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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); BLACKS 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

Call No: 79BAS SMI
Author: Smith, Sue
CorpAuthor: Film Finance Corporation Australia; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; New South Wales Film and Television Office; Film Victoria; Flying Cabbage Productions
Source: Australia
Place: Strawberry Hills, NSW
Publisher: Currency Press
PubDate: 2007
PhysDes: viii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24cm
Subject: SCRIPTS. AUSTRALIA; HISTORICAL DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; SERIALS. AUSTRALIA; TRADE UNIONS. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. AUSTRALIA; RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES. AUSTRALIA; LABOUR. AUSTRALIA; COURTROOM DRAMAS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICS ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POLITICAL DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; STATE AND TV; BASTARD BOYS (AT, Raymond Quint, 2007)
Summary: Script for the 2007 ABC TV mini-series 'Bastard Boys'. "On 7 April 1998, security guards moved onto Patrick Stevedores docks around Australia and ordered the waterfront workers to stand down immediately. What followed this unprecedented attack on the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) was an industrial dispute that developed into a campaign for the hearts and minds of all Australians. 'Bastard Boys' tells the story of the fight that stopped the nation. "A political thriller, war film, buddy movie, love story and courtroom drama all rolled into one, 'Bastard Boys' follows the lives of the key players in one of the most significant events in Australia's recent past. "Written by Sue Smith ('Brides of Christ', 'The Leaving of Liverpool', 'My Brother Jack', 'The Road from Coorain') and directed by Ray Quint ('The Secret Life of Us', 'McLeod's Daughters', 'Blue Heelers'), 'Bastard Boys' screened on ABC TV in 2007." Cast includes Jack Thompson, Colin Friels, Geoff Morrell, Daniel Frederiksen, Anthony Hayes, Justin Smith, Rhys Muldoon and Daniel Wyllie.
Notes: Includes film end credits
ISBN: 9780868198095

Call No: 81DON WAL
Author: Wallis, Neil; Hogan, Dave
Source: AT
Place: North Ryde, NSW
Publisher: Angus and Robertson Publishers
PubDate: 1990
PhysDes: 80 p. : ill.(some col.), ports(some col.) ; 22cm
Subject: PERSONALITIES ON TV; DONOVAN, JASON; NEIGHBOURS [TV] (AT, 1985-)
Notes: First published: London : Angus and Robertson, 1989
ISBN: 0207165750
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Call No: 71(94) CAI
Author: Cain, John
Source: AT
Place: Richmond, Vic
Publisher: Prowling Tiger Press
PubDate: 1998
PhysDes: 210 p. : ill, ports. ; 25 cm
Subject: ENTERTAINMENT. AUSTRALIA; PERSONALITIES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; RADIO AND TV. AUSTRALIA; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; CASEY, RON; CRAWFORD, HECTOR; KIRBY, ROC
Summary: " On with the show" gives us the memories of 5 people connected with the formation of the Australian entertainment industry: they are Kenn Brodziak, Ron Casey, Hector Crawford, Roc Kirby and Dick Lean. They played key roles in establishing theartre, radio, television and cinema. They shaped the way we are entertained. The book provides with some behind the scenes reminiscences. [ Taken from the back of the book]
Notes: Bibliography: p.207; Includes index
ISBN: 0958664730
Donation: donated by Alex Gionfriddo

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: POLITICAL PERSONALITIES ON TV

Author: Milligan, Louise
PhysDes: Article; Bibliography; Illustration(s)
Subject: WOMEN ON TV. AUSTRALIA; NEWS PRESENTERS. AUSTRALIA; POLITICAL PERSONALITIES ON TV. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Milligan argues that the masculine culture of the newsroom produces distorted representation of females. Female newsreaders are youthful and attractive while female politicians are ridiculed, and their appearance given more attention than their policies.

Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; KILLING SEASON, THE [TV](AT, 2015)
Author: Blundell, Graeme
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: POLITICAL PERSONALITIES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; KILLING SEASON, THE [TV](AT, 2015)
Summary: Positive review of political TV documentary 'The Killing Season', which looks at the years Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard led the Australian Labor Party

Call No: 465.1 BEN
Author: Bennett, James
Source: US
Place: London ; New York
Publisher: Routledge
PubDate: 2011
PhysDes: xii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subject: BROADCASTING; PERSONALITIES ON TV; CELEBRITIES
Summary: " Celebrities have come to increasingly dominate the media and its study in contemporary culture. Although acknowledged as part of this general rise in the importance of celebrity culture, television's specific forms of stardom have until now remained largely under-theorised. Television Personalities examines how television personalitites function as commodities, and also function ideologically, thus relating them to issues of class, national identity, sexuality, gender and social history. Television Personalities sets out a new way of considering televisual fame, arguing that it must be understood on its own terms, and thus establishing the televsion personality as a particular set of performers whose celebrity is contstructed through discourses of ordinariness, authenticity and intimacy. The book is divided into three sections that trace the historical development of televisual fame from the 1950s through to the emergence of 'DIY' celebrity in the digital era" -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([206]-215] and index.
ISBN: 9780415481892
Contents: Introduction -- The television personality system. TV must train its own stars : the invention of the television personality -- An "irreconcilable opposition" : music hall, radio and the emergence of televisual skill -- "Too much glamour"? : glamour, gender and "in-vision" announcers -- "Oooh, I'm an entertainer-- it's what I do" : political economy, performance and pleasure. "You don't know anyone ..."? : the political economy of television fame -- The art of "being yourself" : pleasure, meaning and achievement in performance -- The television personality system revisited : ideology, multiplatform and DIY fame. Just "an ordinary bloke" : national identity and ideology -- Get Internet famous! (even if you're nobody) : multiplatform fame and the television personality system in the digital era -- Conclusion.

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; POLITICS AND TV. USA
Author: Day, Mark
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: POLITICAL PERSONALITIES ON TV.USA; POLITICS AND TV. USA
Summary: Looking at the possibility of a Donald Trump TV network if the Republican candidate is not elected, and the implications this might have for the current US news networks

Call No: 76(94):759(94) MUR
Author: Murphy, Kerrie
Source: AT
Place: Milton, Qld
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,
PubDate: 2006
PhysDes: xii, 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Subject: REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY TV; PROGRAMME GENRES; HISTORY OF TV. AUSTRALIA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION; PERSONALITIES ON TV; BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001); AUSTRALIAN IDOL [TV] (AT, 2003-); SURVIVOR [TV]
Summary: You may not realise it, but reality television has been around longer than you think. Looks at the country's love/hate relationship with reality TV. Explores our viewing habits and our favourite programs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781740311380 (ISBN 13); 1740311388 (ISBN 10)
ID2: 128

Call No: 76:759 SAL
Author: Salamon, Winnie
Source: AT
Place: Melbourne
PubDate: 2010
PhysDes: 275 leaves, bound ; 30 cm
Subject: PERSONALITIES ON TV; PERSONALITIES ON TV. AUSTRALIA; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY "SHOWS"; REALITY SHOWS, TV. AUSTRALIA; REALITY SHOWS. AUSTRALIA; REALITY TV; REALITY TV. AUSTRALIA; RESEARCH TV; TELEVISION; AUSTRALIAN IDOL [TV] (AT, 2003-); BIG BROTHER (AT, 2001); BIG BROTHER [TV]; BIG BROTHER [TV] (AT, 2001); BIG BROTHER UNCUT [TV] (AT, 2001-); BIGGEST LOSER, THE [TV] (AT, 2006)
Summary: "This thesis examines first person accounts of former reality television participants who have appeared on Australian versions of Big Brother, Australian Idol and The Biggest Loser. While scholars have researched audience responses to a wide range of reality shows, little research has been conducted on the participants themselves. My qualitative research study involving 15 semi-structed one-on-one interviews with reality TV participants addresses this gap, using these accounts to explore broader issues surrounding late modern identity and subjectivity" -- ABSTRACT
Notes: Typescript; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, School of Culture and Communication, 2011; Includes bibliographical references
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- chapter one: reality tv and our collective selves: a history and review of the literature -- chapter two: qualitative research and reflexivity: interviewing through an ethnographic gaze -- chapter three: 'there's no reality in reality tv': performing the real in a 'reality flavoured' universe -- chapter four: what about me? reality tv and the self-governed citizen -- chapter five: brand new world: reality tv and the branded human -- chapter six: reality is a bitch: expectations and disappointments in reality tv -- chapter seven: hijacking the branded self: reality tv and the politics of subversion -- conclusion -- appendix 1: the interviewees -- appendix 2: interview questions -- bibliography --