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

Peter Bradwell

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The edgeless university

British universities have world-class reputations and they are vital to the country’s social and economic future, yet they are under siege

Network citizens: power and responsibility at work

Social networks are providing tremendous opportunities for people to collaborate

Video republic

Cheap digital technology and broadband access have broken the moving-image monopoly held by production companies and broadcasters

FYI: the new politics of personal information

New trends of communication, customer services, personalisation, and issues of social inclusion and privacy
are helping to create a new framework for the discussion of personal information

Seen and heard: reclaiming the public realm with children and young people

This report draws on six case studies to explore the everyday experiences of children in public

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Rethinking the Rules Governing Australia
16 March 2010

Australian citizens are being asked to provide input into a nation-wide
discussion about how to improve the rules governing our country.

Rethink Australia spokesperson Rodger Hills, says the time has come to
review the way Australia is run. “As citizens, we have a responsibility to
plan for a brighter future and a more enlightened democratic process than
the one we have inherited from our fore bearers.”

Rethink Australia has released a public discussion paper today to provide
the basis for dialogue and deliberation amongst members of the public over

Secrecy law reforms strike a blow to old culture of government secrecy
12 March 2010

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.

WANTED: Communications Projects (Melbourne)
16 February 2010

RMIT University in Melbourne runs a degree program where groups of
communication research‐trained students work on a communication research
project for a not‐for‐profit client.

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