Television in Australia

Good Morning Ms Lewis and students, today I will be talking to you about Australia and how America is over powering our national identity and Australia is slowly becoming Americanised and has been for many years. Australian culture and identity has been significantly affected and dominated by America through movies, tv shows, music and food. In my opinion the Americanisation of Australia's culture is a sad and terrible thing. It is a process where ordinary Australians are bombarded every day with

Introduction According to statistical data, Australia is currently more obese than America. Obesity in Australia over the past few years has been described as an ‘epidemic’ which is ‘frequently expanding’ (Ryan, 2009). Professor Jimmy Bell from the Imperial College in London who is an obesity specialist says that "Genetically, human beings haven't changed, but our environment and our access to cheap food has. We’re being bombarded every day by the food industry to consume more and more food and we

Rain Agno Migrant Experience Essay In the modern age of comedic television shows, a show can be used to represent or display migrant experiences. Specifically, Australian sitcoms play a vital role in representing migrant experiences and cultural diversity. These shows demonstrate the importance of equality, and the use of characters who speak a foreign language and their heritage. The 2016 Sitcom ‘Here Come the Habibs’, created by Rob Shehadie, Tahir Bilgic, Matt Garnsey, Phil Lloyd, and Ben Davies

state of childhood? (w.180) The state of childhood is difficult to define due to the conflicting views that are held within society. As outlined in Creativity, Culture and Commerce (2015) children are considered a special audience in relation to television and media consumption. This categorisation of this audience allows childhood to be defined as a developmental stage in which youthful participants are considered both ‘vulnerable’ and ‘corruptible’. These distinctive underlying connotations lead

various television and film production companies in California and Osaka, Japan. From 2005 to 2008, he

empirical status except from these lives. The theory of reality of social construction has been linked to research on television since television news producers' form a reality through the choices made concerning the coverage of situations and their position within a newscast. Viewers form their own realities through interpreting news using a set of individual experiences. For instance, television stresses close-up views forming a sense of knowledge with geographically dispersed places and people. More so

World War II, Australia had started to change such as the technology and many more. Sport was one the many big changes in Australia after the WWII, sport have been a part of Australian culture since the first fleet. From around the 1945’s till present Australia has achieved many achievements and had thrived on all types of sporting activities. The history of the Australian Sport is a journey covering more than one hundred and twenty years of sport. Sport is a very important part of Australia. Early sports

and actor was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia on 8th October 1939. He first began his career with an appearance on a television talent show. His unique comedic style proved so popular he was given his own television show which he wrote, produced and acted in called the ‘Paul Hogan Show’. This show played 60 episodes over 9 years, first airing in 1973 until 1984. The show gained much attention in his native country Australia and South Africa which quickly made a star of Paul Hogan

experienced within multicultural Australia. This essay will discuss the discourses that are prevalent in commercial and non-commercial television about cultural differences and diversity, and how this can either promote or denounce the inclusiveness of communities or allowing alternative voices to be heard. The media narrates contemporary problems or stories in society in a way that can have a significant influence on how its viewers understand

ATN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The licence, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of Fairfax, was one of the first four licences (two in Sydney, two in Melbourne) to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia. It began broadcasting on 2 December 1956. The station formed an affiliation with GTV-9 Melbourne in 1957, in order to share content. In 1963, Frank Packer ended up owning both GTV-9 and TCN-9