From Paper to Platform : How Tech Giants are Redefining News and Democracy

While global regulators grapple with tech behemoths such as Googleand Facebook through evolving laws and regulations, the New Zealandgovernment has held a laissez-faire stance. In From Paper to Platform,prominent New Zealand media scholar, Merja Myllylahti, scrutiniseshow major digital platforms exert ever-growing influence over news,journalism, our everyday lives, personal rights and access to information.This analysis provides not only insights into the relentless and pervasiveimpacts these platforms have on our daily experiences, but also delvesinto their eff ects on societal structures and the potential perils for ourdemocratic future.

Dr Merja Myllylahti is a researcher and senior lecturer in the screen,audio and journalism department at Auckland University of Technology(AUT).