Tag: The Voice

News, Opinion, Communication

How disinformation dictated the Voice referendum and skews public discourse

“Radio is new, and we are learning about the effect it has on people. We learned a terrible lesson,” said Orson Welles on October 31,...

News, Opinion, Communication

How did the media perform on the Voice referendum? Let’s talk about truth-telling and impartiality

The rules by which politics are conducted have changed dramatically, especially since the rise of Trumpism. Yet the professional mass media continue to cover politics...

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The ‘yes’ campaign is generating the most media and social media content. Yet, it continues to trail in the polls

With almost a third of votes cast already in postal and pre-poll voting for the Voice to Parliament referendum, the “yes” campaign is ramping up...