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Tag Archives: Media
Podcast highlights – Quiggin on climate change, Gruen on digital public goods, and others
My latest Economics Explained episode presents highlights from the podcast in 2019, including UQ’s John Quiggin on climate change, Lateral Economics’s Nicholas Gruen on digital public goods, and RMIT’s Leonora Risse (currently a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School) on … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Industry policy, Uncategorized
Tagged behavioraleconomics, climatechange, costbenefitanalysis, economicdevelopment, facebook, genderpaygap, gigeconomy, google, innovation, Media, nobelprize, personalfinance, publicgoods, randomizedcontrolledtrials, taxavoidance, uber, upwork
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The media & digital disruption – podcast interview with Rebecca Archer
More so than most other industries, the media industry has been subject to digital disruption since the emergence of the internet in the mid-nineties. Indeed, we learned yesterday that Channel 7 in Brisbane is axing three local programs, including Queensland … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 60minutes, abc, advertising, bbc, couriermail, digitaldisruption, economist, facebook, fairfax, ft, google, journalism, Media, newsltd, nine, nyt, q&a, seek, smh, twitter
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Economists and the media
This Thursday lunchtime, I’ll be chairing an ESA (Qld) seminar on economists and the media, featuring former ABC finance reporter Rebecca Archer, Director of Connect Media Training, and Griffith Economics Professor Fabrizio Carmignani, a frequent media commentator and contributor to … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, economists, esaqld, finance, journalists, Media
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BWF session considers fake news & economic viability of quality journalism
Yesterday afternoon, Saturday 9 September, I attended a Brisbane Writers Festival panel discussion “The Media in Dangerous Times” at the State Library of Queensland. The topic was “how news organisations are responding to the threat of Fake News and the … Continue reading
Posted in Brisbane, Uncategorized
Tagged australian, brisbane, bwf, clickbait, couriermail, curation, economists, facebook, fakenews, ft, google, griffith, guardian, journalism, Media, newscorp, nytimes, uq
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