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Dr Mark Ryan - The Drum ABC1
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
1 February 2012
In late January 2012, Internet companies such as Google, Wikipedia, Flickr and Mozilla Firefox shut down their sites in protest against the introduction of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Millions of internet users took to social media to pledge their disapproval for these laws which opponents claim will threaten free speech and innovation. The power of this public response caused the withdrawal of support from key politicians, defeating the legislation and sending it back to the drawing boards.
CCI Winter School 2012
21 - 27 June, 2012
DEADLINE EXTENDED!
The deadline for submission of applications has been extended by a week! New Deadline: 7 February 2012.
CCI’s 2012 Winter School offers selected doctoral students and early career researchers a week-long program of interdisciplinary study, collaboration and social interaction in the broad area of creative industries and innovation research, drawing on the Centre’s expertise in media, cultural and communication studies, economics, education, policy and law, in relation to the creative economy.
We welcome applications from emerging scholars working on related topics including, but not limited to:
- Cultural, media and creative industries policy
- Digital society
- Community arts and media
- New business models in the creative economy
- Innovation studies
- Economics of the creative industries
- The creative industries in Asia
- Transmedia
- Internet studies
- Copyright and intellectual property
- The challenges of ‘big data’
- Creative careers and creative labour
Participants will work with leading international researchers, engage in intensive workshop activities and receive direct feedback and individual mentoring on their own work. Social activities will provide additional opportunities for participants to get to know each other and form collaborative relationships that will last for years to come.
HOW CHILDREN ARE SHAPING SOCIETY’S FUTURE
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
Publication date:
10 January 2012Social 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
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!
15/12/2011Mentors 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.
The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy
Publication date:
1 December 2011The 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
14/12/2011The 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
CFP: M/C Journal issues in 2012
M/C - Media and Culture http://www.media-culture.org.au/
is calling for contributors to the 2012 issues of M/C Journal http://journal.media-culture.org.au/
M/C Journal is inviting new contributors. Founded in 1998, M/C is a crossover journal between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and peer-reviewed journal. Our Website at http://journal.media-culture.org.au/provides open access to all past issues.
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