Digital communications
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'Twitter election': use of new media by political players in election year 2010
This conversation with political analyist and 2010 Parlimentary Fellow, Dr Peter Brent, discusses the changing relationship with Federal politicians and the media.
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The digital world of young children: impact on emergent literacy
In an effort to better understand the ways in which young people’s learning and expression are being shaped by mobile and digital technologies, the Pearson Foundation released “The Digital World of Young Children: Emergent Literacy,” a research white paper on the effects of digital media on young children’s learning at the 2010 Consortium for School...
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Online risk and safety in the digital economy
This is the third annual report to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy on developments in internet filtering and other measures for promoting online safety. In June 2007, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) was directed by the then Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to investigate international...
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Digital dividend green paper
This paper seeks public comment on the benefits and costs of maximising Australia’s 'digital dividend', the term used to describe the radio-frequency spectrum made available up as a result of the switchover to digital-only television.
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Are boys and girls ready for the digital age?
Information and communication technologies revolutionise not only the speed at which information can be transmitted, but also how information is conveyed and received. Technological innovations have a profound effect on the types of skills that are demanded in today’s labour markets and the types of jobs that have the greatest potential for growth. Most of...