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book		20 years from the waist up : tales of a TV news anchor / by Richard Morecroft Sydney: HarperCollins, 2002. Call No: 81MOR MOR Author: Morecroft, Richard Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: HarperCollins PubDate: 2002 PhysDes: 285 p., [16]p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm Subject: AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PRESENTERS. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; MORECROFT, RICHARD Summary: "Richard Morecroft is a familiar face in Australian homes... from the waist up! Now, in this collection of amusing anecdotes and surprising stories, Richard reveals the lighter side of life for a serious broadcaster. Why does our favourite news anchor have his own halo? Does a baby bat in his shirt help him read the headlines? And what's the worst mistake he's ever made on air? Then there are times when the public and private collide. Beaming into thousands of homes each night guarantees familiarity, but sometimes Richard gets more than he bargains for. Like being hugged and kissed in a lift by a complete stranger...Like being stalked in a car park by senior citizens...Like being accused of having a secret facelift... Richard Morecroft has been the face of ABC television news for almost two decades. In addition to his familiar nightly news role, he has fronted current affairs and business programs, anchored election broadcasts, written and narrated wildlife and other documentaries, and hosted a range of educational producations. ... and what does he wear under the newsdesk?" -- BOOK BLURB ISBN: 0732275105 Contents: -- a bit below the belt -- foot in mouth disease -- a little nip and tuck -- the voice of god -- 'is that a flying fox in your pocket...?' -- the ties that blind -- 'im sorry, ill read that again -- getting on famously -- weather...or not -- sound system -- '...and it's good night from him' -- to sleep, perchance to...aargh! -- media exposure -- but I want to be a lion tamer! -- centrefolds and a cold shower -- animal antics -- write off! -- early daze -- twilight zone -- clive hale's eyebrow -- stage fright -- the truth, the whole truth... -- and that's the news to this minute -- richard's bio in brief -- More info
book		American history, American television : interpreting the video past / edited by John E. O'Connor ; foreword by Erik Barnouw New York: Ungar, c1983. Call No: 45:93 OCO Author: O'Connor, John E Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Ungar PubDate: c1983 PhysDes: xliii, 420 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Series: Ungar film library Subject: HISTORY AND TV.USA; ALLEN, ROBERT; AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1951-53); ETHNIC GROUPS AND TV; BRIAN'S SONG (US, Buzz Kulik, 1971); BUSH [GEORGE SNR.] ON TV; COLD WAR ON TV; COMEDY PROGRAMMES. USA; COMMERCIALS.TV.USA; KENNEDY FAMILY ON TV; MARTY (US, Delbert Mann, 1954); MILTON BERLE SHOW, THE (US, 1954-56); NEWS PROGRAMMES.USA; NIXON [RICHARD M.] ON TV; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES ON TV.USA; POLITICS AND TV. USA; ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977); SEE IT NOW [TV] (US, 1951-58); SOAP OPERAS. USA; YOU ARE THERE [TV] (US, Sydney Lumet, 1953-55) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 395-405 ISBN: 0804426686 : $13.50; 0804466211 (pbk.) : $7.95 LON: 2795583 More info
book		Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business / Neil Postman London: Methuen, 1987. Call No: 408 POS Author: Postman, Neil Place: London Publisher: Methuen PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: vii, 184 p. ; 20 cm Subject: NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV; SOCIETY AND TV; ADVERTISING; CENSORSHIP, TV; POLITICS AND TV; NEWS PROGRAMMES; SESAME STREET [TV] (US, 1969-) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [176]-178 ISBN: 0413404404 (pbk.) LON: 5420610 More info
journal article		And now, the news. in Australian Cinematographer (December 2015) iss.68 p.58 - 63 Author: Tulloh, John PhysDes: Article Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION Summary: Former head of operations for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation John Tulloh talks about Australian news cameraman and their importance to television news. More info
book		Australian content inquiry discussion paper : news and current affairs programs / Australian Broadcasting Tribunal [Sydney?]: The Tribunal, 1987. Call No: 205.2(94)(094.3)ACI AUS Source: AT Place: [Sydney?] Publisher: The Tribunal PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: 53 pages ; 30 cm Series: Discussion Paper (Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. Australian Content Inquiry) Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL Summary: Report on the "Australian Broadcasting Tribunal's Australian content standards and the position of news and current affairs in relation to these standards" as well as other issues around news and current affairs television broadcasting in Australia Notes: "October 1987" -- "This paper was prepared by a consultant, Mr. Richard Colville." More info
