M/C Dialogue launched

During the AoIR 2006 conference, we launched the latest addition to M/C - Media and Culture's stable of publications: M/C Dialogue, edited by my colleague Jinna Tay. M/C Dialogue focussed on publishing interviews with scholars, artists, and other public intellectuals, and I'm very excited about it - judging by the initial response there's a great deal of interest in the site already, and it seems to fill a real gap in the online publishing environment. Of course we're also very keen to encourage more interviews to be submitted (an interview with AoIR 2006 keynote speaker Guo Liang by Randy Kluver should be up soon), and I'm particularly hoping that anybody going to major conferences will think about interviewing keynote speakers and other key scholars there (audio and video interviews are particularly encouraged). We are hoping, too, that the peer review process (if for obvious reasons not blind peer review) which we follow for the site will enable interviews to be counted as 'proper' academic publications for once...

So, here it is - congratulations, Jinna, and we hope you'll enjoy it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 30 September 2006

M/C - Media and Culture
is proud to introduce

M/C Dialogue
http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/

Edited by Jinna Tay

Welcome to M/C - Media and Culture's latest publication, M/C Dialogue (http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/). M/C Dialogue is a site for researchers in culture and the media, and for anyone else interested in discourse, discussion, and debate about ideas, processes and people - probably, most of us!

Our launch begins with a series of stimulating conversations with Adjunct Professor George Negus, Smart State Fellow Toby Miller, SBS Television Programme Executive Jane Roscoe, and Novelist/Academic Paul Magrs, each interviewed by researchers in their fields. We invite you to read their views, to post questions and comments, and to start new dialogues about their topics - we hope that together we can make this an engaging site that you will enjoy visiting and reading.

Jinna Tay
Editor, M/C Dialogue

Axel Bruns
General Editor, M/C - Media and Culture

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About M/C Dialogue

M/C Dialogue (http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/about) is a peer- reviewed publication that presents accessible dialogues between prominent cultural thinkers and researchers in related fields. The tone is accessible but intelligent; informal but informed. M/C Dialogue provides the reader with an up-to-date summary of the recent work of important thinkers, as well as showing the human side of these public figures.

M/C Dialogue aims to

• Present an accessible introduction to the thinking of important figures in the analysis and understanding of culture.

• Show that ideas are always produced in a social context. The voices of theorists, producers, intellectuals or artists are not abstract and esoteric - they are embodied and tied up in emotions and interpersonal interactions.

• Provide an invaluable opportunity for scholars to network with key figures in their fields, by facilitating interactions and collaborations.

We welcome proposals for further interviews. If you have any upcoming events with possible interviewers & interviewees please let us know. All feedback is appreciated.

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Visit all four M/C publications at <http://www.media-culture.org.au/>.

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All contributors are available for media contacts: mc@media-culture.org.au.

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