Does reality really bite? Between academia and ‘The Real World’: an interview with Jane Roscoe
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Article Title | Does reality really bite? Between academia and ‘The Real World’: an interview with Jane Roscoe |
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ERA Journal ID | 35593 |
Authors | |
Author | Huijser, Hendrik |
Journal Title | M/C Journal |
Journal Citation | 1 (1) |
Year | 2006 |
Place of Publication | Kelvin grove, Qld |
ISSN | 1441-2616 |
Web Address (URL) | http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/node/12 |
Abstract | Dr Jane Roscoe is currently Programme Executive at SBS Television in Australia. She started her career as an academic in London with a fondness for theory. During her time at The University of Waikato in Aotearoa, she became drawn to empirical research, and in particular audience research, in combination with an ongoing interest in documentary. She published numerous journal articles and authored two books on documentary: Documentary in New Zealand: An Immigrant Nation (1999) and (with Craig Hight) Faking It: Mock-Documentary and the Subversion of Factuality (2001). She moved to Griffith University in 2000, and quickly became an influential intellectual presence in the field of Media and Cultural Studies in Australia. Her article Big Brother Australia: Performing the Real Twenty Four Seven in The International Journal of Cultural Studies is still the most cited article of that journal five years on. However, it is not only her academic work that gives her presence importance, but also her tireless commitment to move her ideas beyond the academic context. She frequently appears on both radio and television, and in 2001 she was the first media academic to appear on Big Brother Australia. In short, she is the embodiment of the public intellectual. After two years at Griffith, Jane moved out of the academy to become Head of the Centre for Screen Studies and Research at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. She has been a programmer at SBS since 2005. |
Keywords | television culture, reality television, documentary, public intellectuals |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470214. Screen and media culture |
Public Notes | See http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/about for more information about peer review process. |
Byline Affiliations | Learning and Teaching Support Unit |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xw49/does-reality-really-bite-between-academia-and-the-real-world-an-interview-with-jane-roscoe
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