This paper presents early results from an ARC-funded research project on the content, audience and influence of Australian talkback radio. Drawing upon the analysis of data from a survey of three talkback programs — John Laws and Neil Mitchell from the commercial sector and Australia Talks Back from the ABC — the paper focuses upon two aspects: the topics canvassed and the participation of the callers. Although very preliminary, the results of this survey narrow down the kinds of questions we need to ask as we move towards more sophisticated analysis of this media format.
With rising expenditure, growing chronic disease burden, and widening inequalities, the health system is in urgent need of redesign Commissioning is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Partnership Projects grant (1198416). The funding source had no role in the planning, writing or publication of the work. Special thanks to Anne-Marie Feyer and Louise Fisher for their input and critical feedback on the manuscript.
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