Contents // List of Tables viii // General Editor’s Preface x // Preface to First edition xii // Preface to Second edition xiii // 1 Snapshot: 1945/1995 1 // 2 Which Media? What History? 6 // 3 Media 1945-1995: the Press 16 // 4 Media 1945-1995: Radio and Television 59 // 5 Media Empires: Concentration, Conglomeration, // Internationalization 118 // 6 Content and Audiences 138 // 7 Media, Government and Politics: The Intrusion of // Television 179 // 8 Media, Government and Politics: Prime Ministers // and Parties 201 // 9 Media Accountability: Government Policymaking 225 // 10 Media Accountability: Markets, Self-Regulation and // the Law 241 // 11 Conclusion 271 // Appendix: Provincial Evening Papers 274 // Outline Chronology 278 // Bibliography 280 // Index 285