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During this time of disruption and transformation, surveys like the Digital News Report contribute to our understanding of professional news sources from the public’s point of view.
Images of war, violence, suffering and death can have a traumatic impact on those who view them.
The more deaths there were, the more news reports used the perpetrator’s name. But something changed in 2012. The Brooklyn subway shooting may be an exception.
A series of in-depth interviews with self-described conservatives found concerns that go beyond concerns about selective facts or obvious partisanship.
National security professionals and armchair sleuths alike are taking advantage of vast amounts of publicly available information and software tools to monitor geopolitical events around the world.
The mainstream media are holding their collective noses and supporting Project Veritas after its founder’s home was raided by the FBI. It’s a matter of principle and self-preservation.
The majority of front page reports were negative in tone, seeing very little possibility for individual agency and self-efficacy. This can amplify public anxiety and fear.
When there is nothing new to say, pegging news stories to the anniversaries of the deaths of Black Americans objectifies the victims and helps make violence ordinary.
It will take another 67 years to close the gender gap in news, according to the latest global survey of women in the media.
Facebook used to be a goldmine for news media companies. But since the tech giant changed its algorithm in 2018, news firms have drifted away from Facebook, particularly digital-native publications.
News organizations are in low repute. To enhance their credibility, they’ve encouraged interaction between their journalists and audience members. Is that the best way to build the public’s trust?
The internet of 2021 is not the open public sphere that early visionaries had imagined.
Compromises were reached and reputations suffered. Who ultimately won the social media showdown?
Most of the attention on the code has been on the larger media outlets. But the sustainability of small publishers is what should be of most concern.
Facebook pulling the plug on Australian news will cause short-term disruption, but readers and media will recover.
The timing of Google’s deals raises questions, coming just as the News Media Bargaining Code is set to be introduced into federal parliament.
If the government wants to save the social benefit of public-interest journalism, it must look beyond the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code.
The code could require Google and Facebook to pay up for simply including links to news articles from other sites. This has never been a requirement on the web.
A violent coup to overthrow the government, perpetrated and fueled by white supremacist ideology spread by the white media happened … in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.
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Associate professor in regulation and governance, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow, Technology, Communication and Policy Lab, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Digital Audience Engagement, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Media Studies in the Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Media Studies and Production, University of Cape Town
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of Canberra
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Professor of Communication, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
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Research associate, Queensland University of Technology
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Andrea Carson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