book		Australian media's treatment of the developing world : how does it rate? / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989. Call No: 228.7(94) AUS Author: Australian International Development Assistance Bureau Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: 60 p. ; 25 cm Series: International development issues ; no. 6 Subject: CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. AUSTRALIA; DISASTERS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; FOREIGN NEWS ON TV; JOURNALISTS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PRESENTATION; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION JOURNALISM. AUSTRALIA Summary: "The Australian media has been the target of much strident criticism with regard to the quality and quantity of its coverage of the developing world, particularly within our own region. This criticism has come from within the Australian society and from the developing world itself. This collection of essays aims to take a comprehensive look at the ways in which Australian newspapers, radio and television do cover the news and issues emanating from the Third World. Should we expect and demand better coverage or are the constraints - economic and social - within our own society too overwhelming." - FROM INTRODUCTION ISBN: 0644097280 ISSN: 0819-4815 More info
Yet to catalogue book		Australian Study Topic : television news Vic: Centre for Economic Education, 1985. Place: Vic Publisher: Centre for Economic Education PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 11 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm Series: Australian Study Topic Series Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES ISSN: 0949219002 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		The Australian TV book / edited by Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2000. Call No: 71(94) TUR Author: Cunningham, Stuart; Turner, Graeme Source: AT Place: St. Leonards, N.S.W. Publisher: Allen & Unwin PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: x, 243 p. ; 23 cm Subject: TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA; PUBLIC BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL TV. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION; SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE; ADVERTISING. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; NINE NETWORK; PAY TV. AUSTRALIA; SPORT ON TV. AUSTRALIA; NETWORK TEN; FRONTLINE [TV] (AT, 1994- ); SEACHANGE [TV] (AT, 1998-) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 213-227 ISBN: 1865080144 : $35.00 LON: 21494182 More info
book		The camera never blinks : adventures of a TV journalist / Dan Rather; with Mickey Herskowitz New York: William Morrow & Co., 1977. Call No: 81RAT RAT Author: Rather, Dan; Herskowitz, Mickey Source: US Place: New York Publisher: William Morrow & Co. PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 320 p. ; 25 cm Subject: MEDIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES.USA; RATHER, DAN; CRONKITE, WALTER; SEVAREID, ERIC; WALLACE, MIKE; WALTERS, BARBARA; REASONER, HARRY; BRINKLEY, DAVID; CHANCELLOR, JOHN; NIXON [RICHARD M.] ON TV; JOHNSON, LYNDON ISBN: 0688031846 More info
newspaper article		Chequebook justice in The Australian (22/04/2016) p.11 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; [SIXTY] 60 MINUTES (AT, 1979-) Author: Lyons, John PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: JOURNALISTS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION JOURNALISM. AUSTRALIA; [SIXTY] 60 MINUTES (AT, 1979-) Summary: Detailed report into SIXTY MINUTES and their involvement with the botched abduction of two children in Lebanon. Lengthy discussion of ethics of journalism and the practice of 'chequebook journalism' in Australian television More info
book		The CNN effect : The myth of news, foreign policy and intervention / Piers Robinson London: Routledge, 2002. Call No: 762.15 ROB Author: Robinson, Piers Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 2002 PhysDes: xi, 177 p. ; 24 cm Subject: TELEVISION JOURNALISM; NEWS PROGRAMMES; NEWS PROGRAMMES.USA; FOREIGN NEWS ON TV; WAR ON TV; POLITICS AND TV; STATE AND TV; WAR AND TV; CURRENT AFFAIRS ON TV; CNN; CBS; IRAQ; SOMALIA; BOSNIA; KOSOVO; RWANDA; NEW YORK TIMES; WASHINGTON POST Summary: "Examines the relationship between the state and its media, and considers the role played by news reporting in a series of 'humanitarian' interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Rwanda. Piers Robinson challenges traditional views of media subservience and argues that sympathetic news coverage at key moments in foreign crises can influence the response of Western governments." Notes: Includes notes, bibliography and further reading, and index ISBN: 0415259053 More info
book		Compulsive viewing / Gerald Stone Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin, 2001. Call No: 19NIN STO Author: Stone, Gerald Source: AT Place: Ringwood, Victoria Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: 536 p., 32 p. plates : ill. ; 21 cm Subject: NINE NETWORK; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING. TV; NATIONAL CONTENT. AUSTRALIA; PACKER, KERRY ISBN: 0140298177 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
