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Māori Worldviews and Broadcasting Standards: What Should Be the Relationship?

The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has written this paper in order to provide a platform for discussion surrounding the relationship between broadcasting standards and Maori worldviews…

Viewing Violence: Audience Perceptions of Violent Content in Audio-Visual Entertainment

This qualitative research explores audience perceptions of violence in audio-visual entertainment. The conception and planning of the study was informed by several significant earlier studies, including UK…

Seen and Heard: Children's Media Use, Exposure, and Response

With greater access to a variety of media devices and media content, there is a need for new research that updates the information collected during 1999/2000,…

Balancing Act: A Review of the Balance Provision in the New Zealand Broadcasting Standards

This report was commissioned by the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) to provide some insight into the continuing relevance, or otherwise, of the standard of ‘balance’ as…

Media Literacy Information in New Zealand: A Comparative Assessment of Current Data in Relation to Adults

This report, commissioned by the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA), is an investigation into the current availability of media literacy information in New Zealand. In turn, the…

Children's Media Use and Responses: A Review of the Literature

Children are often overlooked as resourceful participants with opinions, ideas and perspectives in the research and policy arena even when they are important stakeholders. In commissioning…

Issues Facing Broadcast Content Regulation

The relevance of content regulation, based on traditional models of broadcasting, is being challenged by technological developments in the communications media industry. Increasingly the control of…

Freedoms and Fetters: Broadcasting Standards in New Zealand

The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) frequently surveys New Zealanders on their attitudes towards various broadcasting standards. The BSA’s function in this regard is prescribed by the…

The Future of Media Regulation in New Zealand: Is There One?

As recently as 1961, the government controlled all but two of New Zealand’s 34 radio stations. Our first television station had just started up. We had…

The Portrayal of Māori and Te Ao Māori in Broadcasting: the Foreshore and Seabed Issue

In late 2003, the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) commissioned research into the portrayal of Māori and te ao Māori in broadcasting. A team led by Te…