Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner
Emeritus Professor
School of Communication and Arts
+61 7 336 57183
Researcher biography
Graeme Turner is one of the founding figures in media and cultural studies in Australia, and a leading figure internationally. He has published 23 books with international publishers, his work has been translated into 9 languages, and many of his books have gone into multiple editions. A former ARC Federation Fellow, a past President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the founding Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies (2000-2012), his most recent projects have been focused on television and new media, and the formation of national communities. His most recent publications include (with Anna Cristina Pertierra) Locating Television: Zones of Consumption (Routledge, 2013), What's Become of Cultural Studies? (Sage, 2012), Ordinary People and the Media: The Demotic Turn (S(Sage, 2010), and (with Jinna Tay) Television Studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era (Routledge, 2009). He is an Emeritus Professor in the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies..
Books
Turner, Graeme (2020). Essays in media and cultural studies: In transition. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780429322716
Turner, Graeme (2016). Re-inventing the media. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315675206
Turner, Graeme and Brass, Kylie (2014). Mapping the humanities, arts and social sciences in Australia. Canberra, Australia: Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Pertierra, Anna Cristina and Turner, Graeme (2013). Locating television: zones of consumption. London; New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203096772
Turner, Graeme (2013). Understanding celebrity. 2nd ed. London, UK: Sage.
Turner, Graeme (2012). What's become of cultural studies?. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Turner, Graeme (2010). Ordinary people and the media: The demotic turn. Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781446269565
Turner, Graeme and Tay, Jinna (2009). Television studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203878316
Turner, Graeme (2006). Film as social practice. 4th ed. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203825198
Turner, Graeme (2006). Film as Social Practice IV. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Turner, Graeme (2005). Ending the affair: The decline of television current affairs in Australia. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.
Turner, Graeme (2004). Understanding celebrity. London: Sage Publications.
Turner, Graeme (2003). British Cultural Studies: An Introduction. 3rd ed. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203994849
Turner, G., Bonner, F. J. and Marshall, P. D. (2000). Fame Games: The Production of Celebrity in Australia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Turner, G. (1999). Film as Social Practice. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Book Chapters
Dibley, Ben and Turner, Graeme (2018). Indigeneity, cosmopolitanism and the nation: the project of NITV. Making culture: commercialisation, transnationalism and the state of 'nationing' in contemporary Australia. (pp. 129-139) edited by David Rowe, Graeme Turner and Emma Waterton. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315106205-11
Rowe, David , Turner, Graeme and Waterton, Emma (2018). Introduction: Making Culture. Making Culture: Commercialisation, transnationalism, and the state of 'nationing' in contemporary Australia. (pp. 1-12) Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
Rowe, David, Turner, Graeme and Waterton, Emma (2018). Introduction: making culture. Making culture: commercialisation, transnationalism, and the state of ‘nationing’ in contemporary Australia. (pp. 1-12) edited by David Rowe, Graeme Turner and Emma Waterton. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingodm: Routledge.
Turner, Graeme (2018). Television: commercialization, the decline of 'nationing' and the status of the media field. Making culture: commercialisation, transnationalism and the state of 'nationing' in contemporary Australia. (pp. 64-74) edited by David Rowe, Graeme Turner and Emma Waterton. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315106205-6
Turner, Graeme (2016). Setting the scene for commercial nationalism: the nation, the market, and the media. Commercial nationalism: selling the nation and nationalizing the sell. (pp. 14-26) edited by Zala Volcic and Mark Andrejevic. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan.
Turner, Graeme (2016). Celebrity, participation and the public. A Companion to Celebrity. (pp. 83-97) edited by P. David Marshall and Sean Redmond. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley Blackwell.
Turner, Graeme (2016). The nation-state and media globalisation: Has the nation-state returned -- or did it never leave?. Global media and national policies: the return of the state. (pp. 92-195) edited by Terry Flew, Petros Iosifidis and Jeanette Steemers. New York, NY, United States: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137493958_6
Turner, Graeme (2015). Culture, politics and the cultural industries: reviving a critical agenda. The Routledge companion to the cultural industries. (pp. 535-544) edited by Kate Oakley and Justin O'Connor. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315725437-58
Tay, Jinna and Turner, Graeme (2015). Introduction. Television histories in Asia: nation-building, modernization and marketization. Television Histories in Asia: Issues and Contexts. (pp. 1-18) edited by Tay, Jinna and Turner, Graeme. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Turner, Graeme (2015). British cultural studies. International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences. (pp. 852-855) edited by James D. Wright. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.95049-9
Turner, Graeme (2015). The Media and Democratization. The Routledge companion to global popular culture. (pp. 56-65) edited by Toby Miller. New York, NY, United States: Routledge.
