SPECIAL ISSUE: Media and Fakery

Posted May 23rd, 2022 by Wyatt Moss-Wellington & filed under Culture, Media, Politics, Social Media, Society.

Celia Lam, Filippo Gilardi and myself have published a Special Issue of Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies on the topic of “Media and Fakery,” including fake news, deepfakes, and all manner of digital fabulation: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccon20/36/3

NEW BOOK: Cognitive Film and Media Ethics

Posted July 22nd, 2021 by Wyatt Moss-Wellington & filed under Arts, Books, Entertainment, Film, Journalism, Media, Narrative, Politics, Social Media.

My newest monograph, Cognitive Film and Media Ethics, is out now with Oxford University Press. More information here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cognitive-film-and-media-ethics-9780197552896 Cognitive Film and Media Ethics provides a grounding in the use of cognitive science to address key questions in film, television and screen media ethics. This book extends past works in cognitive media studies to answer normative… Read more

A Science Party for Australia

Posted September 27th, 2013 by Wyatt Moss-Wellington & filed under Politics.

In the wake of the federal election, some online communities have begun to speculate on the need for a Science Party in Australian politics. This is something I’ve been considering for some time; with momentum gathering behind the idea, it seems a fine moment to float my musings on how such a party might work…. Read more

Locking up asylum seekers is an expensive political campaign

Posted March 25th, 2011 by Wyatt Moss-Wellington & filed under Politics.

It’s expensive to keep anyone in detention, especially the remote, grim detention centres found on Christmas Island, so it is worth asking why our government would want to squander so much money locking up asylum seekers for such limitless periods – what are we getting in return? Obviously we are getting psychological abuse of a… Read more