Global Media Journal - Australian Edition

Welcome to the Australian Edition

It gives me great pleasure to introduce Issue 2, Volume 1 of Global Media Journal/ Australian Edition. This issue continues with our publishing commitments that arose from the 2007 Sydney Our Media conference. The impact of this conference is still felt in this part of the world and we understand that plans are well advanced for the next Our Media conference to be held in Ghana in August 2008. Our refereed section reflects our engagements with communication and media research as well as the interests of Our Media in grassroots media practices. ...........More

Issue 2 Volume 1 - 2008 — Current Issue

In this our second issue we are very pleased to be able to offer you more articles, book reviews, commentary and even an interview .........More

Scope

The Australian edition of Global Media Journal invites the submission of essays and research reports that focus on any aspects in the field of Communication, Media and Journalism. We are particularly interested in articles that explore some of the following themes:

Media and Democracy
Children and Media
Grassroots and alternative media
Media Law and Ethics
Civic Journalism
Peace Communication
Ethnicity and the media
Political economy of communication
Film and Media
Media Audiences
Media Policies
Media, Citizenship and Democracy
Communication and Cultures in Conflict
Theories of Communication
Media and Globalisation

Australian Media Monitor

The second half of 2007 brought significant changes to Australia’s media and communications industries. This edition of Australian Media Monitor (AMM) reports on a selection of these changes. In particular, the coming into force of amendments to media ownership laws triggered a tectonic private equity refinancing of free-to-air television, effectively taking much of its ownership offshore. At the same time, consolidation by existing traditional media players further concentrated media ownership into fewer hands, with consequences for both audiences and employment practices. Evolving industry developments and changes in media consumption signal ongoing global convergent trends on multiple fronts. The presumption must be that these transformations will continue apace in 2008 and beyond. ...more

Global Media Journal was founded by Yahya R. Kamalipour
Professor and Department Head

Department of Communication and Creative Arts
Purdue University Calumet

Additional resources at the sites of other Editions of the Global Media Journal

Global Fusion

Global Media Journal is the official publication of the Global Fusion Consortium.

My Global Village

Global Village is intended to serve as a portal or conduit for sharing, discussing, and transmitting a variety of timely information that impact our daily lives.

Global Media Monitor

Graduate Research

Post Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit papers to the Australian Edition for consideration. Papers are double blind reviewed by peer reviewers.

Abstracting and Indexing

The Australian Edition is abstracted and indexed in CSA Sociological Abstracts/

GMJ Global Editions and Editors

The Australian Edition is a member of the innovative and original Global Media Journal: an online-only, open access, global resource for communication and media studies scholarship, with independent editions around the world. The Global Media Journal will continue expanding worldwide, adding new editions, including African, Australian, and Persian editions. Save your link to the Australian Edition and then visit our other journal websites listed below.

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Books for Review

The Australian edition of Global Media Journal encourages individual reviewers to submit reviews of their own selected texts. Guidelines for Book Review Submission can be downloaded here.

For further information concerning book reviews and/or books available for review, contact the Editor of this section Dr. Antonio Castillo at antonio.castillo@usyd.edu.au

Book Reviews

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