Give me a serve of data with that

  • Antony Funnell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2014.911682

Abstract

It is natural and understandable when considering issues relating to the preservation of information to focus on new technologies. Changes in technology directly affect what is and is not available to be preserved, as well as influencing issues of access. However, the nature of the technology used by any generation of people to record, transact and correspond is only a part of the equation. Understanding how data formats may vary over time is useful, indeed essential, but so too is developing the ability to comprehend crucial shifts in societal attitudes toward data.

Author Biography

Antony Funnell

Antony Funnell is a Walkley award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He is also the author of the book The Future and Related Nonsense (HarperCollins). Antony has been the presenter of Future Tense on ABC Radio National since 2009, exploring the influence of technology and rapid change on individuals and society. Prior to that he fronted Media Report. Over the past two decades he has worked for many of the country’s leading news and current affairs programs, including AM, PM, the 7.30 Report and Background Briefing. In the late-1990s he was the senior producer for Australia Television News – ABC TV’s nightly satellite news service into the Asia Pacific. Antony has travelled and reported for the ABC from a diverse range of places – from Mongolia to the isolated community of Ali Curung in the Northern Territory. He won his Walkley in 2006 for a documentary entitled The Financial Abuse of the Elderly. In 2003 he was awarded a United Nations Media Peace Prize (Best Radio) for a half-hour program he produced on Aboriginal customary law. He won the same UN award in 2007 for his coverage of issues relating to the then political crisis in Zimbabwe.

Published
2014-07-30
How to Cite
Funnell A. (2014) “Give me a serve of data with that”, Archives & Manuscripts, 42(2), pp. 181-183. doi: 10.1080/01576895.2014.911682.
Issue
Vol 42 No 2 (2014): Special Issue: Reinventing Archival Methods
Section
Reflection articles

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