Peter Putnis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3079424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Putnis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Putnis |
| SIGNATURE | PUTNIS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canberra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5627-9667 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cold War Propaganda, Forum World Features and the Canberra Times , 1965–1973
Warwick Blood (1947-2022)
Warwick Blood (1947-2022) was a leading Australian researcher in the field of Communication and Media Studies whose research focused on the role of the news media in framing public understanding of major social issues such as fear of crime, suicide and mental illness and community perceptions of risk. This article traverses Warwick's research career from his 1981 PhD on agenda setting to his later qualitative research using news frame analysis an…
Reuters and the idea of a British Commonwealth news agency in the aftermath of World War II
After World War II, Reuters was struggling to maintain its status as a leading world news agency. The prospect of Indian independence threatened a crucial source of income. Reuters faced vigorous competition from US agency, Associated Press, which was in a phase of rapid global expansion. In response, Reuters sought to consolidate its position by re-constituting itself as a ‘British Commonwealth’ agency which would be jointly owned by the nationa…
Paper Emperors
Paper Emperors: The Rise of Australia’s Newspaper Empires." Australian Historical Studies, 50(3), pp. 399–400
Australian Women War Reporters
Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam." Australian Historical Studies, 47(3), pp. 494–495
Reuters and the South African press at the end of Empire
At the end of the Second World War, Reuters’ status as a leading independent world news agency was under threat. While seeking to be a ‘world agency’, Reuters’ ownership was vested entirely in the British press. Decolonisation threatened traditional sources of revenue. American agencies were rapidly extending their global reach. In response, Reuters sought to re-constitute itself as a ‘British Commonwealth’ agency by offering a stake in the compa…
Communications, Media and the Imperial Experience
Chandrika Kaul's 2003 volume Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, c. 1880–1922 was the first detailed analysis of British press reporting of India. It demonstrated the British Government
The International Distribution of News
Broadcasting Empire
International News Agencies, News-Flow, and the Usa–australia Relationship From the 1920s Till the End of the Second World War
Prior to the Second World War, news-flow between the US and Australia was constrained by the lack of a direct submarine cable or wireless telegraphy link between the two countries and by the fact that Australian coverage of international news largely emerged out of an ‘imperial press system’ centred in London. ‘Imperial preference’ in news was facilitated by global cartel arrangements amongst international news agencies whereby the London-based a…
Reuters and the British Government – Re-Visited
In response to Dr Silberstein-Loeb's assessment of the Reuters/British government relationship during the First World War, this article reinforces and enlarges upon the role of the British Foreign Office in securing control over Reuters. This control was obtained with the agreement of Reuters' senior management who were keen to secure government financial support. The government (contrary to Dr Silberstein-Loeb's assessment) played a leading role…
News, Time and Imagined Community in Colonial Australia
This paper discusses the changing temporal contexts of overseas news in Australia's colonial press. The history of overseas news – its timeliness, periodicity and its forms – is enmeshed in international communication history and, specifically, in the history of Australia's changing time/space relations with the rest of the world as new technologies, particularly the telegraph, became available. From the point of view of editors and publishers, t…
Media Management in Wartime
Propaganda and censorship were crucial elements in the flow of news to Australian newspaper audiences during World War I. While Australian newspapers were enthusiastic supporters of the war effort, the Australian model of press censorship proved to be highly restrictive and the relationships between newspaper editors and censorship authorities were not always smooth. Over the course of the war, frustration regarding the operation of censorship in…
Share 999
At the outbreak of World War I Reuters was a public company with a widely dispersed and large group of shareholders, including shareholders in Germany. Under the pressure of wartime conditions, the British government determined that, for security reasons, it needed to find a mechanism to achieve greater control of the company and the news it distributed. Censorship laws were, on their own, deemed inadequate to this purpose. In the event, the publ…
The Early Years of International Telegraphy in Australia
This article examines the political and economic circumstances surrounding the introduction of international telegraphy to Australia in 1872, and analyses the local and international factors that helped shape institutional arrangements for the provision of this service. Its particular, it focuses on the tension between private and public interests in the provision of communication infrastructure, and related issues of public policy, competition (…
The British transoceanic steamship press in nineteenth‐century India and Australia
This paper aims to contribute to the historical reconstruction of the communication networks of the British Empire, particularly as they linked readerships in India and Australia via shared experiences of British news and culture.
