| Against Public Broadcasting: Why and how we should privatise the ABC Contributor(s): Berg, Chris (Author), Davidson, Sinclair (Author) |
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ISBN: 1925501892 ISBN-13: 9781925501896 Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Australian & Oceanian - Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.50 lbs) 184 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is a media colossus with a reputation for integrity and quality. It is also a billion-dollar government program that lacks any coherent justification for its existence. Chris Berg and Sinclair Davidson provide a highly readable account of how and why the ABC has come to be in this position. This is the first serious analysis of the rationale for the ABC and its existence in decades.
When the ABC was founded in the 1930s the problem was a scarcity of media. Now that we live in a world of media plenty, it is hard to see why the government is still subsidising a media empire. This book provides an outline of how policymakers can dispose of the ABC, while at the same time preserving its value and realising that value for the benefit of taxpayers. |