Some examples of recent Honours theses in MHAR
Communication, cultural studies, media, public relations, journalism
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Annita Becirevic, 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
Zhia Zariko, ‘Scoped and dropped’: The form and function of ‘head canon’ in the Mass Effect
fan community
International relations and politics
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Collette Brown, Improving international disaster response mechanisms: A regional
framework for coordination
Daniel Feher, Conceptualising political risk: A new theoretical approach
Abebe Habtemariam, 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 statebuilding
Belinda Spagnoletti, Alleviating energy poverty in Asia: Opportunities for development and
commerce
Linguistics and language and culture studies
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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
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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
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Corinna Di Niro, isize: Humping the social (in)equalities of gender with an iphone app!
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
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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