Julian Thomas

The hole in their bucket (2010)

Thomas, Julian, Lobato, Ramon

Media companies' campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a Federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their customers' illegal downloads....

Clear signal of need for change to TV licence fees (2010)

Thomas, Julian

Confusion and disarray surround Stephen Conroy's decision to rebate licence fees for commercial television broadcasters, writes Julian Thomas.

CCI Digital dividend green paper submission (2010)

Julian Thomas, Ellie Rennie, Ian McShane, Ramon Lobato

This submission supports the framework for spectrum re-allocation advanced in the Digital Dividend Green Paper. In particular, we support • ‘re-stacking’ to achieve a contiguous block of freed...

Beyond public access? Reconsidering broadband for remote Indigenous communities (2010)

Rennie, Ellie, Crouch, Andrew, Thomas, Julian, Taylor, Peter

Australia's Commonwealth Government communications funding programs are promoting the extension of internet services to remote Indigenous communities via shared community facilities. Meanwhile,...

Studios lose the way in bigger picture (2010)

Thomas, Julian, Lobato, Ramon

Media companies' campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a Federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their customers' illegal downloads....

The skilled social voice: an experiment in creative economy and communication rights (2010)

Podkalicka, Aneta, Thomas, Julian

Recent approaches to human rights and communication have emphasized the move beyond traditional politics of recognition and self-representation towards the 'right to be understood'. But how might we...

CCi digital futures 2010: The internet in Australia (2010)

Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing

This report presents findings from the second survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project. Australians shop till they drop online Australians may be the world's most avid online...

CCI Digital dividend green paper submission (2010)

Julian Thomas, Ellie Rennie, Ian McShane, Ramon Lobato

This submission supports the framework for spectrum re-allocation advanced in the Digital Dividend Green Paper. In particular, we support • ‘re-stacking’ to achieve a contiguous block of freed...

CCi digital futures 2010: The internet in Australia (2010)

Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing

This report presents findings from the second survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project. Australians shop till they drop online Australians may be the world's most avid online...

Studios lose the way in bigger picture (2010)

Thomas, Julian, Lobato, Ramon

Media companies' campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a Federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their customers' illegal downloads....

The hole in their bucket (2010)

Thomas, Julian, Lobato, Ramon

Media companies' campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a Federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their customers' illegal downloads....

Clear signal of need for change to TV licence fees (2010)

Thomas, Julian

Confusion and disarray surround Stephen Conroy's decision to rebate licence fees for commercial television broadcasters, writes Julian Thomas.

Beyond public access? Reconsidering broadband for remote Indigenous communities (2010)

Rennie, Ellie, Crouch, Andrew, Thomas, Julian, Taylor, Peter

Australia's Commonwealth Government communications funding programs are promoting the extension of internet services to remote Indigenous communities via shared community facilities. Meanwhile,...

The skilled social voice: an experiment in creative economy and communication rights (2010)

Podkalicka, Aneta, Thomas, Julian

Recent approaches to human rights and communication have emphasized the move beyond traditional politics of recognition and self-representation towards the 'right to be understood'. But how might we...

News media in the digital age (2010)

Simons, Margaret, Thomas, Julian, Gruen, Nicholas, Baxter, Annie

The panel discussed what's changing in the way we interact with news media and what can we expect from digital news models in the future.

Biography hacking prompts Wikipedia review (2009)

Hall, Ashley, Brown, Rachael, Laugher, Brianna, Owens, Andrew, Thomas, Julian

Vandals tinkering with the biographies of two US senators have prompted the online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia to reconsider who can edit its content. The vandals changed the listings for Senators Ted...

Squeezing blood from a turnip (2009)

Thomas, Julian

A pyrrhic victory for the American recording industry shows that fast broadband and new applications demand a rethink of the law, writes Julian Thomas.

Biography hacking prompts Wikipedia review (2009)

Hall, Ashley, Brown, Rachael, Laugher, Brianna, Owens, Andrew, Thomas, Julian

Vandals tinkering with the biographies of two US senators have prompted the online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia to reconsider who can edit its content. The vandals changed the listings for Senators Ted...

Squeezing blood from a turnip (2009)

Thomas, Julian

A pyrrhic victory for the American recording industry shows that fast broadband and new applications demand a rethink of the law, writes Julian Thomas.

Biography hacking prompts Wikipedia review (2009)

Hall, Ashley, Brown, Rachael, Laugher, Brianna, Owens, Andrew, Thomas, Julian

Vandals tinkering with the biographies of two US senators have prompted the online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia to reconsider who can edit its content. The vandals changed the listings for Senators Ted...

Squeezing blood from a turnip (2009)

Thomas, Julian

A pyrrhic victory for the American recording industry shows that fast broadband and new applications demand a rethink of the law, writes Julian Thomas.

Creative dynamics of the broadband internet: Australian production and consumption of cultural content (2009)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The focus of this chaper is on what we call the 'creative Internet' - in brief, those 'creative uses' of the net ranging from relatively straighforward user-generated content such a sharing...

Biography hacking prompts Wikipedia review (2009)

Hall, Ashley, Brown, Rachael, Laugher, Brianna, Owens, Andrew, Thomas, Julian

Vandals tinkering with the biographies of two US senators have prompted the online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia to reconsider who can edit its content. The vandals changed the listings for Senators Ted...

Squeezing blood from a turnip (2009)

Thomas, Julian

A pyrrhic victory for the American recording industry shows that fast broadband and new applications demand a rethink of the law, writes Julian Thomas.

Creative dynamics of the broadband internet: Australian production and consumption of cultural content (2009)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The focus of this chaper is on what we call the 'creative Internet' - in brief, those 'creative uses' of the net ranging from relatively straighforward user-generated content such a sharing...

CCi Digital Futures report: the Internet in Australia (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Schiessl, Julianne

This report presents findings from the first survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project (WIP), a collaborative survey-based study of the social, cultural, political and economic...

CCi Digital Futures report: the Internet in Australia (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Schiessl, Julianne

This report presents findings from the first survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project (WIP), a collaborative survey-based study of the social, cultural, political and economic...

The Internet in Australia (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Schiessl, Julianne

This report presents findings from the first survey undertaken by the Australian component of the World Internet Project. This survey is a major piece of research undertaken by the ARC Centre of...

