Community Music Radio: Building the Music-Media Ecosystem. This project aims to investigate the economic and sociocultural impact of community music radio. It seeks to generate new knowledge about the detailed relationships between community music radio stations and the Australian music industry, documenting for the first time national activities and infrastructures. Anticipated outcomes include the identification of policies and strategies to improve the audibility and visibility of Australian ....Community Music Radio: Building the Music-Media Ecosystem. This project aims to investigate the economic and sociocultural impact of community music radio. It seeks to generate new knowledge about the detailed relationships between community music radio stations and the Australian music industry, documenting for the first time national activities and infrastructures. Anticipated outcomes include the identification of policies and strategies to improve the audibility and visibility of Australian music domestically and on global digital platforms; providing a new model for evaluating both economic and sociocultural outputs of creative industries; and building the music-media ecosystem as a vital component of the Australian creative industries. Read moreRead less
Youth Internet Radio Network: Ethnographic Action Research of an Emerging Media Technology. This project investigates how interactive technologies can combine with training and enterprise development, and young people's own desires for content creation, to establish a network of users across differing geographical and social 'ecologies', creating new cultural forms and economic outcomes. The research combines innovative internet design, policy analysis and ethnographic methods. Young people from ....Youth Internet Radio Network: Ethnographic Action Research of an Emerging Media Technology. This project investigates how interactive technologies can combine with training and enterprise development, and young people's own desires for content creation, to establish a network of users across differing geographical and social 'ecologies', creating new cultural forms and economic outcomes. The research combines innovative internet design, policy analysis and ethnographic methods. Young people from urban, regional, remote and Indigenous environments will train, create and network their own content on a Youth Internet Radio Network, contributing to community capacity building. Analysis will describe and influence the creative, social and technical processes, and identify opportunities for innovation, enterprise development and regional sustainability.Read moreRead less