How the international news agency business model failed – Reuters in Australia, 1877–1895
In 1877, the London-based international news agency and communications company, Reuters, launched an ambitious plan to expand its operations in Australia by establishing its own Australasian branch
Copyright, Media and Innovation
This paper introduces the articles in this issue of MIA on the theme of 'Copyright, Media, and Innovation'. The paper also provides a context for these articles via a discussion of historical and contemporary issues in copyright law, particularly in relation to new technologies
War with America’
Reuters in Australia
The international news agency Reuters has been a significant supplier of overseas news to the Australian press since the early 1860s. Its role as a news wholesaler servicing an avaricious Australia
The Press Cable Monopoly 1895— 1909
In 1909, the Australian Senate conducted a Select Committee of Inquiry on Press Cable Services to Australia in response to claims that a monopoly of such services was in operation and had been organised by a cartel of key Australian newspapers in conjunction with Reuters Telegraph Company. Its report, and the extensive transcripts of evidence that accompany it, provide a detailed insight into arrangements for the receipt and distribution of overs…
The Production of Overseas News at Channel 7
This article documents the selection priorities and production processes of overseas news at a major Australian commercial network Channel 7 Sydney and Brisbane. It analyses the total overseas news vision input into the Channel 7 Sydney newsroom over a five-day period in terms of quantity, sources, country references and subjects. This analysis provides insights into Australia's positioning in the global news system as it operated in early 1995. …
The construction of Queensland
Communication studies in Australia
News, Time and Imagined Community in Colonial Australia
This paper discusses the changing temporal contexts of overseas news in Australia's colonial press. The history of overseas news – its timeliness, periodicity and its forms – is enmeshed in international communication history and, specifically, in the history of Australia's changing time/space relations with the rest of the world as new technologies, particularly the telegraph, became available. From the point of view of editors and publishers, t…
Reuters in Australia
The international news agency Reuters has been a significant supplier of overseas news to the Australian press since the early 1860s. Its role as a news wholesaler servicing an avaricious Australia
Communication studies in Australia
International News Agencies, News-Flow, and the Usa–australia Relationship From the 1920s Till the End of the Second World War
Prior to the Second World War, news-flow between the US and Australia was constrained by the lack of a direct submarine cable or wireless telegraphy link between the two countries and by the fact that Australian coverage of international news largely emerged out of an ‘imperial press system’ centred in London. ‘Imperial preference’ in news was facilitated by global cartel arrangements amongst international news agencies whereby the London-based a…
Share 999
At the outbreak of World War I Reuters was a public company with a widely dispersed and large group of shareholders, including shareholders in Germany. Under the pressure of wartime conditions, the British government determined that, for security reasons, it needed to find a mechanism to achieve greater control of the company and the news it distributed. Censorship laws were, on their own, deemed inadequate to this purpose. In the event, the publ…
Paper Emperors
Paper Emperors: The Rise of Australia’s Newspaper Empires." Australian Historical Studies, 50(3), pp. 399–400
Media Management in Wartime
Propaganda and censorship were crucial elements in the flow of news to Australian newspaper audiences during World War I. While Australian newspapers were enthusiastic supporters of the war effort, the Australian model of press censorship proved to be highly restrictive and the relationships between newspaper editors and censorship authorities were not always smooth. Over the course of the war, frustration regarding the operation of censorship in…
The International Distribution of News
Reuters and the British Government – Re-Visited
In response to Dr Silberstein-Loeb's assessment of the Reuters/British government relationship during the First World War, this article reinforces and enlarges upon the role of the British Foreign Office in securing control over Reuters. This control was obtained with the agreement of Reuters' senior management who were keen to secure government financial support. The government (contrary to Dr Silberstein-Loeb's assessment) played a leading role…
The Early Years of International Telegraphy in Australia
This article examines the political and economic circumstances surrounding the introduction of international telegraphy to Australia in 1872, and analyses the local and international factors that helped shape institutional arrangements for the provision of this service. Its particular, it focuses on the tension between private and public interests in the provision of communication infrastructure, and related issues of public policy, competition (…
How the international news agency business model failed – Reuters in Australia, 1877–1895
In 1877, the London-based international news agency and communications company, Reuters, launched an ambitious plan to expand its operations in Australia by establishing its own Australasian branch
The Production of Overseas News at Channel 7
This article documents the selection priorities and production processes of overseas news at a major Australian commercial network Channel 7 Sydney and Brisbane. It analyses the total overseas news vision input into the Channel 7 Sydney newsroom over a five-day period in terms of quantity, sources, country references and subjects. This analysis provides insights into Australia's positioning in the global news system as it operated in early 1995. …
The construction of Queensland
Communication studies in Australia
The construction of Queensland
The Production of Overseas News at Channel 7
This article documents the selection priorities and production processes of overseas news at a major Australian commercial network Channel 7 Sydney and Brisbane. It analyses the total overseas news vision input into the Channel 7 Sydney newsroom over a five-day period in terms of quantity, sources, country references and subjects. This analysis provides insights into Australia's positioning in the global news system as it operated in early 1995. …
The Press Cable Monopoly 1895— 1909
In 1909, the Australian Senate conducted a Select Committee of Inquiry on Press Cable Services to Australia in response to claims that a monopoly of such services was in operation and had been organised by a cartel of key Australian newspapers in conjunction with Reuters Telegraph Company. Its report, and the extensive transcripts of evidence that accompany it, provide a detailed insight into arrangements for the receipt and distribution of overs…
War with America’
Reuters in Australia
The international news agency Reuters has been a significant supplier of overseas news to the Australian press since the early 1860s. Its role as a news wholesaler servicing an avaricious Australia
Copyright, Media and Innovation
This paper introduces the articles in this issue of MIA on the theme of 'Copyright, Media, and Innovation'. The paper also provides a context for these articles via a discussion of historical and contemporary issues in copyright law, particularly in relation to new technologies
How the international news agency business model failed – Reuters in Australia, 1877–1895
In 1877, the London-based international news agency and communications company, Reuters, launched an ambitious plan to expand its operations in Australia by establishing its own Australasian branch
The British transoceanic steamship press in nineteenth‐century India and Australia
This paper aims to contribute to the historical reconstruction of the communication networks of the British Empire, particularly as they linked readerships in India and Australia via shared experiences of British news and culture.
