title: Television characterizations of homeless people in the United Kingdom

authors: Hodgetts, Darrin

subjects: homeless

abstract: Media link events in society into meaningful plotlines for public consumption. For social issues such as homelessness this storytelling process continues until an issue is resolved or another concern takes precedence. This article investigates British Independent Television News1 (ITN) portrayals of homelessness from January 1993 to December 2002 (n= 99). News items are explored as instalments in a larger news narrative through which the public is offered engagements with homeless characters. A quantitative content analysis was used to establish the general prevalence of items throughout the year, story locations, causes and solutions offered for homelessness, and character roles. A qualitative narrative analysis was used to explore the function of these story elements in the overall patterning of the ITN story of homelessness. Of particular note was the promotion of a philanthropic approach to service delivery through the characterization of homeless people as needy victims and the maintenance of estranged relationships between the viewing public and homeless people. The significance of ITN's exclusion of homeless people from public deliberations regarding their needs is discussed in relation to the failure of this wealthy nation to resolve homelessness.

text: Television characterizations of homeless people in the United Kingdom Media link events in society into meaningful plotlines for public consumption. For social issues such as homelessness this storytelling process continues until an issue is resolved or another concern takes precedence. This article investigates British Independent Television News1 (ITN) portrayals of homelessness from January 1993 to December 2002 (n= 99). News items are explored as instalments in a larger news narrative through which the public is offered engagements with homeless characters. A quantitative content analysis was used to establish the general prevalence of items throughout the year, story locations, causes and solutions offered for homelessness, and character roles. A qualitative narrative analysis was used to explore the function of these story elements in the overall patterning of the ITN story of homelessness. Of particular note was the promotion of a philanthropic approach to service delivery through the characterization of homeless people as needy victims and the maintenance of estranged relationships between the viewing public and homeless people. The significance of ITN's exclusion of homeless people from public deliberations regarding their needs is discussed in relation to the failure of this wealthy nation to resolve homelessness.

year: 2005

title: 'We turned it into a play': Transmedial adaptations in contemporary theatre

authors: Simes, David Edward John

subjects: Adaptation

abstract: Adaptation is an ever-expanding field of study, with new trends and terms established in response to the proliferation of media. This thesis investigates how theatrical adaptation fits into emerging adaptation discourses, particularly the idea of transmediality. Although theatre is often side-lined in adaptation studies, this thesis argues that theatrical adaptation embodies various historical and contemporary adaptation trends. This thesis also contends that, in line with current understandings of media specific qualities, and media theory, adapting from any form of media to the stage is inherently transmedial. Investigating contemporary theatrical adaptation adapted from differing forms of media (novel, picturebook, comic), this thesis will highlight the processes of adaptation, in both creation, and reception. Focusing on the narrative in three adaptive stages – the original text, the script adaptation, and then the productions of that script – this thesis will highlight the key adaptation concepts utilised in three adaptations. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) forms the basis of Simon Stephens’ play of the same name (2012), which in turn resulted in productions directed by Marianne Elliott and Sara Brodie. Kit Williams’ picturebook Masquerade (1979) is expanded and reworked by Kate Mulvany in her play Masquerade (2015), which was given life on the stage in a production directed by Lee Lewis and Sam Armstrong. Mulvany interweaves song into her script, and this awareness of the musicality of theatre is amplified in Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori’s libretto Fun Home (2015), an adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006). By considering the play text, and each individual production, as an adaptation in its own right, the research presented here aims to foreground the place of theatrical adaptation in adaptation studies.

text: 'We turned it into a play': Transmedial adaptations in contemporary theatre Adaptation is an ever-expanding field of study, with new trends and terms established in response to the proliferation of media. This thesis investigates how theatrical adaptation fits into emerging adaptation discourses, particularly the idea of transmediality. Although theatre is often side-lined in adaptation studies, this thesis argues that theatrical adaptation embodies various historical and contemporary adaptation trends. This thesis also contends that, in line with current understandings of media specific qualities, and media theory, adapting from any form of media to the stage is inherently transmedial. Investigating contemporary theatrical adaptation adapted from differing forms of media (novel, picturebook, comic), this thesis will highlight the processes of adaptation, in both creation, and reception. Focusing on the narrative in three adaptive stages – the original text, the script adaptation, and then the productions of that script – this thesis will highlight the key adaptation concepts utilised in three adaptations. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) forms the basis of Simon Stephens’ play of the same name (2012), which in turn resulted in productions directed by Marianne Elliott and Sara Brodie. Kit Williams’ picturebook Masquerade (1979) is expanded and reworked by Kate Mulvany in her play Masquerade (2015), which was given life on the stage in a production directed by Lee Lewis and Sam Armstrong. Mulvany interweaves song into her script, and this awareness of the musicality of theatre is amplified in Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori’s libretto Fun Home (2015), an adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006). By considering the play text, and each individual production, as an adaptation in its own right, the research presented here aims to foreground the place of theatrical adaptation in adaptation studies.

year: 2022

title: Te matakite - Te kupu whakaari

authors: Temara, Pou

subjects: Matakite

abstract: Ko te whāinga o tēnei tuhinga poto he matapaki i te matakite me te kupu whakaari, arā, he whakatakoto i tētahi tūāpapa kōrero e mārama ai te kaipānui ki te tikanga o ēnei kaupapa e rua e ai ki tā te Māori i matapaki ai. Otirā, he kōrero tā ngā iwi katoa o te ao mō te matakite me te kupu whakaari, kai tēnā iwi tāna kōrero, kai tēnā iwi tāna. Kāore tēnei tuhinga e rere ki te whakamārama i ā ētahi kōrero, engari mau tonu ki te ao Māori. Mēnā ka whakahua i ngā whakamārama a ētahi atu iwi, e whai ana kia mārama ai te tauira ki tā te Māori i kōrero ai.

text: Te matakite - Te kupu whakaari Ko te whāinga o tēnei tuhinga poto he matapaki i te matakite me te kupu whakaari, arā, he whakatakoto i tētahi tūāpapa kōrero e mārama ai te kaipānui ki te tikanga o ēnei kaupapa e rua e ai ki tā te Māori i matapaki ai. Otirā, he kōrero tā ngā iwi katoa o te ao mō te matakite me te kupu whakaari, kai tēnā iwi tāna kōrero, kai tēnā iwi tāna. Kāore tēnei tuhinga e rere ki te whakamārama i ā ētahi kōrero, engari mau tonu ki te ao Māori. Mēnā ka whakahua i ngā whakamārama a ētahi atu iwi, e whai ana kia mārama ai te tauira ki tā te Māori i kōrero ai.

year: 2016