| media of the immediate future |
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| perthDAC 2007 The Future of Digital Media Culture |
| In the early 1990s, the very term digital was new and novel. However, it has taken only fifteen years for e-mail, the Internet, mobile phones, the power of searchable databases, games, film and TV special effects and workplace software tools to become a common and essential part of modern life. Research has not only described the arrival of these new forms, but is increasingly addressing the unexpected social and cultural uses of digital communications and virtual work/play environments. perthDAC 2007 will explore the complex interaction of human behaviour and new technologies that will be The Future of Digital Media Culture. |
| Journalism's Shaky Future Mark Day The Australian |
| THE British magazine The Economist killed off newspapers this week in a report Mark Twain might have described as greatly exaggerated. Perhaps a more relevant question today is: Are we killing journalism? Across the world, the future of newspapers is being studied and debated. Type the words "death of newspapers" into the Google search engine and you'll get 52.7 million references. Read more >>> |
| The Future of Journalism Cultures of Journalism ABC Online |
| This excellent series looks at journalism past and present. The final part of the series is concerned with the future of journalsim and can be listened to as Real Audio.
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MOTIF is a portal established by staff and students in Media and Communications at Swinburne University. It aims to provide staff and students with a platform to explore the media of the immediate future. Our MOTIF journalists come from a postgraduate subject titled Online and Convergent Journalism. While some of the students had experience with written journalism, most are new to the field. Class of 2007
Founding Class of 2006
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| About Media and Communications @ Swin |
| Our Key Strengths Political economy and new media Situates debates about media and communications within the space of globalisation. Canvasses complex policy issues relating to privatization, deregulation, liberalization, competition and international trade in media and telecommunications industries. Understanding the user environment Contemporary history of ideas in Media and Communications The Media as an Institution New convergences within media and communications are transforming the nature of vocational training at a time of constant technological change. Media & Communications’ graduates are equipped with the conceptual and practical skills necessary to creatively contribute to today's media inflected world. |