journal article		The Demonstrator, The Cop and The T.V. Crew in Lumiere (November-December 1971) iss.12 p.18-20 PhysDes: Article Subject: JOURNALISM; NEWS PROGRAMMES.; VIOLENCE ON TV Summary: Interview with writer-producer Bob Talbot on the rise of police violence toward journalists and television crews. Discusses the difference in news coverage in Australia and America. More info
journal article		Evil children : the imagery of child violence in contemporary media in Metro education (1999) iss.17/18 p.36-41 Author: Liminton, Lynette PhysDes: Article; Bibliography; Illustration(s) Subject: VIOLENCE ON TV; CHILDREN ON TV; NEWS PROGRAMMES Summary: Liminton discusses the media's exploitation of images of violent children. More info
book		Fixing the news : critical perspectives on the Australian media / edited by Keith Windschuttle and Elizabeth Windschuttle. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Cassell Australia, [1981]. Call No: 762.1(94) WIN Author: Windschuttle, Keith; Windschuttle, Elizabeth Source: AT Place: North Ryde, N.S.W. Publisher: Cassell Australia PubDate: [1981] PhysDes: 321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CONTROL BOARD Summary: "Fixing the News is a collection of articles from New Journalist, which presents evidence of bias in the press and also looks at the influence of political conservatives and at the practices of journalists themselves in perpetuating the methods used by the media. The collection includes articles dealing with the economics of the media, with audiences, and with the nature of journalists' work. And it considers the possibilities for reform" - taken from back cover. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 072699281X Contents: Part One: Who controls the media? -- Part Two: The manufactured message -- Part Three: Journalists at work -- Part Four: Audiences -- Part Five: It reform possible -- Index More info
book		Image and representation : key concepts in media studies / Nick Lacey New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Call No: 451 LAC Author: Lacey, Nick, 1961 Place: New York Publisher: St. Martin's Press PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: x, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: TYPE CHARACTERS IN FILMS; SEMIOLOGY; NEWS PROGRAMMES. UK; WESTERNS; PROPAGANDA FILMS; REALISM IN FILMS; DOCUMENTARY FILMS; MAI '68 (FRANCE); SHERMAN, CINDY; DYER, RICHARD; BLUE STEEL (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1989) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-251) and index ISBN: 031221202X (hbk. : alk. paper); 0312212038 (pbk. : alk. paper) Order Received: 2000 Order Type: Donation LON: 13463631 More info
book		The image decade : television documentary, 1965-1975 / by Charles Montgomery Hammond, Jr New York: Hastings House, c1981. Call No: 761 HAM Author: Hammond, Charles Montgomery Place: New York Publisher: Hastings House PubDate: c1981 PhysDes: 285 p. : ports. ; 25 cm Series: Communication arts books; Studies in public communication Subject: CBS; DOCUMENTARIES; KENNEDY FAMILY ON TV; NBC TELEVISION NETWORK; NEWS PROGRAMMES; NIXON [RICHARD M.] ON TV; NON-FICTION PROGRAMMES; POLITICS AND TV; SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON TV; VIETNAM WAR ON TV Summary: "During the volatile years of 1965-1975, television emerged as the single most potent medium for bringing truth to the American public. Unforgettably vivid images and thought-provoking, soul-stirring commentary came right into the living room, creating a new and exciting awareness of world events. Documentary became a form of television that could best speak the truth. The Image Decade describes the evolution of commercial network relevision news and theme documentary during those turbulent years, offering theory, criticism, history, and practical illustrations. Provocative analyses of the work of outstanding documentary producers and reporters at NBC, CBS and ABC are provided, revealing how these men and women brought the great domestic issues, scientific advances and space explorations, war stories from Vietnam, the Middle East and Northern Ireland, and the successive power struggles in Washington into the American home. Throughout this period, events both wonderful and terrible took place all over the world. Television was there to capture them, with the result that newsgathering became an essential public service offered by the networks. Television documentary took this service one step further by presenting an innovative visual manifestation of history. With its lively descriptions and informative appraisals, The Image Decade sheds a bright light on the major part television news and documentary has played in our lives." -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 267-269 ISBN: 0803834322 (pbk.); 0803834314 LON: 1892916 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:58:45 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		Inquiry into the effects of government-funded national broadcasting on Victoria / Economic Development Committee Melbourne: Economic Development Committee, 1999. Call No: 205.1(94) AUS CorpAuthor: Victoria. Parliament. Economic