Too Soon: The Government's Media Ownership Proposals

Curtis, Simon; Dwyer, Tim; Wilding, Derek; Wilson, Helen

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“…Australian television is much better theorized than its Canadian counterpart, in particular the many retrospectives published in the past half decade (e.g. Thomas, 2006), and current scholarship concerning the ACMA’s newest round of policy initiatives (Curtis et al, 2006; Tiffen, 2007). With such scholarship in place, Australian research could greatly benefit from more comparative work with other ‘mixed’ media countries.…”

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A broadcast system in whose interest? Tracing the origins of broadcast localism in Canadian and Australian television policy, 1950–1963

Ali

2012

International Communication Gazette

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The television systems of Canada and Australia are often assumed to be similar if not synonymous. Both are dominated by American imports; rely on a networking of stations; and trace their media systems to a combination of American and British influence. Moreover, in the past decade, both have implemented tremendous changes to their broadcast policies, particularly with regard to local television. Yet despite these similarities, scholars have never critically reflected on the evolution of these countries’ local television policies. As such, this article concentrates on how Canada and Australia have historically framed, defined, and implemented the concept of localism in broadcast policy. Through an analysis of policy documents from 1950 to 1963, the argument is made that when compared with Australia, localism was not an immediate priority, but rather a taken-for-granted assumption by Canadian policy-makers. Thus, the nationalism debate in Canadian television was fought at the expense of the local.

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A broadcast system in whose interest? Tracing the origins of broadcast localism in Canadian and Australian television policy, 1950–1963

Ali

2012

International Communication Gazette

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Too Soon: The Government's Media Ownership Proposals

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A broadcast system in whose interest? Tracing the origins of broadcast localism in Canadian and Australian television policy, 1950–1963

A broadcast system in whose interest? Tracing the origins of broadcast localism in Canadian and Australian television policy, 1950–1963

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