Ruth--
I could send you a few draft chapters of my dissertation.
I compared the policies in Australia, Canada, and the U.S.
and included a comparison of funding.
Should I send it as a Word attachment or do you want a hard
copy?.. I'd be happy to mail it.
Joanne Lisosky in the U.S. :)
>===== Original Message From [log in to unmask] =====
>Hello,
>Its Ruth Zanker here from New Zealand. I have
>been given the job of reviewing the funding of
>children's television by the funding body NZ On
>Air here in New Zealand. I have to do it on a
>very tight time line and I would like to do a
>good job with some assistance from you. (It
>takes me away from writing up my research....and
>I would probably prefer to be reading Ellen
>Seiter's new book but it is a great opportunity
>that could not be turned down!) This has become
>a somewhat urgent task as we in NZ are at an
>interesting cross-roads between extreme
>deregulation and possible reregulation in the
>media.
>
>After a decade of a very deregulated
>broadcasting system for children(see my article
>in the recent issue of Media International
>Australia) we appear to be changing tack in
>quite radical ways in the wake of a Labour
>victory at the last elections in November.
>Labour won the election with a slate of policies
>including quotas, charters for the state owned
>broadcaster (which up to now has had to deliver
>a profit to the government rather than cultural
>outcomes...no pbs here!) and poss. banning of
>advertising (good 'ole Sweden has really got
>some people going!)
>
>
>My report requires me to attend to both current
>funding frameworks as well as issues further out
>(like quotas... but NOZ signed away local audio
>visual trade in GATT). AND of course it needs to
>at least paint the picture of tensions of
>globalization/localization, consumer/citizen and
>convergence!!!
>
>We live in interesting times. The problem is
>that most of the current debate in NZ is in
>terms of adults and rings with familiar Reithian
>pulpit sounds. Media rights for children in an
>increasingly interactive multi-media age require
>a more complex response in this report....but
>still discussed in ways that are institutionally
>useful to an organization like NZ on Air funding
>TELEVISION programmes in a small English
>speaking country.
>
>It is an interesting time in which to be writing
>a down to earth report on how better to spend 9
>million dollars on children's programming.
>
>
>My report is designed to deliver up to date
>material on what is delivered in other countries
>and then consider certain questions of interest
>to the funding board. Some of these relate to
>the big picture of global changes, others to
>quite specific child centred issues.
>
>I am looking for several bits of ready made data
>if possible. There is no time to comb through
>web-sites and collate it.This report is due in 3
>weeks!!!
>1. Summaries of local content for children/ by
>age group and genre/scheduling for children (I
>have Hargraves for Broadcasting Standards)
>2. How the funding mix is decided: early
>childhood, primary, youth. BBC has a
>commissioning editor I see. Does ITV?
>3. Current issues for Producers with the
>commissioning process
>4. The mix of 'bread and butter' production and
>innovative, 'prestige'.
>5. Current issues for researchers.
>6. Squabbles over quality( I have Ishikawa's
>book on Broadcasting Quality)
>7. Who currently is consulted about the mix?
>8. How are satisfaction levels measured (other
>than ratings)? Parents/
>children/producers/researchers.
>9. Advertising dollars on children's programmes
>10. Dollars spent on children's programmes
>(contribution of licencing issues too)
>(We spend $9million of licence fee on Childrens
>programmes in New Zealand)
>Any thing else that may help me with this
>process ????Many thanks Ruth
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Dr. Joanne M. Lisosky
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication and Theatre
Pacific Lutheran University
253-535-7778
[log in to unmask]
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|