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What the experts say on…social media restrictions
Open Forum | September 16, 2024The 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?
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Tech bros and media barons
Andrew Dodd | September 16, 2024Is 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?
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Is there a future for commercial TV?
Amanda Lotz | September 15, 2024Australian commercial broadcasting once made its owners rich but a plethora of other viewing and advertising options means that its future is in doubt.
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Is print kaput?
Andrea Carson | September 14, 2024While 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.
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Talkin’ bout my generation
Open Forum | September 13, 2024Social 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.
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The death – and rebirth – of local journalism
Kristy Hess | September 11, 2024Local 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.
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Saving kids from social media?
Michelle Grattan | September 11, 2024In 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.
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Defending democracy against disinformation
Meg Tapia | September 7, 2024Australia needs an integrated approach to fighting disinformation from hostile foreign states.
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Combating misinformation
Lorraine Finlay | September 5, 2024The 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.
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Could a tech tax save journalism?
Anya Schiffrin | September 1, 2024Could a new tax make technology giants like Google and Meta pay for the news they distribute and profit from?
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The men who killed the news
Denis Muller | August 25, 2024A new book examines the way modern media and technology moguls have dismantled journalistic ethics in pursuit of personal profit and undermined democracy itself.
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No anarchy in the UK
Sam Stockwell | August 17, 2024A 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.