Handling the 'Battering Ram': Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation and the Global Contest for Dominance in Sports Television. The flow and control of culture through the media is of profound importance to all societies. Sport is a key component of Australian culture, and access to peak sports events is recognised in 'anti-siphoning legislation' preventing exclusive capture by pay TV. There is strong pressure to de-regulate Australian TV sport, especially from Australia's largest media organisation a ....Handling the 'Battering Ram': Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation and the Global Contest for Dominance in Sports Television. The flow and control of culture through the media is of profound importance to all societies. Sport is a key component of Australian culture, and access to peak sports events is recognised in 'anti-siphoning legislation' preventing exclusive capture by pay TV. There is strong pressure to de-regulate Australian TV sport, especially from Australia's largest media organisation and most successful global media 'player', Newscorp and Rupert Murdoch. This Project's community benefit derives from its significant contribution to crucial debates about the power of nation states to control global media organisations, and by informing key considerations of cultural citizenship and media diversity.Read moreRead less
Sustaining Culture: the role of performing arts centres. This project will use theoretical and empirical research to evaluate the roles major performing arts centres do and can play in sustaining culture and encouraging participation. The project develops innovative approaches to value by drawing on developments in cultural economics, aesthetics and cultural sociology. It also designs methodological tools for gathering qualitative data presently unavailable in Australia. The project will make si ....Sustaining Culture: the role of performing arts centres. This project will use theoretical and empirical research to evaluate the roles major performing arts centres do and can play in sustaining culture and encouraging participation. The project develops innovative approaches to value by drawing on developments in cultural economics, aesthetics and cultural sociology. It also designs methodological tools for gathering qualitative data presently unavailable in Australia. The project will make significant theoretical contributions to research communities, facilitate communication between researchers and industry practitioners, and encourage the major performing arts centres to participate in Australia's research culture. It will be a model for future studies of Australia's cultural institutions.Read moreRead less