Past Programs
Popular Culture - 2008
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Tears, tantrums—television!
27/11/2008
Inside the mind of a very successful reality TV producer. Drew Lesser is the Australian-born executive producer of the US hit Bridezillas.
The audience talks back
06/11/2008
A major study is underway into the influence of talkback radio in Australia. Funded by the Federal government, it involves academics and researchers from five universities.
Against the media tide
30/10/2008
Conventional wisdom would tell you it's the wrong time to launch a new magazine title, but the editor of the Australian version of The Week doesn't much care for conventional wisdom. He thinks he's on a winner. We'll find out why.
The New Blue Media
23/10/2008
With the US election looming, we look at what's been termed the 'New Blue Media', a coalition of sorts aimed at ensuring a Republican defeat and bringing internal reform to the Democratic Party.
The SBS pitch
16/10/2008
This week the SBS submitted its plan for an expanded and more diverse service to the Rudd government. But with a warning that without a significant financial boost the broadcaster would not only fail to realise its potential, but slide backward.
The Director of Strategy and Communications at SBS is Bruce Meagher.
Lord of the Flicks
21/08/2008
The current head of the New Zealand Film Commission, Dr Ruth Harley, has just been appointed to head-up the Australian film industry's new uber-agency 'Screen Australia'. She tells us about her background and the direction she intends to take in her new role.
Here is the Prime Minister...
05/06/2008
Staff at the National Film and Sound Archive have been sorting through their extensive collection of material looking for all manner of film and audio relating to Australia's 26 prime ministers.
The Centre for Media History
03/04/2008
Sydney's Macquarie University recently opened what they describe as 'Australia's first centre dedicated to conducting and fostering research on the interactions between media and history.'
It's called, aptly enough, The Centre for Media History, and its director is Associate Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley.
Acting up a storm
03/04/2008
The giant US media industry is facing another crisis. Already damaged by economic downturn and the long-running writers' strike, now the industry's acting fraternity has declared war -- on itself!
The Bulletin and its legend
31/01/2008
Historian and author Sylvia Lawson helps us unpack the legend of The Bulletin. After 128 years the journal is no more. But what made it so special? And did its most recent incarnation really have any connection to the original publication and its founder's aims?
