• What the experts say on…social media restrictions

    Open Forum     |      September 16, 2024

    The Australian government has committed itself to imposing an age limit on social media before the next election, but is this a desirable or workable solution?

  • Tech bros and media barons

    Andrew Dodd     |      September 16, 2024

    Is the world better off with “tech bros” like Elon Musk who demand unlimited freedom to brazenly assert their influence, or old-style media moguls who spin fine-sounding rhetoric about freedom of the press but exert influence under the cover of journalism?

  • Is there a future for commercial TV?

    Amanda Lotz     |      September 15, 2024

    Australian commercial broadcasting once made its owners rich but a plethora of other viewing and advertising options means that its future is in doubt.

  • Is print kaput?

    Andrea Carson     |      September 14, 2024

    While the future of printed Australian newspapers is uncertain, it doesn’t spell the end of newspapers – or of a Murdoch’s influence on the news.

  • Talkin’ bout my generation

    Open Forum     |      September 13, 2024

    Social media is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian high school students, according to the latest findings from Australia’s largest survey of young people.

  • The death – and rebirth – of local journalism

    Kristy Hess     |      September 11, 2024

    Local newspapers are dying out across Australia, as advertising and consumer attention moves online, but they still have a vital role to play in fostering social connection and a sense of community.

  • Saving kids from social media?

    Michelle Grattan     |      September 11, 2024

    In response to growing public concern about the social affects of social media, the Albanese government will introduce legislation to enforce a minimum age for children to access major social platforms.

  • Defending democracy against disinformation

    Meg Tapia     |      September 7, 2024

    Australia needs an integrated approach to fighting disinformation from hostile foreign states.

  • Combating misinformation

    Lorraine Finlay     |      September 5, 2024

    The federal government’s proposed laws to curb rampant mis- and disinformation on social media need to have clearer definitions – and include the growing menace of mass produced, AI generated lies.

  • Could a tech tax save journalism?

    Anya Schiffrin     |      September 1, 2024

    Could a new tax make technology giants like Google and Meta pay for the news they distribute and profit from?

  • The men who killed the news

    Denis Muller     |      August 25, 2024

    A new book examines the way modern media and technology moguls have dismantled journalistic ethics in pursuit of personal profit and undermined democracy itself.

  • No anarchy in the UK

    Sam Stockwell     |      August 17, 2024

    A combination of better AI generated images, complicit social media platforms, hostile state actors and ‘post-truth’ politics threatens democracies around the world, but had little influence on Britain’s recent election.