The media have mad a significant contribution to the current crisis of democracy - now, they must play a vital role in any democratic revival.
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Research by the UTS Centre for Media Transition suggests it will be hard for digital-only local newspapers to match what local print editions gave their communities.
News Corp’s announcement it will stop printing 100 suburban and community newspapers is another blow for regional Australia and the the media landscape more broadly.
New research reveals Australians are feeling overwhelmed and anxious about coronavirus news, with younger people particularly worried about its effects.
The ways the media cover health and medical issues can have a direct impact on people’s behaviour. New research shows the quality of health reporting declined as media companies contracted.
Now more than ever, the media should inform, not inflame.
The usual pretence that right-wing commentators are on the side of their audience falls away in times of crisis. They are on the side of business - particularly their own.
It is the stories that are entertaining rather than informative that are most likely to add to the panic, and media outlets need to be careful about what they publish.
Given the summer we have had, media acquiescence in climate change denial, and failure to follow the weight of scientific evidence, looks like culpability.
As he leaves to take up his new post as Ambassador to the United States, Arthur Sinodinos warns that the Australian media landscape is becoming increasingly partisan.
Of all the news stories examined in a snapshot study, only 11% included the views or experiences of young people. And that inclusion was usually via adults.
Media Files: Washington Post weather editor Jason Samenow on how weather coverage is evolving – and building audience growth
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The Washington Post's weather editor explains how digital media changed the way we connect to the weather, and why it's wrong for weather editors to leave climate change out of the discussion.
K-pop fans are a global network of varied ages and nationalities, who have an active, creative and symbiotic relationship with their idols.
Facebook’s Mia Garlick on how Australian politicians are using social media
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Today's Media Files podcast examines the role of social media in election campaigns, including the spread of 'fake news' and foreign political interference.
Australian tabloid newspapers were once an important political force, the “voice of the people”. But these days relevance has been replaced by shrillness.
The outcome will be disappointing to News Corp in particular which has
been highly critical of the ABC’s expansion in online publishing.
The biggest issues of 2018, with The Guardian’s editor-in-chief Katharine Viner
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In conversation with Andrew Dodd, Andrea Carson and Matthew Ricketson, The Guardian's editor-in-chief discusses the big stories of 2018 and what she sees as the major challenges of 2019.
What does the Nine Fairfax merger mean for diversity and quality journalism?
Eric Beecher of Private Media, Stephen Mayne of the Mayne Report and ABC finance presenter Alan Kohler join Andrew Dodd and Andrea Carson to discuss what the Nine Fairfax merger means for quality journalism.
Media Files is a new monthly podcast, featuring discussion between media researchers, experts and working journalists on the big issues in the media landscape today.
Is the Australian media industry willing to come together to fight against global streaming media companies, or will Australian media continue to battle each other?
Top contributors
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Political Communication; Director CAJ, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Director, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
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Professor, Journalism, RMIT University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Communication, University of Canberra
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Postdoctoral Fellow, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Communication, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Journalism and Social Media, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney