Table of Contents

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Contributors

Preface

PART 1 INTRODUCTION

1. The media and communications in Australia today, Graeme Turner and Stuart Cunningham

PART 2 APPROACHES

2. Media and communications theoretical traditions, John Sinclair

3. Political economy and news, Rod Tiffen

4. Policy, Stuart Cunningham and Terry Flew

5. Textual analysis, Alan McKee

6. Representation, Kate Bowles

7. Audiences, Sue Turnbull

PART 3 INDUSTRIES

8. The press, Julianne Schultz

9. Telecommunications and the new economy, Trevor Barr

10. Radio, Toby Miller and Graeme Turner

11. Film and video, Deborah Verhoeven

12. Television and pay TV, Terry Flew

13. Magazines, Frances Bonner

14. Advertising, John Sinclair

15. Public Relations, Graeme Turner

16. Popular Music, Shane Homan

17. The Internet and online communication, Trevor Barr

18 Video and comp

About the Author

Stuart Cunningham is Professor and Director of the Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre at Queensland University of Technology. Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. They are authors of many other works on the media.