Staff profile

Dr Peter Hughes

Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Coordinator Research - Media and Cine

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry

HU2 323, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BA, Dip Ed, Grad Dip Media Studies, MA (Murdoch), PhD (La Trobe)

Area of study

Creative Arts
Global Communications
Media Studies
Strategic communication

Brief Profile

Dr Peter Hughes has taught, researched and published on a number of aspects of the media, particularly in relation to documentary and new digital media.

Research interests

Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies

- Trust and risk in social media

Journalism Studies

- Contemporary documentary

Media Studies

- Emergency media and communications

- The documentary and postmodernity

Teaching Units

  • MST1CCO - Constructing Communications.
  • MST2/3WFV - Writing for Video, Non Fiction.
  • MST2/3DMC - Digital Media Cultures.
  • MST4MCT - Media, Culture, Theory.

Recent Publications

  • Hughes, P (In Press) 'Blogging identity.com'. In Lebow, A. (Ed.) The Cinema of Me: The Self and Subjectivity in First Person Documentary Film. London, Wallflower.
  • Hughes, P 2009, 'Work and the Privatisation of Risk', In Filmer le travail, Films et travail: Cinéma et sciences sociales, ed. C. Eyraud and G. Lambert, Aix en Provence: Publications de l’Université de Provence, Hors champ, pp. 179-186. 
  • Hughes, Peter 2009, ‘Documentary Film in the Creative Nation’, In Creative Nation: Australian Cinema and Cultural Studies Reader, ed. A. Sarwal and R. Sarwal, New Delhi: SSS Publications.
  • Cohen, E, Hughes, P and White, P 2008, ‘The media and the fire services: Dealing with conflicting agendas’ In Community Bushfire Safety, ed. J. Handmer and K. Hayes. Melbourne: CSIRO. 103-112
  • Hughes, P 2007, ‘After Mabo’. In 24 Frames: The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand, ed. G. Mayer and K. Beattie. London: Wallflower Press.
  • Hughes, P 2007, ‘Text and textual analysis’. In Media studies: key issues and debates, ed. E. Devereux: Sage.
  • Hughes, PW and White, PB 2006, ‘The media, bushfires and community resilience’ In Disaster resilience: an integrated approach, ed. D. Paton and D. Johnston. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas. 213-223.
  • Cohen, E, Hughes, P and White, P 2006, Battling ferocious flames: Bushfires in the media. The Australian Journal of Emergency Management. 21, no. 1:50-55.
  • Hughes, P 2005, Navigating the archive. Southern Review. 38, no. 1:69-80.
  • Bertrand, I and Hughes, P 2005, Media research methods: institutions, texts, audiences. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave. 

Research projects

Bushfires and the Media, Bushfires Cooperative Research Centre, 2003-2006