Media Information Australia

Noble, Grant

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800101pmid: N/A

Macumba, John; Batty, Philip; ,

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800102pmid: N/A

Hartley, John

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800103pmid: N/A

Fowell, R E

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800104pmid: N/A

Carroll, Margaret

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800105pmid: N/A

A phone survey in 1979 of 60 Brisbane unions shows that nearly 80% of all unions and nearly 90% of blue collar unions believe they do not get a fair deal from the media. The editorial process is seen as the main cause (53.7%) of bias. Sub-editors are especially criticized. There are some differences between blue and white collar unions. 55% of unions do not use the media. Suggestions for union action are made.

Keen, Steve

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800106pmid: N/A

In March this year, ten journalists from all major newspaper groups attended Australia's first ever workshop for journalists. Its subject was the coverage of international news by the Australian press. Organized by the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, the workshop required participants to assess their own product Whereas journalists are constantly evaluating their work on a day to day basis, in this exercise they took the novel approach of reviewing their coverage of one story over a number of months. The object was to have journalists review how well their newspapers explained the issues to their readers, by having them drop their customary role of producers of news, and become its recipients. The experience led them to question whether the traditional framework for reporting was adequate to the task of informing Australians about Asia.

Walmsley, D J

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800107pmid: N/A

Schneider, Leigh

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800108pmid: N/A

Rendell, Peter; Nixon, Mary

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800109pmid: N/A

The aim in the work reported was to develop an effective and economical method for investigating children's cognitive interaction with television. The methods we have used are: (i) photograph arrangement, in which individual testing is necessary; and (ii) judgments about pairs of photographs projected on slides, in which group testing is possible, and which allows an experimenter to manipulate different properties of the medium for investigation. Salient features of two studies are reported; the second method appears to have several advantages.

doi: 10.1177/1329878X8001800110pmid: N/A