War and truth seldom sit comfortably together. To go to battle is not to go to Sunday school. So to proclaim that the Media Age motto for the Australian Defence Force and the Defence Department …
The communications demands of the Media Age are so diverse and complex that only a simple answer will suffice. This is back-to-basics meets back-to-the future. Head to the bedrock of first principles while everything else …
The terrain of the Media Age is a networked series of places—both land and a land of the mind. The borders are ever more porous. A vital part of the terrain is still occupied by …
‘Electric circuitry has overthrown the regime of “time” and “space” and pours upon us instantly and continuously the concerns of all other men.’ Marshall McLuhan, 1967. ‘The traditional factors of production …
On 6 September, 2001, a bunch of journalists and military officers met at the National Press Club in Canberra to discuss why the military and media don’t get along. The Australian Defence Force had media …