Papers by Marcus O'Donnell
Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
Elite classical music programs continue to focus teaching in Western Classical traditions where t... more Elite classical music programs continue to focus teaching in Western Classical traditions where the emphasis is on technical virtuosity in instrumental or vocal performance. In this paper we discuss group activities and assessments used in two Creative Arts disciplines (Performance and Journalism), at an Australian regional university, as examples of subjects which provide ‘real world’ experience in order to promote resilience and tenacity in students. We incorporate narratives collected from students in performance and journalism to illustrate the value of recreating the complex division of labour of real world art practice, famously described by Becker (1982), as part of the musical learning experience. The paper concludes with reflections on how collaborative assessments/teaching activities can be developed to ensure the delivery of resilience and tenacity as a threshold learning outcome in a classical music course.
Nurse Education in Practice
Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy
Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy
Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa
The public discourse about marriage oscillates between a story of the ideal and a story of the ev... more The public discourse about marriage oscillates between a story of the ideal and a story of the everyday. A range of symbolic references or myths are mobilised in media stories about marriage; this is particularly evident in the polarised debate around same-sex marriage. This article identifies and explores three of the myths that underlie the rhetoric in same-sex marriage stories: 1) the evolution/revolution myth; 2) the apocalypse myth and 3) the myth of the child. It also argues that the production of such stories has effects on the realm of ‘intimate citizenship’ (Plummer 1995) and that it is through this contested storytelling that new identities and their attendant rights become possible.
Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa
Early on in Tony Maniaty’s Shooting Balibo we come across Herman Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni... more Early on in Tony Maniaty’s Shooting Balibo we come across Herman Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and John Dos Passos. We quickly get the message that this is as much a journey of the imagination as it is a travelogue, memoir or investigation. Maniaty tells us that when he went to East Timor as an ABC reporter in 1975, just before the ill-fated journalists, his travel reading was Melville’s Moby Dick. Here we get a sense of the young journalist’s ambition, his questing commitment to follow the story, just as Ahab follows his whale.
The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, 2015
Law Text Culture, 2008
'Jihad Jack' Thomas was arrested in Pakistan in January 2003 under suspicion of being an al-Qaeda... more 'Jihad Jack' Thomas was arrested in Pakistan in January 2003 under suspicion of being an al-Qaeda supporter or operative. Thomas's guilt or innocence has been disputed ever since as police, politicians, the courts, the media and the public have grappled with who Jack Thomas is, what he believes and what he has or has not done in the name of those beliefs.
Rural Society, 2012
ABSTRACT Successful newspapers manage to carve out a niche for themselves with the communities th... more ABSTRACT Successful newspapers manage to carve out a niche for themselves with the communities they seek to represent, often appealing to what they perceive as the particular needs and interests of prospective readers. This is particularly evident in the case of newspapers in rural and regional communities that are in the early stages of development. This paper looks at the development of newspapers in two emerging communities, the Northern Territory and Tasmania’s north-west coast, during the late nineteenth century and explores how they use editorials to build and maintain their relationship with readers, both in their set-up period and during milestone events in their history.
Asia Pacific Media Educator, Jan 1, 2006
Much of the published discussion and research on blogs and teaching and learning in higher educat... more Much of the published discussion and research on blogs and teaching and learning in higher education focuses on evaluation of blogging as a communicative technique. This type of discussion largely assumes that successful integration of blogging into course delivery should be judged against a pre-existing and unchallenged pedagogical model. This paper argues that to leverage its full educational potential blogging must be understood not just as an isolated phenomena, but as part of a broad palette of cybercultural practices which provide us with new ways of doing and thinking. The paper looks at the ways broader theoretical models associated with the development of the blogosphere might challenge or enhance current theories of teaching and learning. Spatial metaphors inherent in network models of blogging will be contrasted with the surface/depth model of student learning. The paper will argue that blogs should not be seen merely as a technological tool for teaching and learning but as a situated practice that must be brought into appropriate alignment with particular pedagogical and disciplinary practices. A model of blogging as a networked approach to learning suggests that blogging might achieve best results across the curriculum not through isolated use in individual units.
Media International Australia …, Jan 1, 2004
This article examines a number of cinematic, literary and journalistic texts in the context of wh... more This article examines a number of cinematic, literary and journalistic texts in the context of what film maker Tom Tykwer calls the "aesthetic memory" of September 11. In particular it explores the way these narratives relate to deeply embedded Western cultural myths of the apocalyptic. The apocalyptic language of American Christian fundamentalism and the heroic narratives of Hollywood film are explored as twin influences on a powerful civil religion dubbed by Jewett and Lawrence (ABSTRACT: This article examines a number of cinematic, literary and journalistic texts in the context of what film maker Tom Tykwer calls the "aesthetic memory" of September 11. In particular it explores the way these narratives relate to deeply embedded Western cultural myths of the apocalyptic. The apocalyptic language of American Christian fundamentalism and the heroic narratives of Hollywood film are explored as twin influences on a powerful civil religion dubbed by Jewett and Lawrence (
Media Arts Law Review, Jan 1, 2003
282] Recent scholarship has explored the mythical function of news reporting. A diverse set of st... more 282] Recent scholarship has explored the mythical function of news reporting. A diverse set of studies has shown that when news takes mythic shape it can perform both a community-building cultural role and/or a boundary-setting ideological role. This article looks at theories of myth and the way it functions in both journalism and law.
Western Gay Society and Pornographic Depictions of …, Jan 1, 1997
Asia Pacific Media Educator, Jan 1, 2009
The longevity of the media's interest in the 1998 murder of gay Wyoming college student Matthew S... more The longevity of the media's interest in the 1998 murder of gay Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard and the diverse ways in which the story has been approached and appropriated provides a unique window into some of the dynamics of the media coverage of both gay people and gay and lesbian hate crimes. In this article I will analyse two extended pieces of journalism, both of which attempt to go beyond the standard Shepard story. I will suggest that the literary style of layered juxtaposition and compassionate questioning adopted by JoAnn Wypijewski's 1999 Harper's feature is a more appropriate response to a complex, sensitive situation than Elizabeth Vargas' investigative toughness in her 2004
Media International Australia, Incorporating …, Jan 1, 2007
Review of: Terry, Janice J., US Foreign Policy in the Middle East, University of Michigan Press, ... more Review of: Terry, Janice J., US Foreign Policy in the Middle East, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2005,
ISBN 0 7453 2258 1, 160 pp., US$24.95.
Janice Terry uses opera as a motif and structuring device for her interesting study of Middle East politics under the US presidencies of Carter and Ford.
The Second Workshop on the Social …, Jan 1, 2007
Media International Australia, Incorporating …, Jan 1, 2008
Jack Bauer of the television series 24 is a highly charged contemporary mythic character who exis... more Jack Bauer of the television series 24 is a highly charged contemporary mythic character who exists in powerful relationship to past and present real world and fictional figures. If Rambo was a classic Reagan era cinematic "hard body" (Jeffords 1994) Jack is the archetypal Bush "smart
Pacific Journalism Review, Jan 1, 2009
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Papers by Marcus O'Donnell
ISBN 0 7453 2258 1, 160 pp., US$24.95.
Janice Terry uses opera as a motif and structuring device for her interesting study of Middle East politics under the US presidencies of Carter and Ford.
ISBN 0 7453 2258 1, 160 pp., US$24.95.
Janice Terry uses opera as a motif and structuring device for her interesting study of Middle East politics under the US presidencies of Carter and Ford.