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08-24-2016, 11:32 AM
White, straight, and on screen; report details diversity on TV
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Despite Australia's claims of egalitarianism and multiculturalism, the country's screens present a very different picture.
Flick on a television any day of the week in the country and you'll quickly **tice the lack of diverse faces that appear; aside from maybe a reality show contestant or news reporter.
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It's a long-standing issue, but an extensive report released by the government's screen industry body Wednesday spells out just how diverse the country's screens are. And that's **t very.
Screen Australia's report, titled Seeing Ourselves: Reflections on Diversity in TV Drama (http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/getmedia/157b05b4-255a-47b4-bd8b-9f715555fb44/TV-Drama-Diversity.pdf), analysed 199 dramas aired in the country between 2011 and 2015, inclusive of those years.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/diversity-australia-television/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Despite Australia's claims of egalitarianism and multiculturalism, the country's screens present a very different picture.
Flick on a television any day of the week in the country and you'll quickly **tice the lack of diverse faces that appear; aside from maybe a reality show contestant or news reporter.
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Screen Australia's report, titled Seeing Ourselves: Reflections on Diversity in TV Drama (http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/getmedia/157b05b4-255a-47b4-bd8b-9f715555fb44/TV-Drama-Diversity.pdf), analysed 199 dramas aired in the country between 2011 and 2015, inclusive of those years.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/diversity-australia-television/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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