A broad mapping of the internet (2008)

Thomas, Julian

The Internet is everywhere: at work, at home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old;...

A broad mapping of the internet (2008)

Thomas, Julian

The Internet is everywhere: at work, at home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old;...

New research on Australian internet usage (2008)

Funnell, Antony, Thomas, Julian, Singh, Christena

Some new research on Australians and their use of the internet. The first comes from the latest Sensis e-Business Report and the second from the Australian Arm of the World Internet Project and it...

New research on Australian internet usage (2008)

Funnell, Antony, Thomas, Julian, Singh, Christena

Some new research on Australians and their use of the internet. The first comes from the latest Sensis e-Business Report and the second from the Australian Arm of the World Internet Project and it...

A broad mapping of the internet (2008)

Thomas, Julian

The Internet is everywhere: at work, at home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old;...

New research on Australian internet usage (2008)

Funnell, Antony, Thomas, Julian, Singh, Christena

Some new research on Australians and their use of the internet. The first comes from the latest Sensis e-Business Report and the second from the Australian Arm of the World Internet Project and it...

CCi Digital Futures report: the Internet in Australia (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Schiessl, Julianne

This report presents findings from the first survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project (WIP), a collaborative survey-based study of the social, cultural, political and economic...

Whatever happened to the digital divide? (2008)

Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

Five years ago, many of us were concerned about the ‘digital divide’. Are there still serious concerns about inequalities in citizens’ capacity to access and use online services? Hear two key...

Whatever happened to the digital divide? (2008)

Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

Five years ago, many of us were concerned about the ‘digital divide’. Are there still serious concerns about inequalities in citizens’ capacity to access and use online services? Hear two key...

Switchers (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Review of the book 'Switching to digital television: UK public policy and the market,' by Michael Starks, published by Intellect Books, Bristol, 2007.

Switchers (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Review of the book 'Switching to digital television: UK public policy and the market,' by Michael Starks, published by Intellect Books, Bristol, 2007.

The old new television and the new: digital transitions at home (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Over the past decade, a major policy and regulatory problem for governments in Australia and elsewhere has been the implementation of strategies to switch from analogue to digital television...

Inside the house of SYN: digital literacy and youth media (2008)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

This paper examines the role of community media organisations in the diffusion of digital literacy. In Australia, a number of media organisations, established by the so-called ‘digital...

Mapping the internet in Australia (2008)

Thomas, Julian

A map of how we're using the Net will help us identify where it can go next, writes Julian Thomas.

Broadband and the 'Creative Internet': Australians as consumers and producers of cultural content online (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper analyses and builds on sample survey data collected as part of the Australian component of the World Internet Project. The focus of this paper is on what we can call the ‘creative...

New research on Australian internet usage (2008)

Funnell, Antony, Thomas, Julian, Singh, Christena

Some new research on Australians and their use of the internet. The first comes from the latest Sensis e-Business Report and the second from the Australian Arm of the World Internet Project and it...

CCi Digital Futures report: the Internet in Australia (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Schiessl, Julianne

This report presents findings from the first survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project (WIP), a collaborative survey-based study of the social, cultural, political and economic...

A broad mapping of the internet (2008)

Thomas, Julian

The Internet is everywhere: at work, at home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old;...

Switchers (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Review of the book 'Switching to digital television: UK public policy and the market,' by Michael Starks, published by Intellect Books, Bristol, 2007.

Whatever happened to the digital divide? (2008)

Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

Five years ago, many of us were concerned about the ‘digital divide’. Are there still serious concerns about inequalities in citizens’ capacity to access and use online services? Hear two key...

The old new television and the new: digital transitions at home (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Over the past decade, a major policy and regulatory problem for governments in Australia and elsewhere has been the implementation of strategies to switch from analogue to digital television...

Inside the house of SYN: digital literacy and youth media (2008)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

This paper examines the role of community media organisations in the diffusion of digital literacy. In Australia, a number of media organisations, established by the so-called ‘digital...

Mapping the internet in Australia (2008)

Thomas, Julian

A map of how we're using the Net will help us identify where it can go next, writes Julian Thomas.

Broadband and the 'Creative Internet': Australians as consumers and producers of cultural content online (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper analyses and builds on sample survey data collected as part of the Australian component of the World Internet Project. The focus of this paper is on what we can call the ‘creative...

World Internet Project international report summary (2008)

Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely...

World Internet Project international report summary (2008)

Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely...

World Internet Project international report summary (2008)

Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely...

New research on Australian internet usage (2008)

Funnell, Antony, Thomas, Julian, Singh, Christena

Some new research on Australians and their use of the internet. The first comes from the latest Sensis e-Business Report and the second from the Australian Arm of the World Internet Project and it...

CCi Digital Futures report: the Internet in Australia (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Schiessl, Julianne

This report presents findings from the first survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project (WIP), a collaborative survey-based study of the social, cultural, political and economic...

A broad mapping of the internet (2008)

Thomas, Julian

The Internet is everywhere: at work, at home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old;...

Switchers (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Review of the book 'Switching to digital television: UK public policy and the market,' by Michael Starks, published by Intellect Books, Bristol, 2007.

Whatever happened to the digital divide? (2008)

Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

Five years ago, many of us were concerned about the ‘digital divide’. Are there still serious concerns about inequalities in citizens’ capacity to access and use online services? Hear two key...

The old new television and the new: digital transitions at home (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Over the past decade, a major policy and regulatory problem for governments in Australia and elsewhere has been the implementation of strategies to switch from analogue to digital television...

Inside the house of SYN: digital literacy and youth media (2008)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

This paper examines the role of community media organisations in the diffusion of digital literacy. In Australia, a number of media organisations, established by the so-called ‘digital...

Mapping the internet in Australia (2008)

Thomas, Julian

A map of how we're using the Net will help us identify where it can go next, writes Julian Thomas.

Broadband and the 'Creative Internet': Australians as consumers and producers of cultural content online (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper analyses and builds on sample survey data collected as part of the Australian component of the World Internet Project. The focus of this paper is on what we can call the ‘creative...

Cultural consumption in Canada and Australia: the effects of broadband access (2008)

Zamaria, Charles, Fletcher, Fred, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott

In this paper, we draw on comprehensive national surveys of Internet use in Canada and Australia. The focus is on the attitudes and use patterns in Canada and Australia, within the context of...

