screen industries

The ALRC review of the national classification system

mcummins — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:34:28 +1000

On 24 March 2011, Attorney-General of Australia, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, asked the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to inquire and report on the framework for the classification of media content in Australia.

Firm strategy and innovation in the creative industries

Hey download generation, your future is up on YouTube

alawrence — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:18:29 +1000

Tthe explosion of online content creation is one of the contemporary wonders of the world writes Stuart Cunningham. But where is the Australian content?

Read the full article on Creative Economy

A data picture of Australia’s Arts and Entertainment Sector 2010

ccook — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:23:11 +1100

Australia’s Arts and Entertainment Sector underpins cultural and social innovation, improves the quality of community life, is essential to maintaining our cities as world class attractors of talent and investment, and helps create ‘Brand Australia’ in the global marketplace of ideas (QUT Creative Industries Faculty 2010). The sector makes a significant contribution to the Australian economy. So what is the size and nature of this contribution?

Business of Creativity

'Australasian Horror' special issue for the journal, Studies in Australasian Cinema

ccook — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:45:17 +1100

Mark Ryan has recently guest edited the 'Australasian Horror' special issue for the journal, Studies in Australasian Cinema.

http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=1906/

CCI News

Co-creating games: a co-evolutionary analysis

alawrence — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:13:03 +1000

The phenomenon of consumer co-creation is often framed in terms of whether either economic market forces or socio-cultural non-market forces ultimately dominate. We propose an alternate model of consumer co-creation in terms of co-evolution between markets and non-markets.

Evolutionary Economics of Creative Industries

The Media and Communications in Australia, 3rd edition

alawrence — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:32:56 +1100

A fully revised edition of the leading Australian introductory text on media studies, incorporating extensive analysis of the impact of communications.

Creative Industries and Innovation Policy

YouTube: online video and participatory culture

alawrence — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:38:22 +1000

YouTube is one of the most well-known and widely discussed sites of participatory media in the contemporary online environment, and it is the first genuinely mass-popular platform for user-created video. In this timely and comprehensive introduction to how YouTube is being used and why it matters, Burgess and Green discuss the ways that it relates to wider transformations in culture, society and the economy.

The Uses of Multimedia

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 ABC - and SBS - of social innovation

alawrence — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:56:59 +1100

Public service broadcasting was one of the great 20th century social innovations in media. The aim of public service broadcasters (PSBs) was to seek to harness the new mass media towards social purposes. These included nation-building, mass education, strengthening the information base of democracies, and broadly-based cultural improvement, particularly in areas such as documentaries, news and current affairs, and children’s programming.

Creative Industries and Innovation Policy

Social innovation, user-created content and the future of the ABC and SBS as public service media

alawrence — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:32:54 +1100

Submission to the ABC and SBS Review, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

The Uses of Multimedia