New Research

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.

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.

Roots of violent radicalisation: volume 1

06 February 2012The Internet is one of the most significant vehicles for promoting violent radicalism - more so than prisons, universities or places of worship.

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”.

How Africa tweets

  • Beatrice Karanja, Mark Flanagan
  • Portland

01 February 2012Young people Tweeting from mobile devices are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa.

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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.

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.

Technology

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.

Piracy and prosecution: ringing in Kim Dotcom

25 January 2012Journalists have found their demon figure in the form of an anti-copyright maestro writes Binoy Kampmark for APO.

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

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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

Communication, access and equality

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08 December 2011This program looks at number of projects aiming to improve access to communication - be it the use of telephones in East Timor or Internet access in the remote interior of Australia.

Digital learning

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14 November 2011Is digital technology changing the way we think and learn?

Creative workforce

Mapping Australian higher education

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

Video

Nobel winner's press conference at Parliament House

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13 October 2011ANU Professor Brian Schmidt gives a press conference at Canberra's Parliament House to discuss receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics. He is introduced by ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young.

Falling patent quality hits innovation

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28 September 2011The quality of patent filings has fallen dramatically over the past two decades. The rush to protect even minor improvements is overburdening patent offices and reduces the potential for breakthrough inventions, according to the Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011.

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

Datafication

21 November 2011Datafication is part of The Works continued commitment to understanding how the Australian social media landscape works. They do this to have a real understanding of what’s happening online, to be able to access fact based insights that are based on unique Australian data, and essentially to be able to better inform marketers around the use of the channel.

iTaNGO

14 November 2011iTaNGO is a project designed to help give Victorian community sector organisations the knowledge and resources to get the most out of their information communication technology (ICT) setup.

Emergency 2.0 Wiki Project

25 August 2011The Emergency 2.0 Wiki will be a new collaborative model for sharing and advancing knowledge on utilising web2.0 and social media in emergency management.

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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

Reconnecting the customer: formal inquiry into telecommunications customer service
20 April 2010

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will conduct a formal inquiry into customer service and complaints handling in the telecommunications industry following the on-going high volume of complaints to the industry ombudsman.

Announcing the inquiry today, ACMA Chairman Chris Chapman said, ‘Many would share the ACMA’s concern about whether the current arrangements which underpin telecommunications consumer protection are really effective in dealing with the issues that concern consumers most.

Antenna dangers shown through online tool
08 October 2009

Swinburne University, together with EM Software and Systems, has developed an online tool that will allow users to calculate exclusion zones around antennas where radiation levels exceed safety standard limits.

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.

Topics

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