This report evaluates a pilot analysis of how social media was used during two significant region... more This report evaluates a pilot analysis of how social media was used during two significant regional cultural events: the large ‘Dark Mofo’ festival held at the Museum of Old and New Art (MoNA) in Hobart, Tasmania in June 2016, and the smaller Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival held in Winton, Queensland in June-July 2016. The study provides a snapshot of the scope for concentrated analysis of ‘big’ social media data to promote and support better understanding of how social media analytics can meet event organisers and other stakeholders’ targets for successful planning and execution of tourism events. While this study focuses primarily on Twitter, it also identifies trends across Facebook and Instagram, as enabled by the TriSMA infrastructure. Using the TriSMA infrastructure for tracking social media that is hosted at the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT, the evaluation draws out the significance of event organisers, media, and event participants in shaping meaning surrounding the event, and the significance of geo-tagging of posts to platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to digital creative place making in the increasingly important regional cultural tourism economy.
This report evaluates a pilot analysis of how social media was used during two significant region... more This report evaluates a pilot analysis of how social media was used during two significant regional cultural events: the large ‘Dark Mofo’ festival held at the Museum of Old and New Art (MoNA) in Hobart, Tasmania in June 2016, and the smaller Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival held in Winton, Queensland in June-July 2016. The study provides a snapshot of the scope for concentrated analysis of ‘big’ social media data to promote and support better understanding of how social media analytics can meet event organisers and other stakeholders’ targets for successful planning and execution of tourism events. While this study focuses primarily on Twitter, it also identifies trends across Facebook and Instagram, as enabled by the TriSMA infrastructure. Using the TriSMA infrastructure for tracking social media that is hosted at the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT, the evaluation draws out the significance of event organisers, media, and event participants in shaping meaning surrounding the event, and the significance of geo-tagging of posts to platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to digital creative place making in the increasingly important regional cultural tourism economy.
This paper steps back from the question of how regulation of digital media content occurs, and wh... more This paper steps back from the question of how regulation of digital media content occurs, and whether it can be effective, to consider the rationales that inform regulation, and the ethics and practices associated with content regulation. It will be argued that Max Weber's account of bureaucratic expertise remains relevant to such discussions, particularly insofar as it intersects with Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality, and contemporary applications of the notion of 'governing at a distance'. The nature of the challenges to media regulators presented by online environments, and by digital and social media, are considered in depth, but it is argued that the significance of regulatory innovations that respond to such challenges should not be underestimated, nor should the continuing national foundations of media regulation. It will also discuss the relevance of the concept of 'soft law' to contemporary regulatory practice.
In this presentation, I reflect upon the global landscape surrounding the governance and classifi... more In this presentation, I reflect upon the global landscape surrounding the governance and classification of media content, at a time of rapid change in media platforms and services for content production and distribution, and contested cultural and social norms. I discuss the tensions and contradictions arising in the relationship between national, regional and global dimensions of media content distribution, as well as the changing relationships between state and non-state actors. These issues will be explored through consideration of issues such as: recent debates over film censorship; the review of the National Classification Scheme conducted by the Australian Law Reform Commission; online controversies such as the future of the Reddit social media site; and videos posted online by the militant group ISIS.
The 21st century has been described as the “century of cities”. By 2030, 70 per cent of the world... more The 21st century has been described as the “century of cities”. By 2030, 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities, with the most rapid urbanization occurring in the developing world. This paper will draw up geographer Ed Soja’s concept of the “spatial turn” in social theory to consider how the culture of cities can act as a catalyst to innovation and the development of new technologies. In doing so, the paper will develop a three-layered approach to culture as: the arts; the way of life of people and communities; and the embedded structure underpinning socio-economic relations. It will also consider technology at a three-layered element, including devices, practices and ‘logics’ of technology, or what the Greeks termed techne. The paper will consider recent approaches to urban cultural policy, including cluster development and creative cities, and suggest some alternatives, noting that a problem with current approaches is that they focus excessively upon production (clusters) or consumption (creative cities). It will also consider the development of digital creative industries such as games, and the strategies of different cities to develop an innovation culture.
