SÉMINAIRE Géohistoires
(Equipe Relations à l’Autre, Mémoire, Identité – LERMA)
Conférencier invité : Professor John Potts
(Macquarie University)
John Potts is Professor of Media at Macquarie University, Sydney. He is the author or editor of 14 books. His most recent books are ‘Future Fear: Fear of the Future from Prehistory to Climate Change’ (2024) and ‘The Near-Death of the Author: Creativity in the Internet Age’ (2023).
Abstract:
“Estate 4.1: Media, Social Media and Democracy in Australia.”
This presentation considers the relationship between media and democracy in Australia with reference to three themes: the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975; the concentration of media ownership favouring Murdoch’s News Corp; and the rise of social media as the main source of news in a ‘post-truth’ media environment.