In our 3rd Community Media forum we will look at the future of community media in the digital communication environment.
The internet and its various technologies have ushered in an age of a global access and participation. Newer technologies such as blogging and social networking has made it much easier for us to have a voice. What then of community media? Does it have a place in the future mediascape? What is the role of community media in the era of the personalised push technology based media experiences?
When: 6:30 for 7pm start Tuesday 15 May Where: Stork Hotel [504 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne] Cost: $5 (free for ACDJ members) Contact:centre@democracyandjustice.org for more details
Speakers:
Alex Burns is an Australian-based practitioner and strategist in Digital Media, Strategic Foresight & Strategic Intelligence. He is editor of the US-based subculture site Disinformation, and is a senior quality & planning officer in Swinburne University's Strategic Planning & Quality department.
Moderated by Terry Johal, ACDJ director and lecturer in the communications faculty at RMIT