The use of the social networking site Twitter as a backchannel for conversation during both planned and unplanned activities and events is now almost routine in much of the world, including in higher education. This paper provides a small case study of student perceptions and use of Twitter for informal learning during a mixed mode…[Read more]

There’s a Japanese film industry, and then there’s ‘Japanese Cinema’ – a construct we imagine and create through the stories we tell about it. In the past, ‘Japanese Cinema’ has been imagined in the West as a story of auteurs (Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa), esoteric national styles (Ozu’s tatami-inspired low- level frame), and bizarre genres (Pink ei…[Read more]

This thesis is concerned with the role of media in the experience of place in three local government areas. It builds upon recent scholarly work that seeks to rehabilitate the relationship between place and media following earlier claims that media usage could only
inhibit a sense of place, or bring about a condition of placelessness. The…[Read more]