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2012 •
Douglas Kellner
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'The Fairfax, Murdoch and Packer Dynasties in Twentieth-century Australia'
2002 •
Bridget Griffen-Foley
In 1903, 2 years after federation, Australia’s six capital cities had between them 21 daily newspapers. These newspapers were owned by 17 different proprietaries. By the time Murdoch began spreading his wings overseas in the late 1960s, the Australian news media was dominated by three families—the Murdoch, Fairfax and Packer dynasties. When the century drew to a close, the Murdoch and Packer empires controlled most of the nation’s major print and electronic media outlets. This article explores the history of the Australian media in the twentieth century through the history of its ownership and control. The business history of the Australian media is a complicated story of acquisitions and sales, mergers and closures, the decline of competition and diversity, the emergence of newspaper and television empires, and political patronage and political suspicion.
Australian Journal of Communication
The coming republic: citizenship and the public sphere in post colonial Australia
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Martin Hirst
The Argus: The Life and Death of a Great Melbourne Newspaper (1846-1957)
Manifest Editorial Differences: The Age and The Argus in the 1920s and 30s
2003 •
Sybil Nolan
This paper was presented at a one-day conference, The Argus: The Life and Death of a Great Newspaper, at RMIT University, Melbourne, in September 2001. It was later collected in a volume with the same title, edited by Muriel Porter. This paper consisted of a comparative content analysis of Melbourne broadsheets, The Age and The Argus, in the 1920s and 1930s. It revealed how much both papers were affected by the Great Depression. It also demonstrated that the Argus had more depth of cultural coverage, while The Age remained a paper driven by social liberal political principles it had upheld since the 19th century.
Journalism - Sage
Journalism 2016 Rowinski
2016 •
Paul Rowinski
A comparative analysis of Euroscepticism explores what it means in two nations and what is then articulated in specific newspapers. The theoretical terrain, Italy’s and Britain’s post-war relationships with the European Union, the countries’ media structures and the specific context of Il Giornale (owned by Silvio Berlusconi’s family) in Italy and The Times in the United Kingdom (owned by Rupert Murdoch) are mapped out. Some 21 interviews were conducted with relevant journalists and politicians (including reporters covering Europe for the aforementioned) offering further context. A critical discourse analysis of news stories and commentaries then spans the last decade. Although there is some Euroscepticism in Il Giornale, it has historically been localised, yet now seems to be growing in intensity. In The Times, however, the Euroscepticism conveyed is more pervasive and deeper. Its fact-based news can actually be very persuasive – ironically more akin to the commentary-laden news of Il Giornale – as the debate looms ahead of the planned 2017 UK referendum on European Union membership. Keywords Argumentation, comparative journalism, critical discourse analysis, Euroscepticism
Euroscepticism in the Berlusconi and Murdoch press
Paul Rowinski
A comparative analysis of Euroscepticism explores what it means in two nations and what is then articulated in specific newspapers. The theoretical terrain, Italy's and Britain's postwar relationships with the European Union, the countries' media structures and the specific context of Il Giornale (owned by Silvio Berlusconi's family) in Italy and The Times in the United Kingdom (owned by Rupert Murdoch) are mapped out. Some 21 interviews were conducted with relevant journalists and politicians (including reporters covering Europe for the aforementioned) offering further context. A critical discourse analysis of news stories and commentaries then spans the last decade. Although there is some Euroscepticism in Il Giornale, it has historically been localised, yet now seems to be growing in intensity. In The Times, however, the Euroscepticism conveyed is more pervasive and deeper. Its fact-based news can actually be very persuasive – ironically more akin to the commentary-laden news of Il Giornale – as the debate looms ahead of the planned 2017 UK referendum on European Union membership.
Journal of Victorian Culture
The Deleterious Dominance of The Times in Nineteenth-Century Scholarship
2013 •
Andrew Hobbs
The Times was a mid-nineteenth-century newspaper phenomenon, defeating rival London newspapers through its skilful management, advanced technology, greater editorial resources and access to powerful politicians. Its authority enabled it to make and break governments. However, the uniqueness of The Times limits its usefulness as a historical source. This article begins with a brief history of The Times, before analysing how the newspaper remains centre stage in the historiography of journalism and of nineteenth-century culture more broadly, despite the digitization of provincial and other London papers. Over-dependence on The Times, it argues, has exaggerated the significance of London daily newspapers and underplayed the importance of weekly papers, particularly those published outside London. The Times was unusual because it was a metropolitan rather than provincial paper, with a focus on political news and a dearth of lighter, broader content, or news of events around the UK. Usin...
Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies
Investigating Victorian Journalism
1992 •
Laurel Brake
