Moderator: Nicole Curato
Ella Barclay – Visualising Messy Connectivity in Contemporary Art
This talk provides an overview of her current research, including her recent institutional solo exhibition Unkempt Cognition at Canberra Contemporary Art Space and her research as a 2024 fellow at ZK/U: The Centre of Art and Urbanistics, Berlin. Ella’s work engages with thematics of agency and fatigue in a 21st Century connected landscape.
This presentation was accompanied by slides. To view the slides head to Presentation_EllaBarclay.pptx
Caroline Fisher – Young People, Internet and News Avoidance
More than two-thirds of Australians actively avoid the mainstream news, higher than in many other countries. News avoidance is particularly high among Gen Z and Y, who have the lowest interest in mainstream news and feel the most ‘worn out’ by it. This sense of fatigue is strongly linked to the use of social media and feeling unable to avoid unwanted news in their feeds. Drawing on ten years of news consumption data and qualitative research, this presentation examines these news avoidance trends among young Australians in the context of an everchanging hybrid media landscape.
This presentation was accompanied by slides. To view the slides head to Presentation_CarolineFisher.pptx