Media Change. Political Change - Developments in Australian Newspapers' Political Reporting in the Age of Television

人们经常断言，自从电视出现以来，新闻媒体的角色已经发生了变化，但令人奇怪的是，缺乏记录这些变化的数据。该项目将提供有关报纸政治报道趋势的广泛、系统和分析性信息。通过定量和定性研究设计的创新结合，它将绘制变化的程度和时间，并阐明驱动它们的外部和内部力量。新闻界仍然是澳大利亚民主和公共话语质量的核心，因此，对其不断变化的表现进行更具经验基础和分析洞察力的辩论，具有强烈的公众利益。

It is frequently asserted that the role of the press has changed since the advent of television, but there is a curious lack of data documenting the changes. This project will provide extensive, systematic and analytically-informed information about trends in newspapers' political coverage. Through an innovative combination of quantitative and qualitative research designs, it will chart the extent and timing of changes, and illuminate the external and internal forces driving them. The press remains central to the quality of Australian democracy and public discourse, and so there is a strong public interest in making debates about its changing performance more empirically grounded and analytically penetrating.