Welcome to the 2013 Volume of Global Media Journal/ Australian Edition. This is our seventh year of publication  – a significant achievement in that the work required to publish the journal is largely voluntary. With ever increasing workloads, it is harder for academics to find the time to support ventures of this kind.

This issue marks the addition of Dr. Tanya Notley to the editorial team, who with Jonathan Marshall and Juan Salazar, co-edited the articles that form the themed section. The theme marries new media technologies and the varied ways they have manifested in human behaviours and social interactions. This is a rich and contemporary vein of media research.

Thanks to the editorial team, the reviewers for this issue, and to our usual team who have worked to realise this issue. We also launch a new look for our website with this issue. Thanks to Roman Goik and Lauren Oaklands for designing and developing this new iteration of Global Media Journal/Australia Edition.