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<div align="center">The University of Sydney <br>
Media and Communications Department <br>
Media At Sydney Seminars <br>
Present <br>
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<i>Talkback Radio in Australia: The good, the bad, and the ugly</i>
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by<br>
Professor Graeme Turner<br>
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Tuesday, March 20, 5pm<br>
The Refectory, Main Quadrangle (Nicholson Museum Quarter)<br>
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Followed by the launch of Media International Australia’s ‘Talkback
Radio’ issue and drinks<br>
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While comparatively little research had focused on talkback radio in
Australia until recently, it has played an increasingly important role
within the media landscape since the early 1990s: it has dominated the
AM format, it is routinely believed to significantly influence public
opinion, and it has attracted the attention of politicians more than
any other media format. Some regard it as a highly democratic format,
facilitating public debate, while others focus on the negative effects
on such debate when it is seen to exploit public anxieties. Recent
controversies, such as those surrounding Chris Masters’ biography of
Alan Jones, have ensured that talkback generates as many headlines as
it reports. In this public lecture, Graeme Turner will discuss some of
what he has learned during his three year research project into
Australian talkback radio: the diversity of the format in practice, its
success in reconciling the competing demands of information and
entertainment, and the issue of talkback’s much-cited political
influence.
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Professor Graeme Turner is an Australian Research Council Federation
Fellow, Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the
University of Queensland, President of the Australian Academy of the
Humanities, and convenor of the ARC Cultural Research Network. He is
the theme editor of the special issue of Media International Australia
on talkback radio being launched after the lecture by Professor Rod
Tiffen.
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Media at Sydney is a series presenting contemporary media &
communications research, thinking & perspectives, convened by the
Dept of Media & Communications, The University of Sydney. See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/media/or">http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/media/or</a> contact Media at Sydney
organisers: Marc Brennan (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marc.brennan@arts.usyd.edu.au">marc.brennan@arts.usyd.edu.au</a>), Gerard Goggin
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gerard.goggin@arts.usyd.edu.au">gerard.goggin@arts.usyd.edu.au</a>), or Catharine Lumby
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:catharine.lumby@arts.usyd.edu.au">catharine.lumby@arts.usyd.edu.au</a>)<br>
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Marc Brennan, PhD
Media and Communications
Room 106, RC Mills Building, A26
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Ph: 02 9036 6030
Fax: 02 9351 5444
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