Cultural consumption and the broadband revolution: Canada and Australia (2008)

Fletcher, Fred, Zamaria, Charles, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott

According to Jeffrey Cole, Director of the USC Annenberg Centre for the Digital Future, the spread of high-speed broadband is a major factor in revolutionary changes in cultural consumption (of...

World Internet Project international report summary (2008)

Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely...

World Internet Project international report summary (2008)

Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing

The World Internet Project (WIP), a comprehensive first-time global survey on the impact of the Internet, found remarkable similarities and significant differences in the way users utilize and rely...

New research on Australian internet usage (2008)

Funnell, Antony, Thomas, Julian, Singh, Christena

Some new research on Australians and their use of the internet. The first comes from the latest Sensis e-Business Report and the second from the Australian Arm of the World Internet Project and it...

A broad mapping of the internet (2008)

Thomas, Julian

The Internet is everywhere: at work, at home, and on the move. If Kevin Rudd's plans come to anything, it will soon be in every school. The underlying technologies are scarcely three decades old;...

CCi Digital Futures report: the Internet in Australia (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Schiessl, Julianne

This report presents findings from the first survey of the Australian component of the World Internet Project (WIP), a collaborative survey-based study of the social, cultural, political and economic...

Switchers (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Review of the book 'Switching to digital television: UK public policy and the market,' by Michael Starks, published by Intellect Books, Bristol, 2007.

The old new television and the new: digital transitions at home (2008)

Thomas, Julian

Over the past decade, a major policy and regulatory problem for governments in Australia and elsewhere has been the implementation of strategies to switch from analogue to digital television...

Inside the house of SYN: digital literacy and youth media (2008)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

This paper examines the role of community media organisations in the diffusion of digital literacy. In Australia, a number of media organisations, established by the so-called ‘digital...

Mapping the internet in Australia (2008)

Thomas, Julian

A map of how we're using the Net will help us identify where it can go next, writes Julian Thomas.

Broadband and the 'Creative Internet': Australians as consumers and producers of cultural content online (2008)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper analyses and builds on sample survey data collected as part of the Australian component of the World Internet Project. The focus of this paper is on what we can call the ‘creative...

Cultural consumption in Canada and Australia: the effects of broadband access (2008)

Zamaria, Charles, Fletcher, Fred, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott

In this paper, we draw on comprehensive national surveys of Internet use in Canada and Australia. The focus is on the attitudes and use patterns in Canada and Australia, within the context of...

Cultural consumption and the broadband revolution: Canada and Australia (2008)

Fletcher, Fred, Zamaria, Charles, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott

According to Jeffrey Cole, Director of the USC Annenberg Centre for the Digital Future, the spread of high-speed broadband is a major factor in revolutionary changes in cultural consumption (of...

Whatever happened to the digital divide? (2008)

Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

Five years ago, many of us were concerned about the ‘digital divide’. Are there still serious concerns about inequalities in citizens’ capacity to access and use online services? Hear two key...

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network (2007)

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company...

Measuring Social Capital in a Networked Housing Estate (2007)

Denise Meredyth, Liza Hopkins, Scott Ewing, Julian Thomas

This paper describes the construction of 'Reach for the Clouds', an inventive scheme to build a resident-maintained 'networked community' in Atherton Gardens, an ethnically-diverse, low-income, high...

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e–ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low–income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non–profit technology company...

The Remote Control and Television's History of the Present (2007)

Thomas, Julian

Television’s present is a dangerous intersection of pasts and futures. While the global media economy is consolidating around the power of broadcasting businesses, unresolved industry and policy...

Political theatre in 'The West Wing' (2007)

Bochner, Kate, Thomas, Julian

If you've been forced to stay home every Saturday night for the past couple of months, you'll know all about the subject of this week's program. 'The West Wing' has won the Emmy Award for best TV...

Social enterprise and aspiration : Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company...

Analogue nation, digital community (2007)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

Community television test transmissions commenced in Australia in 1987, at a time when the structure of the national media system was changing dramatically. Equalisation policy was passed by the...

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e–ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low–income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non–profit technology company...

The Remote Control and Television's History of the Present (2007)

Thomas, Julian

Television’s present is a dangerous intersection of pasts and futures. While the global media economy is consolidating around the power of broadcasting businesses, unresolved industry and policy...

Political theatre in 'The West Wing' (2007)

Thomas, Julian

If you've been forced to stay home every Saturday night for the past couple of months, you'll know all about the subject of this week's program. 'The West Wing' has won the Emmy Award for best TV...

Social enterprise and aspiration : Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company...

Analogue nation, digital community (2007)

Rennie, Ellen, Thomas, Julian

Community television test transmissions commenced in Australia in 1987, at a time when the structure of the national media system was changing dramatically. Equalisation policy was passed by the...

The Remote Control and Television's History of the Present (2007)

Thomas, Julian

Television’s present is a dangerous intersection of pasts and futures. While the global media economy is consolidating around the power of broadcasting businesses, unresolved industry and policy...

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e–ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low–income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non–profit technology company...

Social enterprise and aspiration : Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company...

Analogue nation, digital community (2007)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

Community television test transmissions commenced in Australia in 1987, at a time when the structure of the national media system was changing dramatically. Equalisation policy was passed by the...

Political theatre in 'The West Wing' (2007)

Bochner, Kate, Thomas, Julian

If you've been forced to stay home every Saturday night for the past couple of months, you'll know all about the subject of this week's program. 'The West Wing' has won the Emmy Award for best TV...

Social enterprise and aspiration : Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company...

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e–ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low–income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non–profit technology company...

The Remote Control and Television's History of the Present (2007)

Thomas, Julian

Television’s present is a dangerous intersection of pasts and futures. While the global media economy is consolidating around the power of broadcasting businesses, unresolved industry and policy...

Social enterprise and aspiration : Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company...

Political theatre in 'The West Wing' (2007)

Bochner, Kate, Thomas, Julian

If you've been forced to stay home every Saturday night for the past couple of months, you'll know all about the subject of this week's program. 'The West Wing' has won the Emmy Award for best TV...

Analogue nation, digital community (2007)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

Community television test transmissions commenced in Australia in 1987, at a time when the structure of the national media system was changing dramatically. Equalisation policy was passed by the...

