Graeme Turner

Graeme Turner is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. He is one of the founding figures in media and cultural studies in Australia and a leading figure internationally. He has been writing books about Australian media, culture and society for many years, with a continuing focus on the idea of the nation. He has published thirty books, including Making it National (1994), Ending the Affair: The decline of Australian television news and current affairs (2005), Reinventing the Media (2016) and John Farnham's Whispering Jack (2021). His most recent book is The Shrinking Nation: How we got here and what can be done about it.