…so what is it about?

As I am studying Cultural Studies back in Germany, one of the reasons why I chose Australia for further studies was so I could learn about the Australian national identity. All national identities are constructions (or inventions, as Richard White would say), but I think Australia is a particularly interesting example: The development of the national identity happened very rapid, like in fast motion, in a rather isolated area, and the media (mainly TV and movies, but also newspapers, radio…) played a very important role in that creation. In this blog, I will try to find 25 links about how the Australian national identity was constructed in and through the media, how it was built up in the beginning as well as how it is continuously recreated in the media now.