A Companion to the Australian Media
Australian Scholarly Publishing, $88 hb, 558 pp
Media
A Companion to the Australian Media edited by Bridget Griffen-Foley
by Geoffrey Blainey •
This impressive collection of knowledge ranges from the history of newspapers and the biographies of radio and television stars to the rise of media owners (the first of whom, Andrew Bent, arrived as a convict in 1812). It covers war reporting, food and sports coverage, children’s radio, blogging and podcasting, and even the life of the radio serial Blue Hills, which ran from 1949 to 1976.
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