Inside a Cultural Transformation: A personal journey through five great media and arts institutions (en Inglés)
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Since the 1960s, five major Australian public media and arts institutions have shaped national identity, through stories of change and leadership. Since the 1960s Australia has undergone a cultural revolution. During this period, five public media and arts bodies have been key players in the emergence of the unique national identity that Australians now enjoy. The five institutions are the national public broadcaster, the ABC; Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, SBS; our renowned performing arts school, NIDA; the world-leading film, television and radio school, AFTRS; and our media regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the ACMA. The timely and ongoing support by successive Australian governments (both Labor and Coalition) of these influential cultural institutions, and their collective impact as builders of culture for Australia, is a largely untold story but an important one. Malcolm Long tells this tale through three lenses: the origins and evolution of these five organisations; his often colourful experiences as a leader in each of these lively, passionate and sometimes controversial bodies; and a look at their uncertain futures in today’s era of global digitisation. This important book provides fresh perspectives on the emergence of Australia’s national identity while also revealing inside stories of events, celebrities, political and public figures in the battles for hearts and minds in an era of radical cultural change. Table of Contents Introduction: Culture, Media and Social Change; I The Public Broadcaster I, 1 An Antipodean BBC, and Beyond; 2 TV: More than Radio with Pictures; 3 Inside the ABC; 4 Radio: New Directions; 5 A More Complicated Era; 6 A Broader Canvas; II The Public Broadcaster II; 7 Wholesale Change; 8 ABC Radio Australia-wide; 9 Money and Mayhem; 10 Reporting the Truth; 11 Magic on the FM Band; III The Multicultural Broadcaster; 12 Multiculturalism as Mission; 13 Word News: Multiculturalism and More; 14 The World is an Amazing Place; 15 Sex, Sport … and Hitler; 16 Production and Delivery: Inside and Out; IV The Media Regulator; 17 A Heavy Hand Regulating Broadcasting; 18 Regulating with a ‘Light Touch’; 19 The Cash for Comment Saga; 20 Two Very Different Questions of Content; 21 The Minister Complains and Cash for Comment Reverberates; 22 Telecommunications Also Serve Culture; 23 Big Brother; 24 Intangible Gold; V The Film School; 25 Three Men and Two Prime Ministers; 26 Inside AFTRS; 27 Staying Current; 28 The Business of Creativity; 29 Coming in from the Edge; VI The Drama School; 30 Nugget Ignites the Flame; 31 Inside NIDA; 32 Renewal; VII The Digital Tsunami; 33 Institutions at the Crossroads; 34 Social Media: Safety and Identity; 35 ‘A period of unmanaged transition’; Notes; Index; About the Author
