Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

New Research

Culture in small and rural communities

05 March 2010The Creative City Network of Canada commissioned a series of reports on developing and revitalizing rural communities through arts and creativity.

Digital marketing outlook

16 February 2010This annual survey polled in excess of a thousand executives from major global brands, traditional and Digital agencies, vendor and service providers that operate in the Digital space, as well as freelance and independent Digital practitioners. The research has confirmed that many believe the future of Digital Marketing is exceptionally bright.

interACT resource kit

  • Claudia Chidiac, Eleanor Winkler
  • interACT
27 January 2010The interACT Resource Kit has been designed to assist those who want to work in integrated performance settings.

Not rocket science: a roadmap for cultural R&D

27 January 2010Outlining a radical new roadmap for cultural R&D, these proposals challenge two entrenched prejudices which block arts and cultural organisations from playing their full role in society and economy.

Communications report 2008-09

22 January 2010This report provides a overview of developments in the Australian telecommunications industry for 2008-09 and also covers many aspects of the broadcasting and radiocommunications industries.

Trade and innovation project: a synthesis paper

18 January 2010This paper is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation.

Arts, music & design

More than bums on seats: Australian participation in the arts

More than bums on seats: Australian participation in the arts

03 March 2010This research identifies the key factors which will impact Australians’ future participation in the arts. It also identifies barriers and incentives which impact our participation.

Cultural policy & law

ACCAN: Digital dividend green paper

12 March 2010The digital dividend is the Australian Government's opportunity to ensure that the benefits to individuals and the community outweigh the costs associated with the switchover to digital television.

Sex, social mores, and keyword filtering: Microsoft Bing in the 'Arabian Countries'

12 March 2010Microsoft recently added a new layer of complexity to the ongoing debate regarding the filtering and censorship practices of U.S. search engines in Arab countries.

Creative New Zealand review

12 March 2010The NZ Government's review of Creative New Zealand’s governance structure aims to improve efficiency and make the best investment of resources for the benefit of New Zealand artists and arts organisations.

Commentary

Community broadcasting means community relevance

16 March 2010Community broadcasting engages a range of people who may be left behind in the digital economy, writes Deborah Welch in the National Times

The hole in their bucket

12 February 2010The copyright wars are more than just a matter for the courts, write Julian Thomas and Ramon Lobato in Inside Story

Grizzling about Facebook

18 January 2010In Australian Humanities Review, Meaghan Morris tackles forebodings about the impact of the online environment on everyday life, sociability and political change

Audio

The politics of media and cultural policy

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13 January 2010Media and cultural policies are shaped by the few with access to political power. What role can academics play in current policy debates?

Australian films forty years on

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07 January 2010Recorded in Paris last year, this interview with John Baxter, author of The Australian Cinema (Pacific Books 1970), discusses 40 years of Australian film production and government assistance. First broadcast on ARTS alive, which is syndicated nationally on the CBAA satellite service and via the Aboriginal Program Exchange.

Cultural institutions

Literature working group policy

12 March 2010This report provides practical and realistic recommendations to ensure literature in Scotland is able to thrive and is supported in the most appropriate way.

20 years of Screenrights. 20 years of Australian TV

18 February 2010Jock Given, a Screenrights founding director and Professor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University's Institute for Social Research, looks at the last 20 years in Australian television.

Video

Charter for innovation, creativity and access to knowledge

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27 November 2009Citizens, artists and consumers are no longer powerless and isolated in the face of the content-providing industries: now individuals across many different spheres collaborate, participate and decide.

New media and world politics

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26 November 2009At this Lowy Institute talk held in Melbourne, Sam Roggeveen, editor of the Lowy Institute's influential political commentary site, The Interpreter, offers his perspectives on how new media is changing the world.

Websites

The Program

05 March 2010The Program is a nationwide what's on guide, providing the latest info on events, festivals, gigs, performances, theatre shows, exhibitions and loads more

Expressive life: Do we need a new framework for culture?

08 February 2010From 25-29 January 2010 a conversation took place between 18 bloggers asking whether the terms 'Art' and 'Culture' are tough enough to frame a public policy carve-out for the 21st century?

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

27 January 2010The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

Books

TV drama in China

  • Edited by Ying Zhu, Michael Keane, and Ruoydon Bai
  • University of Washington Press
This collection of essays brings together the first comprehensive study of TV drama in China. Examining in depth the production, distribution, and consumption of TV drama, an international team of experts demonstrate why it remains the pre-eminent media form in China. The collection explores industry dynamics, how TV dramas are marketed and consumed on DVD, and China's aspirations to export its television drama rights.
Outrageous! Moral panics in Australia

Outrageous! Moral panics in Australia

  • Edited by Scott Poynting and George Morgan
  • ACYS Publishing
In this detailed examination of case studies, a distinguished group of experts demystifies the social processes of moral panic in Australia.

Policy Guides

This guide provides practical and long-term ways for artists and arts organisations to enhance their access, market their events to the disabled community and build new audiences.

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