Ethan Plaut
US officials leaked group chat: what is good ettiquette?
26 Mar 2025
News that top United States security officials accidently added a journalist to their group chat discussing their war plans may have struck fear for some who have suffered a messaging misfire. The top… Audio
Big data’s use of digital surveillance lays our lives bare and distorts our understanding of the world, just as propaganda did in the past
16 Feb 2020
The interrelationship between the history of propaganda and our world of digital surveillance is discussed by Dr Ethan Plaut from the University of Auckland during the 2019 Raising the Bar night. Audio
Ethan Plaut: overloaded by media - how much is too much?
18 Nov 2018
Dr Ethan Plaut, lecturer in media and communication at the University of Auckland, says the sheer volume of media messages in a 24- hour news cycle is more than anyone can critically process. Ethan… Audio
