Public voices, private interests: Australia's media policy

by Jennifer; Moran Craik

An overview of the key issues in Australian media policy. This text examines the social and policy context of Australian media and communications in the 1990s and argues that our communications institutions and practices have been shaped by a number of forces. These include a policial agenda of deregulation; the challenges and implications of new communications technologies such as satellite, cable, pay television, fibre optic cables and video; and major restructuring and realignments within the communications industries. An overview of the key issues in Australian media policy. This text examines the social and policy context of Australian media and communications in the 1990s and argues that our communications institutions and practices have been shaped by a number of forces. These include a policial agenda of deregulation; the challenges and implications of new communications technologies such as satellite, cable, pay television, fibre optic cables and video; and major restructuring and realignments within the communications industries.

258 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995