Was shadow minister for communications Michelle Rowland right when she said Australia’s level of media ownership concentration is one of the highest in the world?
Traditional media gatekeepers are toast.
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Researcher who has studied online news for 20 years says people fall for fake news because they don’t value journalistic sources and consider themselves and their friends as credible news sources.
In the early stages of his campaign, Donald Trump eagerly made himself available to the press. As president, that’s likely to change.
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How can journalists resist a master media manipulator, reach local communities and sift through fake news and propaganda? Media experts explore the challenges of covering the next administration.
Facebook has received a lot of scrutiny since the presidential election.
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Changes in news media distribution and the impartiality of news sources provide good reason to be concerned. However, digital inequality is not the way to understand or measure it.
Attempts to model your web experience led to fears of an echo chamber effect, but rather than reinforcing your sense of self, the process might be altering it.
Protesters decry the decision by the South African Broadcasting Corporation not to air scenes of violent protest.
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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.
Joe Saltzman, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
The movie ‘Spotlight’ might depict heroic journalists in action, but increasingly, the public views reporters with suspicion – primed by the often harsh portrayal of the press in popular culture.
You might not know the extent to which news sites are exposing your information to third-party servers.
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