Effective political satire will often cause outrage. But is there evidence to suggest it can influence people’s personal politics?
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It only took a relatively small number of Twitter accounts to get hashtags #DictatorDan and #DanLiedPeopleDied trending. And “bots” weren’t really a part of the story.
Here’s what you need to know about the largely right-wing social media platform creeping into headlines.
In 2017 Labour did better than expected because it moved debate away from Brexit. It will need to do the same in 2019.
Any good political spin doctor employs a range of overt and covert tactics to get their message across. Here are some of the most common ones.
Guardian Australia’s Katharine Murphy and former MP David Feeney on the digital disruption of media and politics.
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Today on the podcast we're talking filter bubbles, fake news, opinion vs fact. Media Files asks two experts how the media and politics influence each other - and why that's causing concern.
Fake news has intruded on every aspect of life. Audiences need to counter its appeal, as the media alone is incapable of debunking false information.
The Australian’s former editor-in-chief has written a sometimes thrilling book. But it raises profound questions about relations between media executives and the politically powerful and the trust between journalists and their sources.
When comedian Larry Wilmore called President Obama ‘my n-gga’ during the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner, what was he really saying?
Only when systems change and cultural adjustments occur will the political class return to governing rather than ruling.
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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
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Professor of Communication, Deakin University
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Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
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Professor of Communication and Media Analysis, Loughborough University
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Adjunct Professor, QUT Business School, and Director of Corporate Transition, Queensland University of Technology
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Foundation Professor in Journalism, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of Communications, Elon University
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of Canberra
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Reader in Journalism, University of Central Lancashire
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PhD candidate, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Leicester
