Professor of Political Communication, Director for Centre of Advancing Journalism and Information Integrity, University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Joined August 2009
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Centre for Advancing Journalism expands focus to information integrity unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news…
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Applications for the 2027 Electoral Integrity Fellowship program is open until 30 Oct. Apply here and please pass on...
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David Solomon will be in conversation with UniMelb Prof. Andrea Carson on his memoir Footnotes, a political, personal and historical commentary, including his experience of the Whitlam dismissal, and Kerr’s divulgences about his aspiration to be PM.
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Listen to "Can the Under-16 Social Media Ban Survive the High Court? A special episode in partnership with the Centre for Advancing Journalism" by Justice with Jon Faine creators.spotify.com/pod/pro…
A special episode in partnership with the Centre for Advancing Journalism by Justice with Jon Faine
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Australia made history with the u/16 social media ban, now the law faces a High Court challenge. Meanwhile, Meta settles a staggering $24AUD billion law.
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From the Australian Historical Association team: Australians are hungry for new history books – but historians are pressured not to publish locally theconversation.com/australi… via @ConversationEDU
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The Stefanovic saga represents a high-profile example of the transfer of journalism's hard-earned credibility into a rapidly growing alternative media sphere @andrea_carson @finwatson @latrobe @unimelb theconversation.com/karl-ste…
No mention in X in this latest proposal: theconversation.com/albanese…
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50 years after 'All The President's Men' movie premiere, Robert Redford is calling you from the Washington Post newsroom to ask if you have read our special issue on the Watergate scandal. Don't let him down: intellectdiscover.com/conten…
The special issue is out: International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics, Volume 20, Issue 50 Years of Nixon’s Fall After Watergate: Read our article here too: Investigative journalism 50 years after Watergate: Has the watchdog lost its bite? |go.shr.lc/4chk1Mz
Read it here: We do a global analysis to see how election bodies are disrupting electoral disinformation with a deep dive in to Aus. and UK. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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A 27% primary vote might be a notable boost for Hanson’s party. But framing it as a pathway to One Nation leadership misreads what is fundamentally a Coalition-induced problem, writes @andrea_carson.
Here are several reasons why One Nation’s support is likely to hit a ceiling. theconversation.com/yes-one-… via @ConversationEDU #auspol
We flip the usual question on fact-checking: not whether it reduces conspiracy beliefs, but whether it can trigger them. In a preregistered experiment of 2,409 US Facebook users before the 2024 election, we find ...you can read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epu…
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The good, the bad, and the completely made-up: Newsrooms on wrestling accurate answers out of AI niemanlab.org/2025/08/the-go… via @NiemanLab
HURRY! The deadline for abstracts is tomorrow. Come to Melbourne for the annual political science conference @APSAtweets #auspol25. We have an exceptional keynote speaker who straddles the worlds of both academia and politics. You won't be disappointed!! auspsa.org.au/2025-apsa-conf…
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#auspol #Election2025 Now that we know who is in the second term Albanese Cabinet, join our expert panel tonight 5.30PM on 13 May as we discuss the immediate international challenges facing Australia's newly elected government. Register 👉latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…… |@latrobeasia
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Once again @latrobe Politics shines - @becstrating always has important, valued “original contributions” to make to these debates. Do please register and attend.
COME join us on what next for the new Labor Government on the world stage: @billshortenvcuc @NickBisley @becstrating @latrobe @APSAtweets #Auspol2025 #AusVotes2025
COME join us on what next for the new Labor Government on the world stage: @billshortenvcuc @NickBisley @becstrating @latrobe @APSAtweets #Auspol2025 #AusVotes2025
The re-elected #Albanese government faces the most complex international environment in decades with the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, an America led by a mercurial President who appears intent on wrecking the liberal international order and an ambitious and confident China.
Join our expert panel on 13 May as they discuss the most immediate international challenges facing Australia's newly elected government.
Register 👉latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi… | @latrobeasia #auspol #Election2025
