A new report shows Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is worth more here than News Corp and Nine combined.
- Professor of Digital Communications and Culture, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
A new parliamentary committee will look into how social media operates in Australia, including how children access it. Regulating the industry won’t be easy.
Biometric data can be used in schools to track everything from attendance to exam behaviour and what students buy from the canteen.
A new survey found the reputation of the news brand and journalists matters when it comes to public trust in media. Employing more journalists and being more active on social media doesn’t.
The father of the web wants to address issues including malicious content circulation, misinformation, and the polarisation of online debate. But the methods he is proposing aren’t great.
Google and Facebook attract plenty of users and advertising dollars in Australia, but the ACCC will have to work with other watchdogs overseas on any effective regulation.
Locals laws and norms are breaking up the internet as we know it.
Media consumers are spoilt for choice, making new revenue models difficult for publishers.
When disaster strikes, more people than ever are turning to social media to find out if they’re in danger. But Australian emergency services need to work together more to learn what works to save lives.
This week’s announcement that Fairfax had acquired a 49% partnership stake in Huffington Post Australia means yet another new entrant into the Australian online media landscape. An Australian edition of…
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“Mr Murdoch is entitled to his own view… he owns 70% of the newspapers in this country.” – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, press conference, 6 August. One of the more spirited discussions of the first week…
Yesterday, communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy finally presented the government response to the Convergence Review and Finkelstein review. It is hard to know how many drafts of this long-awaited…
As a graduate student at the University of Sydney in the 1980s, I worked with a professor who had over 15 years of copies of The Economist in his office. Stacked from floor to ceiling in the corner office…
It’s been a remarkably busy year for Australian media policy. There have been three major reports released that address the future of media policy and regulation in the context of convergent media: the…
Media classification in Australia is being dragged into the digital world. At the moment it’s based on analog legislation, unsuited for today’s convergent media. But proposals unveiled today will transform…
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