Audiences, equity, and the future of free-to-air television . Australia’s free-to-air television industry is in structural decline, with concerning implications for media access, emergency communicati

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Audiences, equity, and the future of free-to-air television . Australia’s free-to-air television industry is in structural decline, with concerning implications for media access, emergency communications and social cohesion. This project aims to develop novel methods to identify those Australians most affected, to understand how their experience of television will change, and to provide options to ensure widely-endorsed public policy goals are met in a radically different media landscape. The project expects to generate new knowledge about television distribution, infrastructure and equity. Expected outcomes include improved decision-making to support broadcast spectrum reallocation and a renewed policy debate about television’s vital public goods.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4701 - Communication and Media Studies. Lead: Prof Ramon Lobato