Media

Our creaking pre-internet copyright law is up for review, with the rights of digital-age creators and consumers in conflict. Canadian author and online pioneer Cory Doctorow tells Mediawatch propping… Audio

News travels fast, but not as fast as fake news. Research shows that, on twitter at least, falsehoods travels farther than truth. It's not a new phenomenon but its current political incarnation is… Audio

Courtrooms around the world rely on experts on DNA, blood splatter, arson, handwriting, gun residue etc., so why not emojis? Audio

The Advertising Standards Authority's chief executive Hilary Souter lays out what happens next after Alcohol Healthwatch complained about an ad with several celebrities pushing a campaign called… Audio

Inspired by #MeToo campaigns abroad, broadcaster Alison Mau and publisher Stuff are urging New Zealanders to blow the whistle on sexual assault and harassment at work. Hundreds of women have… Audio

The way lobbyists and PR people move in and out of political circles has created a problem for the media who use them to fill their programs, stories and websites more and more these days. One… Audio

Joining Peter Griffin to navigate the world of tech and analysing the latest news from the digital world. This week plans are afoot to position New Zealand as a base station for the global satellites… Audio

A New York Times columnist turned off his news notifications, left social media and went back to the traditional newspaper for 2 months.  Audio

Newspapers are hanging on by a thread these days, with local, community papers often the first to be cut. Some, however, continue to thrive. The Ashburton Guardian seems to be one of the only papers… Audio

Gavin joins Kathryn and asks should the politically-connected be banned from media commentary? And he also looks at the latest readership figures - and NZME rightly trumpeted an increase for the… Audio