Communications
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Mass communication
Communications media
Communications policy
Report
News and young Australians in 2023: how children and teens access, perceive and are affected by news media
This longitudinal survey provides comprehensive findings about young Australians’ news attitudes, practices and experiences. The 2023 survey analysis shows that news plays an important role in young people’s everyday lives and most young people get news from diverse sources.
Briefing paper
Prohibiting targeting to children and children’s best interests: can the two coexist?
This paper reports on a policy roundtable considering privacy legislation reforms prohibiting the targeting of children except where it is in their best interests. It makes recommendations on implementing the best interests principle, including developing clear guidelines to assess what best interests mean in practice.
Annual Report
Australian Communications and Media Authority and Office of the eSafety Commissioner annual reports 2022–23
This report provides details of the ACMA’s and eSafety’s performance for 2022–23, key corporate information, and responses to the mandatory reporting requirements.
Report
Is content over- or under-moderated in the Voice referendum debate?
This research explored whether content relating to the Voice referendum in Australia was over- or under-moderated on TikTok, Facebook and X and if it displayed political bias. No political bias was detected, but misinformation was substantially under-moderated across all three platforms.
Report
The Predator Files: caught in the net
This report lays out the human rights implications of the 'Predator Files' disclosures, which show how a suite of highly invasive surveillance technologies, supplied by the Intellexa alliance, is being sold and transferred around the world with impunity.