Andrea Waling from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society at La Trobe University unpacks the historically and culturally specific versions of Australian masculinity constructed by the iconic Paul Hogan persona and in the long-running television show "Blokesworld". Andrea's recently published book is entitled "White Masculinity in Contemporary Australia: The Good Ol’ Aussie Bloke".

Is the right to the freedom of political communication under threat in Australia?

This show casts a critical eye on the myriad ways in which we communicate with each other in our increasingly interconnected, multi-media platform world. Each week we mix down the who, the what, the where, and the how of particular communication events, messages, trends and technologies, and then consider: what impacts and what consequences?