While they may talk about 'free speech,' businesses make decisions about their content based on a very different set of principles.
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The problem is not the journalism itself, but the editorial processes that increasingly rely on non-journalistic procedures and practices.
Emmanuel Macron is the latest to talk about reining in fake news. It can't be done.
Squabbling and poor regulation achieve nothing.
Politics podcast: Nick Xenophon on media reform.
Nick Xenophon's position on contentious legislation – currently media reform – is crucial for the government.
The most pertinent issue is how much power the federal government is prepared to allow any single media proprietor to have.
A more nuanced approach is needed to what upsets or disturbs people.
The ousting of BBC chair, Rona Fairhead, is a worrying sign of a government power grab over the public broadcaster.
The Turnbull government is engaged in a media reform process that is all about the sideshow – not forward-thinking policy with the public interest in mind.
A new affiliation between Network Ten and WIN may have been forced, but it opens the way for possible future mergers.
The rise on live streaming of television programs is breaking down the protected geographical barriers on what you can watch, and the regional broadcasters are not happy.
The unbundling of content stands to hurt Pay TV providers the most.
Current regulations are a complete mismatch for today's media practices and structures. While politicians shy from the debate, it's time to heed public opinion and revisit the Finkelstein Report.
After a High Court win over Today FM, ACMA is likely to be able to deal more swiftly with this kind of case – and with less risk of incurring large legal bills.
In the latest episode in the long-running saga that is the phone hacking affair, Dan Evans, a former journalist at the News of the World and Sunday Mirror, has received a 10 month suspended sentence after…
Advertising is going ‘native’, creeping in to places formerly reserved for editorial content. In the final piece in our series, we look at the lack of regulation around such “embedded” content. UK media…
In the endless drive to get people’s attention, advertising is going ‘native’, creeping in to places formerly reserved for editorial content. In this Native Advertising series we find out what it looks…
Having created an empire on which the sun never sets, it must have been a heavy blow to Rupert Murdoch when his company, 21st Century Fox, announced last week it had sold its 47% stake in Star China TV…
In his first major speech since his sudden resignation last month as News Corp Australia’s chief executive, Kim Williams had the packed Grand Ballroom at Brisbane’s Hilton hotel abuzz with speculation…
Free speech does not imply the freedom to mislead. We want our media to be free, but also honest and reliable. Balancing those sometimes competing demands is a subtle and difficult task. In many countries…
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Chair, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Journalism & Media, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Professor of Journalism and Social Media, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Professor of Public Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Journalism, University of Sussex
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Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Visiting Professor of Practice (Journalism), City, University of London
