Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100100
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,289.00
Summary
Mediating mental health: an integrated approach to investigating media and social actors. This project advances knowledge about how the media shapes public and professional understandings and communication practices about mental health issues. Media processes are mostly studied in isolation but this project integrates analyses of media with interviews with lay people, advocacy organisations, expert mental health sources and journalists to identify how mental health knowledge is identified, inter ....Mediating mental health: an integrated approach to investigating media and social actors. This project advances knowledge about how the media shapes public and professional understandings and communication practices about mental health issues. Media processes are mostly studied in isolation but this project integrates analyses of media with interviews with lay people, advocacy organisations, expert mental health sources and journalists to identify how mental health knowledge is identified, interpreted and communicated. It will provide an evidence base for policy directed at promoting mental health and challenging stigma, within the context of dynamic change to digital media environments and media use.Read moreRead less
SCRC: Implementation Of Year Two Of The Love Australian Prawns Campaign
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Summary
The Love Australian Prawns strategy and campaign has been developed out of CRC Research, and the implementation has been supported by a CRC Employee (Miles Toomey) in it's first year. With the impending closure of the CRC in June 2015, as part of the wind-down plan Mr Toomey's position has been made redundant, as of 13 August 2014. However, there is still a need to support the implementation of the second year of this strategy, and support industry as they move towards another implementation mod ....The Love Australian Prawns strategy and campaign has been developed out of CRC Research, and the implementation has been supported by a CRC Employee (Miles Toomey) in it's first year. With the impending closure of the CRC in June 2015, as part of the wind-down plan Mr Toomey's position has been made redundant, as of 13 August 2014. However, there is still a need to support the implementation of the second year of this strategy, and support industry as they move towards another implementation model for later years.
To this end, Mr Toomey will be contracted, via his business (2Me Solutions), to manage the implementation of the second year of the campaign.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE140100148
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$460,000.00
Summary
TrISMA - Tracking Infrastructure for Social Media Analysis. Tracking infrastructure for social media analysis: The tracking infrastructure for social media analysis (TrISMA) project establishes state-of-the-art technical and organisational infrastructure for the tracking of public communication by Australian users of social media, at large scale, in real time, and for the long term, addressing a significant gap in national research infrastructure. Social media are increasingly embedded in the Au ....TrISMA - Tracking Infrastructure for Social Media Analysis. Tracking infrastructure for social media analysis: The tracking infrastructure for social media analysis (TrISMA) project establishes state-of-the-art technical and organisational infrastructure for the tracking of public communication by Australian users of social media, at large scale, in real time, and for the long term, addressing a significant gap in national research infrastructure. Social media are increasingly embedded in the Australian media ecology, and systematic analyses of how public communication takes place via social media provide rich insights into a range of issues and debates of high importance to our society.Read moreRead less
Distribution Of "Australian Fisheries" Free Of Charge To Licensed Australian Fishermen
Funder
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Funding Amount
$350,000.00
Summary
Objectives: 1. Maintain a vital service to all Commonwealth-licensed Australian fishermen in the form of a unique publication containing timely information on a wide range of fisheries issues affecting the day-to-day and on-going business operations of fishermen
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE150100081
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$220,000.00
Summary
DomeLab: an ultra-high resolution experimental fulldome. DomeLab - an ultra-high resolution experimental fulldome: This project will establish the first ultra-high resolution (4000 x 4000 pixels) experimental fulldome in Australia (DomeLab). This fulldome facility will provide a powerful immersive dome-based video projection environment. Partners will work collaboratively across three themes: interactive media, future museology and experimental humanities. Through the national research services ....DomeLab: an ultra-high resolution experimental fulldome. DomeLab - an ultra-high resolution experimental fulldome: This project will establish the first ultra-high resolution (4000 x 4000 pixels) experimental fulldome in Australia (DomeLab). This fulldome facility will provide a powerful immersive dome-based video projection environment. Partners will work collaboratively across three themes: interactive media, future museology and experimental humanities. Through the national research services AARNet and Intersect's research data storage infrastructure, DomeLab will extend pioneering research in aesthetic frameworks and frontier technologies to benefit artistic, cultural, museological and humanities researchers. DomeLab is designed as a touring system and will be installed throughout the country at leading institutions. Read moreRead less
Shaping the National Outlook: International News in the Australian Press 1901-1950. This project will benefit the nation by demonstrating the critical importance of the Australian media and its reporting of international news in our foreign relations and, more broadly, in shaping our understanding of, and engagement with, the rest of the world. It will contribute to the research priority of strengthening our understanding of Australia's place in the region and the world. The book, articles and p ....Shaping the National Outlook: International News in the Australian Press 1901-1950. This project will benefit the nation by demonstrating the critical importance of the Australian media and its reporting of international news in our foreign relations and, more broadly, in shaping our understanding of, and engagement with, the rest of the world. It will contribute to the research priority of strengthening our understanding of Australia's place in the region and the world. The book, articles and presentations arising from the research will greatly benefit the development of the field of media history in Australia and internationally, and improve the knowledge base of educational programs in the area.Read moreRead less
Overseas news in the press in Australia and its conditions of production: 1860-1910. This project is the first major historical study of overseas news in the press in Australia. Its focus is on the changing political economy of overseas news production, including the role of international news agencies, between 1860 and 1910. It analyses technological, economic, political and cultural factors affecting overseas news availability and the extent and forms of its publication in Australian newspape ....Overseas news in the press in Australia and its conditions of production: 1860-1910. This project is the first major historical study of overseas news in the press in Australia. Its focus is on the changing political economy of overseas news production, including the role of international news agencies, between 1860 and 1910. It analyses technological, economic, political and cultural factors affecting overseas news availability and the extent and forms of its publication in Australian newspapers. The project is an extended case study of the interaction of global and local factors in a key area of cultural production. The outcomes will be published in a series of articles in refereed journals and a monograph.Read moreRead less