Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Australia / Australians

For this presentation I will be looking at the representations of Australia and Australians. To help me write a critical study on this topic I will be looking at a wide range of texts, such as:
  • Neighbours 
  • Kath and Kim
  • Home and Away 
  • The Simpsons (Specific episode where they visit Australia)
  • Fosters Adverts
  • The Castle
Also I will look at a few iconic people who are Australians to how they feel about their native country and how and if the way they act presents a negative, positive, true or false representation of Australia and Australians. 
  • Kylie Minogue 
  • Steve Irwin 
  • Rolf Harris
  • Rex Hunt 
  • Mel Gibson
  • Ned Kelly
  • Shane Warne (Relate to Kath and Kim episode)


1 comment:

Tamsyn said...

This sounds good so far - well done!

Sterotypes in television adverts are easy to analyse. This website is very helpful:
http://www.duncans.tv/australian-stereotypes

You could also consider the marginalisation of Aborigines in mainstream media texts.
http://aboriginalrights.suite101.com/article.cfm/aboriginal_media_portrayals

http://books.google.com/books?id=bLbo4sr-xfwC&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=australian+stereotypes+in+the+media&source=web&ots=DMogR6DHSG&sig=dWsLiWzDrOSn5KIiYp65iZlxGQY#PPA127,M1