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9780868408644

Ending the Affair The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780868408644

  • ISBN10:

    0868408646

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-07-01
  • Publisher: University of New South Wales Press

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Summary

Examines 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.

Author Biography

Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
Preface viii
One Television current affairs: does it have a future? 1(27)
Two Popularising politics: the case of This Day Tonight 28(21)
Three From trivial pursuits to predatory practices: 'tabloidisation' and television current affairs 49(21)
Four Shifting genres: the trade between news and entertainment 70(25)
Five Bullying the ABC: bias, balance and budgets 95(28)
Six Other sources of news and current affairs: pay TV and the Internet 123(26)
Seven Why does current affairs television matter? 149(13)
References 162(6)
Index 168

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