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The news media routinely 'beats up' shark stories in search of clicks and profits, according to focus groups and surveys of social media posts.
Even as the news market transforms, BBC News is still the dominant force. Why?
A new survey reveals that while most young Australians get news from online sources, they lack the skills to distinguish fake news.
Giving labor unions a financial stake in a company such as a newspaper can offer unique advantages that could benefit employees, society and the bottom line.
Readers and viewers the world over are becoming numb to catastrophe and suffering. They must not look away.
Imposing local content levies on Facebook and Google to help fund public interest journalism would take Australia towards a more European model of media regulation.
How do we determine what is fact? An archaeologist explains how the answer has changed over time and why it matters so much now.
The planting of messages and countering narratives in the media is not new. It's part and parcel of contemporary politics especially during elections. The internet simply makes an old problem worse.
In the age of social media and online self-promotion, being the subject of a moral panic can not only be a source of pride, but also an inducement to offend.
Facebook's role is under scrutiny, a shift from earlier in the campaign, when the press was often blamed for Trump's ascendancy. Both played a part.
Our democratic edifice rests on the informed voter. Fake news is the concrete cancer gnawing away at the structural integrity of our society.
Daily newsletters are winning media organisations new readers.
A new database that shows the use of gendered words in major Australian newspapers tells us much about whose voices are being heard.
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.
Its formidable chief executive may have resigned, but the US's most-watched news network is in rude health all the same.
News that men outnumber women ten to one in the EU referendum debate is not surprising – women have long been marginalised in news coverage.
In the media, urban consolidation is often depicted as a threat to Australian suburban life. In reality, it's a result of managed planning processes to ensure growing cities remain liveable.
The rise of Facebook and Twitter is not necessarily a happy story for democracy.
The advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994 is often hailed as peaceful and smooth. But, there are lingering problems. Dissent over unmet expectations has resulted in an increase in protests.
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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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Incoming Associate Professor at LaTrobe University. Former Lecturer, Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences; Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Associate of the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW
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Associate Professor, School of Communication, QUT, Queensland University of Technology
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Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Chair in Feminist Media Studies, University of Stirling
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Director of Broadcasting, City, University of London
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Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Journalism, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate Professor of Communications, Pennsylvania State University
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Lecture and Researcher at UNNC: School of International Communication, University of Nottingham
