RMIT School of Media and Communication

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School of Media and Communication
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College of Design and Social Context,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Head Lisa French
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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.

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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

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

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

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

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 certified FactLab as a fact-checker. [3]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. AFI Research Collection
  2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society
  3. "RMIT FactLab". International Fact Checking Network . Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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