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The media war over Trump
Washington Post columnist, Dana Milbank, speaks to RN Breakfast about the battle between the Donald Trump and the press, 'fake' news and the media war for the hearts and minds of Americans.
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Local content in regional Australia: 2017 report
Examines the availability and consumption of local content and local news in regional Australia.
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Media manipulation and disinformation online
The media’s dependence on social media, analytics and metrics, sensationalism, novelty over newsworthiness, and clickbait makes them vulnerable to manipulation. Media manipulation may contribute to decreased trust of mainstream media, increased misinformation, and further radicalization.
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied and the Pavlovian puzzle
A visitor to this country over the past week might wonder where, or in what year, he or she has landed. It’s now nine sleeps since ANZAC Day 2017, and hundreds of articles and hours of rolling outrage have been expended on a few words posted on Facebook by part-time ABC presenter Yassmin Abdel-Magied on...
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NZME Limited and Fairfax New Zealand Limited: authorisation determination
NZME Limited and Fairfax NZ Limited and its parent company, Fairfax Media Limited, sought approval to merge the New Zealand operations of NZME Limited and Fairfax NZ Limited. The Commission is not satisfied that the merger will not have, or would not be likely to have, the effect of substantially lessening competition in a market...