The Online News Act could result in the formation of new agreements between news organizations and digital platform giants, which could give rise to a number of worrying developments.
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Teaching students about information literacy can help them determine what kinds of practices make news reports trustworthy.
There’s no evidence that news outlets are worse off because of Google, Facebook and other aggregators. If anything, evidence shows that, overall, news outlets would be in worse shape without them.
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.
Facebook recently removed Australian news stories from its site. If Ottawa follows Australia’s lead, Facebook might do the same in Canada.
Delivering media literacy in a comics format can help readers develop the skills to identify fake news and counter its effects.
Over the past decade, news media companies have been at the mercy of big tech platforms’ algorithms in delivering them readers. But with no guarantee of sustained revenue, media firms are looking elsewhere.
While COVID-19 is a real concern for businesses and governments, a more serious issue right now is the wider impact of heavily recycled information on society.
We claim not to trust social media yet it seems to shape our political opinions.
Even established political parties are using a host of tricks to manipulate the news.
The voting public is being forced to wade through a fog of disinformation thanks to some cynical ploys.
Research suggests that people still depend on the mainstream media for their news. It’s more important than ever that journalists earn that trust.
Media Files: ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required.
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In Dickens' era, international copyright law developed from a worldwide effort to deal with a global problem. Is it time to tackle tech giants the same way? A journalist and a media owner explain.
Shutting down or controlling access to the internet has become a go-to strategy among some African states who want to control the political narrative.
New research into the economics of attention online casts doubt on the net’s role in fostering public debate, and raises concerns about the future of democracy.
Three trends suggest people in less developed nations – who are coming online in greater numbers – use and trust the internet very differently those in more developed economies.
Information on social media can be misleading because of biases in three places – the brain, society and algorithms. Scholars are developing ways to identify and display the effects of these biases.
Are online trolls as bad as we think? New research reveals that most online news comments contribute positively to the conversation.
A scholar of digital trust evaluates Facebook’s current efforts and proposes some improvements the company could make.
Even as the news market transforms, BBC News is still the dominant force. Why?
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Research Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
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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 Research, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, School of Journalism, Columbia University
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Professor of Communication, Deakin University
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor of Practice (Journalism), City, University of London
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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Co-director, Centre for Digital Business, University of Salford
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow, Technology, Communication and Policy Lab, RMIT University
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Media Psychology, University of Salford
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Reader, Department of Journalism, City, University of London
