At a recent Australian Broadcasting Authority conference, federal communications minister Senator Richard Alston conceded that the early adoption of digital television in Australia had been ‘modest’. More impartial observers of the transition to digital broadcasting in Australia have been less restrained. ‘A digital dead-end’ and ‘dismal failure’ are representative of recent media commentary on the subject.
Turning off the Television: Broadcasting’s uncertain future by Jock Given
UNSW Press, $44.95pb, 342pp
Media mania: Why our fear of modern media is misplaced by Hugh Mackay
UNSW Press, $24.95pb, 96pp
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