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book		Accounting for tastes : Australian everyday cultures / Tony Bennett, Michael Emmison, John Frow Cambridge ; Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Call No: 408.1(94) BEN Author: Bennett, Tony, 1947; Emmison, Michael; Frow, John, 1948 Place: Cambridge ; Melbourne Publisher: Cambridge University Press PubDate: 1999 PhysDes: xiv, 313 p. ; 24 cm Subject: PUBLIC BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. AUSTRALIA; RATINGS. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION; SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE Notes: Includes index; Includes bibliographical references: p. 299-307 ISBN: 052163234X : $90.00; 0521635047 (pbk) : $29.95 LON: 14622831 More info
journal article		The art of horror in Lumina (2009) iss.1 p.84-91 Author: Cameron, Allan PhysDes: Article Subject: HORROR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; GENRES; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: Article discussing the tension between government funded films and the so called 'low-brow' films that proved popular with Australian audiences: sex comedies, action thrillers and horror movies. Cameron argues that horror films need not be arthouse to be art so the binary logic of current debates - low 'genuine' horror vs acceptable, well made - is a disservice to the genre. More info
book		Attendance at selected cultural venues March 1995 [Canberra]: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1995. Call No: 410.3(94) ATT CorpAuthor: Australian Bureau of Statistics Place: [Canberra] Publisher: Australian Bureau of Statistics PubDate: 1995 PhysDes: v, 46 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: STATISTICS. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: Contains data on the frequency of attendance and characteristics of people 18 years and over who have attended libraries, museums, art galleries, pop concerts, music, dance, theatre performances and classical musical concerts during the 12 months prior to the survey Notes: Includes tables; Catalogue no. 4114.0 ISBN: 0642206996 LON: 12020268 More info
book		Attitudes to television : a report based on surveys made in Adelaide and Sydney during 1969 and 1970 / Australian Broadcasting Control Board [Melbourne]: Australian Broadcasting Control Board, 1971. Call No: 410(94)(048) ATT CorpAuthor: Australian Broadcasting Control Board Source: AT Place: [Melbourne] Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Control Board PubDate: 1971 PhysDes: 33 p. ; 25 cm Subject: AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CONTROL BOARD; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA More info
book		Attitudes to television in the Southern New South Wales aggregated market / Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, Research Section [s.l]: [s.n], 1990. Call No: 414(94) ABT Source: AT Place: [s.l] Publisher: [s.n] PubDate: 1990 PhysDes: 74 p : ill ; 30 cm Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA Summary: A report on the attitudes to the television service provided to residents in southern NSW. The topics covered include: interest in locally produced programs, viewers' attitudes to a television local news service, the perception of localism in the television service, viewers' perception of change in the television service, viewers' satisfaction with the market's television service. Includes survey results and questions asked More info
journal article		The audience is out there, but... in Realtime (Apr-May 2000) iss.36 p.18 Author: Stewart, Clare PhysDes: Article Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA Summary: Discussion on the increase of cinema-going in Australia, but the viewing of fewer Australian films. The author asks when will the government recognise its failure in promoting local culture and address it through new policies. More info
subject clippings file		AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA More info
journal article		Australian cinema's dark sun in Studies in Australasian cinema (2010) vol.4 iss.1 p.23-41 Author: Ryan, Mark David PhysDes: Article Subject: HORROR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; FUNDING. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; WOLF CREEK (AT, Greg McLean, 2005) Summary: This article argues that the renaissance of Australian horror films in the 2000s has been driven by intersecting international market forces, domestic financing factors and technological change. It argues for two distinct tiers of production with different financing, production and distribution models. Notes: There has been a boom in Australian horror movie production in recent years. Daybreakers (2010), Wolf Creek (2005), Rogue (2007), Undead (2003), Black Water (2008), and Storm Warning (2006), among others, have all experienced varying degrees of popularity, mainstream visibility and cult success in worldwide horror markets. While Aussie horror’s renaissance is widely acknowledged in industry literature, there is limited research into the extent of the boom and the dynamics of production. Consequently, there are few explanations for why and how this surge has occurred. This article argues that the recent growth in Australian horror films has been driven by intersecting international market forces, domestic financing factors and technological change. In so doing, it identifies two distinct tiers of Australian horror film production: ‘mainstream’ and ‘underground’ production, though overlap between these two tiers results in ‘high-end indie’ films capable of cinema release. Each tier represents the high and low ends of Australian horror film production, each with different financing, production and distribution models. -- Abstract More info
