#3 A bedazzled media, tech giants, and sleepy regulators - with Dr Denis Muller

<p>Dr Denis Muller is one of Australia&rsquo;s foremost scholars on media ethics and regulation, with 27 years as a journalist, experience advising the key Australian media regulators, and acting as a consultant to the Australian Government&rsquo;s Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation in 2011 to 2012. He has also published many (many!) peer reviewed books and journal articles, contributes a regular collumn to The Conversation and makes a radio broadcast show with ABC Radio Victoria Statewide Drive (every Tuesday) on media issues.</p> <p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p> <p>2:00 About Denis</p> <p>12:00 Why media regulation matters to democracy</p> <p>18:30 How media reporting on&nbsp;<em>facts&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>opinion&nbsp;</em>have changed, and the uncertain role of the media</p> <p>26:45 What Sky News' ban from Youtube tells us about media regulation in Australia</p> <p>33:30 What better media regulation looks like</p> <p>39:30 How to balance free press with press accountability</p> <p>43:00 Australia's recent contests with digital tech giants</p> <p>48:00 What you can do to be a better media consumer</p> <p><strong>Shownotes</strong></p> <p>Dr Muller's recent article on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/07/where-was-the-broadcasting-regulator-when-sky-news-australia-was-airing-misinformation-about-covid-19">Australian Communications Media Authority</a>.</p> <p>Recent books from Dr Muller:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/9783030767600?gC=ad0234829&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwqKuKBhCxARIsACf4XuE7yIJWf0yJAyZIfOkXb4XPyJ_mUxWgD6jgrKIG93EvuDDlRRNVP9caAsn8EALw_wcB">Journalism and the Future of Democracy (2021)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Journalism-Ethics-Digital-Denis-Muller-ebook/dp/B00KMLQTRU/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;qid=1632295106&amp;refinements=p_27%3ADenis+Muller&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-3">Journalism Ethics for a Digital Age (2014)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mup.com.au/authors/denis-muller">Media Ethics a