There were high hopes that the SABC would become a true public broadcaster after the end of apartheid when it was used ruthlessly as a propaganda machine. But those hopes have since been dashed.
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The way we consume sport is changing, and that’s having massive ramifications on the way sport and broadcast television are funded.
The ailing health of the Great Barrier Reef may be attracting more tourists, at least in the short term, with a survey showing many visitors were motivated to see it while they still have the chance.
An ACMA investigation of Andrew Bolt raises questions of fair and accurate reporting, the clash over facts, fair comment and the right of readers and viewers to be fully informed.
Journalism has always been key to the way the world understands Russia – and its leaders have long known that.
Contrary to common fears, sexy media doesn’t seem to have any practical significance for when teens first have sex or start other sexual behaviors.
During the 1980s, press coverage of South African family murders suggested that something was ‘wrong’ with white society – and with the white Afrikaans men who were usually seen as perpetrators.
A German culture scholar looks at how rising fear of terror and a week of violence has affected German media and politics. Will Germany’s open refugee policies last?
The former Fox News CEO crossed the line between unbiased coverage and political activism with ease.
Our mixed feelings about ageing are clearly revealed in the language we use to talk about it.
The major parties seem to be having considerable difficulty drawing lessons from the recent election campaign. Of course, there are many. The most obvious, but probably the most difficult for them to accept…
Technology’s burgeoning possibilities have put pressure on our law courts when it comes to the principle of ‘open justice’.
Journalism’s rocky road of respectability and those who have told the tale.
There have been three clear lessons from this long election campaign: the vote is fragmenting, the media is fragmenting, and long election campaigns are not a good idea.
Despite the evident weakness of state institutions and accountability of elites, Guinea-Bissau is still a country that ‘works’.
Given newspapers’ continued role as the main provider of new news every day, and the amplifying effect of social media, their potential to influence the body politic remains substantial.
Beware dumbing down.
A key feature of the way this election has been covered has been the symbiosis between tradition media and social media.
Two AFL club presidents have created a furore with their ‘banter’ about the drowning of a female journalist. Here’s how it happened, and why it’s unacceptable.
Disaster tourism and obsessions with sites of death and destruction can be a learning experience, not just voyeurism.
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