Turner, Graeme and King, Noel (2014). "For a lot of people film became a bridge between literary studies and other kinds of cultural studies": Graeme Turner interviewed by Noel King, November 9, 2007, Brisbane. Interviews. (pp. 43-59) edited by Noel King and Deane Williams. Fishponds, Bristol, UK: Intellect Books.
Turner, Graeme (2014). Reality television and the demotic turn. A companion to reality TV. (pp. 309-323) edited by Laurie Oullette. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118599594.ch17
Turner, Graeme (2013). 'It works for me': British cultural studies, Australian cultural studies, Australian film. Cultural Studies. (pp. 640-653) Boca Raton, FL United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203699140
Turner, Graeme (2012). Television and new media. Taking stock: the humanities in Australian life since 1968. (pp. 160-165) edited by Ian Donaldson and Mark Finnane. Perth, WA, Australia: University of Western Australia Press.
Turner, Graeme (2011). Convergence and divergence: The international experience of digital television. Television as digital media. (pp. 31-51) edited by James Bennett and Niki Strange. Durham NC, USA: Duke University Press.
Turner, Graeme (2010). Public relations. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 207-216) edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner. Crows Nest, N.S.W, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Cunningham, Stuart and Turner, Graeme (2010). Introduction: The media and communications today. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 1-11) edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner. Crows Nest, N.S.W, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Turner, Graeme (2009). Television and the nation: Does it matter any more?. Television studies after TV: Understanding television in the post-broadcast era. (pp. 54-64) edited by Graeme Turner and Jinna Tay. Abingdon Oxford: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203878316
Turner, Graeme (2008). Critical literacy, cultural literacy, and the English school curriculum in Australia. Richard Hoggart and cultural studies. (pp. 158-170) edited by S. Owen. London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230583313
Turner, G. (2008). Film and Cultural Studies. The Sage Handbook of Film Studies. (pp. 270-284) edited by Donald, J. and Renov, M.. London: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781849200400.n18
Turner, Graeme, Bonner, Frances and Marshall, P. D. (2008). The meaning and significance of celebrity. The tabloid culture reader. (pp. 141-148) edited by Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn. Maidenhead, United Kingdom; New York, United States of America: Open University Press.
Turner, G. (2007). The Economy of celebrity. Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader. (pp. 193-205) edited by Redmond, S. & Holmes, S.. London: Sage Publications. doi: 10.4135/9781446269534.n19
Turner, G (2006). Celebrity. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 357-367) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Turner, G (2006). Celebrity, the tabloid and the democratic public sphere. The celebrity culture reader. (pp. 487-500) edited by P. D. Marshall. New York: Routledge.
Turner, G and Cunningham, S. (2006). The media and communications today: Introduction. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 1-9) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Turner, G (2006). Informing the public: Is there a place for critical humanities?. Creating Value: The Humanities & Their Publics. (pp. 141-153) edited by E. Probyn, S. Muecke and A. Shoemaker. Canberra: The Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Turner, G (2006). Cultural identities. Film as Social Practice. (pp. 170-175) edited by G. Turner. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Turner, Graeme (2006). Public relations. The media and communications in Australia. (pp. 227-237) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin.
Turner, G (2006). Spectacle versus narrative. Film as Social Practice. (pp. 35-39) edited by G. Turner. Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Turner, Graeme, Bonner, Frances and Marshall, P. David (2006). Producing celebrity. The Celebrity Culture Reader. (pp. 770-798) edited by P. D. Marshall. New York: Routledge.
Turner, G. (2005). Discipline wars: Australian studies, cultural studies and the analysis of national culture. Australian Studies Centre 25th Anniversary Collection. (pp. 5-19) edited by D. Carter and M. Crotty. St Lucia, Qld.: The Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland.
Turner, G. (2004). Television and democracy: Threats and opportunities. Contemporary World Television. (pp. 4-6) edited by J. Sinclair. London: British Film Institute Publishing.
