Communication studies in Australia: Achievements and prospects

1 September 1993

journal article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Howard Journal of Communications

Vol. 5 (1-2) , 157-165
https://doi.org/10.1080/10646179309361657

Abstract

This article briefly outlines the history of communication studies in Australia, emphasizing that this history spans only thirty years. The significance to communication studies of the 1987 revolution in the structure of Australian higher education is outlined, and predictions for the future attempted. Government policy, the economic climate, Anglo‐American influences, and the impact of Australian cultural diversity are shown to have affected communication studies. Particular attention is given to contemporary emphasis upon Aboriginal and Asia‐Pacific issues.

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This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Communication studies in Australia: paradigms and contexts
Media, Culture & Society, 1986
The Need for the Study of Asian Approaches to Communication
Media Asia, 1986