Media Studies Program
Staff Directory
| Dr. Peter Hughes |
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Position: Senior Lecturer
Room: 323
Tel: +61 3 9479 3065
Fax: +61 3 9479 3638
Email: P.Hughes@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications: B.A. Dip. Ed. (UNSW), Grad Dip Media Studies (Canberra CAE), M.A. (Lit. Com) (Murdoch) PhD (La Trobe). |
What I teach
- Researching the media (MST2/3RTM)
- Digital media cultures (MST2/3DMC)
- Writing for video (MST2/3WFV)
Research Interests
- I am currently writing a book on the dispersal and diffusion of the
documentary project in the contemporary mediascape.
- The convergence of media information technology and telecommunications and its relationship to citizenship
- Notions of trust and risk in documentary and the media in general
- The documentary project and postmodernity
- Constructions of "reality" and especially of the past, in popular culture and non fiction film and television
I am a past editor and member of the Editorial Board of the international electronic film & history journal, Screening the Past, a past member of the editorial boards of MESH and Metro.
Book
Bertrand, Ina, and Peter Hughes. 2005. Media research methods: institutions, texts, audiences. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave.
Book Chapters
Cohen, Erez, Hughes, Peter and White, Peter. 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, Peter. 2007. After Mabo. In 24 Frames: The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand, ed. G. Mayer and K. Beattie. London: Wallflower Press.
Hughes, Peter. 2007. Text and textual analysis. In Media studies: key issues and debates, ed. E. Devereux: Sage.
Hughes, William P, and Peter B White. 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.
Hughes, Peter. 1998. Putting the audience in its place. In Our selection on: writings on cinemas' histories, ed. J. Doyle, B. van der Heide and S. Cowan. Campbell, ACT: NFSA/ADFA. 119-132
Hughes, Peter. 1996. Time and space in historical narrative: Island of lies and New Norcia. In Private maps of public spaces, ed. P. Murphy and R. Gallagher. Ballarat: Centre for contemporary cultural enquiry, University of Ballarat. 2 - 43.
Hughes, Peter. 1996. From modernity to multimedia: the documentary project in contemporary Australia. In The media's Australia, ed. H. Ericksen. Parkville: The Australia centre, University of Melbourne. 81-87.
Journal Articles
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.
Roscoe, Jane, and Peter Hughes. 1999. Die Vermittlung von "wahren Geschichten". Neue digitale Technologien und das Projeckt das Dokumentarischen. Montage/AV no. 8/1/99:134-153.
Hughes, Peter. 1996. Strangely compelling: documentary on television. Media International Australia. November, no. 82:48-55.
Hughes, Peter. 1995. Documentary in the "Creative Nation". Documentary Box, no. 6. available from http://www.yidff.jp/docbox/6/box6-3-e.html [To be republished in 2007 in a reader on Australian Studies]
Research Reports
Cohen, Erez, Peter hughes, and Peter B White. 2006. Media and bushfires: a community perspective Grampians fires. Bundoora: La Trobe University. available from: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bushfires/reports.html
Hughes, Peter. 2006. Reporting Bushfires: What motivates the media? Bundoora: La Trobe University. available from: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bushfires/reports.html
Hughes, Peter. 2006. the Media and Fire Services -- Public relations and community information: A Victorian view. Bundoora: La Trobe University. available from: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bushfires/reports.html
Hughes, W. Peter, and Peter B White. 2004. 1 September. Bushfires and the media: A literature review. Bundoora: La Trobe University. available from: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/bushfires/reports.html
Other Publications
Hughes, Peter. 2005. Power and misrepresentation in After Mabo. Australian Screen Education no.38:123-125
Hughes, Peter. 2000. Teaching Frontier as text. Australian Screen Education no. 22:34-45
Hughes, Peter. 1999. Entries on 'Andrew Pike', 'Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson', 'Education', 'David Bradbury', 'Ross Gibson'. In The Oxford companion to Australian film, ed. I. Bertrand, G. Mayer and B. McFarlane. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Hughes, Peter. 1995. Documentary: caught in the web. Metro no. 104:45-51.
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