Turner, G. (2004). Audience decline. Contemporary World Television. (pp. 44-44) edited by J. Sinclair. London: British Film Institute Publishing.
Turner, G. (2003). Ethics, entertainment and the tabloid: The case of talkback radio in Australia. Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics. (pp. 87-99) edited by C. Lumby and E. Probyn. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511481550.007
Turner, G. and Cunningham, S. (2002). The media and communications in Australia today. The Media and Communications in Australia. (pp. 3-20) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin.
Miller, T. and Turner, G. (2002). Radio. The Media and Communications in Australia. (pp. 133-151) edited by S. Cunningham and G. Turner. Crows Nest, NSW Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Turner, G. (2002). Television production and distribution. Television Studies. (pp. 46-50) edited by T. Miller and A. Lockett. London: British Film Institute Publishing.
Turner, Graeme (2002). Public relations. The Media and Communications in Australia. (pp. 217-225) edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin.
Turner, G. (2002). Editor's introduction. The Film Cultures Reader. (pp. 1-10) edited by G. Turner. London: Routledge.
Turner, G. (2001). Sold Out: Recent shifts in television news and current affairs in Australia. No News is Bad News. (pp. 46-58) edited by M. Bromley. Harlow: Longman.
Turner, G. (2001). Reshaping Australian institutions: Popular culture, the market and the public sphere. Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs. (pp. 161-175) edited by Tony Bennett and David Carter. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
Turner, G. (2001). Australasia. A Companion to Cultural Studies. (pp. 246-258) edited by Toby Miller. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell.
Turner, G. (2000). Television news and current affairs: Welcome to Frontline. The Australian TV Book. (pp. 89-102) edited by Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Turner, G. (2000). Studying television. The Australian TV Book. (pp. 3-12-12) edited by Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen and Unwin.
Turner, G. (1999). Making it National reconsidered: The uses of nationalism in contemporary Australia. Australian nationalism reconsidered: Maintaining a monocultural tradition in a multicultural society. (pp. 18-28) edited by Adi Wimmer. Tubingen, Germany: Stauffenberg Verlag.
Journal Articles
Turner, Graeme (2022). John Fiske and the building of cultural studies. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 25 (1), 3-13. doi: 10.1177/13678779211052607
Turner, Graeme (2021). Book Review: Feral Media: The Chamberlain Case 40 Years On by Belinda Middleweek. Media International Australia, 1329878X2110642. doi: 10.1177/1329878x211064279
Cunningham, Stuart, Turner, Graeme and Carter, David (2021). Thomas ‘Tom’ Andrew O’Regan FAHA 1956–2020. Media International Australia, 180 (1), 7-11. doi: 10.1177/1329878x211010781
Turner, Graeme (2021). First contact: reading Raymond Williams. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 24 (4), 1030-1034. doi: 10.1177/13675494211026335
Turner, Graeme (2019). Persistence. Cultural Studies Review, 25 (2), 286-287. doi: 10.5130/csr.v25i2.6926
Turner, Graeme (2019). The Humanities as Heuristic: Coordinating the Sector. Cultural Studies Review, 25 (2), 61-65. doi: 10.5130/csr.v25i2.6876
Turner, Graeme (2019). Television studies, we need to talk about “binge-viewing”. Television and New Media, 22 (3), 152747641987704-240. doi: 10.1177/1527476419877041
Turner, Graeme (2019). Dealing with diversity: Australian television, homogeneity and indigeneity. Media International Australia, 174 (1), 1329878X1986948-28. doi: 10.1177/1329878x19869481
Turner, Graeme (2019). Approaching the cultures of use: Netflix, disruption and the audience. Critical Studies in Television, 14 (2), 222-232. doi: 10.1177/1749602019834554
Turner, Graeme (2018). Netflix and the reconfiguration of the Australian television market. Media Industries, 5 (2). doi: 10.3998/mij.15031809.0005.208
Turner, Graeme (2018). The media and democracy in the digital era: is this what we had in mind?. Media International Australia, 168 (1), 3-14. doi: 10.1177/1329878X18782987
Turner, Graeme (2018). We don't need another hero: a personal celebration of Meaghan Morris. Cultural Studies Review, 24 (1), 9-14. doi: 10.5130/csr.v24i1.5967
