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Articles by Monika Bednarek
Representing Australia’s Aboriginal languages in fictional television
ABSTRACT This article focuses on the representation of Australian Aboriginal languages in fictional television series, using ‘textual tracing’ to analyse their treatment across screenplays/scripts, dialogue, English subtitles/closed captions, and post-production scripts. The data consists of recent ‘mainstream’ series that cater to mixed audiences on Australian public broadcasters (ABC, SBS).
Aboriginal English, culture, racism and colonization: Television dialogue as a means of creating and enhancing visibility
ABSTRACT This article offers a linguistic perspective on Australian television series that include significant involvement by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander screen creatives, and that centre on Aboriginal characters. We analyze transcripts from 16 television series from 2012 to 2021, which come from both comedy and drama genres.
Weight Stigma: Towards a Language-Informed Analytical Framework
Weight Stigma: Towards a Language-Informed Analytical Framework Monika Bednarek [1] ; Carly Bray [1] ; Darya P Vanichkina [1] ; Gavin Brookes [2] ; Catriona Bonfiglioli [3] ; Tara Coltman-Patel [1] ; Kelvin Lee [1] ; Paul Baker [2] [1] The University of Sydney, Australia [2] Lancaster University, UK [3] University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Localización: Applied linguistics, ISSN 0142-6001, Vol. 45, Nº 3, 2024, págs. 424-448 Idioma: inglés Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
Reporting obesity responsibly - a review of English-language media guidelines
Description Weight stigma is a global problem and has been shown to have a range of negative impacts on the psychological and physical health of individuals who live with obesity. Stigmatising representations of people with obesity in the media are of particular concern. A number of organisations within and beyond the Australian context have published guidelines identifying stigmatising reporting practices and proposing non-stigmatising alternatives.
Invisible or high-risk: Computer-assisted discourse analysis of references to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people(s) and issues in a newspaper corpus about diabetes
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Monika Bednarek Monika Bednarek Published: June 11, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234486 Figures Abstract This article employs computer-assisted methods to analyse references to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people(s) and issues in a newspaper corpus about diabetes. The objectives are to identify both the frequency and quality of social representation.
SIGNED FIRST EDITION - The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book - NEIL GAIMAN
Foyles Notes SIGNED FIRST EDITION Synopsis Neil Gaiman's glorious reinvention of the iconic bestseller Good Omens is adapted from the internationally beloved novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman and is soon to be a massive new TV launch on Amazon Prime Video and the BBC. The series is written and show-run by Neil himself and stars David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Jon Hamm and Miranda Richardson, to name but a few.
Rethinking news values: What a discursive approach can tell us about the construction of news discourse and news photography
The study of news values/factors has a long and rich history in journalism and communications research. Conceptually, they encompass not only the newsworthy aspects of happenings or news actors but also external aspects that impact journalism practice, such as the influence of proprietors or advertisers, meeting deadlines or competition among news providers to get exclusive stories.
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