Abstract
In October 2008 the Australian government’s Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) launched an inquiry into the future of Public Service Media (PSM). The discussion paper informing this inquiry was titled ‘ABC and SBS: Towards a Digital Future’. It invited submissions on the complex and wide-ranging issues facing public broadcasting in the twenty-first century, with the aim of enabling policy to be developed that would allow ‘national broadcasting to thrive in a digital, online, global media environment’ (DBCDE, 2008: 1). In seeking to review the functions and future of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), in a fully digitised environment, this inquiry identified several key issues. These were: how to harness new technologies to enhance charter objectives; how to expand the amount and diversity of Australian content; how to extend the impact of news and current affairs to better inform all Australians; and how to develop the capacity of these media in enhancing social inclusion and the governance of cultural diversity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reinventing Public Service Communication: European Broadcasters and Beyond |
| Editors | Petros Iosifidis |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 287-297 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780230277113 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780230229679 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2010 |