multimedia

New media policies

alawrence — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:06:39 +1100

In this chapter for Managing Media Work, edited by Mark Deuze and published by Sage, Terry Flew looks at key texts mapping the economical and policy context of managing media companies and the organization of labor
and production across the creative industries.

Managing Media Work, edited by Mark Deuze, is now out. Information about the book can be found on the SAGE Web site. The Table of Contents is here.

The Internet: An Introduction to New Media

alawrence — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:16:07 +1000

Life without the internet, a very new technology, seems almost unimaginable for most people in western nations. Today the internet is intrinsic to media and communications, entertainment, politics, defence, business, banking, education and administrative systems as well as to social interaction. The Internet disentangles this extraordinarily complex information and communication technology from its place in our daily lives, allowing it to be examined anew.

CCI News

CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND EVERYDAY LIFE: A case study of Germany’s myHeimat.de

alawrence — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:45:48 +1000

Much recent research into citizen journalism has focussed on its role in political debate and deliberation. Such research examines important questions about citizen participation in democratic processes – however, it perhaps places undue focus on only one area of journalistic coverage, and presents a challenge which only a small number of citizen journalism projects can realistically hope to meet.

Creative Industries and Innovation Policy

Creative Labour: Emancipation or Honey-Trap?

coconnor — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:47:15 +1000

Faculty Seminar Series

Professor Justin O’Connor, Research Capacity Building Professor Tuesday 28th April 12pm-1pm The Hall (Z2-226) CI Precinct QUT Kelvin Grove

Creative labour: emancipation or honey-trap?

Creative digital industries mapping

The uses of multimedia: three digital literacy case studies

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:17:46 +1100

We identify some tensions between formal education and informal learning in the uses of popular literacy since the nineteenth century, in order to argue for a ‘demand-led’ model of education in digital literacy.

Creative Workforce 2.0

Is YouTube truly the future?

alawrence — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:15:32 +1000

YouTube: home port for lip-syncers, karaoke singers, trainspotters, birdwatchers, skateboarders, hip-hoppers, small-time wrestling federations, educators, third-wave feminists, churches, proud parents, poetry slammers, gamers, human rights activists, hobbyists. It gets 10 hours of new content every minute. Where did all that come from ask Henry Jenkins and John Hartley.

The Uses of Multimedia

Cognitive playfulness, creative capacity and generation ‘C’ learners

alawrence — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:58:50 +1000

Publication: Cognitive playfulness, creative capacity and generation ‘C’ learners

Creative Workforce 2.0

MMOGs: Policy and regulation in a converged medium

paitken — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:57:06 +1100

This article is due to be published in J. Rutter (ed.), Digital Games Industries: Work, Knowledge and Consumption, Ashgate, 2008.

Digital Liberty

The "uses of literacy" revisited in the multimedia age

alawrence — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:27:42 +1000

Richard Hoggart's The Uses of Literacy was published 50 years ago in 1957. It was an intellectual response to the challenge of mass media and it was also a popular bestseller in its own right. It set the agenda for educational and disciplinary reform that lasted a generation.

The Uses of Multimedia

Richard Hoggart and the International Journal of Cultural Studies – ten years on

alawrence — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:09:19 +1000

The International Journal of Cultural Studies (IJCS) marks its tenth year of publication with this special issue on ‘The Uses of Richard Hoggart,’ co-edited by Sue Owen and John Hartley.

The Uses of Multimedia