book		Australian Film Festivals : audience, place, and exhibition culture / by Kirsten Stevens New York: Palgrave Macmillan, c2016. Call No: 151(94) STE Author: Stevens, Kirsten Source: AT/US Place: New York Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan PubDate: c2016 PhysDes: xi, 270 pages ; 22 cm Series: Framing film festivals Subject: FESTIVALS; FESTIVALS. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA Summary: "This is the first book to offer an in-depth examination of the history, operation, and growth of film festivals as a cultural phenomenon within Australia. Tracing the birth of film festivals in Australia in the 1950s through to their present abundance, it asks why film festivals have prospered as audience-driven spectacles throughout Australia, while never developing the same industry and market foci of their international fellows. Drawing on over sixty-years of archival records, festival commentary, interviews with festival insiders and ephemera, this book opens up a largely uncharted history of film culture activity in Australia. " -- BOOK BACK COVER Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 9781137586377 Contents: -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Enthusiastic Amateurs: Origins of Australia's Film Festival Movement -- 3: Growth and Change: Curator-Led Festivals, Fragmenting Audiences, and Shifting Film Exhibition Cultures -- 4: From Film Weeks to Festivals: The Spread of the Urban Film Festival After 1980 -- 5: Between Success and Failure: Crisis and Recovery at the Melbourne International Film Festival -- 6: Programming Perceptions: Film Festivals and the Construction of Taste -- 7: A Festival for Every Occasion: Niche Programming, Event Culture, and Vertically Integrated Film Festivals -- 8: Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Early Features of Melbourne and Sydney Film Festival Programmes (1952-1965) -- Appendix 2: Summary of Select Film Culture and Festival Activities, 1960s-1970s -- Appendix 3: Selective List of Film Events in Melbourne, 1949-2000 -- Appendix 4: Film Festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, 2015 -- Notes -- archives and Research Collections -- Bibliography -- Index -- More info
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
journal article		Cinema, community and policy : contexts and pretexts for the Regional Cinema Program in New South Wales, Australia in Studies in Australasian cinema (2007) vol.1 iss.3 p.377-394 Author: Crowe, Karen PhysDes: Article Subject: REGIONAL EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; CINEMAS. AUSTRALIA. STATE (NSW); AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA. NEW SOUTH WALES Summary: This article examines developments relating to regional cinema-going in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). It draws on research whose primary case studies comprise four campaigns to revitalize historic cinema spaces in country towns in NSW and the introduction in the late 1990s of a Regional Cinema Program (RCP) designed to promote and support such activity in that state. It examines some of the historic and political contexts that precipitated these projects and the adoption of their concerns by the NSW state government and will consider how claims for the social importance of cinema-going have been reflected and constructed through the practices and discourses of policy-making and place-making. In particular, the essay traces the adoption of regional cinema access as a policy concern of the NSW state government and the aspirations and operations of a ‘community cinema’ in the south-western NSW town of Tumut. In focusing on this case study the article explores the interconnected relationship between trends in social and cultural policy-making, rural revitalization, the social experience of cinema-going and their various roles in the complex and contested construction of a sense of ‘community’. -- Abstract More info
book		A critical bibliography of research studies of cinema audiences in Australia / Carol Matthews [Melbourne?]: 1982. Call No: 410(94) CRI Author: Matthews, Carol Source: AT Place: [Melbourne?] PubDate: 1982 PhysDes: [106 leaves] ; 33 cm Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS. AUSTRALIA; CRITICISM. AUSTRALIA Summary: A bibliography for the different resources available on the subject of cinema audiences and cinema going in Australia. There is a section on television audiences within Australia. Includes an essay about cinema going resources and statistics for Australia. LON: abn98335958; 14181471 More info
journal article		Dad Rudd, M.P. and the making of a national audience in Studies in Australasian cinema (2007) vol.1 iss.1 p.91-105 Author: Lamond, Julianne PhysDes: Article Subject: NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; HALL, KEN G.; DAD RUDD M.P. (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1940) Summary: This article contextualizes Ken G. Hall's 1940 film Dad Rudd, M.P. with the history of Dad Rudd, a fictional character who pervaded Australian popular culture throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It argues that the fiction, theatre, film, cartoon and radio narratives in which he appeared have been instrumental in the creation of the idea of a pupular Australian audience that can be defined in relation to a particular set of national symbols. Addressing Hall's film as well as the promotional material and public debate surrounding it, the article demonstrates that conceptualizations of an Australian national audience have been influenced by the genres and narratives of popular culture, historical circumstance and American cultural production. --Abstract More info
