Communications
Alternative labels
Mass communication
Communications media
Communications policy
Working paper
Decentralising data governance: Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) as data trusts
This paper explores the idea that Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are a new type of data trust for decentralised governance of data.
Report
Warning messages to prevent illegal sharing of sexual images: results of a randomised controlled experiment
Illegal distribution of sexual images by adults and minors is an expanding problem. In this research, the authors examine whether messages would dissuade men (18–32 years) from visiting a fake website offering access to free pornography to users who uploaded a sexual image of a woman.
Report
Digital news report: Australia 2022
This report is part of a long-running international survey coordinated by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, an international research centre in the comparative study of journalism based at Oxford University. This year’s report contains positive signs for the Australian news industry.
Report
America's 5G era: balancing big data and privacy
Concurrently with the adoption of 5G technology, the number of automated sensors and devices connected to wireless networks will continue to grow in the next few years. Increasingly, these networks will inform artificial intelligence algorithms, which will then autonomously make decisions and take actions—with human decision-makers directly involved only infrequently. In this report, the authors...
Report
Winning the web: how Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19
The Chinese government commands a robust communication machine, including traditional global media outlets available in dozens of languages, China’s so-called 'wolf warrior' diplomats, pro-government trolls, and paid social media influencers. To better understand how primed keywords can lead search engine users to state media, this report focuses on terms surrounding two topics of importance to...