Modern journalism is already heavily dependent on the platforms offered by big tech. Adding new financial dimensions to this relationship raises urgent questions about press independence.
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The huge cuts to Australian journalism over the past decade have decimated mentoring in the industry. This is not easy to see with the naked eye but it has a huge impact on what gets produced.
Higher education is facing painful disruptions and challenges from online providers, but the emerging need to monitor and continually update knowledge also offers opportunities.
There is a significant gap between teenagers’ career knowledge and choices, and the reality of the rapidly changing nature of work.
Training providers and employers aren’t adapting fast enough to meet the skill needs thrown up by the fourth industrial revolution.
Technology has disrupted the way universities offer courses, the types of skills we will need, and the duration for which we will need them. Here are three things universities must do to survive.
In the face of digital disruption that threatens the very fabric of democratic culture we must refashion Enlightenment oppositions for new times.
Short-term letting via digital platforms benefits some in the market at the expense of others. Closer regulation might be needed in Melbourne and Sydney, where a permissive approach prevails.
New research suggests media organisations that rely on Facebook to build audience are trapped in an attention economy that delivers traffic but no money.
Now with more unicorns than fintech, could it be showtime for mediatech?
Start-ups are innovative and agile, while big companies have abundant resources. Corporate accelerators bring them together, and a new case study outlines best practices.
Government is about to be disrupted by technology in the same manner as major industries. It’s about time.
In this book extract, Iram Siraj explains how to help kids get a leg up in a digital world by teaching them communication and other essential 21st century skills young.
Despite the hype about STEM skills, research shows interpersonal, problem-solving and entrepreneurial skills will make you more employable in the 21st century.
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Netflix has seamlessly adapted to new technologies and disrupted existing business models. But unlike traditional media enterprises, Netflix has never tried to attract a mass audience.
We have the potential to liberate the workforce to do the one thing that machines can’t do – improve ourselves and the emotional lives of others.
If you think the internet has changed your life, brace yourself for the next digital innovation that’s set to transform our world.
Business Briefing: we’re overusing and underestimating ‘disruption’
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Disruption might be a buzz word at the moment but it shouldn't be ignored. It may be impossible to predict but businesses can have stakes in creating it.
Business Briefing: disrupted companies will need to think global to survive
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Australian businesses need to focus more on the global market and less on giving generous dividends to shareholders.
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Adjunct professor, UNSW ; University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
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Associate Professor & Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Scientist in Digital Economics, CSIRO
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney
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Visiting Professor of Education, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
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Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University
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Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor for Entrepreneurship and Strategy, ESCP Business School
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Associate professor in urbanism, University of Sydney