News, Social Media and Democracy

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The recent feud between the Australian Media and technology companies such as Google and Facebook have so far resulted in Facebook blocking the postage of Australian news sites on their platform. This causes grave concern for freedom of information, the spread of misinformation and democracy but may open the door for more media diversity.

Dr. Tai Neilson from Macquarie University  joined us earlier on this topic.

Period19 Feb 2021

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  • Title NEWS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY
    Degree of recognitionLocal
    Media name/outlet2ser
    Media typeRadio
    Duration/Length/Size10 minutes
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date19/02/21
    DescriptionThe recent feud between the Australian Media and technology companies such as Google and Facebook have so far resulted in Facebook blocking the postage of Australian news sites on their platform. This causes grave concern for freedom of information, the spread of misinformation and democracy but may open the door for more media diversity.

    Dr. Tai Neilson from Macquarie University joined us earlier on this topic.
    Producer/AuthorAaryan Shah
    URLhttps://2ser.com/news-social-media-and-democracy/
    PersonsTai Neilson
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