For decades, there’s been a concerted effort by law enforcement to ensure their perspectives – and not those of people being policed – dominate prime-time television.
According to the Australian Newsroom Mapping Project, there have been 200 contractions of news operations since March. But ‘news deserts’ were a growing problem long before coronavirus.
A Unicorn Riot videographer films an interview on the streets of Minneapolis on May 29, 2020.
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The NSW Court of Appeal’s Dylan Voller decision means the media may be liable for the hurtful things users write on social pages. This will have many media companies in a panic.
Social distancing forced most film and television production into shutdown. But a new batch of screen content shows the virtues of bricolage culture - tinkering with what’s available.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2020.
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Though political elites complain about what the media covers, and how they cover it, research shows that ideological bias among media outlets is largely nonexistent.
Tim Breitbarth, Swinburne University of Technology; Adam Karg, Swinburne University of Technology; Emma Sherry, Swinburne University of Technology, dan Kasey Symons, Swinburne University of Technology
In the absence of live sport, curated lists have abounded- but they have been mostly by men, featuring men’s sports.
A radio announcer at work.
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Patrick White, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Journalism is not keeping pace with the evolution of new technologies. Newsrooms need to take advantage of what AI can offer and come up with a new business model.
A new survey found the reputation of the news brand and journalists matters when it comes to public trust in media. Employing more journalists and being more active on social media doesn’t.