Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in AustraliaExamines the state of current affairs television in Australia today by pondering its future, while drawing lessons from the past. The book questions the social and political value of what we now think of as current affairs journalism. Underpinning this approach is the conviction that TV current affairs serves functions which are important to a civilized democracy. |
Contents
the case of This Day Tonight | 28 |
the trade between news | 70 |
bias balance and budgets | 95 |
Seven Why does current affairs television matter? | 149 |
References | 162 |
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Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia Graeme Turner No preview available - 2005 |
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Popular passages
Page 167 - What have you done for us lately?: public service broadcasting and its audiences" in M. Bromley (ed.), No News is Bad News: Radio, Television and the Public, Harlow: Longman, pp. 210-18. Ferguson, P. (2003) "Our busiest soldiers," The Australian Business (June 21), p.
References to this book
Restyling Factual TV: Audiences and News, Documentary and Reality Genres Annette Hill No preview available - 2007 |