Media Management in Wartime
Propaganda and censorship were crucial elements in the flow of news to Australian newspaper audiences during World War I. While Australian newspapers were enthusiastic supporters of the war effort, the Australian model of press censorship proved to be highly restrictive and the relationships between newspaper editors and censorship authorities were not always smooth. Over the course of the war, frustration regarding the operation of censorship in…
Share 999
At the outbreak of World War I Reuters was a public company with a widely dispersed and large group of shareholders, including shareholders in Germany. Under the pressure of wartime conditions, the British government determined that, for security reasons, it needed to find a mechanism to achieve greater control of the company and the news it distributed. Censorship laws were, on their own, deemed inadequate to this purpose. In the event, the publ…
The Early Years of International Telegraphy in Australia
This article examines the political and economic circumstances surrounding the introduction of international telegraphy to Australia in 1872, and analyses the local and international factors that helped shape institutional arrangements for the provision of this service. Its particular, it focuses on the tension between private and public interests in the provision of communication infrastructure, and related issues of public policy, competition (…
Reuters and the British Government – Re-Visited
In response to Dr Silberstein-Loeb's assessment of the Reuters/British government relationship during the First World War, this article reinforces and enlarges upon the role of the British Foreign Office in securing control over Reuters. This control was obtained with the agreement of Reuters' senior management who were keen to secure government financial support. The government (contrary to Dr Silberstein-Loeb's assessment) played a leading role…
News, Time and Imagined Community in Colonial Australia
This paper discusses the changing temporal contexts of overseas news in Australia's colonial press. The history of overseas news – its timeliness, periodicity and its forms – is enmeshed in international communication history and, specifically, in the history of Australia's changing time/space relations with the rest of the world as new technologies, particularly the telegraph, became available. From the point of view of editors and publishers, t…
International News Agencies, News-Flow, and the Usa–australia Relationship From the 1920s Till the End of the Second World War
Prior to the Second World War, news-flow between the US and Australia was constrained by the lack of a direct submarine cable or wireless telegraphy link between the two countries and by the fact that Australian coverage of international news largely emerged out of an ‘imperial press system’ centred in London. ‘Imperial preference’ in news was facilitated by global cartel arrangements amongst international news agencies whereby the London-based a…
The International Distribution of News
Broadcasting Empire
Reuters and the South African press at the end of Empire
At the end of the Second World War, Reuters’ status as a leading independent world news agency was under threat. While seeking to be a ‘world agency’, Reuters’ ownership was vested entirely in the British press. Decolonisation threatened traditional sources of revenue. American agencies were rapidly extending their global reach. In response, Reuters sought to re-constitute itself as a ‘British Commonwealth’ agency by offering a stake in the compa…
Communications, Media and the Imperial Experience
Chandrika Kaul's 2003 volume Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, c. 1880–1922 was the first detailed analysis of British press reporting of India. It demonstrated the British Government
Australian Women War Reporters
Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam." Australian Historical Studies, 47(3), pp. 494–495
Paper Emperors
Paper Emperors: The Rise of Australia’s Newspaper Empires." Australian Historical Studies, 50(3), pp. 399–400
Reuters and the idea of a British Commonwealth news agency in the aftermath of World War II
After World War II, Reuters was struggling to maintain its status as a leading world news agency. The prospect of Indian independence threatened a crucial source of income. Reuters faced vigorous competition from US agency, Associated Press, which was in a phase of rapid global expansion. In response, Reuters sought to consolidate its position by re-constituting itself as a ‘British Commonwealth’ agency which would be jointly owned by the nationa…
Warwick Blood (1947-2022)
Warwick Blood (1947-2022) was a leading Australian researcher in the field of Communication and Media Studies whose research focused on the role of the news media in framing public understanding of major social issues such as fear of crime, suicide and mental illness and community perceptions of risk. This article traverses Warwick's research career from his 1981 PhD on agenda setting to his later qualitative research using news frame analysis an…
Cold War Propaganda, Forum World Features and the Canberra Times , 1965–1973
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