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By Kim on September 14, 2011
So the much foreshadowed media inquiry has been announced. Here’s the press release from Stephen Conroy. Some idea of the way it’s stirred the pigeons can be gleaned from the reaction reported in New Matilda. Elsewhere: Tim Dunlop. NB: Previous [...]
Posted in Featured, Media, Politics | Tagged future of journalism, future of media, Gillard government, media inquiry, News Limited, roundtable, stephen conroy |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 28, 2009
Having talked to a few friends over the last few days who aren’t political junkies (but are more taken with politics than perhaps the average voter), I’m not at all convinced that the Liberal leadership shenanigans are of anywhere near [...]
Posted in Climate change, Howardia, Media, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged Andrew Robb, Annabel Crabb, Axel bruns, Ben Eltham, bernard keane, Blogging, blogs, Canberra, Climate change, climate change denialism, commentariat, Copenhagen, cprs, Crikey, cultural studies, ets, facebook, future of journalism, future of media, Gatewatching, hyperlinks, Imre Salusinszky, journalists, Larvatus prodeo, Lateline, Laura Tingle, legacy media, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, link economy, links, Malcolm Turnbull, Media, media discourses, nathan rees, New Matilda, new media, Nick Minchin, Peter Van Onselen, public, public opinion, publics, Rudd government, social media, social sharing, Sociology, spill, Stephen Fenely, tweeting, twitter |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 9, 2009
Rupert Murdoch on Sky News: Make of it what you will. It seems pretty incoherent to me. I think Cory Doctorow’s pretty much right – these musings are fantasies, and his editors are going to have a horrible time trying [...]
Posted in Markets, Media, The Web | Tagged business model, content, Cory Doctorow, fair use, future of media, google, Media, News Limited, paywall, Rupert Murdoch, search, Sky News, social media, web, web 2.0 |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 20, 2009
We’ve been discussing issues about the future of the media and of journalism here at LP over a sustained period of time, and many will be aware of Margaret Simons’ work and commentary on these issues. She, along with Queensland [...]
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Brisbane, Media, Notices | Tagged Brisbane, event, future of journalism, future of media, kate eltham, lecture, margaret simons, Queensland Writers Centre, QWC, SLQ, State Library of Queensland, wordpool |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 15, 2009
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott has created quite the stir with his A. N. Smith Memorial Lecture in Melbourne last night. Scott took a pot shot at Rupert Murdoch, characterising him as a “frantic emperor”. Decline and fall of old [...]
Posted in Consumerism, Markets, Media, Politics, The Web | Tagged abc, content, future of journalism, future of media, margaret simons, mark scott, Markets, Media, new media, News Limited, online media, public broadcasting, Rupert Murdoch, social media, web |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 11, 2009
Rupert Murdoch has stepped up his rhetoric about the evils of new media at a shindig in that bastion of press freedom, China. You can read all about it at Derek Barry’s Woolly Days. The sheer onion-ness of President Obama’s [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, China, International, Media, The Web | Tagged associated press, China, content, Derek Barry, future of media, google, Hu Jintao, internet, journalism, Media, media ownership, press freedom, Rupert Murdoch, social media, web 2.0, world media summit |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 9, 2009
It’s interesting to see some realism emerging in the media about the causes of the woes of newspapers and journalism as a profession. I can well recall speaking at a number of professional fora over a couple of years where [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics, International, Media, Politics, Sociology, The Web | Tagged crisis, future of journalism, future of media, industrial journalism, internet, journalism, Le Monde Diplomatique, margaret simons, newspapers, print journalism, social media, Sociology, web |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 17, 2009
There’s a big confab on in Sydney on the 5th and 6th of November on all things social media and future of journalism – Media140. Rachel Hills is running a competition to win a free pass to the conference. For [...]
Posted in Blogging, Media, Notices, Sydney, The Web | Tagged conference, contest, future of journalism, future of media, Media, media140, Rachel Hills, social media, Sydney, web 2.0 |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 16, 2009
A lot of the most reliable data on web use and social media comes from the World Internet Project. Most of the findings from the project derive from rigorous quantitative research, and unlike a lot of what purports to be [...]
Posted in Blogging, Books, Writers & Writing, Culture, Film, TV, Video etc, Life, Media, Sociology, The Web | Tagged business models, content creation, cultural studies, Culture, Economics, everyday life, facebook, fairfax, future of journalism, future of media, internet, jeffrey cole, lived experience, margaret simons, myspace, newspapers, print journalism, science and technology studies, social media, social networking, social uses of technology, Sociology, swinburne university, user generated content, web, web 2.0, world internet project |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 10, 2009
At New Matilda, Jason Wilson takes on the prevailing wisdom about the News Limited paywall plans: The notion that News Corp’s proposed paywall “won’t work” is in danger of becoming common sense. The problem with this is that, on the [...]
Posted in Consumerism, Culture, Markets, Media, The Web | Tagged audiences, business models, content, future of media, internet, Jason Wilson, journalism, Media, New Matilda, News Limited, online, pay tv, paywall, print, Rupert Murdoch, web 2.0 |
The media, social media and the Liberal thrills and spills
By Mark Bahnisch on November 28, 2009
Having talked to a few friends over the last few days who aren’t political junkies (but are more taken with politics than perhaps the average voter), I’m not at all convinced that the Liberal leadership shenanigans are of anywhere near [...]
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