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AI can be helpful in podcast production
Young people expert in own digital lives
Q&A: Pop Culture Matters
AI-assisted news common in NZ
Podcasts filling current affairs gap
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AI can be helpful in podcast production
AI can be helpful in podcast production
05 May, 2026
New research shows AI can be useful in streamlining workflows and in specific production roles, but is an unreliable researcher when making podcasts.
Young people expert in own digital lives
Young people expert in own digital lives
26 Mar, 2026
New AUT research says young people should be involved in developing campaigns to educate and protect them from online harms.
Q&A: Pop Culture Matters
Q&A: Pop Culture Matters
12 Feb, 2026
Have you ever wondered why people are so obsessed with Marvel? Or why TV show endings are so bad?
AI-assisted news common in NZ
AI-assisted news common in NZ
03 Feb, 2026
New research from the Journalism, Media and Democracy Research Centre shows that AI-assisted news is more common than most New Zealanders realise.
Podcasts filling current affairs gap
Podcasts filling current affairs gap
11 Dec, 2025
The latest JMAD Media Ownership Report shows that political podcasts are increasingly filling the current affairs gap in New Zealand's legacy news media.
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