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Book SynopsisAt a time when the traditional media have been reshaped by digital technologies and audiences have fragmented, people are using mediated forms of communication to manage all aspects of their daily lives as well as for news and entertainment.
The Media and Communications in Australia offers a systematic introduction to this dynamic field. Fully updated and expanded, this fifth edition outlines the key media industries from print, sound and television to film, gaming and public relations and explains how communications technologies have changed the ways in which they now operate. It offers an overview of the key approaches to the field, including a consideration of Indigenous communication, and features a hot topics' section with contributions on issues including diversity, misinformation, algorithms, COVID-19, web series and national security.
With chapters from Australia's leading researchers and teachers in the field, The Media and Communicatio
Trade Review
"Representing a major expansion in the comprehensiveness of its coverage, as well as in the range of expertise provided by its list of contributors, this latest edition of The Media and Communications in Australia is an indispensable guide to understanding the contemporary ecology of our media environment."
-Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO
"With crucial updating, this new edition addresses Australian media after a decade of rapid change and usefully identifies a range of ‘hot topics’ that cut across multiple industries and present some of the biggest challenges to those seeking to understand and work in media today."
-Professor Amanda Lotz, Queensland University of Technology
Table of ContentsPart I: Approaches 1. Introduction: Thirty years on 2. A short history of the Australian media 3. Australian media 2.0 4. The media and communications: Theoretical approaches 5. Indigenous media and communications 6. Policy, regulation and ownership 7. Audiences Part II: Industries 8. Newspapers 9. Magazines 10. Book publishing 11. Radio 12. Podcastin 13. Music 14. Film, cinema and streaming 15. Television 16. Advertising and marketing 17. Public relations 18. Social media 19. Mobile media and telecommunications 20. The videogame industry Part III: Hot topics 21. Diversity 22. Privacy and ethics 23. Media and national security 24. Misinformation 25. COVID-19 and crisis communication 26. Media and the environment 27. Sport and the media 28. Web series 29. Algorithms 30. Monetisation and digital entrepreneurship 31. The future of public service media 32. National Broadband Network.
