Browsing Masters Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Nelson, Frances"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Relinquishing and discovering self: a case study investigation of gamer identity in an online world
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The purpose of this thesis was to gain a comprehensive understanding of implemented game design factors, various forms of identity creation, as well as the powerful hold of an avatar in the Massively Multiplayer Online ... -
Teaching or being taught: the experience of foreign teachers in China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)The research recorded in this thesis examined the experience of eight foreign teachers who have taken up residence in China as teachers of oral English language. The study grew out of my reflections on my own challenging, ... -
Thank God for commercials: a content and discourse analysis of the incorporation of religious iconography in television promotional messages that promote non-religious companies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The relationship between sacred concepts and secular companies is naturally problematic as their core values oppose one another: on the one hand, religion is concerned with human interests based on concepts of divine ... -
Whakawhiti whakaaro, whakakotahi i a tatou: convergence through consultation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)None available