Upholding the Penny Principle
The Australian Press, Empire Communications and the 1929 Beam Wireless Select Committee
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5715751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denis Cryle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 139 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 53-63 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x1113900108 |
| OpenAlex | W2214597636 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article analyses the establishment in February 1929 of the Senate Select Committee on Beam Wireless Charges, and examines the role played by powerful local communication interests - in particular, the Australian newspaper press - in the development of Australia's communications with the outside world, especially Great Britain. It is argued that the establishment of the Beam Wireless Committee of 1929, in which the media played a notable part, represented the culmination of a decade of popular local expectation concerning the advent of cheap, modern communications with the outside world, in turn articulating the needs and cultural isolation of a steady stream of immigrants from Great Britain
Immigration · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Select committee · Sociology · Telecommunications · Wireless · Australian History and Society · Engineering · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |