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As Victoria recorded under 20 thousand new COVID-19 cases today (less than half of last week’s figures) the federal government looks set to approve Novavax’s vaccine - giving Australians four different choices for the jab.

In Melbourne, vaccination targets were reached after widespread mandates and lengthy periods of lockdown. 

While the overwhelming majority of adult Victorians have been vaccinated, what could the Andrews government and the media have done better to reach out to those who were hesitant about the jab?

Education expert Dr Marg Rogers says emotive storytelling may be a better way of persuading these Victorians, as she explained to James Bogojevski.

Photo of covid vaccine vial against Australian flag by Marco Verch (CC BY 2.0)

Panel of three eight minute audio conversations as part of the 2021 Women in Asia conference (https://wiaconference.com/) covering the intersections of cultural production, gender, and media, exploring

- how online content consumption is fashioned by young Saudi social media users in a process of negotiation of behaviour and values

- how perceptions of a religious legal system in Aceh, Indonesia are fashioned by media working under that system’s jurisdiction

- how the media fashioned narratives about a form of gender violence, in Bangladeshi society where sexual harassment is endemic

Photo: panel moderator Nasya Bahfen performing the Acehnese Saman Dance at Federation Square in Melbourne by Windu Kuntoro

Panel of three eight minute audio conversations as part of the 2021 Women in Asia conference (https://wiaconference.com/) covering the intersections of cultural production, gender, and media, exploring

- how online content consumption is fashioned by young Saudi social media users in a process of negotiation of behaviour and values

- how perceptions of a religious legal system in Aceh, Indonesia are fashioned by media working under that system’s jurisdiction

- how the media fashioned narratives about a form of gender violence, in Bangladeshi society where sexual harassment is endemic

Photo: panel moderator Nasya Bahfen performing the Acehnese Saman Dance at Federation Square in Melbourne by Windu Kuntoro

Panel of three eight minute audio conversations as part of the 2021 Women in Asia conference (https://wiaconference.com/) covering the intersections of cultural production, gender, and media, exploring

- how online content consumption is fashioned by young Saudi social media users in a process of negotiation of behaviour and values

- how perceptions of a religious legal system in Aceh, Indonesia are fashioned by media working under that system’s jurisdiction

- how the media fashioned narratives about a form of gender violence, in Bangladeshi society where sexual harassment is endemic

Photo: panel moderator Nasya Bahfen performing the Acehnese Saman Dance at Federation Square in Melbourne by Windu Kuntoro

Episode 5: a Massive Exercise in Democracy by Digital Indonesia

Episode 4: Meme-laden Politics by Digital Indonesia

Episode 3: International Women's Day Conversations by Digital Indonesia

We discuss what a young, connected Indonesia means for digital citizenship in the country, and outside of it. 

Photo: Melbourne-based Indonesian dance group Saman Melbourne preparing for a performance in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (used with permission)

We look at the #MeToo movement and Indonesian gender activism, online and offline, in this pilot episode of the Digital Indonesia podcast - where we explore anything and everything to do with digital citizenship and communication in the southeast Asian archipelago.

Photo of Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, by Nasya Bahfen