Development Committee Source: AT Place: Melbourne Publisher: Economic Development Committee PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: xviii, 267 p. ; 25 cm Series: Parliamentary paper (Victoria. Parliament) ; no. 49 Subject: TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION; GOVERNMENT AID. AUSTRALIA; DIGITAL BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; WILDSIDE [TV] (AT, 1997-9); NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA Summary: The report examines: The current and long-term distribution of government-funded national broadcasting resources and the effect of this distribution in Victoria; the effects on industry, including broadcasting, film and video production and mulitmedia; the effects on the arts and cultural life in Victoria including whether government-funded national broadcasters adequately service Victoria, and Melbourne, as Australia's second largest city; and the programming mix available from government-funded national broadcasters and how programming decisions are made and whether the programming which is delivered is geographically balanced. -from Terms of Reference, page vii. Notes: "Final report" ISBN: 0731152646 LON: 20167830 More info
journal article		Is Television News Real? in Lumiere (October, 1972) iss.17 p.32-33 Author: Wilton, Mary PhysDes: Article Subject: INDUSTRY, TV. USA; NEWS PRESENTATION; NEWS PROGRAMMES; VIOLENCE ON TV; SOCIOLOGY AND TV Summary: Article on American news television. Focuses heavily on the portrayal of violence in the news and the wider impact this has on American society. More info
		Looking at television news Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1988. Author: Henningham, John Place: Melbourne Publisher: Longman Cheshire PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: 247p ; bibl, index Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA Donation: Henry Mayer Collection More info
book		The looking glass world of nonfiction TV / by Elayne Rapping Boston, MA: South End Press, 1987. Call No: 762 RAP Author: Rapping, Elayne, 1938 Edition: 1st ed Place: Boston, MA Publisher: South End Press PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: 201 p. ; 23 cm Subject: NON-FICTION PROGRAMMES; NEWS PROGRAMMES; FILMS MADE FOR TV; COMMERCIALS, TV; TALK SHOWS; SERIALS; GAMES SHOWS; DOCUMENTARIES; MUSIC TELEVISION; MURROW, EDWARD R.; [SIXTY] 60 MINUTES [TV] (US, 1968-); ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977); ROBERT KENNEDY & HIS TIMES (US, Marvin J. Chomsky, 1985) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 191-198 ISBN: 0896082822; 0896082814 (pbk.) LON: 4914256 More info
book		The media : a new analysis of the press, television, radio and advertising in Australia / Keith Windschuttle Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin, 1984. Call No: 401(94) WIN Author: Windschuttle, Keith, 1942 Place: Ringwood, Vic. Publisher: Penguin PubDate: 1984 PhysDes: xi, 436 p. : ill., facsims. ; 21 cm Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS AND TV. AUSTRALIA Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0140068481 : $12.95 Aust LON: 2772766 More info
book		The media are American : Anglo-American media in the world / Jeremy Tunstall London, UK: Constable and Co., 1977. Call No: 401.1 TUN Author: Tunstall, Jeremy Source: UK Place: London, UK Publisher: Constable and Co. PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 352 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Series: Communication and Society Subject: MEDIA; JOURNALISM; NEWS PROGRAMMES.USA; NEWS PROGRAMMES.; NEWS PRESENTATION Summary: "The popular press, feature films, hit parades, and commercial TV were all invented in the USA, then imported, and copied, by all other nations. Such cheap imports expand whole national media systems, shifting emphasis from print to electronic media. And just a handful of Anglo-American news and news film agencies select the images for the whole world's perception of international political reality. The author vividly contrasts India's Hollywood-style film industry with the BBC-style All India Radio; he shows how Germany, Italy and Japan had Anglo-American media patterns imposed on them in 1945; he explains how the media of South America caricature those of the North; he describes the Soviet Union's defensive posture. But why is English the media language? How did Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa join the Anglo-American media team? What is the significance of Britain's long history of both media importing and exporting; and why did the very successful French media empire eventually collapse? The author discusses the contribution of Unesco, the CIA and EEC to American media exports. But he rejects any simple 'media imperialism' thesis. For most countries media importing is the 'least worst' solution to a continuing problem: how to have modern media without paying the enormous price of making all the maericals at home."