Tag: Social media platforms
Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with...
Gavin Ellis: An open letter to the incoming media minister
OPEN LETTER: By Gavin Ellis to the new Minister of Broadcasting and Media Willie Jackson
Dear Minister,
Congratulations on assuming the Broadcasting and Media role.
The announcement...
Journalism groups brand Musk’s Twitter deal ‘bad news’ for media freedom
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Groups representing journalists around the world have expressed concern that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's move to buy Twitter would damage media...
AJI slams hacking of group chief’s accounts as attack on press...
By Vitorio Mantalean in Jakarta
The Indonesian Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) has condemned the hacking and disinformation attacks against the group's general chairperson Sasmito Madrim...
PMC communications researcher named on Meta Aotearoa panel
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A Pacific Media Centre advocate and researcher is one of five people named today in the Meta Aotearoa News Innovation Advisory...
MEAA rethinks press council role and backs need for Facebook media...
MEAA video message on YouTube.
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) union is reconsidering its involvement in the Australian Press Council...
Facebook and Google deals may leave small publishers out in the...
Asia Pacific Report
The federal government must act urgently to support small Australian news outlets that could be shut out of commercial deals with Facebook...
RSF condemns Facebook news ban in Australia – block reported to...
Asia Pacific Report
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned Facebook for carrying out its threat to block the sharing of its journalistic news content in...