Tag Archives: Australia
Iain Dale’s whinge about Australia’s Parliament
Prominent British political blogger Iain Dale is visiting our country at the moment, and he’s had a piece published on the BBC’s website about our national Parliament’s Question Time. Dale notes that Question Time here is a much rowdier affair … Continue reading
Playing with politics
Another paper-spruiking post. Playing with politics (PDF download) is a reasonably final draft of a paper that will be appearing in a special issue of Convergence later this year. The special issue is about mobile media and mobile games, so … Continue reading
Sunrise to Sunset
Hello, blog, it’s been awhile. I’ll dispense with the reflex apologies, and just say that it’s been a busy semester with two unit coordinations and the new role of Convenor of journalism at UC. Yes, yes #firstworldproblems. Anyway, I have … Continue reading
Clippings from my reading
I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading in preparation for a long essay on you know what. A couple of quotes I thought I’d share by way of a post this week. The first is from James W. Carey’s … Continue reading
A decade of Australian newspaper readership, Part 2
I You’ll be aware of the debate that’s been happening on the performance of journalists in this campaign. What hasn’t been considered – except briefly – is one part of an explanation for changes in journalism that those who take … Continue reading