Kitty Van Vuuren
Biographic Data
| ID | 3075320 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kitty Van Vuuren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kitty |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Vuuren |
| SIGNATURE | VAN VUUREN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Embracing and resisting climate identities in the Australian press
This article charts the development of a label that appeared early on in Australian debates on climate change, namely ‘greenhouse sceptics’. We explore who uses the label, for what purposes and with which effects, and how this label may contribute to the development of social representations in the climate debate. Our findings show that over the last 25 years, ‘greenhouse sceptic’ has been used by journalists and climate scientists to negativize …
Place, identity and stigma
Religious identity and coal development in Pakistan’
Exploring Media Platforms to Serve the Needs of the South Sudanese Former Refugee Community in Southeast Queensland
Community broadcasting is being displaced by digital media, the Internet, and associated technologies and the need formigrant and former refugee communities to own and control their own media remains strong, especially in response to persistent stereotyping on the part of mainstream media. We present results of a study undertaken with the South Sudanese community in Southeast Queensland to explore the needs, uses, and possibilities of online medi…
The Brisbane flood
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an original research project that explored the experiences and actions of immigrant and refugee communities during the 2011 Brisbane flood. It specifically examines the role of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community leaders who acted as “gatekeepers” in communicating emergency responses to the disaster to their communities. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structur…
Belonging to the Rainbow Region
The “Rainbow Region” in northern New South Wales, Australia, has attracted much attention because of its visibility and meaning as a ‘meeting place’ of countercultures and for the articulation of social and environmental ideals that challenge mainstream practice. We argue that the idiosyncrasies of this region—its history, the character of its social networks, the aesthetic and lifestyle attributes of landscape implicit to its evolving place iden…
Revisiting the Greening of Prime-Time Television Soap Operas
In 1990, Christopher Rissel and William Douglas commenced a study of the depiction of environmental issues and behaviours on Australian prime-time television drama series. Their findings were discussed in an issue of Media International Australia in 1993. This article reports on a 2011-12 study that replicated key aspects of Rissel and Douglas's research. A collaborative research team focused on two long-running and high-rating Australian soap op…
Ecomedia
The prominence of media events in 2006, including the release of former US Vice President Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, even the death of 'eco-celebrity' Steve Irwin, suggested a need to devote an issue of Media International Australia to media and the environment. The study of environmentalism throug…
Contours of Community
Often dismissed as irrelevant and not worth the paper they are written on, community newspapers have received little scholarly attention. Yet results from a survey of independent community newspapers in Southeast Queensland challenge the assumption that this sector is in decline, and reveal a popular and vibrant industry that has an important function in the formation and maintenance of communities
Community broadcasting and the enclosure of the public sphere
One of the normative tenets of the Habermasian public sphere is that it should be an open and universally accessible forum. In Australia, one way of achieving this is the provision for community broadcasting in the Broadcasting Services Act. A closer examination of community broadcasting, however, suggests practices that contradict the idea of an open and accessible public sphere. Community broadcasting organizations regulate access to their medi…
Understanding 'Community' in ICTs and Community Broadcasting
This paper examines community projects funded under the federal government's Networking the Nation program, and compares these with community broadcasting. Since the early 1990s, rural community ICT projects have enjoyed considerable government support, but now face closure as government funding dries up. A comparison with the community broadcasting sector offers some insights into the relationship between community and not-for-profit organisatio…
Beyond the Studio
This paper explores the community development function of community broadcasting using a case study of three non-metropolitan community radio stations conducted in 1998 and 1999. I apply aspects of the concept of social capital to analyse the results of research conducted at the participating stations. The findings indicate that social capital is related to the age composition of volunteers at community radio
A Newsroom of Our Own? Community Radio and News
Current media policy regarding rural and regional community broadcasting favours a competitive environment, which constrains the potential for community radio to meet its founding principles. These include the provision of alternative programming and the development of a new relationship between broadcasters and their audiences. Part of the problem stems from widespread adoption of dominant media codes and practices. A reorientation towards devel…
Place, identity and stigma
Community broadcasting and the enclosure of the public sphere
One of the normative tenets of the Habermasian public sphere is that it should be an open and universally accessible forum. In Australia, one way of achieving this is the provision for community broadcasting in the Broadcasting Services Act. A closer examination of community broadcasting, however, suggests practices that contradict the idea of an open and accessible public sphere. Community broadcasting organizations regulate access to their medi…
A Newsroom of Our Own? Community Radio and News
Current media policy regarding rural and regional community broadcasting favours a competitive environment, which constrains the potential for community radio to meet its founding principles. These include the provision of alternative programming and the development of a new relationship between broadcasters and their audiences. Part of the problem stems from widespread adoption of dominant media codes and practices. A reorientation towards devel…
Beyond the Studio
