The Civic Impact of Journalism

Freedom of speech is not freedom from ethics: the 2019 Israel Folau media controversy as a case study

Jay Daniel Thompson, Denis Muller

2021-02-15

This article examines how freedom of speech is framed in the media controversy surrounding the Australian rugby player Israel Fola..

Understanding the civic impact of journalism: A realistic evaluation perspective

M Simons, R Tiffen, D HENDRIE, A Carson, H Sullivan, D Muller, B McNair

2017-10-03

The importance of journalism to civil society is constantly proclaimed, but empirical evidence on journalism's impact, and how thi..

Reassembling the Indigenous Public Sphere

Jack Latimore, David Nolan, Margaret Simons, Elyas Khan

2017-01-01

This paper seeks to provide an initial theoretical grounding to assess a practical project: a new software application that attemp..

A new symbiosis? Opportunities and challenges to hyperlocal journalism in the digital age

Andrea Carson, Denis Muller, Jennifer Martin, Margaret Simons

2016-11-01

This article draws on 'hyperlocal' journalism scholarship to explore the civic functions of Australian local reporting in the digi..

Unity in Diversity: Indigenous news media and civic engagement

M SIMONS, D Nolan, J Latimore

2016-01-01