models of the print media have been carefully staged as policy challenges for both the ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
Lights, Camera, Accolade: Towards an Understanding of the Nature and Impacts of the Nobel Peace Prize
Published 2010-01-01The Nobel Peace Prize is more than a medal,diploma and monetary sum. This thesis investigates the nature and international impacts of this accolade. It traces the historical evolution of the media resources that underpin ...Open AccessThesis, Honours