Dr Wayne Hope

The emergence of Breitbart News, Donald Trump and the alt-right media ecology inspired a cornucopia of conspiracist websites and streaming…

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]. 

Consider the following interlinked propositions. Rising vaccination rates will reduce the growth of Covid-19 patient numbers. Most of these will…

Oscar Wilde once remarked that ‘punctuality is the thief of time​’. In his day the growing prevalence of commercial accounting,…

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.

Primary and secondary school teachers engage with students who are constantly on devices — consuming, sharing and jointly creating texts, photos, videos and memes.

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?

The exchanges were dull, trite, soundbite-driven and truncated by the format. Between regular ad breaks and John Campbell’s interruptions, the contenders were given ridiculously short timespans to enunciate their policy proposals and vision for New Zealand

Brenton Tarrant’s trial, including the searing testimonies of survivors, families and friends, received superficial coverage in the mainstream media.