Canada is home to a growing number of new digital-born journalism organizations, even though government policy aimed at helping the news industry has focused mostly on the decline of legacy media.
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No matter what tactics are used to muzzle, restrict, limit, or censor information, trustworthy information that serves the public good can still find its way to those who matter most: the citizens.
Media houses with digital and traditional newsrooms need to create collaborative environments to address the tensions that often emerge between the old and the new.
The Morrison government will introduce legislation forcing Google and Facebook to face arbitration if they fail to come to commercial deals with traditional media on payment for content
Feminists in Africa must step up to the challenge and redress the manner in which African women are portrayed in the digital age.
Despite their derision, media outlets such as the Canary and Breitbart, still source much of their information from the mainstream press.
What does the future newsroom look like?
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We often hear about media companies shedding staff and revenues, but is there hope? We ask the man with a mission to launch 100 media start-ups in three years: what does the future newsroom look like?
New research suggests that when it comes to the media, Australians prize traditional news values more than the accessibility and friendliness that characterise social media.
Media Files is a new monthly podcast, featuring discussion between media researchers, experts and working journalists on the big issues in the media landscape today.
A Canada-Iran collaboration uses performance art, storytelling and new media to confront the troubles of global migration and borders.
Could the WWE’s grip on professional wrestling be weakening?
For decades, parents have fretted over ‘screen time,’ limiting the hours their children spend looking at a screen. But as times change, so does media… and how parents should (or shouldn’t) regulate it.
Wikipedia has earned our trust. Now its founder proposes an innovative assault on fake news with Wikitribune.
In Africa, the idea of a post-truth era - which by implication fundamentally presupposes the existence of an era in which ‘truth’ was self-evident - is folly.
A generation of ‘new media’ sites is challenging traditional news organisations when it comes to reporting the environment.
E-book sales are falling, even though many said they would “kill” print books. Computers and television were also supposed to spell the book’s demise. At one point, people even feared the phonograph.
There are many exciting new publishing opportunities opening up for academics who want to take their work beyond traditional spaces like journals.
Because Netflix continually upends established business models, evaluating the company can difficult.
The move that will save Twitter – and improve public debate worldwide – is much more than adding 9,860 characters.
They employ thousands and are highly commercial, and increasingly their staff are turning to unions.
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Andrea Carson is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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