This presentation will deal with the transformations that have occurred in news journalism worldw... more This presentation will deal with the transformations that have occurred in news journalism worldwide in the early 21st century. I will argue that they have been the most significant changes to the profession for 100 years, and the challenges facing the news media industry in responding to them are substantial, as are those facing journalism education. It will develop this argument in relation to the crisis of the newspaper business model, and why social media, blogging and citizen journalism have not filled the gap left by the withdrawal of resources from traditional journalism. It will also draw upon Wikileaks as a case study in debates about computational and data-driven journalism, and whether large-scale "leaks" of electronic documents may be the future of investigative journalism.
This article argues that the concept of national media systems, and the comparative
study of medi... more This article argues that the concept of national media systems, and the comparative study of media systems, institutions, and practices, retains relevance in an era of media globalization and technological convergence. It considers various critiques of ‘media systems’ theories, such as those which view the concept of ‘system’ as a legacy of an outdated positivism and those which argue that the media globalization is weakening the relevance of nation-states in structuring the field of media cultures and practices. It argues for the continuing centrality of nation-states to media processes, and the ongoing significance of the national space in an age of media globalization, with reference to case studies of Internet policies in China, Brazil, and Australia. These studies indicate that nation-states remain critical actors in media governance and that domestic actors largely shape the central dynamics of media policies, even where media technologies and platforms enable global flows of media content.
Creativity is an attribute of individual people, but also a feature of organizations like firms, ... more Creativity is an attribute of individual people, but also a feature of organizations like firms, cultural institutions and social networks. In the knowledge economy of today, creativity is of increasing value, for developing, emergent and advanced countries, and for competing cities.
This book is the first to present an organized study of the key concepts that underlie and motivate the field of creative industries. Written by a world-leading team of experts, it presents readers with compact accounts of the history of terms, the debates and tensions associated with their usage, and examples of how they apply to the creative industries around the world.
Crisp and relevant, this is an invaluable text for students of the creative industries across a range of disciplines, especially media, communication, economics, sociology, creative and performing arts and regional studies.
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Using the TriSMA infrastructure for tracking social media that is hosted at the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT, the evaluation draws out the significance of event organisers, media, and event participants in shaping meaning surrounding the event, and the significance of geo-tagging of posts to platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to digital creative place making in the increasingly important regional cultural tourism economy.
Using the TriSMA infrastructure for tracking social media that is hosted at the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT, the evaluation draws out the significance of event organisers, media, and event participants in shaping meaning surrounding the event, and the significance of geo-tagging of posts to platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to digital creative place making in the increasingly important regional cultural tourism economy.
study of media systems, institutions, and practices, retains relevance in an era of media
globalization and technological convergence. It considers various critiques of ‘media
systems’ theories, such as those which view the concept of ‘system’ as a legacy of an
outdated positivism and those which argue that the media globalization is weakening
the relevance of nation-states in structuring the field of media cultures and practices. It
argues for the continuing centrality of nation-states to media processes, and the ongoing
significance of the national space in an age of media globalization, with reference to
case studies of Internet policies in China, Brazil, and Australia. These studies indicate
that nation-states remain critical actors in media governance and that domestic actors
largely shape the central dynamics of media policies, even where media technologies
and platforms enable global flows of media content.
This book is the first to present an organized study of the key concepts that underlie and motivate the field of creative industries. Written by a world-leading team of experts, it presents readers with compact accounts of the history of terms, the debates and tensions associated with their usage, and examples of how they apply to the creative industries around the world.
Crisp and relevant, this is an invaluable text for students of the creative industries across a range of disciplines, especially media, communication, economics, sociology, creative and performing arts and regional studies.