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Rupert Murdoch at the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, Los Angeles, April 5, 2025. Jordan Strauss/AAP
Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson have not written another biography of Rupert Murdoch, but a forensic account of how his empire intimidates and destroys.
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The Stefanovic saga represents a high-profile example of the transfer of journalism’s hard-earned credibility into a rapidly growing alternative media sphere.
Karl Stefanovic interviewing Nationals Party Leader Matt Canavan in May 2026. Bianca De Marchi/AAP
The former TV host can now follow a well-worn right-wing path in the US and UK. Getting fired was likely the best thing he could have done for his brand.
A man walks down a street in the aftermath of rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 10, 2026. AP Photo/Peter Morrison
In many cases, a single, shocking crime allegedly involving a foreign-born suspect was quickly reframed into a broader indictment of minorities.
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Media consumed in adolescence can have a major impact on sexual behaviours and expectations.
Liberal member for Canning Andrew Hastie, Liberal Senator Jonno Duniam and Liberal Senator Alex Antic leave after a leadership vote during a special party room meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, February 13, 2026. Lukas Coch/AAP
The Liberals’ loss of Jonno Duniam prompts wider questions about how politics is operating these days.
Will the Hollywood gossip outlet be able to hold those in power to account? Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images
With spectacle, personality clashes and corruption increasingly defining American politics, it was only a matter of time before TMZ would set its sights on the Beltway.
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AI may assist in the newsroom, but journalism must remain under human editorial control.
Wounded Palestinians at the al-Shifa hospital, following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, October 17 2023. Abed Khaled/AAP
Almost all major human rights organisations agree the destruction of Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide. Yet liberal news outlets still do not use the word.
Police clear the campus of Brooklyn College on May 8, 2025, after students established an encampment to protest the Gaza war. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.
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The press is an important platform for creating and spreading new linguistic forms.
Camden, New Jersey, has seen a dramatic drop in homicides over the past 15 years. peeterv/iStock via Getty Images Plus
Camden, New Jersey’s homicide rate in 2025 was four times the national average – still high, but a marked change from when it was 18 times the national average in 2012.
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As authoritarian influence and disinformation grow across the Indo-Pacific, Australia is still failing to back one of its strongest assets: trusted journalism.
Former CBS President William S. Paley, left, who once called broadcasting ‘an instrument of American democracy,’ speaks on his radio network in 1934. Bettmann/Getty Images
There was once a bipartisan consensus that media power had to be regulated if democracy were to survive.
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The Academy has decided to ban AI actors and scripts from the Oscars. But machine learning systems are actually used in cinema more often than most people realise.
Dan Thomas, Welsh leader of Reform UK. PA Images/Alamy
Polls and projections increasingly framed the Senedd election as a contest between two parties.
Michael Rousseau, Air Canada president and CEO, takes his seat for the company’s annual meeting of shareholders in Vancouver, on May 1, 2026. Rousseau is resigning amid controversy about his inability to speak French. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
In Canada, language is not just about communication — it touches on identity, power and recognition. But how does linguistic identity shape perceptions of languages and those who speak them?
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A five-year study of Australian media found three quarters of science stories quoted men.
A new wave of generative AI chatbots focus on offering their users friendship, companionship or a romantic relationship. (Marc Clinton Labiano/Unsplash)
Research shows media coverage of AI chatbot use and mental health focuses on instances of user psychosis and suicide.
The harvesting of spaghetti from a ‘vine’ on the ceiling of Lo Spiedo, an Italian restaurant in central London, September 22, 1961. The ceremony wasin response to a hoax broadcast by BBC’s Panorama on April Fools Day 1957. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
April Fools pranks are a centuries old tradition, and the media used to love taking part. But it’s hard to do so in a post-truth world.

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    Denis Muller

    Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne

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    Brian McNair

    Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology

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    Andrea Carson

    Professor of Political Communication, The University of Melbourne

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    Alexandra Wake

    Professor, Journalism, RMIT University

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    Tim Dwyer

    Professor of Communication, Charles Sturt University, and Honorary Associate, Discipline of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, University of Sydney

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    Michelle Grattan

    Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

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    Andrew Dodd

    Professor of Journalism, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne

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    Axel Bruns

    Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology

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    Martin Hirst

    Associate Professor Journalism & Media, Deakin University

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    Matthew Ricketson

    Professor of Communication, Deakin University

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    George Ogola

    Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham

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    Fiona R Martin

    Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney

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    Stephen Cushion

    Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University

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    Rodney Tiffen
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    Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

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    Amanda Lotz

    Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology

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