The Decline and Redefinition of New Zealand Current Affairs Television Programmes

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aut.relation.endpage81
aut.relation.issue2en_NZ
aut.relation.journalThe Political Economy of Communicationen_NZ
aut.relation.pages14
aut.relation.startpage67
aut.relation.volume5en_NZ
aut.researcherBaker, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Sen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-07T23:45:30Z
dc.date.available2019-03-07T23:45:30Z
dc.date.copyright2017-12-18en_NZ
dc.date.issued2017-12-18en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThis article explores New Zealand current affairs programmes from a critical political economy perspective. Many critics believe the current affairs television genre is in terminal decline in most Western countries. They argue that current affairs programmes have changed to focus on entertainment and news values with combative, personality-focused programmes, rather than political and serious subject matter. Previous research carried out in New Zealand demonstrated that the news media significantly changed after the election of the fourth Labour government in 1984, which instituted a neo-liberal policy agenda. The result was a more commercially-oriented media environment, which many critics argue, reduced the quality of news and current affairs programmes. This reflects the fact that the public sphere has been seriously diminished and television current affairs no longer functions as it should. In this article, I discuss both the historic and contemporary state of television current affairs programmes in New Zealand. On the basis of previous research into such programmes in New Zealand content analysis examines the extent to which the current affairs television genre continues to be shaped by the commercial pressures of New Zealand broadcasting.
dc.identifier.citationThe Political Economy of Communication 5(2), pp. 67–81.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12335
dc.publisherThe International Association of Media Communication Research (IAMCR)
dc.relation.uriwww.polecom.org/index.php/polecom/article/view/85en_NZ
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectCurrent affairs television programmes; Critical political economy; Broadcasting; Deregulation; Neo-liberalism
dc.titleThe Decline and Redefinition of New Zealand Current Affairs Television Programmesen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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