Now this is not to say that the Australian paper was a forerunner worldwide; important in Australia for sure, but probably representative of the thinking in many governments and educational institutions at the time.
Drew Whitworth has an ecological approach to media, information production and consumption that complements the fast food metaphor for information choices in the Filter Bubble video. I'm unsure if the metaphor is valid, but he makes several interesting points. And, the presentation style of the video is worth a look too. ocTEL http://octel.alt.ac.uk/forums/topic/week-4-drew-whitworth-link-broken/