Annotated Bibliography

Rocamora, A. (2012). Hypertextuality and Remediation in the Fashion Media. Journalism Practice, (6)1 92-106. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2011.622914. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2011.622914

The author, Agnès Rocamora, is a senior researcher and lecturer at the University of the Arts in London. She is the author of several publications and papers, including Fashioning the City: Paris, Fashion and the Media, and brings several years of knowledge and experience in the area of fashion writing to this article. In this article Rocamora explores fashion blogs, a new media form of fashion writing, and its hypertextuality and remediation. Rocamora starts off with a discussion of the history of the study of fashion media, citing several works in her explanation. She discusses the trends that fashion media has followed, and also the rise of the fashion blog. The article then analyses fashion blogs in terms of their hypertextuality, rhizome, decentredness and remediation, and the changing face of fashion reporting with the rise of blogging. Racomora also analyses the effect of fashion blogs on traditional forms of fashion writing, such as magazines. The article argues that new media cannot completely replace old media: rather, the two forms afford themselves to different styles of writing, and are often consumed by readers simultaneously. She continuously cites both other articles and blogs throughout her work, further strengthening the validity of the article.

Cowan, J. (Writer). (2012, May 10). Obama Reveals Support for Gay Marriage. [Television broadcast]. Retrieved from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-10/obama-reveals-support-for-gay-marriage/4002288

The author, Jane Cowan, is a correspondent for the ABC in Washington, and has years of experience in the field of journalism, winning several awards. The newscast gives a comprehensive look at president Barrack Obama’s announcement of his support of gay marriage, with Cowan citing quotes from Obama’s speech when explaining the event. The newscast then suggests the possible effects this speech will have, both within the party and its effect on voters. Cowan provides insight to the possible political ramifications of Obama’s speech, citing several state’s laws for or against gay marriage and national opinion polls in support of her analysis of how the announcement will affect voting.  Cowan argues that the announcement will energize voters, but that it could either swing for or against Obama’s favour. In addition to this, Vice-president Joe Biden’s comment that he is comfortable with gay marriage is also referenced to, as well as several other political events, in explaining Obama’s decision behind the announcement. This newscast provides a broad overview of the story, and some brief analysis of its ramifications. It does not, however, provide detailed analysis, as is seen in the coverage of the story by some other media forms.

Norington, B. (2012, May 17). Barack Obama's same-sex nod splits black vote. The Australian. Retrieved from http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/barack-obamas-same-sex-nod-splits-black-vote/story-e6frg6so-1226358103894

Norington is a foreign correspondent for the Courier Mail in Washington, and is also the author of several books. Norington provides an analysis on the effect Obama’s announcement will have on African-American voters. He cites national opinion polls showing that African Americans tend to support traditional ideas of marriage more, and also references the statements of numerous African-American preachers. The article argues that Obama’s announcement could have a detrimental effect on voting numbers for him, as he relied heavily on the votes of African-Americans last election, with Norington citing statistics from last year’s voting polls in making his judgement. The article, instead of providing an overview of the announcement and a brief political analysis, as was seen on the ABC’s television broadcast provides analysis that is much more in depth, and is focused on one specific group, rather than a broad category. This newspaper article, therefore, provides much more in depth analysis of the story than was seen in the television broadcast, making it ideal for going deeper into the issue and gaining a better understanding.

Horn, E. (producer), & Gladstone, B. (presenter). (2011, May 11). Reaction to Obama’s support of Gay Marriage [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/may/11/reaction-obamas-support-gay-marriage/transcript/

The presenter, Brooke Gladstone, is a journalist and media analyst, and is considered to be an expert on press trends. Rather than focusing solely on analysing the event, Brooke choses to analyse the event in light of the media’s reaction to it. She provides insight to differing angles of media coverage that was given by several news networks. She cites articles written by Fox News, MSNNC’s Morning Joe and Newsbusters. She uses her expertise in the area of press trends to analyse the different angles these news outlets took on the event, from Fox News’ decidedly conservative stance to Morning Joe’s more liberal one. She also cites a number of other journalists and analysts when giving her analysis. Overall, Gladstone gives both coverage of the event and the reaction to it as seen through the media. This podcast, unlike coverage of this event in other media forms, chooses to look at it from a different angle, namely press trends, rather than providing the straight news facts. This media form gives itself to this kind of reporting, as it is likely that at the time of publishing, other media forms had already covered the happenings of the event. To provide relevant news, therefore, this news form must take its analysis further.