Media Studies Program
Staff Directory
| Dr. Mary Debrett |
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Position: Lecturer
Room: 322
Tel: +61 3 9479 2167
Fax: +61 3 9479 3638
Email: M.Debrett@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications: B.A. (Monash), Dip Ed. (Melbourne), Dip Br. Comm (Auckland), M. Litt (Dist.)(Auckland), PhD (La Trobe). |
Teaching
Mary teaches two third year units:
MST3MIN Media Industries
MST3MPD Media Project Development - visit the Melbourne Media Map produced by MST3MPD students - http://www.latrobe.edu.au/mmm
Additional Roles
Third year level coordinator for the Bachelor of Media Studies
Postgraduate Coordinator: Graduate Diploma in Media Studies, Graduate Diploma in Journalism; Postgraduate Diploma and Masters by Coursework.
Background/Research Interests
Mary has a professional background in television and video production having worked as a senior editor for Television New Zealand and as a freelance researcher and documentary maker.
Mary's research interests are broadcasting policy, public service broadcasting in the digital era and television and online documentary. She is currently writing a book for Intellect Ltd, a UK publisher, on the future of public service broadcasting.
Postgraduate Supervision
Mary is available to supervise honours and postgraduate theses on topics relating to television broadcasting, the news media industry, documentary and new media policy and creative theses by documentary production.
Publications
Refereed Articles
Debrett, Mary. 2003. Reclaiming the personal as political: Three documentaries on East Timor, Metro Magazine 138:76-82
Debrett, Mary. 2004. Branding documentary: New Zealand's minimalist solution to cultural subsidy. Media Culture & Society 26(1)5-23
Debrett, Mary. 2005. Extreme Makeover: The recurring motif of New Zealand broadcasting policy. Media International Australia incorporating culture and policy 117 (November)
Debrett, Mary. 2005. Representing Cultural Diversity or Serving Local Industry? An Exploration of the Future Prospects of Subsidised Documentary on Television. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 5 (3): 94-101.
Debrett, Mary. 2007. Professionalising Documentary Production: Third Way cultural policy conundrums in Australasia. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 1(3) 93-99.
Refereed Conference Paper
Debrett, Mary. Reinventing public service television: From Broadcasters to Media Content Companies. ANZCA Conference, Centre for Media and Law, University of Melbourne, July 5-7 2007. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/ANZCA2007/proceedings/Debrett.pdf
Book Reviews
Debrett, Mary. 2000. Shaping the News - Waitangi Day on Television [Book Review] Metro Magazine Online; Issue 121/122; 2000; 160-163
Debrett, Mary. 2001. Lies, damn lies and documentaries. [Book Review] Screening the Past, Issue 13, 2001. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast
Debrett, Mary. 2002. Public television: politics and the battle over documentary film.[Book Review] Screening the past,Issue 14. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast
Debrett, Mary. 2004. Film editing; the art of the expressive.[Book Review] Screening the Past, Issue 17
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast
Conference Papers
Debrett, Mary. "Marriage of Convenience or the Real Thing? Documentary and Public Service Broadcasting". Public Service Broadcasting Beyond 2000, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, 9-11 June 2000.
Debrett, Mary. "Branding Documentary: New Zealand's Minimalist Solution to Cultural Subsidy in the Global Era", Visible Evidence IX, Brisbane Queensland conservatorium, Griffith University, Australia, 17-20 December 2001.
Debrett, Mary. "Representing Distant Others". Australian International Documentary Conference,Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, 17-20 February 2003.
Debrett, Mary. "Representing Cultural Diversity of Serving Local Industry? An Exploration of the future Prospects of Subsidised Documentary on Television", Fifth international Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations,Central Institute of Ethnic Administrators, Beijing, China, 30 June - 3 July.
Debrett, Mary. Reinventing public service television: From Broadcasters to Media Content Companies. ANZCA Conference, Centre for Media and Law, University of Melbourne, July 5-7 2007.
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