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Media Practices (media + practice)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Humanities and Social Sciences	50%

Selected Abstracts

Buffalo Heads: Media Study, Media Practice, Media Pioneer, 1973,1990 by Woody Vasulka and Peter Weibel, Editors

THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE, Issue 1 2009
Ray B. Browne
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Does the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Engage in "Trial by Media"?,

LAW & POLICY, Issue 4 2005
KAREN YEUNG
In recent years, heated debate has arisen concerning the media practices of Australia's competition and consumer regulator ("the ACCC"), with a number of industry leaders asserting that the ACCC engages in "trial by media." The public disquiet surrounding the ACCC's use of the media was so significant that the Australian Parliament established an independent committee of inquiry ("the Dawson Inquiry") to investigate (amongst other things) whether Australian competition legislation "provides adequate protection for the commercial affairs and reputation of individuals and corporations." In its report, the Dawson Inquiry observed that widespread misgivings about the ACCC's media practices had emerged from the submissions that it had received. In its recommendations to the Australian Parliament, the Dawson Inquiry recommended that the ACCC should develop a media code of conduct to govern its use of the media, particularly in relation to enforcement proceedings. In making these recommendations, the Dawson Inquiry drew from a hitherto unpublished research study conducted in 2002 that sought to identify the extent to which the ACCC engages in "trial by media." This article documents the design, methodological bases, and findings of that study in order to facilitate broader dissemination of the research findings upon which the Dawson Inquiry's policy recommendations concerning the ACCC's use of the media were based. [source]

Watching the Nation, Singing the Nation: London-Based Filipino Migrants' Identity Constructions in News and Karaoke Practices

COMMUNICATION, CULTURE & CRITIQUE, Issue 2 2009
Jonathan Corpus Ong
This study explores the identity construction of London-based Filipinos across the media of news and karaoke. In bridging the "public knowledge project" with the "popular culture project," I argue that the seemingly innocent social practice of singing involves raising and erasing of symbolic boundaries. As national identities are constantly flagged in everyday life, I examine how Filipino audiences negotiate multiple attachments in both media practices. From participant observation and qualitative interviews, I discover that news reception generally enables both banal nationalism and banal transnationalism, whereas karaoke functions more as a homeland-directed "high holiday." I demonstrate how audiences weave in and out of their loyalties to British and Filipino publics across the media of British news, Filipino news, as well as karaoke. [source]