The Challenges of Media Policy; Case Study: Talkback Radio

Week 4: The challenges of media policy; Case study: talkback radio

Content

•         Week 4: The challenges of media policy;Case       study:talkback radio   
• Key issues

• Taking a policy approach to studying Australian media
• Regulatory structures and media policy in Australia
• Case study: changing media landscapes and the Convergence Review
• Does media ownership matter? Why/why not?
• Talkback radio: A case study of political influence and ethics: from the Cash for Comment Inquiry to the Cronulla riots
• Monitoring, self-regulation, and the role of the ACMA
• Talkback audiences

Set Reading 

Pusey, M & McCutcheon, M 2011, ‘From the media moguls to the money men? Media concentration in Australia’, Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 140, p. 22. Turner, G 2000, ‘Talkback, advertising and journalism A cautionary tale of self-regulated commercial radio’, International Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 247–255.

 Further Reading  ACMA produces a number of useful documents, including an annual report on Australian media that you can find here: http://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/Library/Corporate-library/Corporate-publications 

You can find the final report of the Convergence Review Committee (2012) here: http://www.dbcde.gov.au/digital_economy/convergence_review. 

The following readings in the subject bibliography are relevant to this week’s material on media regulation: (Barry 2008; Craik, James Bailey & Moran 1995; Cryle & Hillier 2005; Cunningham 2014; Davies 2014; Ewart 2011; Ewart & Dekker 2013; Ewart 2014; Flew 2009; Freedman 2006, 2014; Griffen-Foley 2003; Hitchens 2015; Jones & Pusey 2010; Hickman & Watson 2012; Jukes 2012; Lidberg & Hirst 2013; McKnight 2013, 2012; Minehan 1999; Muller 2014; Murphy 2016; Pearson, Fernandez & others 2015; Phillips 2014; Simons 2007; Sup Park 2014; Thomas & Finneman 2014; Thurlow & Griffen-Foley 2016; Tiffen 2007). The following readings in the subject bibliography are relevant to this week’s material on talkback radio: (Appleton 1999; Ewart 2014; Ewart & Dekker 2013; Ewart 2011; Faine 2005; Fisher 2009; Gillman 2007; Gould 2007; Johnson 2000; Mickler 2004, 2004, 2005, Turner 2001, 2003; Ward 2002).

Resources for research

When it comes to researching your assignments, Discovery is useful for locating relevant journal and newspaper articles, as well as accessing the Library catalogue. From here, you can also access the Australian Bureau of Statistics, online collections of theses, and business industry information. 

Google Scholar is also a very useful resource. If you sign up you will be able to add the unimelb library as your home library in the preferences on your homepage. Once you've done that all your search results will give you a direct link to the library which will take you direct to electronic journal holdings. This is often easier than Discovery, and is a gloabl search, not limited to university holdings.