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Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 00:00

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From: Nexus User fjames <fjames@nexus.edu.au>

Here in Australia, we are currently examining many things, and one issue
that has arisen for me recently is perceptions of media in a time of
change. Our national broadcaster is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
or ABC or even "Auntie ABC". If I remember rightly, a committee of enquiry
into the ABC called the Dix committee came up with the observation that
Australians turn to the ABC when they want to get informed, so I wondered
what if the ABC had a website for news, weather and sport - wouldn't
Australians really value that and be prepared to pay tax dollars for it?

The ABC _has_ got a website - I mean _another_ website, this one
specifically and intensively for news, weather and sport, and staffed to
support the sort of high volume of interactions that the Sydney year 2000
Olympic games might generate, so I am seeking information in this much
'larger pond'.

Our ABC came on the scene after radio was well and truly started and by
then Newspapers had pretty much reached their final form, so I don't expect
us to be able to see obvious parallels with newspapers, but I think one
might see parallels online, and it seems to me that there's a niche for a
'broadcaster' in the narrowcast online world.

For instance, isn't the communication on a discussion list somewhat like
that in 'letters to the editor'? And in an age of web browsers and
JavaScript couldn't you really 'go to town' on the colour supplement!

What happens when newspapers go online? Does their circulation drop?

What happens when coffee table books go online? Where do you put the PC?

What happens when radio stations go online? Do listeners discuss on a list?

What happens when magazines like National Geographic go online? Does their
readership profile change?

What questions should I have asked?

regards
Frank JAMES
29 Cudmore St.,               Sacred Heart College Senior School,
Somerton Park,                195-239 Brighton Road,
South Australia 5044          Somerton Park, South Australia 5044
Home phone (AH) 294 4102      SHCS Telephone +61 8 294 2988
email fjames@nexus.edu.au     SHCS Facsimile +61 8 295 8461

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