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book		Australian radio listeners and television viewers : historical perspectives / Bridget Griffen-Foley Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Call No: 41(94) GRI Author: Griffen-Foley, Bridget Source: SZ Place: Cham, Switzerland Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan PubDate: 2020 PhysDes: xiii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Series: Palgrave studies in the history of the media Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; RADIO AND TV. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION; CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; FANS; RATINGS FOR TV AUSTRALIA; RATINGS. AUSTRALIA; DATING SHOWS; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR. AUSTRALIA Summary: This lively and accessible book charts how Australian audiences have engaged with radio and television since the 1920s. Ranging across both the commercial and public service broadcasting sectors, it recovers and explores the lived experiences of a wide cross-section of Australian listeners and viewers. Offering new perspectives on how audiences have responded to broadcast content, and how radio and television stations have been part of the lives of Australians, over the past one hundred years, this book invites us into the dynamic world created for children by the radio industry, traces the operations of radio and television clubs across Australia, and uncovers the workings of the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s viewers’ advisory committees. It also opens up the fan mail received by Australian broadcasting stations and personalities, delves into the complaints les of regulators, and teases out the role of participants and studio audiences in popular matchmaking programs -- publisher's website Notes: Includes bibliographies and index ISBN: 9783030546366 Contents: Introduction -- Aunties, Uncles and Argonauts -- The Fan Mail Trail -- Public Affairs On-Air -- Club Loyalty -- Viewing Television by Committee -- Talking Back -- Outrage and Complaint -- Matchmaking -- Conclusion More info
book		Child's Play : issues in Australian Children's Television 2013 2013. Call No: 410-053.2(94) CHI CorpAuthor: Screen Australia Source: AT PubDate: 2013 PhysDes: ca. 150 p. : ill. ; 30cm Subject: AUDIENCE RECEPTION; AUDIENCES; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND TV; CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN, EFFECTS OF TV ON; CHILDREN, EFFECTS OF TV ON. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR. AUSTRALIA; PROGRAMME CONTENT; PROGRAMME CONTENT. AUSTRALIA; PROGRAMMING. AUSTRALIA; FINANCING; FINANCING. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION, TV. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA Summary: 'Screen Australia and the Australian Children's Television Foundation have undertaken this project to increase understanding of how children engage with screen content, and the unique challenges involved in financing, producing and scheduling childrens' programs in today's rapidly evolving media landscape. The project draws together previously availalable data and insights from new research, building on issues raised in the Screen Australia publications Beyond the Box Office, What to watch? and Convergence 2011: Australian Content State of Play." -- Introduction Notes: This report is a summary of three briefing papers which can be accessed at www.screenaustralia.gov.au/childsplay ISBN: 9781920998257 Contents: -- introduction -- key findings -- focus 1: the audience -- child audience attitudes and behaviours: What's On survey -- viewing patterns: ratings analysis -- focus 2: the broadcasters -- broadcaster programming strategies: schedule analysis -- on-air promotion of children's programs: Program breaks analysis -- focus 3: the producers -- Financing and production of children's content: Data from Screen Australia's Drama Report -- Challenges and opportunities for producers: Producers' survey -- conclusion -- appendicies -- appendix A: Children's Television Standards (CTS) -- appendix B: International context -- More info
subject clippings file		CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA More info
journal article		Inside a magic factory in Lumiere (September, 1972) iss.16 p.32-34 Author: Ellis, Rennie PhysDes: Article Subject: CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; STITT, ALEX; WEATHERHEAD, BRUCE Summary: Article about the Jigsaw Factory, an educational and play space for children created by designers Bruce Weatherhead and Alex Stitt More info
book		Second annual John Grierson lecture : children's television - the past, the present and the future / delivered by Patricia Edgar East Melbourne: Victorian Documentary Film Council, State Film Centre of Victoria Council, [1979]. Call No: 722-053.2(94) EDG Author: Edgar, Patricia Source: AT Place: East Melbourne Publisher: Victorian Documentary Film Council; State Film Centre of Victoria Council PubDate: [1979] PhysDes: 23 pages : black and white photographs ; 30 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL; CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND THE MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; LEGISLATION FOR CHILDREN. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; EDGAR, PATRICIA; GRIERSON, JOHN Summary: "Children's television, which at this time is perhaps the most contentious television issue in Australia, has attracted concern and comment from all sections of the community. In this the International Year of the Child, it is fitting that this Lecture will explore a part of the child's world." - INTRODUCTION Notes: A lecture delivered by Patricia Edgar B.A. B.Ed, M.A. Ph.D. at the State Film Centre, November 15 1979, at the invitation of the Victorian Documentary Film Council -- previously owned by Film Victoria More info

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