By Kim on August 9, 2010
I remarked earlier today that Labor has obviously adopted a communications strategy designed, in part, to short circuit the media focus on “distractions” and polls, and to bypass the circus taking place somewhere in Sideshow Alley, where Mark Latham lurks. [...]
Posted in Activism, blogosphere, federal election 2010, Media, Sociology, The Web | Tagged #ausvotes, abc news 24, Annabel Crabb, bernard keane, blogosphere, distractions, Federal Election 2010, GrogsGamut, james massola, journalism, journalists, Julia Gillard, mark latham, narrative, Pavlov's Cat, Policy, press conference, press pack, Q&A, Qanda, Rooty Hill RSL, roundtable, sideshow, twitter |
By Mark Bahnisch on July 21, 2010
One day it would be interesting to research whether Paul Kelly was the first to proclaim the importance of the ‘narrative’ in Australian politics. Certainly, it’s been his leitmotif. And central to his two door-stopping tomes on recent political history [...]
Posted in Environment, federal election 2010, Government, Immigration, Politics, Sociology | Tagged australian settlement, business, Federal Election 2010, ideology, Immigration, Industrial Relations, IR, narrative, neo-liberalism, Paul Kelly, Peter Van Onselen, population, Tony Abbott, workplace relations |
By Mark Bahnisch on June 5, 2010
Much more is at stake in the noise around the RSPT than whether the mining industry ends up paying more tax. A whole host of serious public issues entwined with the proposal – including but not limited to the adequacy [...]
Posted in Media, Policy, Politics | Tagged company tax, Henry review, infrastructure, institutions, Media, Miners, narrative, political debate, public sphere, regional economy, resources super profits tax, rspt, shaun carney, superannuation, tax, the drum, tim dunlop, two speed economy |
By Mark Bahnisch on May 17, 2010
The most interesting question, for me, in the latest Essential Research poll is this one: Thinking about the Federal Budget – how much attention did you pay to this week’s Federal Budget? <img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/files/2010/05/budgetattention1.png" This is for one of the [...]
Posted in Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged budget 2010, Essential Research, Media, narrative, polling, public opinion |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 18, 2009
I referred in an earlier post to Paul Kelly’s style of commentary – a mix of oracular pronouncement and portentous ponderings about the primacy of narrative. I actually read his March of Patriots a while back, and planned to review [...]
Posted in Australiana, History, Howardia, Media, Politics, Sociology | Tagged Book review, Guy Rundle, History, Insiders, John Howard, march of history, narrative, Nationalism, Paul Keating, Paul Kelly, political history, reform, Sociology |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 17, 2009
It would be interesting to study the role of the economics editor. In Australia, at least, those papers and media outlets which employ such a person appear to see the role as enforcing the BCA line on liberal economics, even [...]
Posted in Advertising, Culture, Economics, Markets, Media, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Andrew Charlton, BCA, commentariat, confession, Culture, cyber-utopianism, discourse, economic policy, economics journalism, ideology, Kevin Rudd, March of Patriots, marketing, Michael Sutchbury, michel foucault, Monthly Essay, narrative, narratology, neo-liberalism, Paul Kelly, policy narrative, productivity commission, reason, Rudd government, Sociology, therapeutic cultures, truth |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 19, 2009
The Australian is running a series on defining the left (!), kicking off with a contribution today by Tim Soutphommasane. Soutphommasane is apparently the go to person at the moment for all things social democratic, having written a book arguing [...]
Posted in Culture, Media, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology | Tagged agency, ALP, Amartya Sen, canon, capabilities, Culture Wars, Demos, egalitarianism, electoral politics, History, ideology, internationalism, Kevin Rudd, Labor, labourism, left, Lenin, mateship, narrative, Nationalism, New Labour, patriotism, Paul Kelly, political culture, political identity, political philosophy, political theory, Politics, Rudd government, social democracy, social inclusion, social justice, socialism without doctrines, Sociology, The Australian, Tim Soutphommasane, values, What's Left |
By tigtog on August 30, 2008
Bene mentioned last night a desire for some commentary on the cynically timed announcement of McCain’s running partner as Sarah Palin, so here goes: here’s a short bit from the LA Times, who sums her up as a risky choice [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, Sociology, USA | Tagged biden, bloggers, core issues, dems, doubts, heaps, hyped, inexperience, la times, majorities, mccain campaign, million years, narrative, presidential campaigns, republican base, resentment, risky choice, sarah palin, tv debates, veep |
By Kim on August 28, 2008
Kevin Rudd’s address to the National Press Club yesterday (you can read it here) was notable as much for what he didn’t say as for what he did. I’d be very surprised indeed if the expectation that he would spell [...]
Posted in Education, Media, Politics | Tagged AEU, ALP, Bill Clinton, education revolution, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Labor, league tables, media narrative, narrative, national press club, National Press Club address, performance pay, political narrative, schooling, teachers unions |
Time is not on their side
By Kim on August 27, 2010
I’ve been thinking a bit about the News Limited campaign for a new election, or an immediate coronation of Tony Abbott as rightful PM (see Tim Dunlop). It continues today, of course, with Treasury being labeled as a Labor front, [...]
Posted in federal election 2010, Media | Tagged commentariat, Federal Election 2010, hung parliament, Media, narrative | 63 Responses