Turner, Graeme (2017). Review of Why cultural studies?, by Gilbert B. Rodman, Malden, MA, Wiley Blackwell, 2015, vii–xxii + 232 pp., $44.95 (paperback), iSBn 978-1-4051-2797-4. Continuum, 31 (5), 729-731. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1186608
Turner, Graeme (2016). 2015 Henry Mayer lecture: critical media studies and the re-invention of the media. Media International Australia, 161 (1), 101-108. doi: 10.1177/1329878X16659549
Turner, Graeme (2016). Celebrities and the environment: the limits to their power. Environmental Communication, 10 (6), 811-814. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2016.1209327
Turner, Graeme (2016). Surviving the post-broadcast era: the international context for Australia's ABC. Media International Australia, 158 (1), 17-25. doi: 10.1177/1329878X15616514
Turner, Graeme (2015). The mark of cultural studies on communication research: a perspective from the audience. Cultural Studies, 29 (1), 51-54. doi: 10.1080/09502386.2014.917233
Turner, Graeme (2015). Afterword: So … what has become of Australian cultural studies?. Cultural Studies, 29 (4), 609-614. doi: 10.1080/09502386.2014.1000612
Turner, Graeme (2014). Is celebrity news, news?. Journalism, 15 (2), 144-152. doi: 10.1177/1464884913488719
Turner, Graeme (2014). Reflections On Mia On the Occasion of its 150Th Issue. Media International Australia, 150 (150), 29-31. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1415000108
Turner, Graeme (2013). Practising cultural studies today. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 14 (3), 463-467. doi: 10.1080/14649373.2013.801621
Lovink, Geert and Turner, Graeme (2013). Celebrating the undiscipline of cultural studies. Media International Australia, 146 (146), 6-11. doi: 10.1177/1329878x1314600104
Hay, James and Turner, Graeme (2013). Interview with Graeme Turner, November 2012. Interview conducted by James Hay. Interview edited by James Hay. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 10 (1), 138-153. doi: 10.1080/14791420.2013.773606
Turner, Graeme (2011). Surrendering the space: Convergence culture, Cultural Studies and the curriculum. Cultural Studies, 25 (4-5), 685-699. doi: 10.1080/09502386.2011.600556
Turner, Graeme (2010). Approaching Celebrity Studies. Celebrity Studies, 1 (1), 11-20. doi: 10.1080/19392390903519024
Tay, Jinna and Turner, Graeme (2010). Not the apocalypse: Television futures in the Digital age. International Journal of Digital Television, 1 (1), 31-50. doi: 10.1386/jdtv.1.1.31/1
Turner, G. (2010). Changing stations: The story of Australian commercial radio. Journal of Australian Studies, 34 (3), 410-411. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2010.498335
Turner, Graeme (2009). Politics, radio and journalism in Australia: The influence of 'talkback'. Journalism, 10 (4), 411-430. doi: 10.1177/1464884909104948
Turner, Graeme (2009). The SBS story: The challenge of cultural diversity. Journal of Australian Studies, 33 (2), 248-249. doi: 10.1080/14443050902883447
Turner, Graeme and Tay, Jinna (2009). Introduction. Television Studies After TV: Understanding Television in the Post-Broadcast Era, 1-6. doi: 10.4324/9780203878316
Turner, Graeme (2009). Cultural Studies 101: Canonical, mystificatory and elitist?. Cultural Studies Review, 15 (1), 175-187.
Turner, Graeme (2009). My media studies taking the 'mass' out of mass media. Television and New Media, 10 (1), 165-166. doi: 10.1177/1527476408325112
Turner, Graeme (2009). Millennial journalism. Journalism, 10 (3), 390-392. doi: 10.1177/1464884909102581
Tay, Jinna and Turner, Graeme (2008). What is television? Comparing media systems in the post-broadcast era. Media International Australia (126), 71-81.
Turner, G. (2008). The cosmopolitan city and its Other: the ethnicizing of the Australian suburb. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 9 (4), 568-582. doi: 10.1080/14649370802386487
Turner, Graeme (2007). Shrinking the borders: globalization, culture and belonging. Cultural Politics, 3 (1), 5-19. doi: 10.2752/174321907780031025
Turner, Graeme (2007). Some things we should know about talkback radio. Media International Australia (122), 73-80.
Crofts, Stephen and Turner, Graeme (2007). Jonestalk: the specificity of Alan Jones. Media International Australia (122), 132-149.
