Platform Dominance in the Age of Social Media in Australia
NOTES FOR FUTURE WORK
- News Media Bargaing Code
- Rising use of platforms to access news
- Creating filter bubbles, echo chambers
- Trust in news in Australia
RESOURCES AND LINKS
- AI-produces articles: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/01/news-corp-ai-chat-gpt-stories
- UNESCO: social media treath to news: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113702
- Australians source of news: https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/its-official-internet-is-australias-main-source-of-news-tv-remains-most-trusted
- Example of AI-generated news: How to differentiate AI-generated images and videos from real ones
DRAFT FOR WRITING
- Introduction: actualizing and introduing the theme and thesis statement
- Teory: the importance of the public sphere, the estates of democracy and platforms
- Empirical assessment: Australians use of news and social media
- Discussion: news media bargaining code, pros and cons of social media use in australia (echo chambers, filter bubbles, ai-generated news, trust in news)
- Conclusion: summarizing + looking at the future