{"id":24,"date":"2025-01-06T04:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T04:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaplex.info\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-05-22T01:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:54:49","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-5--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ca2dd60b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Global Media and Internet Concentration Project<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The advent and massive expansion of the Internet and planetary scale digital platforms has breathed urgent new life into the enduring, simple, yet profound, question that animates this project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Have the media industries, individually and collectively, become more or less concentrated over time?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This project brings together a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 scholars and almost a dozen non-academic external partners to more consistently apply existing approaches and create new conceptual and methodological tools to address this question today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gmicp.org\/communications-media-and-internet-concentration-in-australia-2019-2022\/\">Read Australian Report<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/17480485251405986\">Article: How do platforms matter?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/17480485251406842\">Article Australia&#8217;s television streaming market and the battle over prominence<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaplex.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3d-illustration-electronic-motherboard-abstract-2023-11-27-05-34-33-utc-scaled-e1718153138612.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3d-illustration-electronic-motherboard-abstract-2023-11-27-05-34-33-utc-scaled-e1718153138612.webp 1536w, https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3d-illustration-electronic-motherboard-abstract-2023-11-27-05-34-33-utc-scaled-e1718153138612-300x120.webp 300w, https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3d-illustration-electronic-motherboard-abstract-2023-11-27-05-34-33-utc-scaled-e1718153138612-1024x409.webp 1024w, https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3d-illustration-electronic-motherboard-abstract-2023-11-27-05-34-33-utc-scaled-e1718153138612-768x307.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-2 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-2--2\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-633b684a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-duotone-rgb525252-rgba242240240077-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaplex.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zuckerberg-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41\" style=\"width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zuckerberg-edited.png 476w, https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zuckerberg-edited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Zuckerberg-edited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-0c22cdd7 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Media Power in  the Age of Tech Giants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doctoral dissertation project focusing on news distribution, diversity and media power on digital platforms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3514bdf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Outputs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--4 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iicintermedia.org\/vol-52-issue-3\/does-facebook-contribute-to-diversity-in-australian-news\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/iicintermedia.org\/vol-52-issue-3\/does-facebook-contribute-to-diversity-in-australian-news\/\">Intermedia Article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--5 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gmicp.org\/gmic-project-best-paper-contest\/\">Best Paper Prize<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--6 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/1329878X251354988\">Media International Australia<\/a> Article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-3 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-3--7\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-633b684a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-duotone-rgb555555-rgba245242242094-8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaplex.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sarah-Hanson-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sarah-Hanson-Young.png 633w, https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sarah-Hanson-Young-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mediaplexes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sarah-Hanson-Young-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-0c22cdd7 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xx-large-font-size\">Popular Politics \/\/ Authentic Australians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A study of political leaders\u2019 Facebook posts during the 2019 Australian Federal Election<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3514bdf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Outputs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--9 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ses.library.usyd.edu.au\/handle\/2123\/29448\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ses.library.usyd.edu.au\/handle\/2123\/29448\">Thesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--10 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/22041451.2024.2347689\">Article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--11 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/from-curry-nights-to-coal-kills-dresses-how-social-media-drives-politicians-to-behave-like-influencers-190246\">The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Networked Classroom Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 3-year study and teaching intervention designed incorporating a sandbox SNS into classrooms using Mastodon and ActivityPub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outputs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 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