journal article		DVD biz boosts cinema tix sales in Variety (August 9-15, 2004) p.11 Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Author: Groves, Don Subject: DISTRIBUTION. DVD. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: -- Suggesting that DVD sales fuel cinema attendence. Stats listed say: "DVD owners patronise cinemas more frequently - 4.5 times in six months - than the rest of the popularity." More info
journal article		Everyone was watching! : strategies of self-presentation in oral histories of cinema-going in Studies in Australasian cinema (2007) vol.1 iss.3 p.261-274 Author: Huggett, Nancy PhysDes: Article Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FILMS; NARRATIVE IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF CINEMA Summary: This article considers the different ways in which strategies of selective self-presentation on behalf of both interviewee and interviewer structure the oral history narrative, using, as an example. the ways in which embarrassment and shame function in narratives of cinema-going in Australia. The essay explores when and how embarrassment and shame feature in cinema-going narratives and also the way in which some issues, such as the recollection of segregation in rural cinemas, disrupt the easy conversational flow of a narrative and cause discomfort, bordering on embarrassment and shame for both interviewee and interviewer. Drawing on oral histories and autobiographical accounts from New South Wales cinema-goers, this article delves into the public/private and past/present functions of embarrassment and shame in order to better understand cinema-going practices and recollection strategies. It takes into account how critical oral history and cultural theory can assist cinema studies to examine how practices of cinema-going are situated within wider cultural attidudes and discourses. -- Abstract More info
journal article		Exploiting the regional Queensland audience : Birch Carroll and Coyle's Wintergarden theatres, 1925-35 in Studies in Australasian cinema (2007) vol.1 iss.3 p.333-351 Author: Cryle, Denis; Johansen, Grace PhysDes: Article Subject: BIRCH CARROLL AND COYLE; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; REGIONAL EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: The authors examine the first decade of the Birch Carroll and Coyle consortium, focusing on its regional Wintergarden theatre chain and on its stated objective of bringing metropolitan sophistication to regional centres, in a period of industry optimism which coincided with the construction of its Wintergarden theatres throughout Queensland. The article draws on local print sources and interview material in order to explain and confirm the social appeal of cinema-going across a range of regional sites. The exploitation campaigns organized and coordinated by Birch Carroll and Coyle's regional and state managers in the midst of moral opposition, government regulation and press criticism, both before and after the advent of the talkies, is examined. Drawing extensively from industry journals of the period, the authors argue that press publicity, along with local stunts and staged events, formed an integral part of Birch Carroll and Coyle's concerted strategy to sell its Hollywood product and offset ongoing criticism within government and local communities. In conclusion, they examine the impact of the Depression on the industry in Queensland, including regional audiences, and assess its impact on Birch Carroll and Coyle's subsequent regional theatre publicity campaigns. -- Abstract More info
book		Exploring attitudes towards film, TV and video classifications : a marketing research report / prepared for the Office of Film and Literature Classication and Australian Broadcasting Tribunal by Frank Small & Associates [Sydney?: Frank Small & Associates], 1992. Call No: 414(94) EXP Place: [Sydney? Publisher: Frank Small & Associates] PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: 109 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; LANGUAGE AND TV; LANGUAGE AND THE CINEMA; CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; SEX AND THE CINEMA; CENSORSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; SEX ON TV; CLASSIFICATION. AUSTRALIA; RATING FOR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; RATING FOR TV. AUSTRALIA Summary: A study attempting to understand the underlying attitudes held by members of the community to the depiction of sex, nudity, language, and violence on film, television and video. Survey was done with members of the public from Sydney and Dubbo, and includes questions regarding the context and viewing environment and classifications of films and tv shows and videos More info
