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RMIT School of Media and Communication

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RMIT's School of Media and Communication is an Australian tertiary education school within the College of Design and Social Context at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), located in Melbourne, Victoria.

School of Media and Communication
Parent institution
College of Design and Social Context,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
HeadLisa French
CampusCity
WebsiteSchool of Media and Communication

The school hosts the university's Advertising, Audio/Visual, Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing, Film and Television/ Radio, Journalism, Communication, Music Industry, Professional Communication (a hybrid-degree which crosses Journalism, Media and Public Relations), and Public Relations programs.

The school was formed by the merger of the RMIT School of Creative Media and RMIT School of Applied Communication on 6 July 2009.

Location

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The school is headquartered in Building 9 (RMIT's historical radio communications building) on Bowen Street at the RMIT City campus, located in the "RMIT Quarter" at the northern end of the Melbourne CBD. It moved in 2010 from Building 6, but because of its size still has staff in other buildings in the city campus.

AFI Research Collection

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The Australian Film Institute (AFI) Research Collection is a non-lending, specialist film and television industry resource. It opened in the mid-1970s as the George Lugg Library, and was a joint venture between the AFI and the Victorian Federation of Film Societies. In 2002 it became an auspice of the RMIT School of Media and Communication, in conjunction with the AFI.[1] In 2020 the AFI Research Collection became part of the RMIT Public Engagement Group.

ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making

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In 2019, it was announced that staff from the School would form the leadership and host a new ARC Centre. In collaboration with other universities, staff won funding for an Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. The centre is headed by Professor Julian Thomas$. AU31.8 million in funding was matched by industry and the Centre started in 2020.[2]

RMIT FactLab

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RMIT FactLab is a fact-checking service registered as a research unit under the School of Media and Communication. It was launched in January 2021 with a focus on debunking COVID-19 misinformation. In December 2021, the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) certified FactLab as a fact-checker.[3]

In August 2023, FactLab was temporarily suspended by Meta as one of the partner organisations for its fact-checking program, after it was discovered that its accreditation with IFCN had lapsed[4] on 31 December 2022.[3] The discovery came after Liberal senator James Paterson had written to Meta's regional policy director raising his concerns about recent fact checks on the No campaign's claims in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.[4]

Notable alumni

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Main article: List of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology people

See also

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References

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  1. ^ AFI Research Collection
  2. ^ ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
  3. ^ a b "RMIT FactLab". IFCN Code of Principles. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b Butler, Josh (29 August 2023). "Facebook suspends RMIT FactLab after voice no campaigners criticise factchecker". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

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