Social Media

There has been a consistent call for social media platforms to instigate changes following the Christchurch Mosque killings and the spread of the vile video. It looks like Facebook is starting to take… Audio

This stunning image is of Tayla Harris, an Australian Rules Football who unleashed a perfect punt - but it became a talking point for all the wrong reasons. Audio

In the last week we have discovered just how little power our Government, the law and our biggest businesses have over Google and Facebook in our own country, let alone consumers. In the wake of the… Audio

The role that social media played in the spread of a video of the Christchurch attacks has become a prime focus of the analyis of the event. Questions are being raised about the willingness of the big… Audio

The role that the tech giants played in the proliferation of the chilling self-streamed footage of the alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant's attack has been a talking point. The mass killing was live… Audio

Beware the vitriolic,unforgiving world of Facebook group comments. Fights start between members, factions are formed and all too frequently defamatory comments are posted. Russell Brown the founder of… Audio

BBC Radio 4's Food Programme turns 40 this year. With a mission to explore the world of food "from culture to cooking, from politics to pleasure" each week host Sheila Dillon, producer Dan Saladino… Audio

The so-called “unruly tourists” were called all the names under the sun in a media pile-on that entertained and angered New Zealanders in equal measure. Every move these surprise summer celebrities… Audio

The author and journalist Jon Ronson made the podcast "The Butterfly Effect" about the many and sometimes surprising consequences of the rise in free online pornography. He's also written a book about… Audio

Two documentaries have been released about 2017's disastrous Fyre Festival. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help one of the local Bahamian workers who were left out of pocket after the event.  Audio

It's not fake news but Facebook and other social media platforms that are really polluting our media landscape and our lives, argues Wellington writer Danyl Mclauchlan. Audio

Some overseas media, and people on the internet have named the man accused of murdering backpacker Grace Millane. Which begs the question - can name suppression really be enforced in the digital age? 

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

Social media in Fiji is running hot with campaigning by political parties and their candidates in the run up to next week's election. Access to the internet has risen sharply since the 2014 polls and… Audio

President Trump questioned why his Supreme Court nominee’s accusers didn’t report alleged assaults when they happened back in the 1980s. News media and social media helped him out with that one. Audio