-BOOK BLURB Notes: includes bibliographic references; includes index ISBN: 0094615101 Contents: -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: News, Entertainment, Advertising...and Imperialism? -- 1. World News: Made in USA and UK -- 2. Media imperialism? -- 3. Entertainment: Occupational and industrial structure -- 4. Immigrant dreams, export sales -- Part Two: British Commonwealth, English language... Anglo-American cartel? -- 5. Britain and the white Commonwealth -- 6. Ex-British Africa and India -- 7. English language, British invasian, Anglo-American media -- Part Three: 1945: America Media Conquest -- 8. The high tide of American Media - 1943-53 -- 9. Forced to be free: Italy, Germany and Japan -- 10. The other America -- 11. Communist nations, defensive posture -- 12. Media knowledge, professionalism and value neutrality -- 13. US government media and media policy -- Part Four: The end of Empire? -- 14. Arabs, Moslems, Middle East -- 15. France: The perils of imperialism -- 16. The media are American -- Tables -- References -- Bibliography -- Index -- More info
book		Media cultures : reappraising transnational media / edited by Michael Skovmand and Kim Christian Schrªder London New York: Routledge, 1992. Call No: 408.3 MED Author: Skovmand, Michael; Schrªder, Kim Place: London New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: viii, 222 p. ; 22 cm Subject: MEDIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND TV. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; NEWS PROGRAMMES; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; AUDIENCES; CULT FILMS; INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV; SYDICATION; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; PUBLIC BROADCASTING; GULF WAR ON TV; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; CABLE NEWS NETWORK; NORSK RIKSKRINGKASTING; BOGART, HUMPHREY; POTTER, DENNIS; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942); ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE (UK, Jim Sharman, 1975); WHEEL OF FORTUNE [TV] (US, 1975-); A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959); BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959); BREATHLESS (US, Jim McBride, 1983); PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0415063841; 041506385X (pbk.) LON: 8457888 More info
book		The media in Australia : industries, texts, audiences / edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner St Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1997. Call No: 401(94) MED Author: Cunningham, Stuart; Turner, Graeme Edition: 2nd ed Place: St Leonards, N.S.W. Publisher: Allen & Unwin PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: xviii, 490 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; PAY TV. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION, TV. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS AND TV. AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT CONTROL. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA; DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; WOMEN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; HOME VIDEO. AUSTRALIA; RATINGS. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL; COUNTRY PRACTICE, A [TV] (AT, 1981-1993, 1994); PERFECT MATCH [TV] (AT, 1984-89?) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 441-467 ISBN: 1864482737 LON: 12826003 More info
newspaper article		Murdoch's failure to launch Fox here in The Saturday Paper (7/10/2017) p.1 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; SKY NEWS Author: Seccombe, Mike PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SKY NEWS; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; NEWS CORPORATION; OWNERSHIP, TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS AND TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report looking at Sky News in Australia and how it's right wing point of view shows are fairing on Australian TV More info
book		Murrow : his life and times / A. M. Sperber New York: Freundlich, 1986. Call No: 81MUR SPE Author: Sperber, Ann M. Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Freundlich PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: xx, 795 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES.USA; MEDIA; COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM; MURROW, EDWARD R. ISBN: 0881910082 More info
newspaper article		Nationals push to protect rural local news in Sydney Morning Herald (21/01/2016) p.4 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; REGIONAL TELEVISION Author: Knott, Matthew PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION; REGIONAL TELEVISION; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA Summary: Leader of the Australian National party, Warren Truss, has requested that there be a local presence requirement for broadcasters so that regional areas are guaranteed to receive some local news. He mentions that the ABC should be doing this work as well. More info
book		The News in focus : the journalism of exception / edited by Patricia Edgar South Melbourne, Vic.: Macmillan, 1980. Call No: 278.2 NEW Author: Edgar, Patricia, 1937-, ed Place: South Melbourne, Vic. Publisher: Macmillan PubDate: 1980 PhysDes: 213p. : ill., graphs ; 22cm Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION JOURNALISTS Notes: News. Reporting. Australia (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0458074); Index; Includes bibliographical references ISBN: 0333299302 : $24.95 Aust; 0333299310 (Paperback) : $8.95 Aust; 0333299302 : 15.95 Aust; 0333299310 (Paperback) : 8.95 Aust; 0333299310 LON: 1711068 More info
