The Media's Role in the Parliament Occupation w/ Byron C Clark: August 10, 2022

Parliament grounds have been cleared, and the grass will regrow, but the disinformation networks behind the protests remain. This is how disinformation researcher Byron Clark described the aftermath of March’s parliament occupation.

In a new journal article, Clark reflects on the media’s role in the occupation, from far-right networks such as Counterspin, to mainstream platforms such as Newsroom and Newstalk ZB, and urges journalists not to ignore disinformation networks, but to investigate them and analyse the role they are playing in our contemporary ‘post-truth’ world.

Emilia spoke to Byron Clark about his article, which is linked below

https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1248/1580