THE FALL OF ROME:MEDIA AFTER EMPIRE
A.N. Smith Memorial Lecture in Journalism 2009
by
MARK SCOTT
Managing Director
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Date:Tuesday,October 20,2009 To help Launch the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice launch its latest campaign:En Masse,we are screening the exciting new documentary on remix culture:RiP:A remix manifesto. In RiP:A remix manifesto,Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age,mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers. The film features mash-up musician Girl Talk,Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig,Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow. Watch the trailer at:http://blip.tv/file/1329162 Download the flyer at:http://democracyandjustice.org.au/images/enmasseflyer.pdf Many voices,many stories,and a shared mission  To search for materials that have been licensed under a creative commons license go to http://search.creativecommons.org/ There are works that are in the public domain at To test out some free web designs,try Code Sucks http://www.code-sucks.com/css layouts/ Iron Myers http://layouts.ironmyers.com/ Also check out http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/free-web-designs/sample-template/ I will also make some basic sample sites that you can download and use. http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/ Tonight we will be meeting people who are working on Yarra Reporter. We will be discussing potential story ideas and group formation. We will also be looking through some of the resources available at J-Lab. Just a reminder to bring 10 images to class with you for the exercise on storytelling and mapping. Tonight’s speaker is Jock Given: Jock Given is the author of Turning off the Television:Broadcasting’s Uncertain Future and America’s Pie:Trade and Culture after 9/11 and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Digital Television. His doctoral thesis about the early wireless entrepreneur Ernest Fisk was accepted by the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007. In 2003/04,he received the C.H. Currey Fellowship at the State Library of NSW for this project. Jock has degrees in Law,Economics,Commerce and Arts from the University of Queensland and has worked as Director of the Communications Law Centre,Policy Advisor at the Australian Film Commission and Director,Legislation and Industry Economics,Department of Transport and Communications. He now researches,writes and teaches about communications law and policy,especially digital broadcasting,media ownership,international trade and the history of the multinational media enterprises. In February 2007 he became Professor of Media and Communications at the ISR. MEAA Code of Ethics http://www.alliance.org.au/media_alliance_code_of_ethics/ Digital Media Internship Links to Peter Browne’s sites Inside Story http://inside.org.au Australian Policy Online http://apo.org.au/ Mutlimedia storytelling http://www.interactivenarratives.org/ Ok you guys,have been scooting around looking at people’s blogs –well,at least those with some content!!!! Come on,let’s go! I want to see some action on those blogs! The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and the Institute for Social Research present: The Ever-Changing New Media User a public lecture by Professor Jeffrey Cole (USC Annenberg School for Communication) Tuesday 15 September 2009 3.30-5.30pm Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship AGSE Room 207 Download Flyer and Map http://www.sisr.net/documents/Cole%20Lecture.pdf RSVP Friday September 11:isradmin@swin.edu.au | ||||||
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