Date of Award
1-1-1999
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Arts (Media Studies)
Faculty
Faculty of Communications, Health and Science
First Supervisor
Dr Alan McKee
Abstract
The X-Files is a television program that first screened on Australian television in 1993. This thesis will investigate the role of The X-Files as a cultural text. The X-Files is a significant program, and has contributed to a shift in the way in which television texts represent ideas about society, knowledge and truth. This thesis argues that The X-Files presents ‘knowledge’ in particular ways, and makes it possible to think about the relationship between the body, knowledge, and society in ways which have not previously been so visible.
Recommended Citation
McRae, L. (1999). Aliens, bodies and conspiracies: Regimes of truth in The X-files. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1247