2014 UNESCO Lecture: ‘No-one died covering celebrity news’

Commentary: We enjoy freedom of speech in New Zealand, even though the Bill of Rights Act guarantee can be over-ridden. We have a variety of privately owned news media, even though the vast majority are owned by overseas interests. We have state-owned radio and television, even though our major tele...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:396f5b9a02354d829383c27eae9d42742021-12-02T08:24:59Z2014 UNESCO Lecture: ‘No-one died covering celebrity news’10.24135/pjr.v20i2.1721023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/396f5b9a02354d829383c27eae9d42742014-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/172https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035Commentary: We enjoy freedom of speech in New Zealand, even though the Bill of Rights Act guarantee can be over-ridden. We have a variety of privately owned news media, even though the vast majority are owned by overseas interests. We have state-owned radio and television, even though our major television network was freed of its public service broadcasting obligations in order to pursue commercial goals. We have high quality tertiary institutions to train our future journalists, even though the ranks of our newsrooms have been systematically depleted. We have sophisticated telecommunications services, even though only 1 percent of us have optical broadband. The qualifications will not be lost on you. In other words, when I reflect on our good fortune I see that it is tempered by shortcomings, actual and potential. In this address I argue that the shortcomings are increasing and, if unchecked, ultimately threaten the way we function as a society.Gavin EllisAsia Pacific Networkarticleagenda-settingcitizen journalismmass mediamedia freedommedia ownershipnewspapersCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 20, Iss 2 (2014)
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topic agenda-setting
citizen journalism
mass media
media freedom
media ownership
newspapers
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle agenda-setting
citizen journalism
mass media
media freedom
media ownership
newspapers
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Gavin Ellis
2014 UNESCO Lecture: ‘No-one died covering celebrity news’
description Commentary: We enjoy freedom of speech in New Zealand, even though the Bill of Rights Act guarantee can be over-ridden. We have a variety of privately owned news media, even though the vast majority are owned by overseas interests. We have state-owned radio and television, even though our major television network was freed of its public service broadcasting obligations in order to pursue commercial goals. We have high quality tertiary institutions to train our future journalists, even though the ranks of our newsrooms have been systematically depleted. We have sophisticated telecommunications services, even though only 1 percent of us have optical broadband. The qualifications will not be lost on you. In other words, when I reflect on our good fortune I see that it is tempered by shortcomings, actual and potential. In this address I argue that the shortcomings are increasing and, if unchecked, ultimately threaten the way we function as a society.
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