book		Filmstruck : Australia at the movies / John Baxter Sydney: ABC Enterprises, 1986. Call No: 79FIL BAX Author: Baxter, John Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: ABC Enterprises PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 160 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm Subject: CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA Notes: At head of title: From the ABC TV series Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Future directions for commercial television : volume 1: report / Department of Communications Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Call No: 201.3(94) DEP Author: Australia. Department of Communications. Forward Development Unit Source: AT Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 121 p. ; 25 cm Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING. AUSTRALIA; BROADCASTING RIGHTS. AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL TV. AUSTRALIA; FINANCING. AUSTRALIA; LICENSING LAWS. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP TV. AUSTRALIA; OWNERSHIP. AUSTRALIA; REGIONAL TELEVISION; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA Summary: Department of Communications report on the Government's announced intention to proveed to the progressive equalisation of broadcasting services, and how this will effect both "network" and "regional" television services ISBN: 064442648 Donation: donated by Mick Counihan Contents: Introduction -- Approaches to equlisation in regional areas -- Sample scenarios -- Structural issues - Program distribution arrangements -- Structural issues - owndership or control -- Financial implications of equalisation -- Planning issues -- Additional services for remote areas -- Policy issues arising from equalisation More info
Yet to catalogue book		Get the picture : essential data on Australian film, television and video / compiled and edited by Peta Spear North Sydney: The Commission, 1989. Call No: 201(94) AUS Author: Spear, Peta, 1959 CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission Edition: 1st edition Source: AT Place: North Sydney Publisher: The Commission PubDate: 1989 PhysDes: 248 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; FUNDING. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; LABOUR. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA Summary: "GET THE PICTURE is the most comprehensive collection of useful data on Australian film available today. One of the aims of the book its to enhance existing and future data collection by demonstrating what is currently known and what is waiting to be discovered. This book grew out of AUSTRALIAN FILM DATA, first published in 1988, which was the first extensive collection of statistics on Australian film, television, and video." [Taken from Preface] Notes: Bibliography: p. 241-247 ISBN: 0642147922 : $17.00 LON: abn89211365; 6583792 More info
Yet to catalogue book		Get the picture : essential data on Australian film, television and video Sydney: Australian Film Commission, 1994. Call No: 201(94) AUS CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission Edition: 3rd ed Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Film Commission PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: 240 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; FUNDING. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; LABOUR. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA Summary: "The aim of GET THE PICTURE is to collate useful data on the Australian film, TV and video industries to assist in the research, analysis and promotion promotion oif these industries." [Taken from Introduction] Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0642202443 LON: abn94109155; 10801082 More info
Yet to catalogue book		Get the picture : essential data on Australian film, television and video / Australian Film Commission Sydney: Australian Film Commission, 1992. Call No: 201(94) AUS Author: Australian Film Commission Edition: 2nd ed Source: AU Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Film Commission PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: 219 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Subject: ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; FUNDING. AUSTRALIA; LABOUR; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION Summary: "The aim of GET THE PICTURE is to collate data on the Australian film, television and video industries to assist in the analysis, research, and promotion of these industries. This edition continues the project of the first edition with sections on the production and international distribution of Australian films/programs. Description of key events in the industries in 1991, and an overview of reviews of Australian films, have been added." [Taken from Introduction] Notes: Addenda laid in; Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-216) and index ISBN: 064217475X LON: abn92098202; 8924673 More info
book		Get the picture : essential data on Australian film, television, video and new media / Australian Film Commission, [edited by Rosemary Curtis and Cathy Gray] Sydney: Australian Film Commission, 1998. Call No: 201(94) AUS REF Author: Curtis, Rosemary; Gray, Cathy CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission Edition: 5th ed Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Film Commission PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: vi, 330 p. : ill., ports, ; 25 cm Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; BOX OFFICE. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA ISBN: 0642487111 LON: 20006001 More info
