New Zealand has a long and rich tradition of journalism that holds power to account. This book by Dr James Hollings pulls together stories, dating from 1863 to reveal hidden truths. Some will be well known. Many will not. Some still shock and disturb. All show the craft, compassion, toil and persistence of the journalists and editors who unveiled them.
Kyra Clarke’s book offers a provocation to think differently about sex education and textual analysis. It argues that the feelings produced by film and television hold significant potential for developing affective sexual pedagogies, that is, ways of discussing feelings and experiences that we do not necessarily have the words for.
Alan Meek’s book presents an historical account of media and catastrophe that engages with theories of biopolitics in the work of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri and others.
Professor Mohan Dutta worked on a culturally-centered health communication project on heart disease among African American communities in the Lake and Marion counties of Indiana. This community-grounded project interrogated the unhealthy structures that constrain the health and wellbeing of African American neighborhoods in the US. It became the basis for multiple organic projects rooted in the aspirations in the community for health and wellbeing.
Nick Holm’s book was published as part of the Palgrave Studies in Comedy Series. It argues that humour has become a central site of cultural politics in the 21st century. The book challenges older models of laughter as a form of dissent and instead argues for a new theory of humour as the cultural expression of our (neo)liberal moment.
Brian McDonnell’s book explores both the 1972 novel and the process by which scriptwriter/director the late Brad McGann took the book’s core and made it his own. The book launches the New Zealand Film Classics series of short texts published by boutique UK publisher Kakapo Books.
Neoliberalism, Media and the Political examines the condition of media and journalism in neoliberal cultures. Authored by Sean Phelan, the book emphasises neoliberalism's status as a political ideology that is simultaneously hostile to politics. It presents a critical theoretical argument supported by empirical illustrations from New Zealand, Ireland, the UK and the US.
Daffodils is a bittersweet musical love story told with beautiful re-imaginings of the most iconic New Zealand songs ever written. Touted as New Zealand’s first musical film, creative media lecturer Mathew Knight is Director of Photography.
Ian Huffer’s study is the first to interrogate untested rhetoric suggesting online film distribution connects audiences to a greater diversity of film. He found that audiences’ breadth of engagement with international film increased more in the offline spaces of cinemas and film societies.
Claire Henry has created this video series in collaboration with the Office of Film and Literature Classification as part of a Parents' Guide to talking to children about the media. It covers how to start a conversation and how to teach them how to engage critically with the media they are consuming.
Pansy Duncan’s monograph argues that, while reviled in contemporary media aesthetics for failing to accommodate emotion, postmodern theory sustains a number of idiosyncratic emotional formations, from bewilderment to knowingness.
Simon Sigley’s book approaches transnational film culture as a form of social practice and examine the domestic reception of international film theories and discourses. It shows how these ideas shaped distinct cultural practices from the 1920s to the present.
"Homestuck" is an online serial story constructed so that different pages of the story might be primarily a comic, videogame, text, music and video, or combination of different media. Kevin Veale’s article explores how "Homestuck" manipulates the reader's experience of the story by using their familiarity with the wider media landscape as a storytelling tool in itself.
The New Zealand Centre for Investigative Journalism brings together journalists, documentary makers, authors, students and others who are doing or would like to do investigative journalism. It runs an annual conference focusing on investigative journalism.
The Political Ecology Research Centre (PERC) is dedicated to connecting groups and individuals whose work emphasises and critiques the relationships between society, environment and politics. PERC members study, teach, research, and/or practise political ecology.
