New Research

The state of marketing 2011: UNICA’s annual survey of marketers

30 January 2012The opportunity to understand what marketers are thinking and doing during a period of unprecedented change and increasing expectations has made Unica’s Annual Survey of Marketers a must read.

Europes foreign cultural relations

30 January 2012Cultural relations are the glue that holds alliances together. This report deals with the workings of international relations between the nations of Europe and the rest of the world.

Mapping Australian higher education

30 January 2012Australia’s higher education system is entering one of its most significant years in recent history.

Public art and the challenge of evaluation

09 January 2012Measuring the 'impact' of a work of public art is a task which more often than not provokes grumbling from public art administrators.

Targeting support for high needs students in primary schools

30 December 2011Australian governments are adding resources to schools to achieve better educational outcomes through a series of National Education Partnerships between the Australian Government and state governments.

Hume global learning village: a creative learning community

08 December 2011Leading to the development of a 20 year strategy for learning, this paper provides a practical outline of a local government partnership with higher education in the context of a geographic learning community.

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Creative industries

Leveraging limited dollars

06 February 2012This paper will help philanthropic executives and trustees explore three innovative strategies to achieve greater results with their limited grant dollars.

Teaching with social media in classroom settings: Top ten practices from teachers around Europe

05 February 2012The “Teachers’ competition for social media use in formal language learning contexts” was created within the framework of the EU-funded network “Language learning and social media: 6 key dialogues”.

Technology

Computer security threats faced by small businesses in Australia

07 February 2012This paper attempts to educate small business owners about the risks that they face and the mitigation strategies they could employ to make their organisation safer.

Tech trends 2012: elevate IT for digital business

07 February 2012This report examines trends in technology put to practical business use.

Why most Facebook users get more than they give

07 February 2012Most Facebook users receive more from their Facebook friends than they give, according to a new study that for the first time combines server logs of Facebook activity with survey data to explore the structure of Facebook friendship networks and measures of social well-being.

Commentary

Harmonising creativity, building Chinese soft power

10 February 2012What does ‘creativity’ mean in China today? Is China serious about reforming its cultural and media sectors? Asks Michael Keane for CCI.

Six reasons why public libraries should be the first stop on the NBN's roll out

05 January 2012If the Australian government wants to show the benefits of the NBN it should connect it to the nation's public libraries as a priority writes Jack Goodman

The art of relevance

09 November 2011Telling our own stories through the arts is obviously a good thing, writes Andrew Ford in Inside Story, but what does it mean in practice?

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Topic Guides

NBN: Guide for Consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

Social innovation

05 December 2011Social innovation has recently been gaining attention as a way to address social and economic problems that are overlooked or not effectively addressed by existing systems.

Good practice in transnational education: A guide for New Zealand providers

25 August 2007Providing an introduction to good practice in ‘offshore' education, this 2007 guide draws on the international codes of practice, case studies of large-scale successful overseas programs and reports of quality assurance bodies.

Audio

Supporting the arts US style

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02 November 2011While arts workers complain about the lack of governement funding in Australia, consider the plight of US artists, who have access to around ten percent of the funds available here.

Archiving the immediate: how and why archives should approach social media

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26 October 2011The truth is, here in Australia we already have the technologies for capturing and archiving large datasets of public communication on Twitter and elsewhere – but someone with the necessary public standing and archivist expertise must now take the initiative; the sooner, the better.

Creative workforce

Video

Random thoughts on art and the public arena

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17 June 2011At this event celebrating the National Gallery of Victoria's 150th anniversary, artist and photographer Bill Henson reflects on the way we consume and experience art today and how modern technology has affected our cognitive processes.

Museums and their place in the world

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14 December 2010We are well used to the idea that the Museum has a role in explaining national identity. Yet the National Museum - like museums around the world - has to make a place for itself not only in a national context but in a global one.

Culture & society

The truth about privacy

31 January 2012As technology makes our world more transparent, handeling customer data is both a risk and an opportunity for businesses.

Students as learning designers: using social media to scaffold the experience

31 January 2012The ‘students as learning designers’ approach challenges transmission models of pedagogy and requires teachers to relinquish some control to their students so that they might have the space to experiment and discover how to learn.

How do we regenerate middle suburban ‘greyfield’ areas?

30 January 2012This bulletin reveals areas of the country which require major regeneration of residential, energy, water and communications infastructure, better known as 'grey fields'.

Websites

Paradisec: Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures

26 October 2011The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures offers a facility for digital conservation and access to endangered materials from all over the world. Our research group has developed models to ensure that the archive can provide access to interested communities and conforms to emerging international standards for digital archiving. A primary motivation for this project is making field recordings available to those recorded and their descendants.

Text Queensland

07 October 2011Featuring books, journals, theses and newspapers as well as government sources, this site will be useful for anyone interested in Queensland, from school and university students to researchers, family and local historians.

AusGOAL

11 July 2011AusGOAL, the Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework, provides support and guidance to government and related sectors to facilitate open access to publicly funded information.

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Books

Digital futures for cultural and media studies

Digital futures for cultural and media studies

  • John Hartley
  • Wiley-Blackwell
As they play with their digital devices and online games, children may unknowingly be making up the kind of democracy we will have tomorrow.
The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy

The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy

  • Terry Flew
  • SAGE Publications
The rise of creative industries allows new thinking in communication, media and cultural studies, media and cultural policy, the arts and also information sectors.Sparking fresh debates and creating a better understanding of culture, in relation to new media and technology.

Noticeboard

Volunteers needed to help with book distribution for bushfire victims
05 October 2009

Residents of the bushfire areas have told us they are now ready to received some much wanted reading material, so we need your help and expertise. Why? 182 pallets of books are being stored - this is around half a million books...

Nominate for Regional Arts Victoria's RAVE Awards
28 May 2009

Regional Arts Victoria RAVE Awards acknowledge the phenomenal work of regional artists, arts workers, organisations and volunteers in creating, delivering and presenting cultural activity in regional Victoria.  Nominations close Friday 14 August 2009.

Topic Guides

NBN: Guide for Consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

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