The Production of a Television Event
When Gunston Met Gough at Parliament House
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5903299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Davis (0000-0003-4521-0688, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 80-92 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x0612100112 |
| OpenAlex | W2291121962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper considers 1970s television character Norman Gunston's coverage of the dismissal of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975. The paper explores the power of television comedy to intervene in the construction of a political event and transform it into a joke. Specifically, the paper describes how Gunston's comic practice of carnival mobilises resistance to the usual view of the Whitlam dismissal. The paper also considers television's capacity to transform a political episode into a television event resonating with the technology's cultural force. In particular, the paper considers Deleuze's (1995a). proposition of the connection between television and cultural operations of control. Exploring Deleuze's suggestion, the paper proposes that the Gunston-Whitlam television event demonstrates television's potential to produce a mode of resistance to control - a point about which Deleuze is not particularly optimistic (1995a: 76; 1995b: 175). With this critical perspective on Gunston's intrusion into an Australian political crisis, the paper provides an explanation of the way television comedy can transform and shape our understanding of such an event
Art · Comedy · Dismissal · Joke · Literature · Media event · Media studies · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Television studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Political theory and Gramsci
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |