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Using the Gold Coast as a case study, this book shows how a combination of circumstances created our own outpost of Hollywood in Australia. Forces in the US pushed Hollywood studios and producers to work outside California, while a unique situation in Queensland provided an attractive alternative home for Hollywood productions.

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A memoir that tells how, sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven, the author survived beatings, misery, love, ecstasy, carnal violation, expulsion, imprisonment, criminal conviction, probation and catastrophe to emerge, at eighteen, ready to try and face the world in which he had always felt a stranger.

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Offers a first look at the all-Arab news network and its controversial role in the Arab world

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And Now on Radio 4 offers an enthusiast's guide to the shows that have made Radio 4 what it is, and also explores some of the wonderful corners of the network's history that are long forgotten by all but a few.

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The Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits covers films eligible for the Academy Awards, as well as other films, released in the Los Angeles area, which do not meet the Academy's requirements.

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He suggests that part of the reason for Australia's film success may lie in America's identification with a simpler culture and the portrayal of wild west type territory which is often found in Australian films.

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Examines National Public Radio and its prospects for survival and success.

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A recent Times-Mirror survey has shown that 65 percent of Americans prefer television over other news media for news coverage, an increase of 10 percent in just over a decade.

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How did a short bald, man with a speech impediment have such an impact How indeed Like his life, Inside Story is a pacy romp. Honest and heartfelt, it should be required reading. Observer

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A major scholarly and readable history of women in broadcast news, covering the broadcast journalistic roles of women from the 1920s through the mid-1980s.

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Its now ninety years since the BBC made its first broadcast and the British love affair with radio began.

This book is a journey through that fascinating history and a celebration of the many wonderful voices that were part of it: Marion Cran, who pioneered the first gardening programme in the 1920s;

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Articles on HDTV, film, and related program production appear in chapter 6, while chapter 7 covers HDTV and alternative delivery systems, including DBS, cable, and fiber optics.

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Scott writes for practitioners and provides the information they can use daily, supplying academic professionals and students of broadcasting management with this resource.

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An insightful and timely reappraisal of international broadcasting as an instrument of discursive rather than 'soft' power and its contested role in Australia's Indo-Pacific regional statecraft.

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Takes us through the highs and lows of the screen trade, from high-powered dinner tables to obscure backlots, from the centres of power to far-flung locations, with a cast of characters that includes Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Jeffrey Archer, Steven Segal and many others.

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Despite its rise in the global market, political progress, and a surging interest worldwide, Korean films are relatively unknown and rarely studied. This work investigates the history, industry structure and trends of filmmaking in Korea, and its relationship to Hollywood.

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As National Public Radio's very first employee, and the first producer of its legendary All Things Considered, Mitchell tells the story of public radio from the point of view of an insider, a participant, and a thoughtful observer.

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As National Public Radio's very first employee, and the first producer of its legendary All Things Considered, Mitchell tells the story of public radio from the point of view of an insider, a participant, and a thoughtful observer.

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This work looks at the medium of television as one of the cultural vehicles carrying us toward the 21st century. It provides an up-to-date review of developments and trends shaping the policy and regulatory issues that exert the strongest influence on the evolution of information technology.

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Micro Radio became a lightening rod for the emerging Media Activism and Reform Movement.