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0000-0002-0541-3301
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Griffith University
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Publisher: Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
Date: 31-05-2011
Abstract: Mental illness, its terminologies, definitions, voluntary and compulsory treatment regimes, and its interface with the criminal justice system are defined and regulated remarkably differently across the 10 Australian and New Zealand jurisdictions. This presents a legislative and policy nightmare for the investigative journalist attempting to explain the workings of the mental health system or follow a case, particularly if the in idual’s life has taken them across state or national borders. This article considers the extent to which legal restrictions on identification and reportage of mental health cases in Australia and New Zealand inhibit the pursuit of ‘bloodhound journalism’—the persistent pursuit of a societal problem and those responsible for it. It recommends the development of resources assisting journalists to navigate the various mental health regulatory regimes. It also calls for the opening of courts and tribunals to greater scrutiny so that the public can be better educated about the people affected by mental illness and the processes involved in dealing with them, and better informed about the decisions that deprive their fellow citizens of their liberty.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 26-02-2019
Abstract: Mindfulness-based meditation has earned its place in a variety of settings after studies reporting the benefits of mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of a range of psychological and health disorders and for building resilience and well-being in a variety of occupational groups. In the field of journalism, the realities of journalists’ exposure to trauma while reporting have been well documented. This article is the first to link those areas of research – suggesting that mindfulness-based meditation offers promise to help journalists build resilience to post-traumatic stress. It also presents a conceptual map to theorise the broader potential benefits of journalists using mindfulness-based meditation, including help with industry-related stresses such as job insecurity, coping with emotions and battling potential ‘moral injury’ in reporting. It explains that pedagogical approaches for equipping journalists with mechanisms for working with their emotions, thoughts and professional values have been lacking. Some media organisations and universities have experimented with meditation practice for a range of reported reasons, but evidence-based research into the efficacy of such programmes for journalists is overdue. This article bridges the knowledge gap that brings together mindfulness-based meditation practice, journalists’ resilience and well-being, and the potential for enhanced work practice.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-2015
DOI: 10.1177/1329878X1515600103
Abstract: It is 20 years since John Hartley (1995) positioned journalism as the subject of academic research rather than as a research method in its own right. In 1999, Media International Australia devoted a themed edition to the debate over journalism in the academy (‘Media Wars’), which prompted further scholarly discourse over the role and location of journalism as a field of study. This article reassesses that debate in the light of the acknowledgement of journalism studies and journalism creative works in the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) system, the use of journalism methods as a research methodology and the development of conceptual paradigms for journalism as research. The article surveys the relationship between journalism and research over the ensuing two decades and proposes a conceptual matrix of the journalism–research nexus.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 27-07-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2017
Publisher: Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
Date: 31-05-2012
Abstract: Commentary: Australia and New Zealand both declined in the 2011-2012 Reporters Sans Frontières/Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index rankings but all other surveyed Pacific Island nations improved their standings. This article reports upon those outcomes and details the methodology used by the international press freedom agency in reaching its annual determinations. It explains that such rankings can never be statistically precise because too many variables are at play between countries and from one survey period to another. Nevertheless, they are indicative and importantly draw attention each year to the widely varying standards applied to media freedom throughout the Pacific region and the wider world.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 08-07-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2021
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 31-10-2022
Publisher: Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
Date: 31-10-2012
Abstract: Two major inquiries into the Australian news media in 2011 and 2012 prompted a necessary debate over the extent to which rapidly converging and globalised news businesses and platforms require statutory regulation at a national level. Three regulatory models emerged—a News Media Council backed by recourse to the contempt powers of courts a super self-regulatory body with legislative incentives to join and the status quo with a strengthened Australian Press Council policing both print and online media. This article reviews the proposals and explores further the suggestion that consumer laws could be better utilised in any reform. It concludes with an assessment of the impact of the inquiries and their recommendations upon free expression in a Western democracy lacking constitutional protection of the media.
