Browsing Open Theses & Dissertations by Thesis Supervisor "Nelson, Frances"
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The Anatomy of an Environmental Decision: A Discourse Analysis of Events and Processes Linked to the Grounding of the MV Rena
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This research is concerned with the social construction of nature and the environment in connection with the case study of a man-made environmental disaster which occurred off the coast of the Bay of Plenty of New Zealand ... -
Are we happy now? Exploring emotional dissonance in the fashion retail industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The rapid rise of the service sector, and in particular the fashion retail industry has made the study of emotional work increasingly important within the area of emotions research. Specifically, emotional dissonance ... -
Arguments, argumentation and agreement: a symbolic convergence study of the Lake Omapere Project
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)The focus of this research is the construction of a shared vision for the environment. Specifically, the purpose of this research was to examine the construction of shared vision between different rhetorical communities ... -
Bestselling Selves: a Critical Discourse Analysis of Self-help Literature
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)In this thesis, I view self-help as a discourse widely present in modern society in different forms such as literature, audio tapes, CDs, videos, and personal activities like workshops and individual coaching. From books ... -
Blogging for social change in Papua New Guinea: a case study investigation of The Namorong Report
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The media landscape in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has recently been undergoing a dramatic change. Greater access to mobile media technologies and expanding communications infrastructure are fundamentally altering the ways ... -
Catch the wahine and win: (re) addressing the Polynesian
(Auckland University of Technology, 2003)This exegesis investigates the historical practice of re-producing stereotypical spectacles of “Polynesian” women through the medium of photography and, compares and contrasts the continuing shaping of Pacific Island ... -
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 ... -
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: ... -
(De)constructing Tongan Creativity: a Talanoa about Walking in Two Worlds
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The growing number of Tongan creators searching for a place of belonging and acceptance between the two worlds Tonga and Aotearoa New Zealand has contributed to cultural spaces shifting in terms of identity negotiation, ... -
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 ... -
Gallipoli As Edutainment? Constructing National Identity in a “new” Museum
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This original research in this thesis is a close reading (Monin, 2004) of Gallipoli: the Scale of our War. The idea for the research was born from two over‑arching interests: museums as social institutions and in the ... -
Gender in commercial radio in New Zealand: a critical discourse analysis of the “Secret Life of Girls”
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Radio can be a highly gendered environment, but to date this has not been explored in New Zealand (Hendy, 2000; Karpf, 1980; Lacey, 2004). For scholars of New Zealand radio the deregulated, highly commercial environment ... -
Happily Ever After? A Critical Examination of the Gothic in Disney Fairy Tale Films
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This thesis critically examines four Disney fairy tale films across the 20th and 21st centuries to assess the changes in the representation of Gothic tone and intent. I have taken a qualitative approach and deployed a close ... -
How New Zealand universities present themselves to the public: an analysis of communication strategies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)This thesis investigates how the eight state-funded New Zealand universities present themselves in the prospectuses they publish yearly. The background for this research is the fact that the universities now have to compete ... -
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 ... -
Musings on Musos: A Thematic Analysis of the Working Conditions Experienced by New Zealand Musicians
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The labour conditions in creative industries, such as the music industry, are complex. For instance, the deterioration of the 9-to-5 workday and the rise of project-based work has given creative workers more autonomy and ... -
Nationhood by Design? The Discursive Construction of a "new" New Zealand in the Flag Consideration Project
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)In 2015/2016, the Flag Consideration Project provided an opportunity for New Zealanders to change the national flag, and while the change of flag did not come into effect, the texts distributed by the Flag Consideration ... -
No suits allowed: in what ways does the creativising of central Auckland reveal the workings of Bormann’s (1973) shared fantasy themes?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Against the backdrop of the failing extractive era, global economies are given a salvation: creativity. The concepts of the creative economy, the creative class who produce the creative economy, and the creative city that ... -
Paradoxical Realities: A Creative Consideration of Realismo Maravilhoso in an Interactive Digital Narrative
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This artistic, practice-led thesis is concerned with the potentials of polyvocality and interactive digital narrative. The practical project, Saints of Paradox, is formatted as a printed picture book that can be expanded ...