Abstracts for the ANZCA 2005 CONFERENCE

 

Keynote Abstracts

 

Janet Holmes

"The glass ceiling" - does talk contribute? Gendered discourse in the New Zealand workplace

 

Professor Graeme Turner

The mass production of celebrity: celetoids, reality TV and the demotic turn

 

Professor George Cheney

Talking about ethics at work: strategies for pedagogy, research and practice

 

 

Panel Abstracts

 

Patsy McCarthy and Dr Caroline Hatcher

Creating an international celebrity image: Richard Branson and his use of metaphors of the entrepeneurial spirit

 

Dr Mary Powers and Dr Roslyn Petelin

ANZCA authors talk about their work in writing and publishing communication textbooks

 

Geoff Leyland, Ruth Zanker and Donald Matheson

A creative little country? media developments and trends in New Zealand

 

 

Invited Presentation and Workshop

 

Mark Billinghurst

Human-Computer Interfaces for Communication

 

 

Paper Abstracts

 

Anyanwu, C

"Virtual citizenship and diasporic discourse"

Baker, S

"The changing face of current affairs programmes in New Zealand,United States and Britain: 1984-2004"

Bossio, D

"Be alert, not alarmed: governmental communication of risk in an era of insecurity'"

Broege, S

"Ubiquitous computing: Cross-national comparison of movile communication use in Germany, the US and New Zealand"

Brown, P and Zhu, Y

"Communication Power Discourse Involving the L2 Worker"

Cady, E.T., Harris, R.J., Hermesch, J.R. and Pettus, P

"Images and perception of smoking in the movies: Does smoking glamorize characters?"

Childs, F

"The Australian Government meets the international media: lessons learned from the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and CHOGM 2002"

Churchman, D and Hanisch, J

"Making sense in isolation: The influences of computer-mediated communication technologies on shared contexts"

Churchman, D

"You will do: The construction of meaning and identify by sessional academic staff"

Cockburn-Wootten, C, Simpson, M, Cockburn, T and Kaye, K

"That's not fair': Teaching teamwork relationships and processes"

Comrie, M and Fountaine, S

"Who is making the news?"

Craig, G

"Journalism and Citizen Formation"

Cruickshank, P and Rolland, D

"Role of communication networks in women's enterprises"

Davis, D and Kent, K

"Framing theory and research: Implications for the practice of journalism"

Davis, D and Broge, S

"New media use in New Zealand: A comparison to Germany and the US"

Dunn, A

"Radio at the Net: Aspects of digital convergence in British and Australian radio"

Dwyer, T

"The big bang, new media and discourses of ICT enablement"

Earl, E

"Brand New Zealanders: The commodification of Polynesian youth identity in television advertising"

Eblen, A and Karlberg, M

"The paradox of military metaphors in peace movement organizations"

Ellis, J

"So you want to write a text book"

Feldman, A

"Building strategic advantage through organisation leadership development: a case study"

Fitch, K

"Public relations and the national community"

Flew, T

"Communicating the new economy: comparing MBA programs in China and Australia"

Fountaine, S

"Searching for balance: free expression and protection from harm"

Goggin, G and Newell, C

"Media Bios; or Harvie Krumpet and the ethics of disability and death"

Goggin, G

"Mobile phone culture and the love of text messaging"

Gong, L

"Divergence behind consensus: a critical discourse analysis of the Australian and Chinese press coverage of Athens' preparations for the 2004 Olympic Games"

Green, A and Power, M

"Social construction of transnational identity"

Hafen, S

"The Politics of Talk: Genered Gossip at Work"

Hargie, O

"Relational communication between catholics and protestants in the Northern Ireland workplace: a study of policies, practices and procedures"

Henderson, A

"Fact v fact in the biotehnology debate: Theorising issues management from perspectives of identity and rationality"

Henkel, C

"Regional development of screen industries in the digital era: prospects of the Northern Rivers region of NSW"

Hortsmanshof, L and Power, M

"Maintaining connections with those you know in a virtual world"

Hutchesson, D

"Sheilas - 28 years on"

Jacobs, J

"Working with electronic communication tools: Applications of blogs and other communication tools in business environments"

Jessop, G

"Mobile phones, driving and work: Current debates and historical reflections"

Johnston, J

"Communication within Global Space: Negotiations of local/global tensions within the Computer Antivirus Industry"

Kelley, C.E.

