A ‘heart to heart’ on race relations: TVNZ’s State of the Nation as public sphere discourse

This article considers TVNZ's audience discussion programme, State of the Nation, as a moment of public sphere discourse. The programme's pre-broadcast branding and deliberate construction of a bicultural television space is examined, while particular attention is given to the hosts'...

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Autores principales: Sean Phelan, Judith Bernanke, Susan Fountaine
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Asia Pacific Network 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1a658c8b3d36494e88d4fd782ee4e9be
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Sumario:This article considers TVNZ's audience discussion programme, State of the Nation, as a moment of public sphere discourse. The programme's pre-broadcast branding and deliberate construction of a bicultural television space is examined, while particular attention is given to the hosts' framing of the discussion and the programme was a questionable public sphere contribution, partly because the structuring of the discussion reinforced the established polarities of the Aotearoa/New Zealand 'race relations' debate, over-privileged producer control at the expense of audience participation and was, more generally, indicative of the limits of TVNZ's post-Charter commitment to public service broadcasting.