RNZ: Mediawatch

A classic Kiwi TV character is back on screen after 30 years - sort of. Why are critics who have acclaimed the new Terry Teo show not happy?

New Zealanders see Europe in their media through a narrow range of mainly British sources. Does this skew the view of this important part of the world?  

RNZ has a new-look website, but you can't contribute comments to the content. Other online media have done the same lately too, but why turn the audience away?

Big names in NZ media boycott the Olympics; Terry Teo's controversial comeback; Europe through a British lens in our news; RNZ and others cut the comments online

Spark CEO Simon Moutter recently made headlines with his call for Facebook and Google to start paying their fair share of tax.  And he's far from alone internationally, Mediawatch talks to a British and an American academic with radically different takes on how to tackle the problem of Google and Facebook gobbling up the bulk of online advertising revenue.

Three recent studies of media habits have sobering conclusions for big names in publishing and broadcasting - but also for newer digital-age outlets on the rise.

Like lambs or daffodils in spring Lotto jackpots are a media perennial. Is it time for the media to start treating Lotto as more than just an entertainment story?

Jackpot fever afflicts media; huge global survey reveals the power of online platforms; two proposals to take back the news and make online giants pay.

The government has shrugged off events and evidence contradicting claims made by ministers recently, frustrating many journalists. But are we really in a "post-truth" period where the facts don't matter any more? 

Restive regions demanding independence? Angry clashes over breaking away? The media taking sides and telling people and politicians which side to back? The UK's Brexit in 2016 - and here 150 years ago.

An effort to oust sideline abuse in grassroots rugby misses the mark

Are we in an era of 'post-truth' politics where the facts are out of fashion - and the news media don't matter much to people either? Also: how the partisan press backed a breaking up New Zealand 150 years ago; and a grass roots rugby campaign that didn't convert.

New Zealand's ad-makers have won top global prizes and the campaigns they create are getting more and more elaborate. But are they getting too clever for their own good?

In the wake of the Brexit vote, there have been plenty of pundits and an oversupply of overwrought opinions. But critics claim the media ran too much false information during the campaign - and something must be done.

The hysterical commentaries of Iceland's Gudmundur Benediktsson at Euro 2016 made him an online star this week. But it wasn't the first time a Nordic nation's commentator hit the headlines for losing it after an embarrassing defeat for England.