And a great interview with Alex on RNZ Sunday here: www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
New Zealanders have some of the highest rates of avoiding the news compared to other countries.
Full study here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This study explores selective and consistent news avoidance in Aotearoa New Zealand. Existing research suggests that selective news avoidance rates are high in Aotearoa New Zealand (Myllylahti M, T...
Are you a news avoider? š«š°šŗš»š«You're not alone. A new study shows that most Kiwis avoid the news at least some of the time. Was a pleasure to work on this research with Alex Beattie and Richard Arnold. theconversation.com/news-blues-s...
New Zealandās news avoidance rates are higher than in any other surveyed country. Mood, political orientation and perceptions of sensationalism or bias all play a role.
āLibraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic dutyā Excellent here - written in Aus but applies everywhere. Donāt forget borrowing is not just physical books - huge selection of digital audio, ebooks, magazines too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door
āā¦there were three dangerous things that are seen as innocuous enough to infiltrate the PÄkehÄ world ā MÄori music, art and literature, and those were the things that kept my wairua alive... Iām happy with this MÄori Trojan hÅiho and I hope to build and dispatch many moreā -MOKOTRON
Unreal collaboration on this video for the title track of MOKOTRON's new record WAEREA feat. NgÄ Kaihanga Uku (MÄori Clayworkers Collective) member Stevei HoukÄmau's incredible work animated by @simonmward.bsky.social
YouTube video by Sunreturn
after forcing election administrators to become misinformation experts, after forcing doctors to become misinformation experts, after forcing federal law enforcement officials to become misinformation experts...after forcing election administrators to become misinformation experts, after forcing doctors to become misinformation experts, after forcing federal law enforcement officials to become misinformation experts...
"Iām trying to rescue my community. I aināt got time. I aināt got time to chase every Facebook rumorā¦.Weāve been through enough." New, from me: the far-right is forcing emergency responders to also become misinformation experts. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-hurrican...
Public servants have a second job now: countering conspiracy theories