Dr Sue Tait

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 6322
Office: Locke Building (English) 614

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Fields of Research

• The mediation of war, atrocity and suffering
• The ethics of spectatorship on violence and suffering
• Western media representations of conflicts in Africa
• The relationship between Hollywood and the military
• The changing aesthetics of cinematic war
• Celebrity diplomacy and global citizenship

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Researcher Summary

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Subject Area: Disciplines

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Future Research

• Bearing witness to humanitarian crises in Congo (DRC)
• Mediating madness
• Celebrity advocacy and conflict diamonds

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Key Methodologies

• Ethnography
• Textual analysis

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Publications

• Tait, S. (2011) Bearing witness, journalism and moral responsibility. Media, Culture & Society 33(8): 1220-1235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0163443711422460. (Journal Article)

• Tait, S. (2011) Consuming Ethics: Conflict Diamonds, the Entertainment Industry and Celebrity Activism. In L. Tsaliki, C.A. Frangonikolopoulos and A. Huliaras (Ed.), Transnational Celebrity Activism in Global Politics: 157-174. Bristol: Intellect. (Chapter in Book)

• Tait, S. (2011) Nicholas Kristof and the Intersections of Journalism, Humanitarianism and Celebrity. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association 2011 Conference (ANZCA), 6-8 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Tait, S. (2011) Susie Linfield, The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010; 344pp. Media, War and Conflict 4(3): 303-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750635211420632. Book Review. (Other)

• Tait, S. (2011) Television and the Domestication of Cosmetic Surgery. In G. Dines and J.M. Humez (Ed.), Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader (3rd ed.): 509-518. Thousand Oaks: Sage. (Chapter in Book)

• Tait, S. (2011) The impossibilities of witnessing mania. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association 2011 Conference (ANZCA), 6-8 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Tait, S. (2010) The impact of assessment under the Mental Health Act: A consumer and family perspective. Christchurch, New Zealand: Mental Health Law Conference, 5 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Tait, S. (2009) Visualising Technologies and the Ethics and Aesthetics of Screening Death. Science as Culture 18(3): 333-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09505430903123016. (Journal Article)

• Tait, S. (2009) Witnessing, celebrity, and globally-oriented citizenship. Brisbane, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference 2009 (ANZAC 09), 8-10 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Tait, S. (2008) Pornographies of Violence? Internet Spectatorship on Body Horror. Critical Studies in Media Communication 25(1): 91-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295030701851148. (Journal Article)

• Tait, S. (2007) Television and the Domestication of Cosmetic Surgery. Feminist Media Studies 7(2): 119-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680770701287076. (Journal Article)

• Tait, S. (2006) Autoptic Vision and the Necrophilic Imaginary in CSI. International Journal of Cultural Studies 9(1): 45-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877906061164. (Journal Article)

• Tait, S. (2000) Making News at Pakaitore: A Multi-Sighted Ethnography. PhD, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. University of Otago.. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)

• Tait, S. (1999) Advertising, Cultural Criticism and Mythologies of the Male Body. In R. Law, H. Campbell and J. Dolan (Ed.), Masculinities in Aotearoa/New Zealand: pp. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. (Chapter in Book)

• Tait, S. (1998) Imaging Native Bodies as (Post) Colonial Commodity. Wellington, New Zealand: Pacific Spaces/Global Marketplaces: Cultural Studies in Pacific Contexts, Jul 1998. (Conference Contribution - Other)

• Tait, S. (1998) Visual Authority. Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Anthropology Conference, Nov 1998. (Conference Contribution - Other)