Editing for Public Consumption: the Use of Documentary Film in the Promotion of New Zealand’s Mental Hospitals

Architectural design and text-based press releases were the Public  Relations tools traditionally employed by New Zealand’s Mental Hospitals Department. The arrival of television to New Zealand in 1960 offered a new medium: the documentary film. This paper will evaluate the evolution of the Departme...

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Main Author: Rebecca McLaughlan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2014-01-01
Series:Forum
Online Access:http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/691