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e–ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low–income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non–profit technology company...

The Remote Control and Television's History of the Present (2007)

Thomas, Julian

Television’s present is a dangerous intersection of pasts and futures. While the global media economy is consolidating around the power of broadcasting businesses, unresolved industry and policy...

Social enterprise and aspiration : Atherton Gardens and the e-ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low-income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non-profit technology company...

Political theatre in 'The West Wing' (2007)

Bochner, Kate, Thomas, Julian

If you've been forced to stay home every Saturday night for the past couple of months, you'll know all about the subject of this week's program. 'The West Wing' has won the Emmy Award for best TV...

Analogue nation, digital community (2007)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

Community television test transmissions commenced in Australia in 1987, at a time when the structure of the national media system was changing dramatically. Equalisation policy was passed by the...

Social enterprise and aspiration: Atherton Gardens and the e–ACE network (2007)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

A wired community for low–income public housing tenants has been established on the Atherton Gardens estate in Melbourne, Australia. It was created by Infoxchange, a non–profit technology company...

The Remote Control and Television's History of the Present (2007)

Thomas, Julian

Television’s present is a dangerous intersection of pasts and futures. While the global media economy is consolidating around the power of broadcasting businesses, unresolved industry and policy...

Analogue nation, digital community (2007)

Rennie, Ellie, Thomas, Julian

Community television test transmissions commenced in Australia in 1987, at a time when the structure of the national media system was changing dramatically. Equalisation policy was passed by the...

Political theatre in 'The West Wing' (2007)

Bochner, Kate, Thomas, Julian

If you've been forced to stay home every Saturday night for the past couple of months, you'll know all about the subject of this week's program. 'The West Wing' has won the Emmy Award for best TV...

Wired High Rise: a community-based computer network: final report (2006)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This report summarises three years of research on the immediate social effects of e-ACE (electronic - Atherton Community Enterprise), a community-based computer network established between 1999 and...

The World Internet Project and its Australian component (2006)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The World Internet Project (WIP) is a collaborative survey-based project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies. Founded by the UCLA Center...

Wired High Rise : a community-based computer network : final report (2006)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This report summarises three years of research on the immediate social effects of e-ACE (electronic - Atherton Community Enterprise), a community-based computer network established between 1999 and...

The World Internet Project and its Australian component (2006)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The World Internet Project (WIP) is a collaborative survey-based project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies. Founded by the UCLA Center...

Wired High Rise : a community-based computer network : final report (2006)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This report summarises three years of research on the immediate social effects of e-ACE (electronic - Atherton Community Enterprise), a community-based computer network established between 1999 and...

The World Internet Project and its Australian component (2006)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The World Internet Project (WIP) is a collaborative survey-based project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies. Founded by the UCLA Center...

Wired High Rise: a community-based computer network: final report (2006)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This report summarises three years of research on the immediate social effects of e-ACE (electronic - Atherton Community Enterprise), a community-based computer network established between 1999 and...

Wired high rise: a community-based computer network (2006)

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing, Liza Hopkins

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing and Liza Hopkins summarise three years of research on the social effects of computer network established between 1999 and 2004 and based in Atherton...

Wired high rise: a community-based computer network (2006)

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing, Liza Hopkins

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing and Liza Hopkins summarise three years of research on the social effects of computer network established between 1999 and 2004 and based in Atherton...

The World Internet Project and its Australian component (2006)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The World Internet Project (WIP) is a collaborative survey-based project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies. Founded by the UCLA Center...

Wired High Rise: a community-based computer network: final report (2006)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This report summarises three years of research on the immediate social effects of e-ACE (electronic - Atherton Community Enterprise), a community-based computer network established between 1999 and...

Wired high rise: a community-based computer network (2006)

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing, Liza Hopkins

Denise Meredyth, Julian Thomas, Scott Ewing and Liza Hopkins summarise three years of research on the social effects of computer network established between 1999 and 2004 and based in Atherton...

The World Internet Project and its Australian component (2006)

Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The World Internet Project (WIP) is a collaborative survey-based project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies. Founded by the UCLA Center...

Wired High Rise: a community-based computer network: final report (2006)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This report summarises three years of research on the immediate social effects of e-ACE (electronic - Atherton Community Enterprise), a community-based computer network established between 1999 and...

A win and a prayer : scenes from the 2004 Australian election (2005)

Browne, Peter, Thomas, Julian

A different kind of post-election book, focusing not on the well-publicised issues and events in the campaign, but on the revealing incidents and the issues that don't get the attention they deserve....

A win and a prayer : scenes from the 2004 Australian election (2005)

Browne, Peter, Thomas, Julian

A different kind of post-election book, focusing not on the well-publicised issues and events in the campaign, but on the revealing incidents and the issues that don't get the attention they deserve....

A win and a prayer : scenes from the 2004 Australian election (2005)

Browne, Peter, Thomas, Julian

A different kind of post-election book, focusing not on the well-publicised issues and events in the campaign, but on the revealing incidents and the issues that don't get the attention they deserve....

Between journals and archives: peer reviewing and other possible futures for academic publishing (2005)

Thomas, Julian

Over the last decade, an extraordinary array of new online archives for academic research has appeared. Never has so much scholarship been so readily accessible. But the new online archives also have...

Between journals and archives: peer reviewing and other possible futures for academic publishing (2005)

Thomas, Julian

Over the last decade, an extraordinary array of new online archives for academic research has appeared. Never has so much scholarship been so readily accessible. But the new online archives also have...

A win and a prayer : scenes from the 2004 Australian election (2005)

Browne, Peter, Thomas, Julian

A different kind of post-election book, focusing not on the well-publicised issues and events in the campaign, but on the revealing incidents and the issues that don't get the attention they deserve....

Between journals and archives: peer reviewing and other possible futures for academic publishing (2005)

Thomas, Julian

Over the last decade, an extraordinary array of new online archives for academic research has appeared. Never has so much scholarship been so readily accessible. But the new online archives also have...

A win and a prayer : scenes from the 2004 Australian election (2005)

Browne, Peter, Thomas, Julian

A different kind of post-election book, focusing not on the well-publicised issues and events in the campaign, but on the revealing incidents and the issues that don't get the attention they deserve....

