Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia

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Examines the state of current affairs television in Australia today by pondering its future, while drawing lessons from the past. The book questions the social and political value of what we now think of as current affairs journalism. Underpinning this approach is the conviction that TV current affairs serves functions which are important to a civilised democracy.

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'Journalists don't pay a lot of attention to our own history. I don't hear a lot of debate within the industry about the survival of television journalism, so am grateful for this important contribution. Graeme Turner describes the cyclical regeneration of television current affairs as more by accident than design. As a journalist I typically look forward to the next accident.' - Chris Masters, ABC investigative journalist

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Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland. He is one of the founding figures of media and cultural studies in Australia and internationally. He has published on film, television, literature, radio and Australian popular culture and is currently working on a study of talkback radio.