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1	Public knowledge beyond journalism : infotainment, satire and Australian television Harrington, Stephen Matthew January 2009 (has links) This thesis examines the changing relationships between television, politics, audiences and the public sphere. Premised on the notion that mediated politics is now understood “in new ways by new voices” (Jones, 2005: 4), and appropriating what McNair (2003) calls a “chaos theory” of journalism sociology, this thesis explores how two different contemporary Australian political television programs (Sunrise and The Chaser’s War on Everything) are viewed, understood, and used by audiences. In analysing these programs from textual, industry and audience perspectives, this thesis argues that journalism has been largely thought about in overly simplistic binary terms which have failed to reflect the reality of audiences’ news consumption patterns. The findings of this thesis suggest that both ‘soft’ infotainment (Sunrise) and ‘frivolous’ satire (The Chaser’s War on Everything) are used by audiences in intricate ways as sources of political information, and thus these TV programs (and those like them) should be seen as legitimate and valuable forms of public knowledge production. It therefore might be more worthwhile for scholars to think about, research and teach journalism in the plural: as a series of complementary or antagonistic journalisms, rather than as a single coherent entity.
2	Girth & Mirth: Ethnography of a Social Club for Big Gay Men and Their Admirers Whitesel, Jason A. 01 October 2009 (has links) No description available. American Studies Cultural Anthropology Folklore Gender Organizational Behavior Social Psychology Social Research Sociology Womens Studies Girth &38 Mirth camp fat marginalized stigma carnival shame inversion performative normalcy big gay men play new social movement sexuality sizism ethnography sexual tourism NAFFA body politics chub chaser queer identity status dif

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Public knowledge beyond journalism : infotainment, satire and Australian television

Girth & Mirth: Ethnography of a Social Club for Big Gay Men and Their Admirers