News ban: Can we regard Facebook as a public utility?
By Gavin Ellis We have been shocked by Facebook’s Australian news ban because we have been labouring under a misapprehension: We thought it was a public utility. It was conceived as a utility (for Harvard University students) and founder Mark Zuckerberg has been...
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 does the future hold for the New Zealand media landscape in a post-COVID world?
By Julianne Evans New Zealand media faces a conundrum as it tries to create a trustworthy, innovative and sustainable model in the Covid-19 world, while absorbing thousands of job losses. As Covid-19 spread around the world, so did 24-hour media coverage of the story....
What is the future of the New Zealand media sphere post-COVID? 🔊
Change is happening quickly in the New Zealand media sphere as companies try to adapt to a new world post-COVID. Already Bauer Media has closed its operations in New Zealand, while Stuff’s CEO bought the company off Australia’s Nine Network for just one...
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...
Why do we need journalism?
By Mel Bunce Journalism is facing a profound financial crisis. Around the world, news outlets are closing, and journalists are losing their jobs. Should we be worried? Journalism is often referred to as the ‘fourth estate’ – an institution that is necessary for...
What needs to be done to solve the fake news crisis? 🔊
Some call it a post-truth society. With increased media consolidation, fake news, and plummeting trust in the media, what needs to be done to solve our epistemological crisis? Maria Armoudian speaks to Robert Entman and Victor Pickard about fake news and what can be...
Are hacking, fake news, and paid trolls destroying democracy? 🔊
Hacking, fake news, and paid trolls have become more common over the last few years, with many internal and external forces attempting to corrupt, or at least influence, both information online and what makes the news. Chris Tenove and Jennifer Forestal discuss...Subscribe by Email
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