book		Get the picture : essential data on Australian film, television, video and interactive media / edited by Cathy Gray and Rosemary Curtis Sydney: Australian Film Commission, c2002. Call No: 201(94) AUS Author: Gray, Cathy (ed.); Curtis, Rosemary (ed.) CorpAuthor: Australian Film Commission Edition: 6th edition Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Film Commission PubDate: c2002 PhysDes: vi, 338 pages; 25 cm Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; FUNDING. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; LABOUR. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION Summary: "Well-presented and exhaustive, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to do business in Australia in this area." SCREEN DIGEST - BOOK BACK COVER Notes: "January 2002"--Verso t.p; Includes bibliographies and indexes; Also available via the World Wide Web ISBN: 0958015201 Contents: -- industry overview -- what Australians are making -- what Australians are watching -- Australia and the world -- information -- More info
book		A little cinema / by Ron Curran Springwood, NSW: Unicorn Graphics, 2004. Call No: 38(94) CUR Author: Curran, Ron Source: AT Place: Springwood, NSW Publisher: Unicorn Graphics PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 78 p. ; 22 cm Subject: CINEMAS. AUSTRALIA. GLENBROOK; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; ADVERTISING FOR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; CURRAN, RON Summary: "An amusing and insightful look at the experiences of running a small independent cinema over 36 years in Australia" [taken from back cover] ISBN: 0975232509 More info
book		Maximising the appeal of Australian movies with Australian audiences / report for FFC by Bergent Research, June 2008 [Southbank, VIC: Bergent, 2008. Call No: 410.3(94) MAX Source: AT Place: [Southbank, VIC Publisher: Bergent PubDate: 2008 Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: The report's objectives are to: understand hnow audiences perceive Australian movies, provide a clear picture of Australian brand image in movies, and measure the handicap Australian movies suffer from compared with US movies Notes: Report taken from website - http://www.ffc.gov.au/about/ffc_research_results.pdf 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
journal article		More than 'making do' : rethinking cinema attendance in regional and rural Australia in Studies in Australasian cinema (2011) vol.5 iss.1 p.7-17 Author: Aveyard, Karina PhysDes: Article Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA Summary: Cinema is one of the most popular forms of cultural entertainment in contemporary rural Australia, yet very little is understood about film circulation, presentation and consumption in non-metropolitan locations. Despite a growing interest in the situation of rural cinema by film historians, scholars have been slow to engage with the detail and meaning of its more recent past. The preoccupation with the connections between cinema and contemporary modernity have tended to over-estimate the significance of the metropolitan and to obscure the diversity and richness of cinema-going practice in Australia. Drawing on analysis of national box office data and material from a microstudy conducted in the rural town of Merimbula on the far south coast of New South Wales, this article seeks to contribute to addressing this gap. It considers three key questions — Who is watching films at the cinema in rural Australia? Why are they watching? And what do these acts of consumption mean? -- Abstract More info
journal article		The options generation : a discussion of young Australians' media use in Australian screen education (Autumn 2000) iss.22 p.54-63 Author: Burton, Lee PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s) Subject: MEDIA. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; STATISTICS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Burton argues that young Australians are media literate, which makes them a discerning media audience. Recent statistical and qualitative studies are discussed. 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		A qualitative analysis of attitudes toward cinema-going / prepared for Australian Film Commission by Spectrum Research North Sydney, N.S.W.: Spectrum Research (NSW) Pty Ltd, [1985]. Call No: 410(94)(038) AUS CorpAuthor: Spectrum Research Pty Ltd Source: AT Place: North Sydney, N.S.W. Publisher: Spectrum Research (NSW) Pty Ltd PubDate: [1985] PhysDes: 29, 64 leaves ; 30 cm Subject: AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: Results of a survey regarding Australians perception of attending cinemas to watch movies. This is in relation to to watching movies on video and the difference between video and cinema. Questions around film promotion and advertising, types of Australian films, and the mini-series television genre are investigated. Contents: Introduction and background -- Research objectives -- Methodology -- Summary and conclusions -- Detailed findings More info