book		The News Man : sixty years of television / by Mal Walden Melbourne, Vic.: Brolga Publishing, c2016. Call No: 81WAL WAL Author: Walden, Mal Source: AT Place: Melbourne, Vic. Publisher: Brolga Publishing PubDate: c2016 PhysDes: 378 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm Subject: TELEVISION; TELEVISION JOURNALISM; TELEVISION JOURNALISM. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION JOURNALISTS; NEWS PRESENTERS. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; WALDEN, MAL Summary: "The News Man is a very personal look at the public face of news by one of Australia's most well-loved and respected news presenters of our time. Mal Walden was seventeen when he applied for hs first job in media. Starting out as a country radio announcer, he went on to work in Launceston and Melbourne before making the shift to television as a news anchor for channels Seven and Ten. At age seventy he gracefully crossed the finishing line to be recognised as the longest-serving newsman on Australian television. Each year mal maintained a journal in which he recorded his many serendipitous and life-changing moments. These memories form a record of not only his life as a newsman, but of the evolution of television news." -- BOOK BACK COVER ISBN: 9781925367492 More info
book		Popular television and film : a reader / edited by Tony Bennett ... [et al.] at the Open University London: BFI Pub. in association with the Open University Press, 1981. Call No: 62 POP Author: Bennett, Tony CorpAuthor: Open University Place: London Publisher: BFI Pub. in association with the Open University Press PubDate: 1981 PhysDes: 353 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Series: Open University set book Subject: PROGRAMME GENRES; NEWS PROGRAMMES; SPORT ON TV; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975) Notes: "Film and television availability note": p. 353; Includes bibliographies and index ISBN: 0851701167 (pbk.) : ª6.25; 0851701159 (hard) : ª12.00 LON: 81165805; 2196809 More info
book		Public knowledge beyond journalism : infotainment, satire and Australian television / by Stephen Harrington Queensland: 2009. Call No: 40(94)[043] HAR Author: Harrington, Stephen Source: AT Place: Queensland PubDate: 2009 PhysDes: 355 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: AUDIENCES; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS AND TV; POLITICS AND TV. AUSTRALIA; MEDIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; JOURNALISM; JOURNALISTS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; SATIRE ON TV; TELEVISION; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING, THE [TV] (AT, Mark FitzGerald, Bradley Howard, Craig Melville, 2006); CHASER, THE [TV], (AT, 2001-); SUNRISE [TV] (AT, 2003); SUNRISE [TV] (AT, 2003-) Summary: "This thesis examines the changing relationships between television, politics, audiences and the public sphere." -- ABSTRACT Notes: Presented to the Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology.; Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 2009.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-353); Appears to be missing 17 pages from the index at the back? Contents: -- introduction -- chapter 1: politics, 'old' news, chaos and the public sphere -- chapter 2: 'new' news, 'fake' news, audiences and public knowledge -- chapter 3: research methods -- chapter 4: 'reciprocal' journalism: Sunrise, ordinariness and breakfast television -- chapter 5: Sunrise and Public knowledge: newstainment, politics and the 'televisual' sphere -- chapter 6: push it to the limits: political satire, cultural satire and The Chasers War -- Chapter 7: chasing reporters: media satire, intertextuality and public knowledge -- conclusion -- appendix a -- appendix b -- references -- acknowledgements -- More info
journal article		Shaping the news in Metro (2000) iss.121/122 p.160-163 Author: Debrett, Mary PhysDes: Book review; Bibliography; Illustration(s) Subject: TELEVISION. NEW ZEALAND; NEWS PROGRAMMES. NZ Summary: A review of 'Shaping the news', by Sue Abel. More info
book		Sign off : the last days of television / by Edwin Diamond Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. Call No: 762.1 DIA Author: Diamond, Edwin Source: US Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: vii, 273 p. ; 21 cm Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES Summary: "'Sign off' takes on network coverage of Three-Mile Island, riots in Miami, sex, the selling of politicians, the "electronic church," hyped-up news programming, and more." -- Book cover Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0262540398 Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Forms -- Part II. Cases -- Part III. Illusions of power --Part IV. Futures More info
