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Over a decade of impactful research

JMAD was founded in 2010 and has since produced multiple research reports, academic articles and media text.

Our research

We are an active research centre and our research reports are publicly available. We publish two key reports annually: The Aotearoa New Zealand Media Ownership Report and The Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Research themes

Political & environmental communication

Professor Geoffrey Craig

Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, QAnon, election reporting

Professor Verica Rupar

Trust in news, media and social media

Dr Merja Myllylahti and Dr Greg Treadwell

Media ownership in New Zealand

Professor Wayne Hope

Radio broadcasting

Dr Rufus McEwan and Dr Peter Hoar

TV broadcasting, streaming services

Associate Professor Sarah Baker

Maori media

Dr Atakohu Middleton

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