Browsing Doctoral Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Theunissen, Petra"
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The more you know, the more you see: M-learning of visual literacy skills
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Changing technology has created new demands on how people communicate, with the average person now needing to communicate more visually to fully participate in the contemporary world. This has prompted renewed interest in ... -
Towards a public-organization conversational framework of reputational influence: a grounded theory study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Reputation is posited as a narrative and communicative construct that is developed through conversations with publics (Aula, 2011) and among publics (Mahon, 2002; Mahon & Wartick, 2003). However, to date research in the ... -
Transhumanist Visuality: a Critical Iconology of the Technohuman Condition
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The dream of human perfection, protection and immortality is possibly as old as humanity itself. Creative works of fiction that imagine eternal life have been traced back over four thousand years to the epic of Gilgamesh ... -
Whose News? Investigating Power Relations Between Journalists and Public Relations Practitioners
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The interactions between journalists and public relations practitioners directly and indirectly influence the news that citizens consume. In fact, this thesis finds the interdependence between public relations and journalism ...