Media

Links To Media Organisations:

The Media & Australian Politics

World Press Freedom Rankings – the 2003 report from Reporters Without Borders.
The Fourth Estate – an explanation of this description of the Press.
Apr 13, 2005: The Challenge Of Becoming A True Digital Native: Rupert Murdoch
Dec 01, 2004: ABC 2004 Election Coverage Review Released
Sep 29, 2004: Australia’s Samidzat: John Pilger On Media Diversity
Shock-Jock Democracy – The Influence Of Radio Talkback – a discussion of the influence of radio talkback on the Federal government’s decision on petrol excise in March 2001.
The Media In Australia – an article from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Pressure Groups and the Media – A report by the former State Historian, Dr. Bernard Barrett, about the demonstrations against the World Economic Forum, held in Melbourne during September 2000.
April 18, 2001: The Fleeting Years – an editorial from the Sydney Morning Herald on the paper’s 170th anniversary and the role of the media.
Australian Broadcasting Authority – Commerical Radio Inquiry Report – details of the “cash for comment” scandals.
March 05, 2003: British Media Laws Tougher On Responsibilities: Democrats
June 14, 2000: The Australian Media – a wide-ranging speech by the former Prime Minister, Paul Keating, in which he discusses his own treatment by the media and ownerership rules.
February 02, 1998: Politics and the Media Circus – a speech by Gareth Evans, the ALP’s former Deputy Leader of the Opposition.
Media Ownership Regulation in Australia – an excellent brief from the Parliamentary Library.
Data on Australian Media Ownership in 1999
Press Ownership in Australia – 1996
TV Ownership in Australia – 1996
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus – the famous editorial from the New York Sun, 1897.