In 1976, a Federal government inquiry into the Australian Broadcasting System received 621 submissions from members of the Australian public interested in the problems, politics and future of the Australian media landscape. This article provides the first analysis of those submissions, using them to shed new light on Australian attitudes to their broadcast media and their public sphere in an era of rapid change. In particular, it focuses on attitudes to commercialism, public broadcasting, content quality and standards, diversity, and regulation, exploring the many different visions of media policy and politics that were articulated to the inquiry.

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多元主义的政治：辩论澳大利亚的媒体多样性，c.1976

1976 年，联邦政府对澳大利亚广播系统的调查收到了 621 份来自对澳大利亚媒体格局的问题、政治和未来感兴趣的澳大利亚公众的提交。本文对这些提交的内容进行了首次分析，利用它们揭示了澳大利亚在快速变化的时代对其广播媒体和公共领域的态度。特别是，它侧重于对商业主义、公共广播、内容质量和标准、多样性和监管的态度，探索了与调查相关的媒体政策和政治的许多不同愿景。