EXCLUSIVE: Media at the Crossroads
For more than a decade, AUT’s Journalism Media & Democracy (JMAD) has published annual reports on Media Ownership in Aotearoa…
Author: Prof. Wayne Hope
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Trusting the News?
The emergence of Breitbart News, Donald Trump and the alt-right media ecology inspired a cornucopia of conspiracist websites and streaming…
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Media Ownership in Aotearoa New Zealand 2021
I co-direct, with Merja Myllylahti, the Journalism Media and Democracy (JMAD) research centre at the School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology. For 11 years, we have published yearly reports on national media ownership and related issues. As of 2020, they featured contributions from other researchers at the school. The 2021 report has just been released [put link here].
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Anti- Vaxxers: A User’s Guide
Consider the following interlinked propositions. Rising vaccination rates will reduce the growth of Covid-19 patient numbers. Most of these will…
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Covid & time
Oscar Wilde once remarked that ‘punctuality is the thief of time’. In his day the growing prevalence of commercial accounting,…
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Covid diary
You won`t quite believe this. A woman I know in a small Coromandel town was rung by a community person -`how are you doing in lockdown,are you ok?` The caller then proceeded to quote from the book of Revelation.
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10 Conclusions from the Delta Outbreak (so far)
Delta has finally made its way to Aotearoa New Zealand to see out locations of interest. As of now, case numbers are growing, and a lack of certainty abounds.
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In an age of digital disinformation, dropping level 1 media studies in NZ high schools is a big mistake
Primary and secondary school teachers engage with students who are constantly on devices — consuming, sharing and jointly creating texts, photos, videos and memes.
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A Pivotal Moment
JMAD’s 2020 NZ Media Ownership report is doubly significant. First, it completes a decade of research into a changing mediascape….
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Election aftermath: an ideological analysis
The dust has cleared. New Zealand’s electoral map and parliamentary chamber have changed decisively. Labour Red prevails and is able to legislate without impediment. Is this a victory for the Left?