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Professor

Terry Flew is Professor of Digital Communication and Culture, Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow, and Co-Director of the Centre for AI, Trust and Governance at the University of Sydney. His books include Global Creative Industries (Polity, 2013), Media Economics (Palgrave, 2015), Understanding Global Media (Palgrave, 2018), Regulating Platforms (Polity, 2021), and Digital Platform Regulation: Global Perspectives on Internet Governance (Springer, 2022). He was President of the International Communications Association (ICA) from 2019 to 2020, and is an ICA Fellow, elected in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA). His Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship is a five-year study (2024-2028) of Mediated Trust: Ideas, Interests, Institutions, Futures. His most recent book, Valuing News: Digital Platforms and Journalism Futures, is published by Springer and will be available in early 2026.

Jan. 3, 2026

Trust In Information: has the internet broken our ability to trust our own eyes? – Terry Flew

The internet promised a more informed society where anyone could share knowledge freely. However, many people feel it’s led to a crisis of trust where expertise is constantly challenged, and huge numbers of us struggle to dis...
Guest: Terry Flew