By LIU Moxiao Interview Background This article is a revised transcript of an interview with John Keane, Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), and co-founder and director of the Sydney Democracy Network (SDN). Professor...
Read MoreLecture within the WZB public event series “Achtung: Demokratie”, held on January 17, 2018 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center There are many signs that we have entered a ‘post-truth’ era defined by the burial of ‘objective facts’ thanks to...
Read MoreOriginally published on Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Volume 10, No. 2: 165-182 Democracy in the Age of Negativity, Abundance, and Hybridity By Jonathan Sullivan [gview file="http://www.johnkeane.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/165-182-Democracy-in-the-Age-of-Negativity.pdf"]...
Read MoreCo-hosted by Sydney Ideas, the Post-Truth Initiative and the Sydney Democracy Network This is part of the Festival of Democracy 2017 There are many signs we’ve entered a ‘post-truth’ era defined by the burial of ‘objective facts’ thanks to a public avalanche of ‘appeals to emotion...
Read MoreDigital Journalism Pages 353-367 | Published online: 17 Nov 2016 Felicity Ruby, Gerard Goggin & John Keane Abstract This paper revisits the longstanding debate about journalism, academic scholarship, and their connections with the powerful forces of surveillance that shape the lives of contemporary...
Read MoreSince the last time we were together inside his prison lodgings at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a few things have changed. Julian Assange has grown a beard, looks more pallid and pauses when I ask after his general health. His legal team are...
Read MoreDÉCADENCE MÉDIATIQUE ET DÉMOCRATIE par John KEANE Titre original : « Media Decadence and Democracy » English version please see here Il s’agit de la première partie d’une conférence donnée devant le Sénat australien, Parliament House, le vendredi 28 août 2009. Le texte est traduit par...
Read MoreThe following words on the subject of secrets and politics were spoken at a recent Sydney public symposium, organised by my colleague Benedetta Brevini, Beyond Wikileaks (8th October 2013). There are three sensitive secrets I’d like to reveal about the topical subject of...
Read MoreBy Giovanni Navarria, University of Sydney and John Keane While Australians face the possibility of the first-ever Senate by-election, as well as stormy sittings of a new parliament wrangling over the pro and cons of scrapping a carbon tax, 16,000 kilometres away,...
Read MoreEverybody warned this would be no ordinary invitation, and they were right. Three hundred metres from Knightsbridge underground station, just a stone’s throw from fashion-conscious Harrods, I suddenly encounter a wall of police. I try to remember my instructions. Look...
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