Enabling participation in the digital economy for groups at risk of being digitally excluded is a continuing challenge, but which may have above average payoffs. In his ‘A shared value approach to digital inclusion’, presented at the recent News & Media Research Conference, University of Canberra, Robert Morsillo drew upon recent corporate social responsibility thinking to suggest a framework for governments, businesses and not-for-profits to contribute to improving digital equality in Australia.

Ramon Lobato travelled to Germany in October as an invited speaker at the Frankfurt Moving Image Biennale (B3), where he participated in a panel discussion on global cinema, and lectured at Mainz University.

Recent events

Digital Interventions Symposium

The Digital Interventions Symposium was held at Edith Cowan University’s Mt Lawley campus from 2-3 December 2013, jointly organised by Professor Lelia Green at ECU’s CREATEC (the Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology, Education and Communication, Professor Sarah Pink at RMIT's Design Research Institute, and the CCI. The Symposium attracted participants from diverse fields, with about half from interstate and overseas, highlighting how digital media are widely implicated in processes of change. The event featured keynotes from CCI associate researchers Sarah Pink and Kath Albury, two papers from CCI node leader Lelia Green, and a paper from former CCI PhD candidate Sonja Vivienne. The program successfully illustrated how people engage digital media in everyday creative practices that intervene in their own and others’ lives, the intentionalities throug