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CCI NEWS

Film, Cinema, Screen
MIA 136, August 2010
Theme Editor: Mark David Ryan
The latest issue of Media International Australia is edited by CCI researcher Mark Ryan with articles by various CCI researchers including Stuart Cunningham, Terry Flew, Axel Bruns and Sal Humphreys, Mark David Ryan and Greg Hearn
Download the articles from Informit (NOTE: Subscription only access)

 




CCI EVENTS

Using Creative Commons in the Public Sector: Open Access to Knowledge, Culture and Public Sector Information (PSI)
Friday 26 November 2010 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Federal Parliament House
Canberra, ACT
Open access to government data can dramatically increase the value created from the data both socially and economically [and] the society as a whole benefits from access to the data. (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference 2009)
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SEMINAR: The Digital and the Human
Thursday, 2 December 1.00pm – 2.30pm
Queensland University of Technology
Z2 Block, Level 4, The Glasshouse
Creative Industries Precinct
Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove
CIF, CCI and CRN are delighted to invite you to a roundtable discussion with Danny Miller,
Professor of Material Culture Studies, Department of Anthropology, University College London, on Thursday, 2 December 2010 to discuss
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FORUM
IIA/CCI Research + Internet Industry forum
1 - 2.30 pm 2 December, 2010, Sydney
Baker & McKenzie, AMP Centre, 50 Bridge Street, Sydney
CCI and IIA is delighted to invite you to a Research and Internet Industry Forum on the Digital Economy on Thursday, 2 December 2010

 



GENERAL NEWS

UNCTAD Creative Economy Programme: E-Newsletter No. 13
October 2010
Highlights of recent work done by UNCTAD in the creative industries area.

NBN docs: timelines and products

The Federal Government has released a timeline stretching to 2012 for the National Broadband Network (NBN) in its summary of the NBN Co business case released yesterday

The creative China plan six years on

25 November, 2010 | While many in China are embracing the notion of creativity, planning and managing it is another issue writes Michael Keane for APO

Fonts we can believe in

22 November, 2010 | Typefaces must combine the banal and the beautiful, according to one designer. In Inside Story, Richard Johnstone reviews a lively account of their vast and ever-increasing variety

New research

Updating diversity of voice arguments for online news media

Fiona Martin, Tim Dwyer | Global Media Journal Australian Issue Vol 4, Issue 1: 2010
24 November, 2010 | Regulation for media diversity continues to be a precondition of democratic and/or pluralistic polities argues this paper.

Social media: what's the risk?

Victorian Managed Insurance Authority
24 November, 2010 | This report examines the impact that social media has had on government policy, as well as how to manage the associated risk and leverage the benefits of social media.

Australia in the digital economy - consumer engagement with e-commerce

Australian Communications and Media Authority
19 November, 2010 | 88 per cent of household internet users have performed one or more e-commerce activity in the last six months, reveals this report on Australian consumer participation in the digital economy.

The role of Internet services providers in botnet mitigation

OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
22 November, 2010 | Based on the analysis of 109 billion spam messages, this report considers whether ISPs can be critical control points for botnet mitigation, how the number of infected machines varies across ISPs and why.

Art-youth-culture: FYI report and Arts Council response

Arts Council of Ireland
22 November, 2010 | Art-Youth-Culture: FYI was an Irish Arts Council initiative which brought together more than 60 young people between the ages of 15 and 23 to discuss their participation in cultural life and the arts with their peers.

Take-up and use of voice services by Australian consumers

Australian Communications and Media Authority
19 November, 2010 | With the overwhelming majority of consumers now using of multiple communications technologies - most commonly a fixed-line telephone, a mobile phone and the internet - this report keeps track of Australia's rapidly changing communications environment.

Information economy report 2010: ICT, enterprises and poverty alleviation

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
25 November, 2010 | In the 2010 edition, special attention is given to the potential impact of ICTs in enterprises for reducing poverty and improving livelihoods.

Recent innovations in video game addiction research and theory

Paul Delfabbro | Global Media Journal Australian Issue Vol 4, Issue 1: 2010
24 November, 2010 | The empirical research literature on technology-based addictions, particularly addiction to the Internet and online video games, has grown dramatically in both the Western and Eastern contexts.

Stewardship and usefulness: policy principles for information-based transparency

Sharon S. Dawes | Center for Technology in Government
24 November, 2010 | Two fundamental information policy principles, stewardship and usefulness, can help guide and evaluate efforts to achieve information-based transparency.

Briefing paper on impact of open access outside European universities

Knowledge Exchange
25 November, 2010 | The potential impact of open access is understood in many communities but requires a greater volume of open access content to be available for the full potential to be realised.

The horizon report: 2010 Australia - New Zealand edition

The New Media Consortium
21 November, 2010 | This report examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative enquiry within higher education in Australia and New Zealand over a five-year time period.

Blind date: an exploration of potential partnerships between literacy teachers and community service workers

Ann Leske | National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
22 November, 2010 | Through interviews and surveys with literacy teachers and community service workers, this paper explores their views on literacy, how it impacts on their work, and their ideas about partnerships with each other.

ASIO report to parliament 2009-10

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
24 November, 2010 | The communications revolution has fashioned new security frontiers, with cyber espionage and the increasing technological sophistication of adversaries emerging as key concerns.

Australian Government funding for schools explained

Marilyn Harrington | Information and Research Service, Parliamentary Library
21 November, 2010 | Providing a brief history of the Australian Government’s funding for schools, this background note explains the system of Australian Government funding for schools, and examines expenditure trends.

Online communication technologies and sexual assault

Antonia Quadara l Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA)

18 November 2010Providing a snapshot of what is currently known about the use of new technologies and sexual violence, this article highlights some of the challenges for policing the online domain.

New video

DIY citizenship: critical making and social media

25 November, 2010 | Full presentations from this recent conference Day 1.

New events

Sustainable Urbanisation: A resilient future

LOCATION:  
ORGANISED BY: The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology, in conjunction with Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences
16 February, 2011 | This international one-off conference for inter-disciplinary researchers and practitioners is to advance knowledge and create pathways to resilient, sustainable cities.Hosts The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology, in conjunction with Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences, intend it to be:

New notices

X Media Lab Founder, Brendan Harkin, Receives Prestigious China Creative Industries Award

24 November, 2010 | Internationally acclaimed creative think-tank, X Media Lab, has over the last seven years established itself as a digital media industry icon.  In recognition of his contribution to China’s industry, the company’s founder, Brendan Harkin, has been awarded the International Contribution Award at the Fifth China Creative Industry Awards.
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