Levy Collection book		Tabloid baby / Burt Kearns Nashville, TN: Celebrity Books, 1999. Call No: 9946 Author: Kearns, Burt Source: US Place: Nashville, TN Publisher: Celebrity Books PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: xviii, 490 p. : 24 cm Subject: NEWS PROGRAMMES.; REALITY TV; CURRENT AFFAIR, A [TV] (US, 1986- ) Notes: cover note: Out of the Babylon of reality television rises a new generation of network news. An uncensored account of the revolution that gave birth to 21st century television news broadcasting. ISBN: 1580291074 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Tele-ology : studies in television / John Hartley London New York: Routledge, 1992. Call No: 409 HAR Author: Hartley, John, 1948; O'Regan, Tom Place: London New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: x, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES; MINOGUE, KYLIE; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; NEWS PROGRAMMES. UK; CHANNEL FOUR; SEVEN NETWORK; NINE NETWORK; NETWORK TEN; CONTINUITY; INDEPENDENT TELEVISION NEWS; JENNINGS, HUMPHREY; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV; PROPAGANDA ON TV Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-240) and index ISBN: 0415068177 (hb); 0415068185 (pbk.) LON: bnb41506817; 7955177 More info
book		Tele-visions : an introduction to studying television / Glen Creeber (ed.) London: British Film Institute, 2006. Call No: 512.1 CRE CorpAuthor: BFI Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: 192 p. : 25 cm Subject: AESTHETICS; AUTHORSHIP; FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES; PROGRAMME GENRES; NON-FICTION PROGRAMMES; AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (FR/GW Louis Malle, 1987); GLOBALISATION; CONVERGENCE; NEWS PRESENTATION; NEWS PROGRAMMES; CREEBER, GLEN Summary: Tele-visions provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to television studies. Contributions by leading international scholars address all the major issues, debates, concepts and methodologies in the field. The discussion is illuminated throughout by case studies of key programmes and genres, selected reading guides and full bibliographies, combining to offer a complete picture of how television is produced, broadcast, consumed and critically examined. From textual analysis to audience studies; from TV drama to rolling news; from policy and regulation to globalization; from authorship to ideology; and from television’s histories to its futures, Tele-visions is an essential guide for anyone studying television and the media today. [Taken from back cover.] ISBN: 184457086X More info
book		Television / Michael Winship New York: Random House, c1988. Call No: 70 WIN Author: Winship, Michael Edition: 1st American ed Place: New York Publisher: Random House PubDate: c1988 PhysDes: xx, 371 p. : ill. ; 27 cm Subject: HISTORY OF TV; SITUATION COMEDY; DRAMAS; DOCUMENTARY DRAMAS; TALK SHOWS; GAMES SHOWS; NEWS PROGRAMMES; SPORT ON TV; POTTER, DENNIS; MASH [TV] (US, 1972-83); HILL STREET BLUES [TV] (US, 1980-87); L.A. LAW [TV] (US, 1986-94); MIAMI VICE [TV] (US, 1984-90); MOONLIGHTING [TV] (US, 1985-89) Notes:* Includes index ISBN: 0394564014 : $19.95 LON: 5434382 5434382 More info
book		Television : your world / [by] K Tindall, D. Reid [and] N. Goodwin Sydney: Wentworth Press, copyright 1977. Call No: 49[37](94) TIN Author: Tindall, Kevin; Reid, David; Goodwin, Neville CorpAuthor: Sydney Teachers College. Audio-Visual Research Centre Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Wentworth Press PubDate: copyright 1977 PhysDes: 72 pages : illustrations, diagrams, graphs ; 28 cm Subject: ADVERTISING. CHILDREN; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION AND TV; EDUCATION, USE OF TV IN. AUSTRALIA; EFFECTS OF TV; INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: "This book has been designed to: 1. Provide information relating to the television industry and its school age audience; 2. Provide the reader with new insights and to stimulate a critical awareness of the role of television in today's world. Relevant aspects are examined in self-contained units which can be used in any sequence. In addition to basic information, each unit contains a number of points for discussion and specially designed activity sheets which can be removed to facilitate student participation and assessment." - READERS GUIDE Notes: Includes bibliography, pages 71-72 -- Previously owned by the Australian Broadcasting Authority Library More info
Interim book		The television genre book / edited by Glen Creeber ; associate editors, Toby Miller and John Tulloch London: British Film Institute, 2001. Call No: 720 TEL Author: Creeber, Glen; Miller, Toby; Tulloch, John Source: UK Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: xi, 163 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: PROGRAMME GENRES; DRAMAS; SOAP OPERAS; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR; NEWS PROGRAMMES; DOCUMENTARIES; ADAPTATIONS. AUSTEN, JANE; SOAP OPERAS; SITUATION COMEDY; HOMOSEXUALITY ON TV; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004); SIMPSONS, THE [TV] (US, 1989-); SOUTH PARK [TV] (US, 1997-); I LOVE LUCY [TV] (US, 1951-57); ROSEANNE [TV] (US, 1988- ); ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS [TV] (UK, 1992 - 1996); WILL & GRACE[TV] (US, 1998-); MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS [TV] (UK, 1969-1974); DALLAS [TV] (US, 1978-91); COUNTRY PRACTICE, A [TV] (AT, 1981-1993, 1994); TWIN PEAKS [TV] (US, David Lynch & others, 1990-1991); ALLY MCBEAL [TV] (US, 1997-); AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69); HILL STREET BLUES [TV] (US, 1980-87); E.R. [TV] (US, 1994 - ); STAR TREK [TV] [...] (US, 1966-69, 1987-); X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-); CATHY COME HOME (UK, Ken Loach, 1966); DAY AFTER, THE (US, Nicholas Meyer, 1983); ROOTS [TV] (US, 1977); SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0851708498(pbk.) More info