book		Rating the Audience : the business of media / by Mark Balnaves and Tom O'Regan with Ben Goldsmith London ; New York: Bloomsbury, 2011. Call No: 410 (41/73/94) BAL Author: Balnaves, Mark; O'Regan, Tom; Goldsmith, Ben Source: UK/US Place: London ; New York Publisher: Bloomsbury PubDate: 2011 PhysDes: xvi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: MEDIA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION; AUDIENCE RESEARCH; AUDIENCES; AUDIENCES THEORY; AUDIENCES USA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. UK; RATING FOR TV; RATING FOR TV. AUSTRALIA; RATINGS. AUSTRALIA; RATINGS. USA Summary: "Knowing, measuring and understanding media audiences has become a multi-billion dollar business. But the convention that underpins that business, audience ratings, is in crisis. Rating the Audience is the first book to show why and how audience ratings research became a convention, an agreement, and the first to interrogate the ways that agreement is now under threat. Taking a historical approach, the book looks at the evolution of audience ratings and the survey industry. It goes on to analyse today's media environment, looking at the role of the internet and the the increased difficulties it presents for measuring audiences. The book covers all the major players and controversies, such as Facebook's privacy rulings and Google's alliance with Nielson. Offering the first real comparative study, Rating the Audience is critical reading for media students and professionals." -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 9781849663410 Donation: Donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013 Contents: -- list of figures -- list of tables -- preface -- acknowledgments -- 1.Why the Ratings Are Important -- Introduction -- The Single Number -- Summary -- 2.The Convention -- `The Crossleys' - Archibald Crossley -- Arthur C. Nielsen (and the Black Box) -- Bill McNair and George Anderson -- New Forms of Knowledge about Audiences -- Theorizing the Convention -- Summary -- 3.The Panel and the Survey -- The Ratings Intellectuals -- Lazarsfeld -- The Very Idea of Measurement -- Single Source: `The Holy Grail' -- Summary -- 4.The Audit -- Taming Error -- Invisible Audiences -- The BBC: Robert Silvey's Thermometer and Barometer -- Summary -- 5.The Technologies of Counting -- The Diffusion of Ratings Technology -- Proliferation of Channels and Measurement -- Neuroscience, Neuromarketing and New Technologies of Measurement -- Timeshifting and Technologies of Counting -- The Increasing Technical Complexity of Audience Measurement -- Calls for Harmonization -- Summary -- 6.The Ratings Provider -- The Official Truth -- The Silent Revolution -- `Superior Technology': ATR-OzTAM and ACNielsen Controversy in Australia -- `Superior Technology': Nielsen versus Hooper, Nielsen versus Arbitron -- Summary -- 7.The Networks (and Other Media Providers) -- TV Economics -- Standardization -- Small Audiences and Set-top Boxes -- United Kingdom -- Summary -- 8.Advertisers and Media Planners -- The Dual Persona of the Advertiser -- The Media Planner -- Cost Efficiency and the Curve of Experience -- The Competent User -- Summary -- 9.The Audience -- The Modem Audience -- The Average Household and the Representative Individual -- Home Studies and the Public -- Audience Consent -- The Knowledge Aggregators -- Summary -- 10.The Critics -- The Broader Context -- The Bogart Persona -- Objections to Ratings -- Setting Limits to Statistics -- Problems with Increases in Scale -- Impersonal Secondary Data -- Deprofessionalization of Media Research -- Summary -- 11.The Future of Ratings -- bibliography -- index -- More info
journal article		Rural cinema audiences in South Australia in the 1930s in Studies in Australasian cinema (2007) vol.1 iss.3 p.353-375 Author: Walker, Dylan PhysDes: Article Subject: HISTORY OF EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA: SOUTH AUSTRALIA Summary: Very few South Australian local histories give any account of the ritual screening of films in local community halls and regional picture theatres. Given that the 1930s was a turbulent era for the exhibition industry, the survival of the rural picture show beyond the decade suggests that it played a significant role in local history. This article will discuss the distribution and exhibition of films in rural South Australia during the early 1930s and the impact of legislation on the small operators. It goes on to examine the cinema-going preferences of the mid-north town of Snowtown during two years from July 1933 to June 1935 and considers the factors other than taste that determined the popularity of a screening. -- Abstract More info
book		Seven action packed nights : a police story / John P. Murray North Ryde, NSW: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, 1976. Call No: 410(94) MUR Author: Murray, John P. Source: AT Place: North Ryde, NSW Publisher: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 8 pages ; 26 cm Series: Television and socialisation research reports; TVS-1976/C; The mass media and social behaviour project Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; PROGRAMME CHOICE; PROGRAMME CONTENT. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV; TELEVISION. USA; CRIME ON TV; POLICE ON TV More info
