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The new threat to journalists from anti-vaxxers, covid-deniers
MEDIA WORKERS are being targeted by anti-vaxx forces in France, the UK and the USA.
Aug 20, 2021 / Read More
How a brochure risked alienating voters
CONSIDER THIS. You work for an influential environmental advocacy organisation. An election is coming up. You produce a brochure to convi...
May 12, 2021 / Read More
Apple and facebook: the privacy war hots-up
WOULD YOU pay to keep using facebook and instagram or would you let them continue to monitor your online activity to keep using the platf...
May 04, 2021 / Read More
New but old: the disinformation pandemic resurrected
I WAS amazed. How could otherwise intelligent, seemingly sensible people spread these myths? Most have the benefit of a tertiary educatio...
Feb 14, 2021 / Read More
A fake document is exposed as a woman counters disinformation
THE DISINFORMATION WAR continues with the release of a fake document in Victoria and a Melbourne woman taking action to provide reliable ...
Nov 13, 2020 / Read More
How name-calling alienates supporters
This is the story of how cliches and names can alienate people. It is about the contemporary use of gender or ageist wording and how this...
Aug 10, 2020 / Read More
How do we distinguish between self-promotion and online sharing?
IS SHARING weblinks on a social media group the same as self-promotion?
Jul 30, 2020 / Read More
Signs—why wording is important
WARNING signs. Advisory signs. Interpretive signs. Direction signs. We are surrounded by signs. But why do some work while others are ign...
Jun 16, 2020 / Read More
Researcher’s article highlights how we waste food and how we report it
An article raises questions and highlights solutions to how citizen journalists report food issues…
Jun 13, 2020 / Read More
New but old: the disinformation pandemic resurrected
I WAS amazed. How could otherwise intelligent, seemingly sensible people spread these myths? Most have the benefit of a tertiary educatio...
Feb 14, 2021 / Read More
A fake document is exposed as a woman counters disinformation
THE DISINFORMATION WAR continues with the release of a fake document in Victoria and a Melbourne woman taking action to provide reliable ...
Nov 13, 2020 / Read More
How name-calling alienates supporters
This is the story of how cliches and names can alienate people. It is about the contemporary use of gender or ageist wording and how this...
Aug 10, 2020 / Read More
How do we distinguish between self-promotion and online sharing?
IS SHARING weblinks on a social media group the same as self-promotion?
Jul 30, 2020 / Read More
Signs—why wording is important
WARNING signs. Advisory signs. Interpretive signs. Direction signs. We are surrounded by signs. But why do some work while others are ign...
Jun 16, 2020 / Read More
Researcher’s article highlights how we waste food and how we report it
An article raises questions and highlights solutions to how citizen journalists report food issues…
Jun 13, 2020 / Read More
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