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OverviewExamines 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 civilised democracy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Graeme TurnerPublisher: UNSW Press Imprint: UNSW Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.310kg ISBN: 9780868408644ISBN 10: 0868408646 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 01 July 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Preface; 1 Television current affairs: does it have a future?; 2 Popularising politics: the case of This Day Tonight; 3 From trivial pursuits to predatory practices: 'tabloidisation' and television current affairs; 4 Shifting genres: the trade between news and entertainment; 5 Bullying the ABC: bias, balance and budgets; 6 Other sources of news and current affairs: pay TV and the Internet; 7 Why does television current affairs programming matter?; References; Index.Reviews'Journalists don't pay a lot of attention to our own history. I don't hear a lot of debate within the industry about the survival of television journalism, so am grateful for this important contribution. Graeme Turner describes the cyclical regeneration of television current affairs as more by accident than design. As a journalist I typically look forward to the next accident.' - Chris Masters, ABC investigative journalist Author InformationGraeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. He is one of the founding figures of media and cultural studies in Australia and internationally. He has published on film, television, literature, radio and Australian popular culture and is currently working on a study of talkback radio. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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