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The dumbing-down of TVNZ, Bill Southworth
Stand and Deliver Ian Johnstone Cape Catley, $29.95 ISBN 0 90856170 9 A story is doing the rounds that a producer recently proposed a documentary on poverty to one of our television networks. He/she wanted to record the daily struggles…
Tagged with: Bill Southworth, Cape Catley, Ian Johnstone, Issue 36
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Conflict makes news, Bill Southworth
Shaping the News: Waitangi Day on Television Sue Abel Auckland University Press $34.95 ISBN 1 86940 176 X The first iron law of commercial television is: keep them watching. As a result television news is determined to make it more…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bill Southworth, Issue 32, Sue Abel
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Flasher trash and democracy, Bill Southworth
Revolution in the Air! Paul Smith Longman, $29.95 ISBN 0582 878101 Dangerous Democracy? News Media Politics in New Zealand Judy McGregor (ed) Dunmore Press, $34.95 ISBN 086469 2595 When confronted with 50 or 60 television channels in a North American…
Tagged with: Bill Southworth, Dunmore Press, Issue 23, Judy McGregor, Longman, Paul Smith, Spring 1996
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Doing it our way, Bill Southworth
Mass Media in the Pacific ‑ Nuis Bilong Pasifik David Robie (ed) University of Papua New Guinea Press, $29.95 ISBN 9980840528 Foreign Correspondents Liam Jeory and Cameron Bennett Hodder Moa Beckett, $39.95, ISBN 1869582101 As the technological means for gathering…
Tagged with: Bill Southworth, Cameron Bennett, David Robie, Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 22, Liam Jeory, University of Papua New Guinea Press
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review