PETER HUGHES
Apart from his involvement in the Bushfires and the Media project, Peter Hughes
is coordinator of the Media Studies program at La Trobe University where
he teaches media research, new digital media and documentary script
writing. His research interests include:
- The future of the documentary project in the age of multimedia
- The convergence of media information technology and telecommunications
and its relationship to citizenship
- The documentary project and postmodernity
- Constructions of "reality" and especially of the past,
in popular culture and non fiction film and television.
Recent publications include:
- Hughes, Peter. 2007 (Forthcoming). Text and textual analysis. In Media
studies: key issues and debates, ed. E. Devereux. London: Sage.
- White, Peter, and Peter Hughes. 2006 (Forthcoming). The media, bushfires
and community resilience. In Disaster resilience: an integrated
approach, ed. D. Paton and D. Johnston. Springfield, Ill: Charles
C. Thomas.
- Hughes, Peter. 2006. After Mabo. In 24 Frames: The Cinema of
Australia and New Zealand, ed. G. Mayer and K. Beattie. London:
Wallflower Press.
- Cohen, Erez, Peter Hughes, and Peter White. 2006. Battling ferocious
flames: Bushfires in the media. The Australian Journal of Emergency
Management. 21, no. 1:50-55.
- Hughes, Peter. 2005. Navigating the archive. Southern Review.
38, no. 1:69-80.
- Hughes, Peter. 2005. Power and misrepresentation in After Mabo.
Australian Screen Education, no. 38:123-125.
- Bertrand, Ina, and Peter Hughes. 2005. Media research methods:
institutions, texts, audiences. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave.
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