The media in Australia is an important component of the economy. Australian media is widely available and serves a wide range of audiences – 99% of Australian households have a television, all families have at least one radio. Public media Two media companies in Australia are publicly funded: the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Special Broadcast Service (SBS). Both provide free broadcasting on terrestrial television, radio and the Internet. Both are owned by the...

HistoryXIX centuryA new phenomenon of public life was called the pricing policy of American periodicals in the middle of the XIX century: newspapers began to cost only 1-2 cents (like the newspapers of the Central Committee of the CPSU worth 2 kopecks in the second half of the XX century). These accessible publications have become not only a source of information, but also the main tool for manipulating public consciousness, turning the industry into a fourth power. Before the launch of the...