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The US elections, Australia’s bushfire disaster and now Covid-19 - major events plagued by online agenda-driven misinformation campaigns and the spread of fake news, amplified by mainstream media outlets with their own agenda. Monash School of Media, Film and Journalism experts Mark Andrejevic and Johan Lidberg ponder the possibility of a future in which it’s impossible to verify sources and objectivity of information due to lack of diversity in media ownership and ongoing resource cuts to journalism. They consider the potential effect on our democracy and our society if we don’t act to prevent these campaigns continuing to drive divisions with false information. They fear the very democratic institutions we rely on for a common understanding of the world are in a state of collapse.
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The US elections, Australia’s bushfire disaster and now Covid-19 - major events plagued by online agenda-driven misinformation campaigns and the spread of fake news, amplified by mainstream media outlets with their own agenda. Monash School of Media, Film and Journalism experts Mark Andrejevic and Johan Lidberg ponder the possibility of a future in which it’s impossible to verify sources and objectivity of information due to lack of diversity in media ownership and ongoing resource cuts to journalism. They consider the potential effect on our democracy and our society if we don’t act to prevent these campaigns continuing to drive divisions with false information. They fear the very democratic institutions we rely on for a common understanding of the world are in a state of collapse.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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