Browsing by Author "Lealand, Geoff"

• Book Review: Baz Luhrmann 

  Lealand, Geoff (Taylor and Francis, 2012)

  This article reviews the book: “Baz Luhrmann”, by Pam Cook. An instalment in the British Film Institute series on World Directors, this tidy volume focuses on Australian film-maker Baz Luhrmann.

• Book review: News 2.0 Can Journalism Survive the Internet? 

  Lealand, Geoff (2011)

  This article reviews the book: “News 2.0 Can Journalism Survive the Internet?”, by Martin Hirst.

• Book review: Ordinary People and the Media: The Demotic Turn 

  Lealand, Geoff (2010)

  This article reviews the book: “Ordinary People and the Media: The Demotic Turn”, by G. Turner.

• Book review: The material child: Growing up in consumer culture 

  Lealand, Geoff (Sage, 2012)

  This article reviews the book: “The material child: Growing up in consumer culture”, by David Buckingham.

• Boy, Oh Boy!: An interview with Taika Waititi 

  Lealand, Geoff (National Association of Media Educators, 2011)

  An Interview with Taika Waititi.

  

• Voices on the margins: the role of New Zealand cinema in the construction of national and cultural identity 

  Huijser, Henk J. (The University of Waikato, 2002)

  This thesis is based on the proposition that the New Zealand feature film Broken English (1996, Gregor Nicholas) constitutes a ‘break’ in New Zealand cinema on the level of its subject matter. Where feature films before ...

  

• New Zealand meets South Korea: Strategies for film co-productions between two countries 

  Kim, JuHee (University of Waikato, 2017)

  This study investigates the state of international film co-productions between New Zealand and South Korea and whether such co-productions are possible, and if so, which modes or types of film co-productions are likely to ...

  

• The DiY ['Do it yourself'] Ethos: A participatory culture of material engagement 

  Snake-Beings, Emit (University of Waikato, 2016)

  Do it Yourself (DiY) is a participatory culture which exemplifies a particular ethos in its approach to technology and materials. Rather than engage with ‘complete’ technologies, such as a technology supplied as ready-to-go ...

  

• The Asian Diaspora in New Zealand Film: Conceptualising Asian New Zealand Cinema 

  Zalipour, Arezou (University of Waikato, 2015)

  New Zealand is officially described, and effectively operated, as a bicultural nation guided by the Treaty of Waitangi. Nonetheless, this society of four and a half million people also appears markedly multicultural and ...

  

• An explorative study of the encoding/decoding model in respect to television news in Papua New Guinea 

  Lagdom, Nancy (University of Waikato, 2014)

  Television in Papua New Guinea strives to exist in a pluralistic society characterised by diverse local cultures and traditions that blend with Western influences. It is important to understand the role of television and ...

  

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