"With God on his side: Deconstructing the Post-9/11 discourse of President George W. Bush"   Kenix, L.J. "Instant credibility with no intrinsic value: Exploring the "internet paradox" for social advocacy groups"

Kenyon, A

"Communication in the digital environment: An empirical study into copyright law and digitisation practices in public museums, galleries and libraries"

Kerdemelidis, A "VideoScribe - An innovative tool for speeding up observational research analysis"   Kuiper, K and Newsome, G

"Specialist vocabulary: restricted collocations in the hanger"

Kuiper, A

"Proctorial interviews: the social psychology of the confessional"

Lawson, D

"Who's that trip-trapping on my bridge? Cybersex trolling techniques exposed"

Lawson, D

"Expressing fear and anger in online chat: An exploration of fear and anger conversation sequences from September 11, 2001 (Working Title)"

Lester, L

"Lost in the wilderness: celebrities, environmental protest and the news"

Lustyik, K

"Localizing the global in New Zealand? Nickelodeon and the institutional logics of media conglomerations"

Macfarlane, A

"Becoming educultural: the key element to successful communication in New Zealand schools"

Mackey, S

"A rhetorical theory of public relations opening the door to semoitic and pragmatism approaches"

Marra, M and Holmes, J

"Constructing ethnicity and leadership through storytelling at work"

Maras, S

"Some theses on critical communications practice"

McCallum, K, Blood, R, Williams, J.R. and Pirkis, P

"Schizophrenia in the Australian Press: Mental health information and lay publics"

McKie, D and Schoenberger-Orgad, M

"Post-serious wordplay: What's new in the 'new economy'? What's responsive in corporate social responsibility? What's sustainable in sustainability?"

Mills, C

"Change communication: exposing the myth of common sense"

Mitchell, M

"Effects of writing on time-related information graphics"

Mules, P

"Using virtual stories to resolve workplace miscommunication"

North, L

"Bowled over by the big boys': Female embodiment in the newsroom"

Olsson, S and Comrie, M

"The unacknowledged divide: Perceptions of literacy and communication needs in the workplace"

Olsson, S, Walker, R and Higgins, C

"Bank is a four letter word: Corporate citizenship as an exercise in publication relations"

O'Sullivan, J

"The Hui as a Communication Channel within the provess of Maori Economic development"

Patel, A

"The mass media at work as a guardian of trust"

Patel, A and Xavier, R

"Legitimacy challenged: James Hardie Industries and the Asbestos Case"

Power, M

"News academic research Nexus"

Power, M, Power, D and Horstmanshof, L

"Deaf People's Use of SMS and Other Text-Based Communication: A New Age Dawns"

Rafeeq, A

"Coverage of the Iraq conflict: A content analysis of the New Zealand Herald, The Dominion Post and The Press"

Reilly, B

"New Zealand commercial radio - Coke or L&P? Coke the global brand, or L&P, the local within the Coke empire. The relationship between America and hybrid culture"

Rickard, S

"Identifying potential changes in dialogic communication practice within families"

Rizzo, T

"Discourses of diversity and choice in Australian pay television: A preliminary investigation"

Roy, A

"The role of EDM's in creating an informed organisational culture"

Sharman, N

"The media and 'The Movement': The New York Times' coverage of the Chicago Eight conspiracy trial"

Simpson, M

"Communication at work: Using group work assignments to facilitate teaching conflict management and consensus building"

Sligo, F and Culligan, N

"Rethinking research assumptions about community, and community assumptions about research: the literacy and employment program"

Smith, D

"Asking people to measure up: A strategic approach to the performance appraisal interview"

Srismith, K

"Quality culture, and integrated communications. An exploratory case study in a Thai health care setting"

Tait, S

"After images of body horror: Visual communication and the pornography of suffering"

Thompson, P

"Calling the tune without paying the paper? The political economic contradictions for the TVNZ charter"

Tilley, E

"Frame analysis made easier; five steps to simple self-analysis by journaslists & journalism students"

Tokley, A

"Creating Working Women: Australian Women's Weekly 1940s Fiction and the Construction of Female Identity"

van Heekeren, M

"What the web news reader wants: an analysis of smh.com.au readership story preference"

Van Onselen, P and Errington, W

"The permanent campaign comes to Australia: Communication strategies in the 2004 federal election"

Van Onselen, P and Errington, W

"The government members secretariat: the beating heart of Australia's PR State"

Vares, T

"Negotiating Masculinities: Reading Viagra/Talking Sex"

Waller, D and Fam , K.S.

"A study of Australian/Chinese attitudes towards the advertising of controversial products"

Weaver, C.K.

"What's so critical about 'critcal public relations' research and theory?"

Williams, J

"Household life and social use of the internet"

Williamson, D

"Professional writing in communication studies"

Wilson, H

"Media ownership regulation: a Wollongong case study"

Yang Amri, A

"How do men and women communicate their conceptualization of success. A comparative study between Malaysia and New Zealand"

Yell, S

"Theorising text and medium in communication studies"

Zorn, T, Cheney, G and Planalp, S

"Meaning-full' work and personal/social well-being: organisational communication and the meanings of work"