MAS105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Booz Allen Hamilton, Computer Network, Carl Bernstein

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Media and Communication Studies - International Communication/International Communication PACE
• Course: MAS105
• Professor: any

Document Summary

In this digital age, governments are at the cutting edge of surveillance technology. Are the whistleblowers who expose the extent and use of such surveillance (edward snowden), or who provide alternative means of publication for sensitive material (julian assange and. Wikileaks), heroes or traitors: in australia, a raft of recent legislation prevents journalists reporting on a range of government activities, for example, practices in relation to asylum seekers. This lecture will look at the current state of play of media regulation in 2015 and the implications for the role of the media in australia as the fourth estate. Overview: the revelations of whistleblowers have led to a spate of important news dories in recent years in. Australia including wage abuse among 7-eleven franchise: while there is legislated protection for whistleblowers in the public sector, goats. tend to persecute journalists, at the same time, there is little protection in private sphere, yet, veteran aust.