Turner, Graeme (2007). Cultural literacies, critical literacies and the English school curriculum in Australia. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 10 (1), 105-114. doi: 10.1177/1367877907073905
Turner, Graeme (2006). The mass production of celebrity: 'Celetoids', reality TV and the 'demotic turn'. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 9 (2), 153-165. doi: 10.1177/1367877906064028
Turner, Graeme, Tomlinson, Elizabeth and Pearce, Susan (2006). Talkback radio: Some notes on format, politics and influence. Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, 118, 107-119.
Turner, G. (2005). Cultural identity, soap narrative, and reality tv. Television & New Media, 6 (4), 415-422. doi: 10.1177/1527476405279864
Turner, Graeme (2004). Introduction: Global Television. Television & New Media, 5 (1), 3-5. doi: 10.1177/1527476403259748
Turner, Graeme (2004). (Review) Janet Harbord, Film Cultures. Screen, 45 (3), 256-259. doi: 10.1093/screen/45.3.256
Parker, M., Holt, J., Turner, G. and Broerse, J. (2003). Ethics of research involving humans: Uniform processes for disparate categories?. Monash Bioethics Review, 22 (3), 50-65. doi: 10.1007/bf03351397
Turner, Graeme (2003). After hybridity: Muslim-Australians and the imagined community. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 17 (4), 411-418. doi: 10.1080/1030431032000151998
Turner, G. (2003). Popularising politics: This Day Tonight and Australian television current affairs. Media International Australia, 1 (106), 137-150.
Turner, Graeme (2003). (Book Review) Australian beach cultures: The history of sun, sand and surf. Australian Historical Studies, 34 (122), 421-422. doi: 10.1080/10314610308596265
Petelin, R. M., Turner, G., McKee, A., Pearson, M. S., Zorn, T., Greenfield, C. and Weiss, E. (2002). Editing and Publishing Symposium: Taking Submission Seriously. Australian Journal of Communication, 29 (2), 103-107.
Turner, Graeme (2002). 'Why does cultural studies want history?'. Australian Historical Studies, 33 (118), 113-120. doi: 10.1080/10314610208596184
Turner, Graeme (2001). Television and cultural studies: Unfinished business. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 4 (4), 371-384. doi: 10.1177/136787790100400401
Turner, G. (2001). Ethics, entertainment and the tabloid: The case of talkback radio in Australia. Continuum, 15 (3), 349-357.
Turner, G. (2000). Media wars: Journalism, cultural and media studies in Australia. Journalism: Theory, practice and criticism, 1 (3), 353-365. doi: 10.1177/146488490000100305
Turner, Graeme (2000). Talkback, advertising and journalism:A cautionary tale of self-regulated commercial radio. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 3 (2), 247-255. doi: 10.1177/136787790000300213
Turner, G. (2000). Talkback, advertising and journalism: A cautionary tale of self-regulated commercial radio. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 3 (2), 247-255.
Turner, Graeme (1999). Tabloidization, journalism and the possibility of critique. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2 (1), 59-76. doi: 10.1177/136787799900200104
Turner, Graeme (1999). Review of The Country of Lost Children: An Australian Anxiety by Peter Pierce. Australian Literary Studies, 19 (2), 230-233.
Turner, Graeme (1999). (Book Review) The country of lost children: An Australian anxiety. Australian Literary Studies, 19 (2), 230-233.
Turner, G. (1999). Tabloidisation, journalism and the possibility of critique. International journal of cultural studies, 2 (1), 59-78.
Bonner, Frances, Farley, Rebecca, Marshall, David and Turner, Graeme (1999). Celebrity and the media. Australian Journal of Communication, 26 (1), 55-70.
Turner G. (1994). Australian Essay Reviews. Popular Music, 13 (3), 339-342. doi: 10.1017/S0261143000007248
Emmison, Mike, Frow, John and Turner, Graeme (1991). Youth attitudes to the arts. Culture & Policy, 2 (2-3), 77-110.
Conference Papers
Turner, G. (1999). Australian popular music & everyday life. 6th National Aust/NZ IASPM etc, Univ. of SA, June, 1998. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield.
Turner, G. (1999). Australian literature & the public sphere. 21st annual Conference of ASAL, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, 3-7 July, 1998. Toowoomba: Association for the Study of Aust. Literature.