Robert Boucaut
Biographic Data
| ID | 3047438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Boucaut |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Boucaut |
| SIGNATURE | BOUCAUT R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6901-3972 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dossier
In the age of the Anthropocene, television can play a key role in shifting ideologies. However, achieving this is difficult when television continues to operate as a ‘site struggle’ – pulled between complex negotiations of capital and culture. If in the 20th century, scholars were interested in teasing out the value(s) of television to argue for its potential contribution to socio-cultural transformation, in the 21st century, questions of televis…
Conduct Unbecoming
Australian Rules Football’s (AFL) 2024 season saw multiple uses of on-field homophobic slurs receiving national media attention, with sanctions handed to coach Alastair Clarkson and player Jeremy Finlayson. This study analyses reportage on these incidents to consider how homophobia in the AFL is mediated. We identified the tribunal—the league’s pseudo-legal structure for reviewing on-field misconduct—to be of profound discursive significance, des…
Publics of interest and the death of the critic on Australian TV
This article charts a turning point in recent Australian broadcast television history, where enduring institutions of media criticism in popular formats rapidly disappeared from screens. We firstly situate media criticism and the roles of the 'television critic' within theoretical paradigms of Bourdieusian taste-making and publics of interest, before undertaking a close analysis of three case studies circa 2015. Examining Good Game, The Book Club…
Positive masculinity or toxic positivity? Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso as a capitalist utopia
Ted Lasso (2020-present) follows American Football coach, Ted Lasso, as he transforms the waning English Premier League team, AFC Richmond, through his relentless optimism and his mantra of 'believe'. The show has been praised by critics for its emphasis on kindness and particularly for its exploration of 'positive' and 'vulnerable' masculinities. It is placed front and centre not just in promotion for Apple TV+ but also for the broader Apple bra…
‘Oscar’
This article applies a persona studies approach to the case study of the Academy Awards. Key literature is used to situate an ‘Oscar’ persona within existing conceptualisations from the discipline. Oscar represents a composite persona that encapsulates an event, its broadcast, an Academy of individuals, and a larger discursive industry. It is a non-human persona that is coloured by distinctly human elements; it is collectively constructed on a ma…
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‘Oscar’
This article applies a persona studies approach to the case study of the Academy Awards. Key literature is used to situate an ‘Oscar’ persona within existing conceptualisations from the discipline. Oscar represents a composite persona that encapsulates an event, its broadcast, an Academy of individuals, and a larger discursive industry. It is a non-human persona that is coloured by distinctly human elements; it is collectively constructed on a ma…
Conduct Unbecoming
Australian Rules Football’s (AFL) 2024 season saw multiple uses of on-field homophobic slurs receiving national media attention, with sanctions handed to coach Alastair Clarkson and player Jeremy Finlayson. This study analyses reportage on these incidents to consider how homophobia in the AFL is mediated. We identified the tribunal—the league’s pseudo-legal structure for reviewing on-field misconduct—to be of profound discursive significance, des…
Publics of interest and the death of the critic on Australian TV
This article charts a turning point in recent Australian broadcast television history, where enduring institutions of media criticism in popular formats rapidly disappeared from screens. We firstly situate media criticism and the roles of the 'television critic' within theoretical paradigms of Bourdieusian taste-making and publics of interest, before undertaking a close analysis of three case studies circa 2015. Examining Good Game, The Book Club…
Positive masculinity or toxic positivity? Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso as a capitalist utopia
Ted Lasso (2020-present) follows American Football coach, Ted Lasso, as he transforms the waning English Premier League team, AFC Richmond, through his relentless optimism and his mantra of 'believe'. The show has been praised by critics for its emphasis on kindness and particularly for its exploration of 'positive' and 'vulnerable' masculinities. It is placed front and centre not just in promotion for Apple TV+ but also for the broader Apple bra…
Dossier
In the age of the Anthropocene, television can play a key role in shifting ideologies. However, achieving this is difficult when television continues to operate as a ‘site struggle’ – pulled between complex negotiations of capital and culture. If in the 20th century, scholars were interested in teasing out the value(s) of television to argue for its potential contribution to socio-cultural transformation, in the 21st century, questions of televis…
Art (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Football (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Masculinity (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Social science (2 works)