From Tbilisi to Washington: Is there too much focus on elections?
By Stephen F. Jones “Recent elections in Georgia and the US show that elections alone are poor indicators of democracy, and need to be supplemented with other methods of economic and political empowerment.” Elections are never enough to maintain a healthy...
Is American democracy too polarised to survive?
By Timothy Kuhner Donald Trump’s power won’t prove authoritarian enough to compel the other branches and levels of government to undermine the election, writes Associate Professor Tim Kuhner. Prior to 3 November, 2020, 35 percent of Republican voters believed...
What can news organisations do to rebuild public trust? 🔊
Quality journalism has long sat at the heart of the democratic process – with a commitment to uncover the facts, and hold the powerful to account. Yet in a society increasingly plagued by misinformation and conspiracy theories, public trust in news organisations is...
What is the difficult road that has brought Chile towards a non-neoliberal constitution?
By Walescka Pino-Ojeda Chile’s road towards drafting a non-neoliberal constitution has been long and painful, according to Walescka Pino-Ojeda. In the mid-1970s, making reference to Chile, Milton Friedman stated: “it was the first case in which you had a movement...
Should the United States Electoral College be reformed? 🔊
Last week’s US presidential election once again revealed fractures in the democratic principles of the Electoral College. President-elect Joe Biden has consistently led in the counting of the popular vote in this election and has over five million more votes than...
As democracy crumbles: Why is Hong Kong still protesting one year later?
By Max Pendleton This is an ideological conflict between authoritarianism and democracy. Both protestors and China are trying to achieve some kind of outcome to secure the legitimacy of a post-2047 future. As New Zealand and the world begins to tentatively recover...
How much do we trust our news media?
By Gavin Ellis A survey released last week tells us 53 percent of New Zealanders trust overall news sources most of the time. Public trust is a percentages game. A survey released last week tells us 53 percent of New Zealanders trust overall news sources most of the...
Why is it so hard to stop COVID-19 misinformation spreading on social media?
By Tobias R. Keller & Rosalie Gillett Even before the coronavirus arrived to turn life upside down and trigger a global infodemic, social media platforms were under growing pressure to curb the spread of misinformation. Last year, Facebook cofounder and chief...
How can we recognise misinformation and disinformation? 🔊
The great promises of the internet to offer inter-connectedness and the spread of great ideas has brought great challenges in discerning fact from fiction. In this discussion, Damaso Reyes discusses some of the ways that we can identify misinformation and...Subscribe by Email
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