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What does trust mean in the age of AI?

Professor Terry Flew explores the evolving concept of trust in the context of media, technology, and artificial intelligence. He highlights how AI challenges traditional notions of human-machine interaction, raising concerns about authenticity and reliability.

New opportunities – Mediated Trust PhD scholarships

Are you passionate about understanding the intersection of trust, news media, digital platforms, public institutions, and AI, and contributing to current debates on these issues? The University of Sydney is offering Mediated Trust ARC Laureate PhD Scholarships.

What are people actually doing with AI? A better way to measure performance

If you’ve ever asked ChatGPT to rewrite an email, check your grammar, or summarise an article, you’re not alone. Yet surprisingly, most AI benchmarks rarely test these everyday tasks.

Meet Louisa Shen, new Mediated Trust Post-Doctoral Associate

Louisa Shen recently joined the Mediated Trust team as a Post-Doctoral Associate for Trust and AI. She originally trained in literature and history in Auckland, NZ, before working as a technical communicator in the software sector. Her doctoral research undertaken in Cambridge, UK developed an extended history of electronic display technology from the 19th century to the present.

Are Australian Arts and Humanities Ready for AI?

The 2025 QS World Universities Rankings by Subject showed a concerning decline in the global rankings of Australian arts and humanities courses.

A New Era for Clustering Short Text: Making Sense of Millions with LLMs

In the age of big data, researchers and analysts are often overwhelmed by the scale and complexity of short text datasets: millions of tweets, headlines, reviews, or search queries that are difficult to meaningfully summarize or interpret.

Launch of the 25th Edelman Trust Barometer

We were delighted to co-host the launch of the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer with Edelman Australia on 18 March. We brought together around 160 people at The Sybil Centre at the University of Sydney.

Time for Trust podcast – Professor James Arvanitakis, Director of the Forrest Research Foundation

This conversation revolves around issues of political polarization, trust, and social cohesion, featuring James Arvanitakis, Professor and Director of the Forrest Research Foundation.

My Summer reading – Simon Schama, Citizens

My summer reading for 2025 was Simon Schama’s very influential 1989 book Citizens, a Chronicle of the French Revolution. Not surprisingly, I was led to this book by listening to The Rest is History podcast, which brings out the full array of colourful characters associated with this eventful period of history.

New opportunities – Mediated Trust PhD scholarships

Up to four PhD scholarships are available for research into the relationship of trust to news media, digital platforms, public institutions, and artificial intelligence.

AANZCA Presentations 2024

I recently delivered two presentations at the AANZCA 2024 Conference in Melbourne, showcasing emerging research into digital media platforms, global streaming strategies, and local content production.

New Scholarship Opportunity with the Vietnam Media Innovation Hub

Come research the booming Vietnamese digital media industries on this fully funded research scholarship at the University of Sydney!