book		Turning on, turning off : Australian television in the eighties / Sandra Hall North Ryde, N.S.W.: Cassell Australia, 1981. Call No: 71(94) HAL Copy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2 Author: Hall, Sandra, 1942 Place: North Ryde, N.S.W. Publisher: Cassell Australia PubDate: 1981 PhysDes: 105 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm Subject: HISTORY OF TV. AUSTRALIA; CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; COMEDY PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTARIES. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR. AUSTRALIA; LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; SPORT ON TV. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL Notes: Television. Social aspects. Australia, 1980-1981 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 049433x); Includes index ISBN: 0726937347 : $9.95 Aust LON: anb72693734; 2046843 More info
book		TV : the most popular art / Horace Newcomb Garden City, New York: Anchor Press, 1974. Call No: 62 NEW Author: Newcomb, Horace Source: US Place: Garden City, New York Publisher: Anchor Press PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: 272 p. ; 18 cm Subject: SITUATION COMEDY; WESTERNS, TV; THRILLERS, TV; CRIME ON TV; ADVENTURE, TV; SOAP OPERAS. USA; NEWS PROGRAMMES.USA; SPORT ON TV; AESTHETICS Summary: A study of television as a popular artform and as a mass entertainment device. ISBN: 0385036027 Contents: 1. The responses to television -- 2. Situation and domestic comedies: problems, families, and fathers -- 3. Westerns: the television version -- 4. Mysteries: order and authorit -- 5. Doctors and lawyers: counselors and confessors -- 6. Adventure shows: loners, fugitives, and explorers -- 7. Soap opera: approaching the real world -- 8. News, sports, documentary: reality as entertainment -- 9. The new shows -- 10. Toward a television aesthetic More info
book		Using television : programme content and need gratification / Susan Kippax and John P. Murray North Ryde, NSW: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, [1974]. Call No: 410(94) KIP Author: Kippax, Susan; Murray, John P. Source: AT Place: North Ryde, NSW Publisher: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University PubDate: [1974] PhysDes: 33 pages ; 26 cm Series: Television and socialisation research reports; TVS-1976/4; The mass media and social behaviour project Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; PROGRAMME CHOICE; PROGRAMME CONTENT. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA Summary: "It is shown that audience members actively select amongst available programs on television. This selection is based upon the social role and situational characteristics of the viewer and it is also directly related to the reasons given by viewers for watching television. Patterns of program selection are related to three clusters of needs and reasons. The two most important of these are composed of needs relating to information and diversion. The least important cluster is concerned with the self and social contact. Escape and diversion are needs satisfied by almost any programme; selection is minimal by those viewers expressing these needs. Information needs are best satisfied by news and other informational programmes, while social and self needs are best satisfied by quiz and variety programs, popular drama and movies." - ABSTRACT Notes: Date of publication sourced from Trove More info
book		Watching television : a Pantheon guide to popular culture / Todd Gitlin, editor New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. Call No: 63 GIT Author: Gitlin, Todd Edition: 1st ed Place: New York Publisher: Pantheon Books PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: vi, 248 p. ; 24 cm. Series: Pantheon guide to popular culture Subject: TELEVISION; NEWS PROGRAMMES; SOAP OPERAS; CHILDREN, PROGRAMMES FOR; PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS; MIAMI VICE [TV] (US, 1984-90); ADVERTISING. TV Notes: Bibliography: p. [229]-246. ISBN: 039454496X Donation: Adrian Miles Contents: Introduction : looking through the screen / Todd Gitlin -- Network news : we keep America on top of the world / Daniel C. Hallin -- Soap operas : search for yesterday / Ruth Rosen -- Children's television : the shortcake strategy / Tom Engelhardt -- Music videos : the look of the sound / Pat Aufderheide -- Car commercials and Miami vice : "we build excitement" / Todd Gitlin -- Simulations : faking it / Michael Sorkin -- Prime time : deride and conquer / Mark Crispin Miller. More info

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