Some examples of recent Honours theses in MHAR

Communication, cultural studies, media, public relations, journalism

  • AnnitaBecirevic, new media and gadgets: the [r]evolution of journalism
  • Treena Clark, Aboriginal public relations: An exploration of the balance of Aboriginal cultural competency and public relations
  • Elyse Ellgar, Bridesmaids versus brides-mates: Deconstructing the Christian wedding in Modern Australia
  • Stephanie Krawczyk, The absorptions: A study of concentrative experiences in the South Australian meditation community
  • Amy Maynard, Literary vs lurid: Examining Australian attitudes towards contemporary comic books
  • Suzanne Platt, The feminine mystique and the male gaze: The women of mad men
  • ZhiaZariko, ‘Scoped and dropped’: The form and function of ‘head canon’ in the Mass Effect fan community

International relations and politics

  • Collette Brown, Improving international disaster response mechanisms: A regional framework for coordination
  • Daniel Feher, Conceptualising political risk: A new theoretical approach
  • AbebeHabtemariam, Privatisation of public enterprises and economic development: A comparative study of Ghana and Malaysia
  • Christopher Hills, Breaking the cycle of elite corruption, poor governance and low human development in the Gulf of Guinea
  • Faith Puttman, Foreign aid, microfinance and foreign investment in Timor-Leste's state-building
  • Belinda Spagnoletti, Alleviating energy poverty in Asia: Opportunities for development and commerce

Linguistics and language and culture studies

  • Chantel Bongiovanni, Rethinking inclusivity: A narrative study on the experience of school
  • Kerrilee Lockyer, Between branding and mobility: Employees' experiences of belonging to a multinational company
  • Fiona O'Neill, French native speakers' experience of using English as a second language while working and living in Australia: A narrative study
  • Ingrid Tejada, The impact of religious identity on the social incorporation of Muslim communities in multicultural Australia

Multimedia and animation

  • Greg McInnes, Phantasms of the Cabaret du Neant
  • Steven Sadauskas, Coding backward while moving forward: Strategies for creating websites which are modern with backwards compatibility and standards of the future
  • Darryl Sellwood, Sounds of smiles: Perspectives on telecommunications access methods of people with complex communication needs
  • James Wilson, Seeing is remembering: Using high quality production techniques and animation for education
  • Chun Sze Wong, "A walking stomach": An investigation of the significance of sound in animation

Performing arts and film

  • Corinna Di Niro, isize: Humping the social (in)equalities of gender with an iphoneapp!
  • Tara Falleti, Cinema of attractions: Film trailers and the moviegoing experience
  • Nicholas Martin, This is who we are…This is how we have lived: Myth, reality and the dramaturgy of the personal
  • Cameron McTernan, Making superheroes sing: A study of film music, musical theatre and superheroes
  • Jessica Monck, Tick –Tock: Original musical theatre composition and musical characterisation
  • Bronwen Murphy, What direction?: The role of the musical director in the group-devised musical theatre production Slumway (2010)
  • Alexander Plisko, The short film monologue: Producing and exploring the dramatic aesthetics of solo performance in four short films
  • Samuel Steinle, A clever man: Film as philosophy
  • Natalie Texler, 'Science adjusts its views based on what's observed': An analysis of Tim Minchin's Storm
  • Philip Van Hout, Execution: Act horror loss through sound design
  • Erin Wimshurst, "Reading between the lines": Creating verbatim theatre that explores the ways in which news media impacts on youth attitudes towards recreational drugs

Writing

  • Ayesha Aggarwal, Rewriting myth: An exploration of classical mythology in contemporary adolescent fantasy fiction
  • Denise Allen, A journey into travel writing: Similarities and differences between travel journalism and travel literature
  • Megan Alm, Reflections in the looking-glass: Examining the nature of experience as it influences awareness
  • Patrick Clarke, At the crossroads: Where fact and fiction meet
  • Zoe Lewis, Fresh Hell: The constituent elements of contemporary young adult dystopian novels and how they contribute to their popularity
  • Tina Morganella, Voices from the Grand Tour
  • Pablo Muslera, The 'Dark Lady' explored: A creative investigation of Shakespeare's sonnet sequence
  • Richard Peluso, The Path to professionalism: Developing professional writing skills in a community of practice
  • Bree Tinsley, Looking for the stars: Examining the themes of oblivion, loss and redemption in the work of John Green