Browsing Open Theses & Dissertations by Thesis Supervisor "Johnson, Rosser"
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(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This is a two-part submission. The first, an exegesis, sets my creative work in a literary, social, temporal and stylistic context. The second, main part of this submission is a draft of the first twenty-eight chapters of ... -
Christianity and the media: which themes emerge when the New Zealand media reports on Christianity?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This thesis explores how the media reports on Christianity in New Zealand. It examines framing in the media to discover if the media uses Christian themes when reporting on Christian issues. This study will draw from the ... -
Christianity Sells and the Advertiser’s Toolbox: The Work of Christian Cultural Markers in Television Advertisements
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)"The work of the advertisement is not to invent a meaning for [a product], but to translate meaning for it by means of a sign system we already know" (Williamson, 1978, p. 25). Television advertisements are cultural ... -
Church communication and constructions of the self: exploring identity & identification in church communication
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The purpose of this research was to examine the everyday communications of Christian religious organisations for evidence of intentional and unintentional construction of member identity (Cheney, 1983a). My interest in ... -
Comprehending commercial speech: how 13-15 year olds understand non-traditional advertising on New Zealand radio
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)New Zealand’s radio environment is considered one of the most commercially saturated in the developed world. Alongside this has been a rise in non-traditional advertising techniques such as aural product placement, ... -
Contextual advertising in online communication: An investigation of relationships between multiple content types on a webpage
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)As part of the promotional mix, advertising plays a significant role in a company’s or organisation’s communication with its consumers and stakeholders. In order to inform consumers about their products or services, marketers ... -
Creativity and Curatorship: Creative Industries Policy and the Changed Face of the Curatorial Sector in Aotearoa-New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of the discourses of the creative industries on the the curatorial sector in Aotearoa-New Zealand. In relation to this overarching aim, I explored two associated ideas: ... -
D5
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)D5 is a 3D animation set in a virtual world occupied by the central character, “Ben_1167”, a digital copy of a person created from databased information involved in the application and subsequent use of a credit card. The ... -
The disconnected church: a critical examination of the communication of the Christian church in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The purpose of my research is to investigate if and why some people outside of the church do not see relevance in the church, and to investigate if and why the church does not see relevance in the point of view of these ... -
The Facebooked organisation: a critique of corporate social media in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The research illustrates that people on Facebook communicate with organizations as though the organisations are people too. Furthermore, organisations induce this behaviour through promotional materials that persuaded the ... -
Friend in the Woods
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)These short stories are experiments in gothic, existential and fabulist writing. These three kinds of fiction question the nature of reality and create openings to explore different realities. Some stories experiment with ... -
The gender reflection
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This thesis investigates how characters with non-traditional gender are depicted in contemporary Western cinema on the basis that this depiction illustrates society’s unease with individuals who do not easily confirm to ... -
Holding the digital mirror up to nature - a practice-as-research project exploring digital media techniques in live theatre
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Is an actor performing live if that actor is out of sight in the wings and appears on stage as a computer-mediated representation? Is co-presence with such a mediated embodiment problematic for the performer? This project ... -
How do Chinese print media in New Zealand present ideas of Chinese cultural identity?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Two case studies examine and elaborate the idea of how the Chinese print media in New Zealand present Chinese cultural identity. The thesis examines the free Chinese newspapers given away in shops, supermarkets and other ... -
Marketing the visual arts in New Zealand: a critical analysis of promotional material by Christchurch's art galleries
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)This thesis illustrates the development of a new methodological tool for arts marketing, called the visibility/involvement model, through a critical analysis of promotional material of Christchurch's art galleries. The ... -
Māori Perceptions of Māori Television: An Empirical Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The Māori Television Service (MTS) is described as New Zealand's Indigenous broadcaster. Since its launch in 2004, the network has been redefining the New Zealand mediasphere, with a wide range of locally produced and ... -
Mindful Leaders Leading Self - a Heideggerian Phenomenological Study of Four Leaders in a Professional Environment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The purpose of this study is to explore mindfulness and how it affects the way leaders engage with Self and others in order to discover how leaders understand their own practices of leading. Compared with leadership, leaders ... -
Open limit: field as witness
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This PhD project is undertaken through a creative works process, culminating in a series of experiments produced during candidature, polyphonically named Open Limit; field as witness. A polyphonous textual, folding practice ... -
Pencarrow
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This submission is in two parts. The first, an exegesis, sets my creative work in its literary, stylistic and social context. The second and main part of this submission is the first draft of a novel, Pencarrow, which I ... -
Powerful music: media, culture and the ‘Third-way’ in New Zealand. A grounded theory analysis of Kiwi FM
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The New Zealand radio market is one of the most deregulated in the world. There are no limits on ownership, very few constraints on content and no quotas for local content. New Zealand’s radio environment reflects the ...