Social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites, and gadgets such as iPods and mobile phones are now fixtures of youth culture. They have so permeated young lives that it is hard to believe that less than a decade ago these technologies barely existed. Today?s youth may be coming of age and struggling for autonomy and...

MANY OF US who wonder about the future of media tend to look to the United States for indications of the path ahead. I recently heard David Higgins, for instance, the editor of the News Limited website news.com.au, say that developments in the Australian media are about two to three years behind those across the...

Since its establishment in 1994 the Tribunal has developed a body of practices to mediate native title claims. Substantially these practices follow an orthodox model of mediation, however a range of intervention strategies has emerged which relate specifically to the mediation of native title claims and reflect conditions that are particular to this type of...

Ellie Rennie would like to make the right decisions when it comes to media distribution and use, but some things just don't add up.

Democratic participation faces challenges in many modern societies, including the United States and Hong Kong. Americans are confronting growing executive power and legislative gerrymandering, and the resulting disillusionment of the electorate. Hong Kong citizens are struggling for something more basic about democracy?universal suffrage. New media, based primarily on the Internet, which allows users much more...