Global Media Journal - Australian Edition - ISSN 1550 7521

Volume 4, Issue 1: 2010

Editorial

Editorial
Hart Cohen

Guest Editorial
Milissa Deitz

Refereed Papers

Recent Innovations in Video Game Addiction Research and Theory
Daniel L. King — School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide
Paul H. Delfabbro — School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide
Mark D. Griffiths — International Gaming Research Unit Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University

 

Inheritance and Compulsion in Augusten Burroughs Memoirs
Nicole McDaniel – Texas A&M University

© Sony Digital Pictures Inc.

 

Liminal Bodies in Liminal Spaces: the Depiction of Drug Addicted Youth in the Films Christiane F and Drifter
Andrea Rinke – Kingston University, UK


 

Updating Diversity of Voice Arguments for Online News Media
Tim Dwyer and Fiona Martin – University of Sydney

 

Essays

Coompeting Spaces: Poker Machines vs Live Music
Michelle Catanzaro – University of Western Sydney

 

Prisoners of the Media
Ruth Balint – University of NSW

Interviews

‘In conversation with Gaven Morris', Head of Continuous News, ABC News 24
Antonio Castillo – University of Sydney, Australia
Gaven Morris

 

Postgraduate Submissions

Dubiously Wholesome: Performing Gender
Tanya Richards - Director of Aerialize, Sydney Aerial Theatre & Doctoral candidate in Creative Arts at the University of Western Sydney.

Getting Hyper-Personal
Sarah Tonkin - Honours, Communications Arts, University of Western Sydney

 

Book Reviews

Book Cover Amir Muhammad - Yasmin Ahmad’s Films
Reviewed by Iqbal Barkat — University of Western Sydney, Australia



Book Cover Adam Phillips - On Balance
Reviewed by Hart Cohen — University of Western Sydney, Australia



Book Cover Lennard J. Davis - Obsession: A History
Reviewed by Milissa Deitz — University of Western Sydney, Australia



Book Cover Su Holmes and Sean Redmond (eds) - Celebrity Studies
Reviewed by Rachel Morley— University of Western Sydney, Australia



Wall Street Cover Sarah Ellison - War at the Wall Street Journal: How Rupert Murdoch Bought an American Icon
Reviewed by Lynette Sheridan Burns — University of Western Sydney, Australia