Dr.
Michael
Davis
(
Australia
/
Australia
)
University of Technology Sydney
Michael Davis is research fellow at the Centre for Media Transition where he leads the information disorder research program. He previously worked at the Australian Communications and Media Authority, where he provided regulatory advice on online misinformation and disinformation, the news media bargaining code, and impartiality and commercial influence in news. Michael has a PhD in philosophy (ANU) and has taught philosophy and the history of ideas at the ANU and at Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, and currently teaches media ethics and regulation at the University of Sydney. Broadly, his research seeks to apply ideas from philosophical pragmatism to improve our understanding of the public sphere and develop effective policy responses to the challenges we face in the age of misinformation. He is also currently engaged in research projects on the implications of artificial intelligence for knowledge integrity and journalism.