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Creative Industries After the First Decade of Debate

ccook — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:19:24 +1100

Abstract

It has now been over a decade since the concept of creative industries was first put into the public domain through the Creative Industries Mapping Documents developed by the Blair Labour government in Britain. The concept has developed traction globally, but it has also been understood and developed in different ways in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America, as well as through international bodies such as UNCTAD and UNESCO.

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Creative Economy and Australian Policy Online win Hitwise Top 10 Award

alawrence — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:04:57 +1100

From July to December 2009 Australian Policy Online - which includes the CCI sponsored Creative Economy portal - ranked No. 9 based on market share of visits among all Australian websites in the Hitwise category of Lifestyle - Politics industry. Thank you to all our readers from the Creative industries for this confirmation of APO and Creative Economy's value to Australian social and cultural policy research.

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CCI reports urges Australia to lead in funding arts R&D

ccook — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:21:08 +1100

The Australian arts should be funded to carry out research and to innovate in exactly the same ways as the technological sciences.

This will enable them to deliver even greater value to the public, innovate more, collaborate more widely and engage more deeply with business, a new investigation released by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) finds.

Creative Industries and Innovation Policy

Mark Ryan awarded CAL grant

ccook — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:33:37 +1100

Congratulations to Mark Ryan for winning a Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) Creative Industries Career Fund grant to attend the 2010 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Los Angeles CA, March 17-21.

Youthworx

The hole in their bucket

alawrence — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:31:50 +1100

Media companies’ campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their customers’ illegal downloads. But the copyright wars are more than just a matter for the courts, write Julian Thomas and Ramon Lobato in Inside Story

Creative Industries and Innovation Policy

National cultural policy - CCI Submission

ccook — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:21:10 +1100

Youthworx

Not Rocket Science: a roadmap for cultural R&D

ccook — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:05:45 +1100

Outlining their radical new roadmap for cultural R&D, the authors’ proposals challenge two entrenched prejudices, which block arts and cultural organisations from playing their full role in society and economy.

Youthworx

Will Australians pay for content online – new survey data

alawrence — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:48:28 +1100

Media commentator Margaret Simon's reports on the latest findings from CCI's Digital Futures project, the Australian branch of the World Internet Project.

Eight hundred Australian internet users responded to the question “A daily newspaper costs around $1.50. How much would you be prepared to pay to read an online newspaper?”...

Read the full story at The Content Makers

Digital Futures

The Media and Communications in Australia, 3rd edition - Edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner

ccook — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:17:37 +1100

Edited by Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner

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

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M/C Journal 'ambient' Issue

ccook — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:58:19 +1100

M/C - Media and Culture http://www.media-culture.org.au/
is calling for contributors to the 'ambient' issue of

M/C Journal http://journal.media-culture.org.au/

M/C Journal is looking for 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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