Global internet study (2005)

Kelly, Fran, Thomas, Julian

It's incredible to think the internet has been around for only 20 years - so crucial is it to our communication needs. Quantifying this impact is the aim of the World Internet Project, a 20-year...

Between journals and archives: peer reviewing and other possible futures for academic publishing (2005)

Thomas, Julian

Over the last decade, an extraordinary array of new online archives for academic research has appeared. Never has so much scholarship been so readily accessible. But the new online archives also have...

Global internet study (2005)

Kelly, Fran, Thomas, Julian

It's incredible to think the internet has been around for only 20 years - so crucial is it to our communication needs. Quantifying this impact is the aim of the World Internet Project, a 20-year...

A win and a prayer : scenes from the 2004 Australian election (2005)

Browne, Peter, Thomas, Julian

A different kind of post-election book, focusing not on the well-publicised issues and events in the campaign, but on the revealing incidents and the issues that don't get the attention they deserve....

Social capital and community building through an electronic network (2004)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

This paper describes a social policy experiment that explores current and potential links between trends in Australian public policy. The central example is provided by the implementation of a wired...

Neighbourhood renewal and government by community: the Atherton Gardens network (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This article reviews the expectations associated with wired community schemes - efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote social cohesion within neighbourhood renewal programmes. Such...

Wiring Atherton Gardens (2004)

Thomas, Julian

This article does not have an abstract.

Wired high rise: using technology to combat social isolation on an inner city public housing estate (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The chapter poses questions about the goal of building community through the creation of local networks, using the example of an entrepreneurial scheme to create a resident-run computer network in...

Social capital and community building through an electronic network (2004)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

This paper describes a social policy experiment that explores current and potential links between trends in Australian public policy. The central example is provided by the implementation of a wired...

Neighbourhood renewal and government by community: the Atherton Gardens network (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This article reviews the expectations associated with wired community schemes - efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote social cohesion within neighbourhood renewal programmes. Such...

Horizons of expectation: imaginary trajectories of electronic government (2004)

Thomas, Julian

The dominant academic and journalistic images of the Internet are of commercial, community or research-driven technologies. Government is often portrayed as an external force, either challenging or...

Wiring Atherton Gardens (2004)

Thomas, Julian

This article does not have an abstract.

Wired high rise: using technology to combat social isolation on an inner city public housing estate (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The chapter poses questions about the goal of building community through the creation of local networks, using the example of an entrepreneurial scheme to create a resident-run computer network in...

Horizons of expectation: imaginary trajectories of electronic government (2004)

Thomas, Julian

The dominant academic and journalistic images of the Internet are of commercial, community or research-driven technologies. Government is often portrayed as an external force, either challenging or...

Neighbourhood renewal and government by community: the Atherton Gardens network (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This article reviews the expectations associated with wired community schemes - efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote social cohesion within neighbourhood renewal programmes. Such...

Social capital and community building through an electronic network (2004)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

This paper describes a social policy experiment that explores current and potential links between trends in Australian public policy. The central example is provided by the implementation of a wired...

Wiring Atherton Gardens (2004)

Thomas, Julian

This article does not have an abstract.

Horizons of expectation: imaginary trajectories of electronic government (2004)

Thomas, Julian

The dominant academic and journalistic images of the Internet are of commercial, community or research-driven technologies. Government is often portrayed as an external force, either challenging or...

Wired high rise: using technology to combat social isolation on an inner city public housing estate (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The chapter poses questions about the goal of building community through the creation of local networks, using the example of an entrepreneurial scheme to create a resident-run computer network in...

Neighbourhood renewal and government by community: the Atherton Gardens network (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This article reviews the expectations associated with wired community schemes - efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote social cohesion within neighbourhood renewal programmes. Such...

Social capital and community building through an electronic network (2004)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

This paper describes a social policy experiment that explores current and potential links between trends in Australian public policy. The central example is provided by the implementation of a wired...

Horizons of expectation: imaginary trajectories of electronic government (2004)

Thomas, Julian

The dominant academic and journalistic images of the Internet are of commercial, community or research-driven technologies. Government is often portrayed as an external force, either challenging or...

Wired high rise: using technology to combat social isolation on an inner city public housing estate (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The chapter poses questions about the goal of building community through the creation of local networks, using the example of an entrepreneurial scheme to create a resident-run computer network in...

Social capital and community building through an electronic network (2004)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian, Meredyth, Denise

This paper describes a social policy experiment that explores current and potential links between trends in Australian public policy. The central example is provided by the implementation of a wired...

Neighbourhood renewal and government by community: the Atherton Gardens network (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This article reviews the expectations associated with wired community schemes - efforts to bridge the digital divide and promote social cohesion within neighbourhood renewal programmes. Such...

Horizons of expectation: imaginary trajectories of electronic government (2004)

Thomas, Julian

The dominant academic and journalistic images of the Internet are of commercial, community or research-driven technologies. Government is often portrayed as an external force, either challenging or...

Wired high rise: using technology to combat social isolation on an inner city public housing estate (2004)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

The chapter poses questions about the goal of building community through the creation of local networks, using the example of an entrepreneurial scheme to create a resident-run computer network in...

The new social policy and the digital age: a case study of a wired high rise public housing estate (2003)

Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David, Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

The digital divide - the difference between those who have access to electronic information and those who do not - is widening, and the authors consider that lack of access to this information is...

Divided opinions over the digital divide (2003)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

In public debate and academic scholarship, opinion is divided over two connected issues: What are the consequences of 'information poverty' for social cohesion, security and civil peace (Norris 2001,...

Is Broadcasting Special? Charging for Spectrum (2003)

Thomas, Julian, McCutcheon, Marion

Broadcasting can be seen as a small but significant source of Commonwealth revenue. In 2002 commercial broadcasters paid the Commonwealth over $200 million in licence fees, and spent an additional...

The new social policy and the digital age: a case study of a wired high rise public housing estate (2003)

Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David, Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

The digital divide - the difference between those who have access to electronic information and those who do not - is widening, and the authors consider that lack of access to this information is...

Machinery and community : the Atherton Gardens community network (2003)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper explores the expectations associated with the establishment of a wired community initiative in a low income, multiethnic public housing estate in inner Melbourne. The project is an...

