Refereed papers
The papers published here from the 2005 Australian Media Traditions Conference were submitted and refereed according to DEST requirements. Papers will be published progressively as editors and authors complete the process. They are in pdf format; just click on the title to download the file. If there are any problems, please e-mail Jolyon Sykes or ring him on 02 6201 2161.
 
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Patricia Clarke   On a roller coaster with Maxwell Newton Publications (Non-refereed)
Craig Collins   Andrew Bent and the birth of the free press in the Australian colonies
Anne Coote   “This is the people’s golden day… dedicated to national enjoyment”: The contribution of Anniversary Day press coverage in mid-nineteenth century New South Wales to the development of national consciousness
Denis Cryle   Technological change and industrial unrest on Murdoch’s Australian: a retrospective on the VDT dispute (1976–1982)
Denis Cryle   The ebb and flow of the Tasman mediasphere: A century of Australian and New Zealand print media development, 1840–1940
Anne Dunn   The ABC’s digital transformations: a continuing (hi)story
Helen Ester   The fable and necessity of the “free” press
Bridget Griffen-Foley   Before the Parrot: The “news commentator” on Australian commercial radio
Ross Harvey   When media histories collide: Researching the development of print media in Australia and New Zealand, 1840–1940
Sue Joseph   Speaking secrets: How are untellable stories told?
Rod Kirkpatrick   The regional daily unafraid to stand alone
Haydon Manning   Australian cartoonists’ caricatures of women politicians: From Kirner to Stott-Despoja
Allison Oosterman   Covering Gallipoli: A New Zealand war correspondent in the age of empires
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Kerry McCallum		   The role of Reuters in the distribution of propaganda news in Australia during World War I
Nick Richardson   “Lord Southcliffe” and the Prime Minister: A re-examination of Sir Keith Murdoch and Joe Lyons
Shelly Savage   Australia’s journalist politicians
Nick Sharman   Nobody heard his cries: The New York Times’s coverage of two key incidents in the “Chicago eight” trial
Jolyon Sykes   Andrew Fisher and the media
Sally Young   Media reporting of government advertising in Australia
 
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