TY - JOUR
T1 - The Australian’s Media supplement: A lapdog, a watchdog, an attack dog or all of the above?
AU - Dodd, Andrew
AU - RICKETSON, Matthew
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The modern news media comprise powerful institutions that require the kind of scrutiny they direct towards other influential institutions. The 50th anniversary of The Australian offers a timely opportunity to examine how fairly and accurately the national daily newspaper has reported on its parent company's strengths and weaknesses, and those of its commercial rivals, as well as covering overall trends in the media industry. The article argues that when The Australian's Media section began in 1999, it substantially expanded for readers the available range of news and views about the media. However, the section never reached its advertising revenue targets and in recent years has lost much of the revenue it once had. Over the past decade, the section has become increasingly narrow-minded in the range of its coverage, tone and approach
AB - The modern news media comprise powerful institutions that require the kind of scrutiny they direct towards other influential institutions. The 50th anniversary of The Australian offers a timely opportunity to examine how fairly and accurately the national daily newspaper has reported on its parent company's strengths and weaknesses, and those of its commercial rivals, as well as covering overall trends in the media industry. The article argues that when The Australian's Media section began in 1999, it substantially expanded for readers the available range of news and views about the media. However, the section never reached its advertising revenue targets and in recent years has lost much of the revenue it once had. Over the past decade, the section has become increasingly narrow-minded in the range of its coverage, tone and approach
KW - The Australian
KW - news media
KW - media reporting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85000352390&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/australians-media-supplement-lapdog-watchdog-attack-dog-above
U2 - 10.1177/1329878X1515700109
DO - 10.1177/1329878X1515700109
M3 - Article
SN - 1329-878X
VL - 157
SP - 68
EP - 78
JO - Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy
JF - Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy
IS - 157
ER -