Divided opinions over the digital divide (2003)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

In public debate and academic scholarship, opinion is divided over two connected issues: What are the consequences of 'information poverty' for social cohesion, security and civil peace (Norris 2001,...

Is Broadcasting Special? Charging for Spectrum (2003)

Thomas, Julian, McCutcheon, Marion

Broadcasting can be seen as a small but significant source of Commonwealth revenue. In 2002 commercial broadcasters paid the Commonwealth over $200 million in licence fees, and spent an additional...

Machinery and community : the Atherton Gardens community network (2003)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper explores the expectations associated with the establishment of a wired community initiative in a low income, multiethnic public housing estate in inner Melbourne. The project is an...

Divided opinions over the digital divide (2003)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

In public debate and academic scholarship, opinion is divided over two connected issues: What are the consequences of 'information poverty' for social cohesion, security and civil peace (Norris 2001,...

The new social policy and the digital age: a case study of a wired high rise public housing estate (2003)

Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David, Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

The digital divide - the difference between those who have access to electronic information and those who do not - is widening, and the authors consider that lack of access to this information is...

Is Broadcasting Special? Charging for Spectrum (2003)

Thomas, Julian, McCutcheon, Marion

Broadcasting can be seen as a small but significant source of Commonwealth revenue. In 2002 commercial broadcasters paid the Commonwealth over $200 million in licence fees, and spent an additional...

Divided opinions over the digital divide (2003)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

In public debate and academic scholarship, opinion is divided over two connected issues: What are the consequences of 'information poverty' for social cohesion, security and civil peace (Norris 2001,...

The new social policy and the digital age: a case study of a wired high rise public housing estate (2003)

Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David, Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

The digital divide - the difference between those who have access to electronic information and those who do not - is widening, and the authors consider that lack of access to this information is...

Machinery and community : the Atherton Gardens community network (2003)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper explores the expectations associated with the establishment of a wired community initiative in a low income, multiethnic public housing estate in inner Melbourne. The project is an...

Divided opinions over the digital divide (2003)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

In public debate and academic scholarship, opinion is divided over two connected issues: What are the consequences of 'information poverty' for social cohesion, security and civil peace (Norris 2001,...

The new social policy and the digital age: a case study of a wired high rise public housing estate (2003)

Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David, Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

The digital divide - the difference between those who have access to electronic information and those who do not - is widening, and the authors consider that lack of access to this information is...

Is Broadcasting Special? Charging for Spectrum (2003)

Thomas, Julian, McCutcheon, Marion

Broadcasting can be seen as a small but significant source of Commonwealth revenue. In 2002 commercial broadcasters paid the Commonwealth over $200 million in licence fees, and spent an additional...

Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network (2003)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper explores the expectations associated with the establishment of a wired community initiative in a low income, multiethnic public housing estate in inner Melbourne. The project is an...

Divided opinions over the digital divide (2003)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

In public debate and academic scholarship, opinion is divided over two connected issues: What are the consequences of 'information poverty' for social cohesion, security and civil peace (Norris 2001,...

The new social policy and the digital age: a case study of a wired high rise public housing estate (2003)

Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David, Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

The digital divide - the difference between those who have access to electronic information and those who do not - is widening, and the authors consider that lack of access to this information is...

Is Broadcasting Special? Charging for Spectrum (2003)

Thomas, Julian, McCutcheon, Marion

Broadcasting can be seen as a small but significant source of Commonwealth revenue. In 2002 commercial broadcasters paid the Commonwealth over $200 million in licence fees, and spent an additional...

The new social policy and the digital age: a case study of a wired high rise public housing estate (2003)

Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David, Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

The digital divide - the difference between those who have access to electronic information and those who do not - is widening, and the authors consider that lack of access to this information is...

Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network (2003)

Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper explores the expectations associated with the establishment of a wired community initiative in a low income, multiethnic public housing estate in inner Melbourne. The project is an...

Divided opinions over the digital divide (2003)

Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

In public debate and academic scholarship, opinion is divided over two connected issues: What are the consequences of 'information poverty' for social cohesion, security and civil peace (Norris 2001,...

Is Broadcasting Special? Charging for Spectrum (2003)

Thomas, Julian, McCutcheon, Marion

Broadcasting can be seen as a small but significant source of Commonwealth revenue. In 2002 commercial broadcasters paid the Commonwealth over $200 million in licence fees, and spent an additional...

Introducing Reach for the Clouds (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Jarman, Alison, Hayward, David

This report is the first in a series examining an innovative social enterprise called Reach for the Clouds (RFTC). RFTC is an initiative of InfoXchange, a not for profit Internet Service Provider and...

Reach for the Clouds: initial findings and working hypotheses (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Hayward, David, Jarman, Alison

The first report in this series provided an introduction to the Reach for the Clouds (RFTC) network, the research and evaluation project, and the social profile of the estate. In this second report,...

E-social capital: building community through electronic networks (2002)

Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

Despite the extensive rhetoric of governments, business and the not for profit sector regarding “community”, “community development” and “community well being”, there is little consensus...

Building a wired community: social partnerships and the digital divide (2002)

Thomas, Julian, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David

The paper describes the development, construction and consequences to date of a 'wired community' being created at Atherton Gardens, a low-income inner city public housing estate in Melbourne. This...

Measuring social capital in a networked housing estate (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper describes the construction of 'Reach for the Clouds', an inventive scheme to build a resident-maintained 'networked community' in Atherton Gardens, an ethnically-diverse, low-income, high...

Introducing Reach for the Clouds (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Jarman, Alison, Hayward, David

This report is the first in a series examining an innovative social enterprise called Reach for the Clouds (RFTC). RFTC is an initiative of InfoXchange, a not for profit Internet Service Provider and...

Reach for the Clouds: Initial Findings and Working Hypotheses (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Hayward, David, Jarman, Alison

The first report in this series provided an introduction to the Reach for the Clouds (RFTC) network, the research and evaluation project, and the social profile of the estate. In this second report,...

Digital divides: Framing the issues (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper reviews expectations about the potentially radical impact of information and communication technologies on forms of governance. The relations between politics, government and new...

Machinery and community: The Atherton Gardens community network experiment (2002)

Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Hayward, David

This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study...

Measuring social capital in a networked housing estate (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper describes the construction of 'Reach for the Clouds', an inventive scheme to build a resident-maintained 'networked community' in Atherton Gardens, an ethnically-diverse, low-income, high...

