Journalism education ‘truth’ challenges: An age of  growing hate, intolerance and disinformation

David Robie

doi:10.24135/pjr.v28i1and2.1240

David Robie Editor, Asia Pacific Report, Tāmaki Makaurau http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2176-8185

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v28i1and2.1240

Keywords: ACMC2021, climate change, COVID-19, disinfodemic, disinformation, fake news, health journalism, investigative journalism, journalism, keynote, New Zealand, pandemic, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, public health, Timor-Leste

Abstract

Commentary: This keynote commentary at the Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) conference with the theme Change, Adaptation and Culture: Media and Communication in Pandemic Times is addressed through a discussion of three main issues: 1. The Covid-19 Pandemic and how it is being coped with; 2. A parallel Infodemic—a crisis of communication, and the surge of ‘disinformation’ and truth challenges in an ‘age of hatred and intolerance’; and 3. The global Climate Emergency and the disproportionate impact this is having on the Asia-Pacific region. Finally the author concludes with an overview of some helpful strategies for communicators and educators from his perspective as a journalist and media academic with a mission.

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David Robie, Editor, Asia Pacific Report, Tāmaki Makaurau

Professor David Robie
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