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As a crusader for coal, Tony Abbott is an undisputed champion of the emotional logic of ‘truthiness’. Dan Peled/AAP

October 25, 2017

Adani’s post‑truth push for the Carmichael mine

Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney and Terry Woronov, University of Sydney

There are telltale signs when regard for the facts of the matter is sacrificed to ‘truthiness’ to win a political debate.

Who’s watching, and who’s watching the watchers?

December 18, 2015

Western democracy’s new maxim: surveillance and soft despotism

Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney

What kind of society do our so-called “Western and networked democracies” count as normal if humans are constantly objectified, monitored and profiled?

In a digital world dominated by a few media conglomerates, start-up initiatives like The Charta and First Look in the US should be welcomed. Andy Piper

April 24, 2014

Inform, not notify: the birth of participatory, ‘slow journalism’

Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney

The digital era has led to increasing challenges for western and traditional news media business models. Media outlets are facing steady declines in revenue, while the migration of advertising online has…

Australia’s established media groups have used the internet to extend their domination of news. AAP/Dean Lewins

March 18, 2014

Australia swims against the tide of democratic media reform

Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney

That media ownership rules have been progressively relaxed in many democracies is certainly not news. But that Australia, with one of the most concentrated media markets in the world, is thinking of further…

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