The unrelenting diet of chaotic, contradictory headlines that Americans face today echoes an antidemocratic playbook from the past.
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Almost all online ads are now automated. And they’re becoming more and more annoying.
Visually appealing and cheap to produce, AI-generated images allow scammers and spammers to post high volumes of engaging content − and Facebook’s algorithm may be promoting these posts.
The explosive viral spread of the grainy but dramatic footage shows the limits of mainstream media ethics.
News reports about accidents can deliver important moral lessons and remind us to value life.
New Australian film Wild Butterfly is a story of stigma and discrimination directed towards people who use drugs. And a reminder of what can happen when trauma and drug use are played for click bait.
The circulation of misinformation makes understanding the world difficult. Here are three ways you can help children to think critically about the news they see, hear and read.
A newspaper paying its journalists bonuses to chase page views has big implications for its role in a democracy.
‘Fake news’ is a meaningless term that is used for anti-democratic propaganda. We should all stop using it.
Public interest journalism exposes corruption and wrongdoers, and holds the powerful to account. But it is increasingly under threat, and we need to find ways to protect it.
Thomas Browne is now better known for his literary work but in his own time was legendary as the greatest – and first – scientific populariser.
Unrestricted access to information is vital to a vibrant democracy.But if this information is inaccurate, biased or falsified, the fundamental freedom of informed choice is denied.
You won’t believe how falling revenues are leading to news companies trashing journalistic standards.
Changes in news media distribution and the impartiality of news sources provide good reason to be concerned. However, digital inequality is not the way to understand or measure it.
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