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New Research

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.

Documentary production in Australia, 2010: A collection of key data

01 March 2010This annual collection of statistics profiles the state of documentary filmmaking in Australia. Statistics include production, employment, funding and release data from 1996/97 to 2008/09.

Review of the commercial radio standards: Issues paper

27 February 2010Recently released ACMA research indicates that radio in Australia remains a highly popular and influential medium, with music, news and information and talkback the top three preferred program formats in 2009.

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.
Sport on television: to siphon or not to siphon?

Sport on television: to siphon or not to siphon?

15 February 2010This paper traces the history and arguments concerning the practice used by pay television broadcasters by which they appropriate, or 'siphon off' certain events that have been traditionally shown on free-to-air television in Australia.

Report of the child pornography working party

27 January 2010This report recommends that NSW State laws be amended to ensure that if material is found to be child pornography, the fact that it is art cannot be used as a defence.
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Arts, music & design

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.

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

The economic impact of digital exclusion

12 March 2010This report develops a taxonomy of negative economic impacts associated with digital exclusion in the US.

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.

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

Supporting culture when everyone's on YouTube

12 March 2010  What role can government play in assisting Australian creative talent to catch some of dynamism of emerging markets for culture asks Stuart Cunningham in The Punch.

Media's poor need a leg up too

23 February 2010Perhaps Minister Conroy should now play pool at the local pub with a community radio station manager, writes Michael Mullins in Eureka Street
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Audio

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.

Authenticity and the ABC

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21 November 2009Six months into the job, the ABC’s director of news, Kate Torney, talks to Peter Clarke about where the national broadcaster is headed and what role social media will play.

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.

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.

Video

Australian and international film and television industries

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10 February 2010Screen Australia's Enterprise program external assessors Ian Jones and Jonathan Olsberg speak to Sandy George about the changing Australian and international film and television industries.

The fall of Rome: media after empire

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19 October 2009Mark Scott looks at where media might be headed after the fall of the great media empires.

Creative industries

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.

Websites

ABC Arts

01 November 2009The ABC's new arts gateway includes reviews, blogs, video, news, program guides, feedback and more.

Ketupa.net

25 September 2009 This site profiles major media groups in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Open video conference

27 July 2009As internet video matures, we face a crossroads: will technology and public policy support a more participatory culture or will online video become a glorified TV-on-demand service?

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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.

Noticeboard

Policy Guides

Arts for all: opening doors to people with a disability

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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