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Australian Journal of Communication

Australian Journal of Communication
Volume 25(1), 1998

 
CONTENTS
 
Turner Brian. The airport departure lounge metaphor: Towards an ironic theory of communication. 1-18
 
  Although in the 1970s it was common for sociology to distinguish clearly between social structure and communication, as illustrated, for example, by the notion of the sociology of communication as a separate branch of substantive sociology, it is now more characteristic, following the "linguistic turn", for "structure" and "communication" to be regarded as identical descriptions of social reality 
 
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social structure
language
metaphor
theory
 
 
Irwin Harry. Showmen, stars, larrikins, and pioneers: Communication with innovation in Australian aviation and aerospace development, 1900-1970. 19-40
 
  This paper examines the role of personal relationships and communication in technology transfer and innovation in Australian aviation and aerospace industry development from the time of turn-of-the-century experimental work until 1970 
 
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interpersonal
science
technologies
international development
Pacific Rim
organizational
history
 
 
Dixon Tom. Communicating: An element constituent of organising. 41-68
 
  This paper proposes that messages construct communication and social process generally 
 
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organizational
theory
 
 
Corcoran Paul E. The rhetoric of triumph and defeat: Australian federal elections, 1940-1993. 69-86
 
  This article surveys election-night speeches by the major party leaders in Australia from the first government of Sir Robert Menzies in 1940 to the Labor government of Paul Keating 
 
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political elections
public speaking
Pacific Rim
politics and government
metaphor
rhetoric
history
 
 
Schirato Tony. Commoditising communication skills. 87-96
 
  This paper provides a contextualizing introduction to concepts theorized by Bourdieu, Foucault, and Appodurai that we used to "commoditize" communication skills in a subject taught to undergraduate engineering students 
 
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competence
education
 
 
Bishop Peter. To raise the Tibetan flag? The Dalai Lama as news. 111-125
 
  The Dalai Lama's visit to Australia in September 1996 was acclaimed an overwhelming media success 
 
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newspaper
Pacific Rim
Asia
 
 
Patrick John. Swooning on ABC Classic FM. 127-135
 
  With the release of the second Swoon CD based on ABC Classic FM listener requests, it is timely to look at the ways in which the audience for "classical" music is currently being constructed through programming, presentation, and marketing 
 
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television
popular culture
advertising
broadcasting and media
radio
 
 
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