June 11th 2008

Are we living at a time of enormous technological and social change and possibly a breakthrough in information media as significant as the development of printing? Or are we simply ever more prey to aggressive global marketing, rampant consumerism and faddism?

This public lecture explores the phenomenon of emergent media - blogs, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, podcasting, wikis and others – for their social consequences and the possible long-term change they may bring about for people, politics and public and private sectors.

Dr Jim Macnamara
Jim Macnamara is Professor of Public Communication and UTS Director of the Australian Centre for Public Communication. He has had a distinguished 30-year career working in professional communication practice spanning journalism, public relations, advertising and media research, before joining UTS in 2007. He is the author of 11 books and a popular speaker internationally. For a decade he has been the founder and CEO of a major media research firm while also consulting to large organisations including Microsoft, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and Media Monitors.

Resources

• flyer (PDF 52k)
• talk (PDF 144k)
• audio recording (MP3 24.7 MB)

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