Introducing Reach for the Clouds (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Jarman, Alison, Hayward, David

This report is the first in a series examining an innovative social enterprise called Reach for the Clouds (RFTC). RFTC is an initiative of InfoXchange, a not for profit Internet Service Provider and...

Reach for the Clouds: Initial Findings and Working Hypotheses (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Hayward, David, Jarman, Alison

The first report in this series provided an introduction to the Reach for the Clouds (RFTC) network, the research and evaluation project, and the social profile of the estate. In this second report,...

Digital divides: Framing the issues (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper reviews expectations about the potentially radical impact of information and communication technologies on forms of governance. The relations between politics, government and new...

Machinery and community: The Atherton Gardens community network experiment (2002)

Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Hayward, David

This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study...

E-social capital: building community through electronic networks (2002)

Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

Despite the extensive rhetoric of governments, business and the not for profit sector regarding “community”, “community development” and “community well being”, there is little consensus...

Building a wired community: social partnerships and the digital divide (2002)

Thomas, Julian, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David

The paper describes the development, construction and consequences to date of a 'wired community' being created at Atherton Gardens, a low-income inner city public housing estate in Melbourne. This...

Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network experiment (2002)

Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Hayward, David

This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study...

E-social capital: building community through electronic networks (2002)

Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

Despite the extensive rhetoric of governments, business and the not for profit sector regarding “community”, “community development” and “community well being”, there is little consensus...

Measuring social capital in a networked housing estate (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper describes the construction of 'Reach for the Clouds', an inventive scheme to build a resident-maintained 'networked community' in Atherton Gardens, an ethnically-diverse, low-income, high...

Introducing Reach for the Clouds (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Jarman, Alison, Hayward, David

This report is the first in a series examining an innovative social enterprise called Reach for the Clouds (RFTC). RFTC is an initiative of InfoXchange, a not for profit Internet Service Provider and...

Reach for the Clouds: initial findings and working hypotheses (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Hayward, David, Jarman, Alison

The first report in this series provided an introduction to the Reach for the Clouds (RFTC) network, the research and evaluation project, and the social profile of the estate. In this second report,...

Digital divides: Framing the issues (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper reviews expectations about the potentially radical impact of information and communication technologies on forms of governance. The relations between politics, government and new...

Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network experiment (2002)

Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Hayward, David

This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study...

E-social capital: building community through electronic networks (2002)

Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

Despite the extensive rhetoric of governments, business and the not for profit sector regarding “community”, “community development” and “community well being”, there is little consensus...

Building a wired community: social partnerships and the digital divide (2002)

Thomas, Julian, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David

The paper describes the development, construction and consequences to date of a 'wired community' being created at Atherton Gardens, a low-income inner city public housing estate in Melbourne. This...

Measuring social capital in a networked housing estate (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper describes the construction of 'Reach for the Clouds', an inventive scheme to build a resident-maintained 'networked community' in Atherton Gardens, an ethnically-diverse, low-income, high...

Introducing Reach for the Clouds (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Jarman, Alison, Hayward, David

This report is the first in a series examining an innovative social enterprise called Reach for the Clouds (RFTC). RFTC is an initiative of InfoXchange, a not for profit Internet Service Provider and...

Reach for the Clouds: initial findings and working hypotheses (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Hayward, David, Jarman, Alison

The first report in this series provided an introduction to the Reach for the Clouds (RFTC) network, the research and evaluation project, and the social profile of the estate. In this second report,...

Digital divides: Framing the issues (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper reviews expectations about the potentially radical impact of information and communication technologies on forms of governance. The relations between politics, government and new...

Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network experiment (2002)

Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Hayward, David

This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study...

E-social capital: building community through electronic networks (2002)

Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

Despite the extensive rhetoric of governments, business and the not for profit sector regarding “community”, “community development” and “community well being”, there is little consensus...

Building a wired community: social partnerships and the digital divide (2002)

Thomas, Julian, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David

The paper describes the development, construction and consequences to date of a 'wired community' being created at Atherton Gardens, a low-income inner city public housing estate in Melbourne. This...

Measuring social capital in a networked housing estate (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Hopkins, Liza, Ewing, Scott, Thomas, Julian

This paper describes the construction of 'Reach for the Clouds', an inventive scheme to build a resident-maintained 'networked community' in Atherton Gardens, an ethnically-diverse, low-income, high...

Introducing Reach for the Clouds (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Jarman, Alison, Hayward, David

This report is the first in a series examining an innovative social enterprise called Reach for the Clouds (RFTC). RFTC is an initiative of InfoXchange, a not for profit Internet Service Provider and...

Reach for the Clouds: initial findings and working hypotheses (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Hayward, David, Jarman, Alison

The first report in this series provided an introduction to the Reach for the Clouds (RFTC) network, the research and evaluation project, and the social profile of the estate. In this second report,...

Digital divides: Framing the issues (2002)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian

This paper reviews expectations about the potentially radical impact of information and communication technologies on forms of governance. The relations between politics, government and new...

Machinery and community: the Atherton Gardens community network experiment (2002)

Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Hayward, David

This paper is concerned with the expectations associated with a current example of social partnerships oriented to ‘community-building’ though the social use of technology. Our central case study...

E-social capital: building community through electronic networks (2002)

Hopkins, Liza, Thomas, Julian

Despite the extensive rhetoric of governments, business and the not for profit sector regarding “community”, “community development” and “community well being”, there is little consensus...

Building a wired community: social partnerships and the digital divide (2002)

Thomas, Julian, Hopkins, Liza, Meredyth, Denise, Ewing, Scott, Hayward, David

The paper describes the development, construction and consequences to date of a 'wired community' being created at Atherton Gardens, a low-income inner city public housing estate in Melbourne. This...

Liberal machines (2001)

Thomas, Julian

Abstract not available.

Digital television and its discontents : competition policy and broadcasting in Australia (2001)

Thomas, Julian

In Australia the problem of sustaining competition in a digital broadcasting environment does not arise, because competition is all but prohibited by existing media law. Instead the issue is whether...

Media ownership rules are part of a larger problem (2001)

Thomas, Julian

As emerging technologies shift the boundaries of the media industries, we need to think again about how we can secure diversity in Australian media. Are the restrictions on ownership and control...