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 15-03-2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-07-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-07-2013
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 25-10-2018
Abstract: Mindfulness can be defined and adopted in many ways, from the simple act of being more thoughtful through to the use of mindfulness-based meditation for a range of purposes and ultimately through to the application of mindfulness-based frameworks such as ‘mindful journalism’ to help navigate ethical dilemmas and avoid moral injury. Each has potential application in journalism education. This article outlines the basic principles and explains the likely benefits for participants in journalism learning, teaching and research, detailing some of the key research underpinning the field and offering some ex les of its application. The principal argument is that instruction in mindfulness-based meditation—and in the expanded approach of mindful journalism—has the potential to strengthen journalism graduates’ resilience, deepen their learning and shore up their moral compasses as they enter an occupation where their reporting can expose them to trauma and the upheaval in the industry can subject them to stress, burnout and other mental health challenges.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 25-05-2017
Abstract: Much has been written about the ethics of so-called ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative’ facts in a ‘post-truth’ era, but few have explored the legal implications of these and the flow-on to education in media law. This article suggests that there are clear legal risks for journalists adopting the hallmark practices of ‘fake news’—particularly in linking identifiable in iduals to reputationally damaging falsities (defamation) and in making misleading or deceptive claims in the course of business (consumer law). Whether or not such an ethically dubious practice is actionable will depend on a host of factors including the strength of publishing defences, the availability of legal advice and the jurisdictional reach of any legal suit. This article suggests that a problem-based approach—including recent ex les and classical media law principles—might encourage a ‘mindful’ (reflective) practice when assessing media law risks in the news room.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-2016
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 27-05-2015
Abstract: A Western paradigm has dominated approaches to communication and journalism studies – particularly in the areas of theory, analysis and law and ethics. This article backgrounds important critiques of that paradigm, and considers how globalized communication and media studies has become, before exemplifying how a secular Buddhist perspective might offer 2,500 year-old analytical tools that can assist with media analysis, law and ethics. The article proposes the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, particularly the sila (moral/ethical) dimension of the fourth truth, the Noble Eightfold Path ( magga), can serve as a fruitful tool for informing communication theory and analysis, and media law and ethics. The article begins by assessing the extent to which communication and media studies in Asia and the Pacific has shifted to accommodate non-Western approaches. In media analysis, it suggests the Buddha’s teachings on Right Speech ( samma vaca) offer key understandings to assist with the deconstruction of media texts. In media law and ethics, it extends the application of Right Speech principles to comparing defences to libel (defamation) as they have developed in four Western jurisdictions.
Publisher: Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
Date: 05-2015
Abstract: This article examines whether Australia’s current shield law regime meets journalists’ expectations and whistleblower needs in an era of unprecedented official surveillance capabilities. According to the peak journalists’ organisation, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), two recent Australian court cases ‘despite their welcome outcome for our members, clearly demonstrate Australia’s patchy and disparate journalist shields fail to do their job’ (MEAA, 2014a). Journalists’ recent court experiences exposed particular shield law inadequacies, including curious omissions or ambiguities in legislative drafting (Fernandez, 2014c, p. 131) the ‘unusual difficulty’ that a case may present (Hancock Prospecting No 2, 2014, para 7) the absence of definitive statutory protection in three jurisdictions—Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory (Fernandez, 2014b, p. 26) and the absence of uniform shield laws where such law is available (Fernandez, 2014b, pp. 26-28). This article examines the following key findings of a national survey of practising journalists: (a) participants’ general profile (b) familiarity with shield laws (c) perceptions of shield law effectiveness and coverage (d) perceptions of story outcomes when relying on confidential sources and (e) concerns about official surveillance and enforcement. The conclusion briefly considers the significance and limitations of this research future research directions some reform and training directions and notes that the considerable efforts to secure shield laws in Australia might be jeopardised without better training of journalists about the laws themselves and how surveillance technologies and powers might compromise source confidentiality.
Location: Australia
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