This paper explores the community development function of community broadcasting using a case study of three non-metropolitan community radio stations conducted in 1998 and 1999. I apply aspects of the concept of social capital to analyse the results of research conducted at the participating stations. The findings indicate that social capital is related to the age composition of volunteers at community radio
Exploring Media Platforms to Serve the Needs of the South Sudanese Former Refugee Community in Southeast Queensland
Community broadcasting is being displaced by digital media, the Internet, and associated technologies and the need formigrant and former refugee communities to own and control their own media remains strong, especially in response to persistent stereotyping on the part of mainstream media. We present results of a study undertaken with the South Sudanese community in Southeast Queensland to explore the needs, uses, and possibilities of online medi…
Understanding 'Community' in ICTs and Community Broadcasting
This paper examines community projects funded under the federal government's Networking the Nation program, and compares these with community broadcasting. Since the early 1990s, rural community ICT projects have enjoyed considerable government support, but now face closure as government funding dries up. A comparison with the community broadcasting sector offers some insights into the relationship between community and not-for-profit organisatio…
A Newsroom of Our Own? Community Radio and News
Current media policy regarding rural and regional community broadcasting favours a competitive environment, which constrains the potential for community radio to meet its founding principles. These include the provision of alternative programming and the development of a new relationship between broadcasters and their audiences. Part of the problem stems from widespread adoption of dominant media codes and practices. A reorientation towards devel…
Beyond the Studio
This paper explores the community development function of community broadcasting using a case study of three non-metropolitan community radio stations conducted in 1998 and 1999. I apply aspects of the concept of social capital to analyse the results of research conducted at the participating stations. The findings indicate that social capital is related to the age composition of volunteers at community radio
Community broadcasting and the enclosure of the public sphere
One of the normative tenets of the Habermasian public sphere is that it should be an open and universally accessible forum. In Australia, one way of achieving this is the provision for community broadcasting in the Broadcasting Services Act. A closer examination of community broadcasting, however, suggests practices that contradict the idea of an open and accessible public sphere. Community broadcasting organizations regulate access to their medi…
Understanding 'Community' in ICTs and Community Broadcasting
This paper examines community projects funded under the federal government's Networking the Nation program, and compares these with community broadcasting. Since the early 1990s, rural community ICT projects have enjoyed considerable government support, but now face closure as government funding dries up. A comparison with the community broadcasting sector offers some insights into the relationship between community and not-for-profit organisatio…
Contours of Community
Often dismissed as irrelevant and not worth the paper they are written on, community newspapers have received little scholarly attention. Yet results from a survey of independent community newspapers in Southeast Queensland challenge the assumption that this sector is in decline, and reveal a popular and vibrant industry that has an important function in the formation and maintenance of communities
Ecomedia
The prominence of media events in 2006, including the release of former US Vice President Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the publication of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, even the death of 'eco-celebrity' Steve Irwin, suggested a need to devote an issue of Media International Australia to media and the environment. The study of environmentalism throug…
Belonging to the Rainbow Region
The “Rainbow Region” in northern New South Wales, Australia, has attracted much attention because of its visibility and meaning as a ‘meeting place’ of countercultures and for the articulation of social and environmental ideals that challenge mainstream practice. We argue that the idiosyncrasies of this region—its history, the character of its social networks, the aesthetic and lifestyle attributes of landscape implicit to its evolving place iden…
Revisiting the Greening of Prime-Time Television Soap Operas
In 1990, Christopher Rissel and William Douglas commenced a study of the depiction of environmental issues and behaviours on Australian prime-time television drama series. Their findings were discussed in an issue of Media International Australia in 1993. This article reports on a 2011-12 study that replicated key aspects of Rissel and Douglas's research. A collaborative research team focused on two long-running and high-rating Australian soap op…
The Brisbane flood
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an original research project that explored the experiences and actions of immigrant and refugee communities during the 2011 Brisbane flood. It specifically examines the role of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community leaders who acted as “gatekeepers” in communicating emergency responses to the disaster to their communities. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structur…
Religious identity and coal development in Pakistan’
Exploring Media Platforms to Serve the Needs of the South Sudanese Former Refugee Community in Southeast Queensland
Community broadcasting is being displaced by digital media, the Internet, and associated technologies and the need formigrant and former refugee communities to own and control their own media remains strong, especially in response to persistent stereotyping on the part of mainstream media. We present results of a study undertaken with the South Sudanese community in Southeast Queensland to explore the needs, uses, and possibilities of online medi…
Embracing and resisting climate identities in the Australian press
This article charts the development of a label that appeared early on in Australian debates on climate change, namely ‘greenhouse sceptics’. We explore who uses the label, for what purposes and with which effects, and how this label may contribute to the development of social representations in the climate debate. Our findings show that over the last 25 years, ‘greenhouse sceptic’ has been used by journalists and climate scientists to negativize …
Place, identity and stigma
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (8 works) · Social science (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Advertising (5 works) · Geography (5 works)