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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
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
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
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		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
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		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
		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 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 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
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		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
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
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		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

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