Wired high rise: constructing a virtual community in an inner city housing estate (2001)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This paper explores the evolving connections between information and social policy through the construction of ‘Reach for the Clouds’, a ‘networked community’ in Atherton Gardens, a high rise...

Liberal machines (2001)

Thomas, Julian

Abstract not available.

The future for local content? : options for emerging technologies (2001)

Goldsmith, Ben, Thomas, Julian, O'Regan, Tom, Cunningham, Stuart

This report has been prepared by the Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy as part of the ARC SPIRT research partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Authority. The report explores...

Digital television and its discontents : competition policy and broadcasting in Australia (2001)

Thomas, Julian

In Australia the problem of sustaining competition in a digital broadcasting environment does not arise, because competition is all but prohibited by existing media law. Instead the issue is whether...

Media ownership rules are part of a larger problem (2001)

Thomas, Julian

As emerging technologies shift the boundaries of the media industries, we need to think again about how we can secure diversity in Australian media. Are the restrictions on ownership and control...

Wired high rise: constructing a virtual community in an inner city housing estate (2001)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This paper explores the evolving connections between information and social policy through the construction of ‘Reach for the Clouds’, a ‘networked community’ in Atherton Gardens, a high rise...

Liberal machines (2001)

Thomas, Julian

Abstract not available.

The future for local content? : options for emerging technologies (2001)

Goldsmith, Ben, Thomas, Julian, O'Regan, Tom, Cunningham, Stuart

This report has been prepared by the Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy as part of the ARC SPIRT research partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Authority. The report explores...

Media ownership rules are part of a larger problem (2001)

Thomas, Julian

As emerging technologies shift the boundaries of the media industries, we need to think again about how we can secure diversity in Australian media. Are the restrictions on ownership and control...

Digital television and its discontents : competition policy and broadcasting in Australia (2001)

Thomas, Julian

In Australia the problem of sustaining competition in a digital broadcasting environment does not arise, because competition is all but prohibited by existing media law. Instead the issue is whether...

Wired high rise: constructing a virtual community in an inner city housing estate (2001)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This paper explores the evolving connections between information and social policy through the construction of ‘Reach for the Clouds’, a ‘networked community’ in Atherton Gardens, a high rise...

Liberal machines (2001)

Thomas, Julian

Abstract not available.

Liberal machines (2001)

Thomas, Julian

Abstract not available.

The future for local content? : options for emerging technologies (2001)

Goldsmith, Ben, Thomas, Julian, O'Regan, Tom, Cunningham, Stuart

This report has been prepared by the Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy as part of the ARC SPIRT research partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Authority. The report explores...

Digital television and its discontents : competition policy and broadcasting in Australia (2001)

Thomas, Julian

In Australia the problem of sustaining competition in a digital broadcasting environment does not arise, because competition is all but prohibited by existing media law. Instead the issue is whether...

Media ownership rules are part of a larger problem (2001)

Thomas, Julian

As emerging technologies shift the boundaries of the media industries, we need to think again about how we can secure diversity in Australian media. Are the restrictions on ownership and control...

Wired high rise: constructing a virtual community in an inner city housing estate (2001)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This paper explores the evolving connections between information and social policy through the construction of ‘Reach for the Clouds’, a ‘networked community’ in Atherton Gardens, a high rise...

Liberal machines (2001)

Thomas, Julian

Abstract not available.

The future for local content? : options for emerging technologies (2001)

Goldsmith, Ben, Thomas, Julian, O'Regan, Tom, Cunningham, Stuart

This report has been prepared by the Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy as part of the ARC SPIRT research partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Authority. The report explores...

Digital television and its discontents : competition policy and broadcasting in Australia (2001)

Thomas, Julian

In Australia the problem of sustaining competition in a digital broadcasting environment does not arise, because competition is all but prohibited by existing media law. Instead the issue is whether...

Media ownership rules are part of a larger problem (2001)

Thomas, Julian

As emerging technologies shift the boundaries of the media industries, we need to think again about how we can secure diversity in Australian media. Are the restrictions on ownership and control...

Wired high rise: constructing a virtual community in an inner city housing estate (2001)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This paper explores the evolving connections between information and social policy through the construction of ‘Reach for the Clouds’, a ‘networked community’ in Atherton Gardens, a high rise...

The future for local content? : options for emerging technologies (2001)

Goldsmith, Ben, Thomas, Julian, O'Regan, Tom, Cunningham, Stuart

This report has been prepared by the Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy as part of the ARC SPIRT research partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Authority. The report explores...

Liberal machines (2001)

Thomas, Julian

Abstract not available.

Media ownership rules are part of a larger problem (2001)

Thomas, Julian

As emerging technologies shift the boundaries of the media industries, we need to think again about how we can secure diversity in Australian media. Are the restrictions on ownership and control...

Digital television and its discontents : competition policy and broadcasting in Australia (2001)

Thomas, Julian

In Australia the problem of sustaining competition in a digital broadcasting environment does not arise, because competition is all but prohibited by existing media law. Instead the issue is whether...

Wired high rise: constructing a virtual community in an inner city housing estate (2001)

Meredyth, Denise, Thomas, Julian, Ewing, Scott, Hopkins, Liza

This paper explores the evolving connections between information and social policy through the construction of ‘Reach for the Clouds’, a ‘networked community’ in Atherton Gardens, a high rise...

It's later than you think: the Productivity Commission's Broadcasting Inquiry and beyond (2000)

Thomas, Julian

The central argument of the Productivity Commission's final report on broadcasting is that Australian media policy requires substantial renovation if it is to deal effectively with new communications...

It's later than you think: the Productivity Commission's Broadcasting Inquiry and beyond (2000)

Thomas, Julian

The central argument of the Productivity Commission's final report on broadcasting is that Australian media policy requires substantial renovation if it is to deal effectively with new communications...

and Youth Affairs (1999)

Denise Meredyth, Neil Russell, Leda Blackwood, Julian Thomas, Patricia Wise

National sample study of the information technology

Towards information policy? (1998)

Thomas, Julian

Julian Thomas considers developments in national information policy since the change of government. He considers some long-standing problems such as the fragmentation of information policy across...

Towards information policy? (1998)

Thomas, Julian

Julian Thomas considers developments in national information policy since the change of government. He considers some long-standing problems such as the fragmentation of information policy across...