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

    By Graeme Turner

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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 civilized democracy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9781742246031
    Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia

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