book		Some people watch anything / Susan Kippax and John P. Murray North Ryde, NSW: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, 1976. 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: 1976 PhysDes: 8 pages ; 26 cm Series: Television and socialisation research reports; TVS-1976/F; The mass media and social behaviour project Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; PROGRAMME CHOICE; PROGRAMME CONTENT. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA Notes: Reprinted from New Journalist, no. 20, 1975, 18-19 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		Television and children : some problems in studying the impact of televised violence / John P. Murray North Ryde, NSW: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University, 1976. Call No: 410(94) MUR Author: Murray, John P. Source: AT Place: North Ryde, NSW Publisher: School of Behavioural Sciences, Macquarie University PubDate: 1976 PhysDes: 11 pages ; 26 cm Series: Television and socialisation research reports; TVS-1976/3; The mass media and social behaviour project Subject: AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; PROGRAMME CHOICE; PROGRAMME CONTENT. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA; VIOLENCE ON TV. AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND TV More info
journal article		Television humour and the Australian Rules Football in Metro Education iss.11 p.22-24 Author: Pascoe, Robert PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s) Subject: SPORT ON TV. AUSTRALIA; COMEDY PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA Summary: Examines the success of Channel Nine's The Footy Show and it's relationship to its audience, in particular the comic elements of the show. More info
journal article		'Three miles of rough dirt road' : towards an audience-centred approach to cinema studies in Australia in Studies in Australasian cinema (2007) vol.1 iss.3 p.245-60 Author: Bowles, Kate PhysDes: Article Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA Summary: 'Cinema studies in Australia has conventionally focused on the national production industry, the government policies that sustain and protect it, and the films that it has produced. The role of the Australian audience in shaping the market for Australian films is less well understood, and yet assumptions about audiences and the benefit offered to them in terms of cultural learning and national identity are embedded in policy rhetoric, and are necessarily invoked in the critique of content which accompanies a textually focused approach to national cinema. This article proposes that Australian cinema audiences, whatever they are watching, play a more significant role in the Australian public sphere than Australian films...' -- Taken from abstract More info
journal article		Twice born : Dionysos Films and the establishment of a Greek film circuit in Australia in Studies in Australasian cinema (2007) vol.1 iss.1 p.275-298 Author: Verhoeven, Deb PhysDes: Article Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTION. AUSTRALIA; EXHIBITION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUPS AND THE CINEMA Summary: From the late 1940s until the late 1970s Melbourne was home to a dynamic Greek cinema circuit made up of some 30 different inner-city and suburban venues operated by a handful of vertically integrated exhibition/distribution businesses. Dionysos Films was amongst the first Greek film exhibition/distribution companies to form in Australia and from 1949 until 1956 it operated with little significant competition, establishing the parameters for a diasporic Greek film circuit that stretched across regional and metropolitan Australia and into New Zealand. This article measures the shadow cast by Dionysos Films (and its charismatic proprietor Stathis Raftopoulos) over the history of Antipodean Greek film experiences and the implications that this neglected aspect of Australian and Greek film history has for our understanding of the national cinemas in both countries. -- Abstract 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		Video viewing behaviour and attitudes towards explicit material : a preliminary investigation Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1987. Call No: 412(94) VID CorpAuthor: Australia. Attorney-General's Dept; Australian Institute of Criminology Place: Canberra Publisher: Australian Institute of Criminology PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: 132 p. in various pagings ; 30 cm Subject: AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA; RATING FOR TV; SEX ON TV; VIOLENCE ON TV Notes: "A joint project by the Australian Institute of Criminology (Tammy Pope and Paul Wilson) and the Attorney-General's Department (Terry Brooks, David Fox and Stephen Nugent)' ISBN: 0642116210 (pbk.) : price unknown LON: 5322116 More info
book		What we want from our TVs / by Stephen Nugent ... [et al.] North Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal, c1992. Call No: 414 NUG Author: Nugent, Stephen Source: AT Place: North Sydney Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Tribunal PubDate: c1992 PhysDes: viii, 36 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series: Monograph series / Australian Broadcasting Tribunal ; no. 4 Subject: PROGRAMMING. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCES. AUSTRALIA Summary: An exploration into various topics related to the Australian public's viewing habits and beliefs. Topics covered include: satisfaction with current programming. Program preferences and areas of perceived programming under supply and over supply. Viewing attitudes and behaviours regarding various types of programs. Attitudes towards future services, specifically pay television -- taken from conclusion section of book ISBN: 0642180709 Contents: Foreword - Peter Westerway -- How satisfied are we? -- What do we like to watch? -- What are we currently watching? -- How likely are we to subscribe to Pay TV? More info

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