New Zealanders are wary of misinformation

For two years, I have been researching trust in news in New Zealand with my colleague Greg Treadwell at AUT. Our research is done in collaboration with Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism. Our new article about trust – a slippery concept – is published in Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, andContinue reading “New Zealanders are wary of misinformation”

Trust in news in New Zealand erodes

Our second Trust in News in New Zealand report was published on April 29, 2021. The report is produced by the AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD), and it is authored by me and Dr Greg Treadwell. The report finds that the trust in news in New Zealand dropped in 2021, onlyContinue reading “Trust in news in New Zealand erodes”

An analysis of paywalls and pay systems

My chapter Paywalls and Pay systems,  has been published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Here is the summary: “Funding of journalism has become a critical part of journalism and digital journalism studies because no single business model has emerged to solve revenue problems for print and digital news outlets. Despite newspapers’ efforts toContinue reading “An analysis of paywalls and pay systems”