CCI News

Dr Mark Ryan - The Drum ABC1

ccook — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:24:08 +1100

Dr. Mark Ryan, QUT film and television Lecturer, joined “The Drum” on ABC 1 last night (31st January) to talk about the future of the Australian film industry and the challenges it faces on the eve of the inaugural ACCTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards. He argues that Australia should move away from just funding cultural films towards entertainment value and commercial returns.

The segment is available at 24:24 to 34:18 mins into the clip.

Protecting an uncensored Internet: the global response to SOPA legislation

ccook — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:15:57 +1100

CCI Winter School 2012

ccook — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100

HOW CHILDREN ARE SHAPING SOCIETY’S FUTURE

ccook — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:59:25 +1100

As they play with their digital devices and online games, children may unknowingly be making up the kind of democracy we will have tomorrow.

That’s one of the challenging perspectives on how the digital age is changing society put forward by John Hartley, of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) in his new book “Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies”.

While most Australians would assume that adult citizens who vote and pay taxes do most of the shaping of a modern democracy, Prof. Hartley contends that children, as they engage with one another and the wider society online, are exerting a largely unseen, but growing influence.

CCI Report Highlights Role of Social Media in Floods Coverage and Response

ccook — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:48:55 +1100

Social media sites Twitter and Facebook played a crucial role in disseminating information during the 2011 Queensland floods. That is the key finding of a report released today by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI), and available for download at http://cci.edu.au/floodsreport.pdf.

CCI researchers Assoc. Prof. Axel Bruns and Dr. Jean Burgess from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Assoc. Prof. Kate Crawford and Frances Shaw from the University of New South Wales focussed especially on the role of Twitter, which was prominently used by the Queensland Police Service during the crisis.

“Through their @QPSMedia Twitter account, police staff provided timely updates directly from the Queensland Premier’s situation meetings,” said Professor Bruns. “Many mainstream media picked up on these updates and included them in their own news tickers.”

Dr Burgess added that social media did much more than just improve communication between police and media organisations. “During the week of 10 January 2011, some 15,000 users participated in the #qldfloods hashtag on Twitter, sharing news, advice, photos and videos of the inundation,” she said.

BOOST FOR AUSTRALIAN CONTENT AND INNOVATION

ccook — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:10:46 +1100

Australian content should receive a boost in an increasingly convergent media world, if the findings of the Federal Government’s interim report – released today – are carried into policy.

Dr Ben Goldsmith of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) at Swinburne University says that the findings of the Convergence Review Committee are a useful step towards consistent treatment of all forms of media in Australia.

“There are a number of important questions still unanswered and many details still to be clarified, but broadly, we welcome these findings to date. It is pleasing to see that some of the ideas we supported have been taken up in the Interim report, specifically the Public Interest Test, the Innovation Fund, and the extension of support for new forms of Australian content including games and apps,” he says.

CCI Winter School 2012 - Mentors announced!

ccook — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:55:44 +1100

Mentors just announced for the CCI Winter School 2012 include Axel Bruns, John Banks, Jason Potts + Ellie Rennie! They join Stuart Cunningham, Jean Burgess, Michael Keane and Julian Thomas.

Read their bios at http://www.cciwinterschool.org/the-team/

Stay tuned for more mentor and keynote announcements in the coming weeks.

http://www.cciwinterschool.org/the-team/

The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy

ccook — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:02:37 +1100

The rise of creative industries requires new thinking in communication, media and cultural studies, media and cultural policy, and the arts and information sectors. The Creative Industries sets the agenda for these debates, providing a richer understanding of the dynamics of cultural markets, creative labor, finance and risk, and how culture is distributed, marketed and creatively reused through new media technologies. This book:

-develops a global perspective on the creative industries and creative economy

-draws insights from media and cultural studies, innovation economics, cultural policy studies, and economic and cultural geography

-explores what it means for policy-makers when culture and creativity move from the margins to the center of economic dynamics

-makes extensive use of case studies in ways that are relevant not only to researchers and policy-makers, but also to the generation of students who will increasingly be establishing a ‘portfolio career’ in the creative industries

International in coverage, The Creative Industries traces the historical and contemporary ideas that make the cultural economy more relevant that it has ever been. It is essential reading for students and academics in media, communication and cultural studies.

The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy is available to purchase via Sage.

Australian Screen Producer Survey 2011

ccook — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:18:50 +1100

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) with support from AFTRS and the AFI Research Foundation are calling all Australian screen content producers to participate in a national study.

Participants get the chance to win $2,000. Hurry! Survey ends 31 December 2011.

To participate in the survey visit the website here. http://www.ys.net.au/producersurvey2011/

For survey results from the 2009 Survey, take a look at csb.aftrs.edu.au/survey

If you have any questions or require any further information about the project, please contact:

Dr. Mark Ryan
ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
Queensland University of Technology
Creative Industries Faculty

E: m3.ryan@qut.edu.au

CFP: M/C Journal issues in 2012

ccook — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:23:08 +1100