News media
Report
Regional news media (2022)
This report is the first of three over as many years investigating the impact of contraction of regional media in New South Wales on metro coverage of news and issues significant to Australia which originate in non-urban areas.
Policy report
Misinformation and disinformation: an international effort using behavioural science to tackle the spread of misinformation
This paper outlines some key behavioural insights to help improve policy responses to stop the spread of mis- and dis-information.
Technical report
Media reporting of COVID-19 and mental health and wellbeing
In this report, the authors provide analysis to better understand how mental health has been reflected in media coverage of COVID-19 in New Zealand.
Policy report
Suppressing the truth and spreading lies
This report explores how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using a range of influence channels to shape, promote and suppress messages in the Solomon Islands information environment. Through an examination of CCP online influence in the aftermath of the Honiara riots in late 2021, and in response to the leaked security agreement in March...
Report
Mainstream media use in far-right online ecosystems
This research looks at the ways that far-right social media users use mainstream media outlets for their ideological messages. Researchers analysed over 55,000 social media posts from far-right users on Facebook and Gab, and found that all mainstream media outlets, regardless of their political leaning, can be co-opted for ideological messaging.