- Associate Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Right now it’s something of an arms race as new technologies are developed – and detectors struggle to keep up.
Regional towns such as Dubbo as well as some suburbs on the outskirts of Melbourne have worse reception than more remote areas.
Media outlets like The Australian and The Daily Telegraph will now share their content with the makers of ChatGPT. It raises many questions about the future of journalism and how people access news.
Research shows doomscrolling can be harmful. These experts have found evidence-based tips that can help you help yourself.
Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code has garnered global interest – but the Canadians want a model with more transparency.
Facebook used to be a goldmine for news media companies. But since the tech giant changed its algorithm in 2018, news firms have drifted away from Facebook, particularly digital-native publications.
The timing of Google’s deals raises questions, coming just as the News Media Bargaining Code is set to be introduced into federal parliament.
It may have seemed the platforms were taking a confident stance by appealing to Australian users directly. But really, it was a delayed and panic-based reaction.
Facebook and Google’s publicity campaigns against Australia’s new media regulations show they’re worried other countries will follow suit.
Over the past decade, news media companies have been at the mercy of big tech platforms’ algorithms in delivering them readers. But with no guarantee of sustained revenue, media firms are looking elsewhere.
Here are five ways to strengthen innovation in NSW, so that all the talk of “being innovative” translates to actually “doing innovation” into the future.
Reddit’s new policy to remove unsolicited nude photos is a step in the right direction to prevent celebrity nude photos and revenge porn from appearing on its site.
Media technologies have operated as both a means of communicating news of a death and memorialising the deceased for a significant period of time, moving from traditional epitaphs, eulogies, wakes and…
Funerals increasingly employ digital media; and a growing body of research addresses the intersection of digital culture and traditional memorialising practices. Commonly-used digital media include PowerPoint…
Earlier this year, start-up Eterni.me emerged from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrepreneurship Development program. The company’s tagline – “simply become immortal” – quickly attracted media…
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