Mapping the movies: the changing nature of Australia's cinema circuits and their audiences 1956-1984

对电影制作的支持是澳大利亚文化政策的一个重要组成部分，但对电影放映和观众人数所代表的文化和商业机会的了解较少。该项目聚焦于1956年引入电视后的三十年，是同类项目中第一个使用地理空间可视化来绘制电影院的社会和经济电路，并确定解释电影院多样化，生存或关闭的变量。它将有助于在当地媒体访问建模方面进行政策分析，并将巩固该小组在历史数据表述方面的澳大利亚创新研究的国际声誉。

Support for film production is a high profile component in Australian cultural policy, but the cultural and commercial opportunity represented by cinema exhibition and attendance is less well understood. Focusing on the three decades after the introduction of television in 1956, this project is the first of its kind to use geospatial visualisation to map the social and economic circuits of cinema-going, and to identify the variables that explain cinema diversification, survival or closure. It will contribute to policy analysis in terms of local media access modelling, and will consolidate this team's international reputation for innovative Australian research in the representation of historical data.