The media: A new analysis of the press, television, radio, and advertising in Australia
Keith Windschuttle
In this controversial new study of the Australian media, Keith Windschuttle makes some startling observations:
• television is contemporary society's main form of cultural expression, and the television soap opera is one of our most significant art forms.
• sport on television does not make viewers numb and passive; it stimulates their critical faculties.
• the news is not an objective portrayal of reality but a form of popular culture with an appeal similar to many other forms of entertainment and drama.
• the sexual revolution in men's and women's magazines has encouraged not liberation but anxiety, selfishness and an increasingly violent attitude towards sexual relations.
• the popular tabloid press is in decline and the future of newspapers lies with the quality press.
Year:
1985
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Language:
english
Pages:
436
ISBN 10:
0140068481
ISBN 13:
9780140068481
File:
PDF, 14.97 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1985