Over 500,000 people signed Kevin Rudd’s petition seeking a Royal Commission into media ownership, and the Senate inquiry is only the first step.

For the mandatory code to be fairly executed, there will need to be a balance of negotiating power and commercial benefits for both Australian news organisations and global digital platforms.

Rather than relying on the power of individual public civilians, more revolutionary changes to social issues can be made with the help of media that is completely free of the reigns of Murdoch and his controversial political and commercial views.

Kahlo gained global recognition as an artist with her sentimental and autobiographical self-portraits, and earned her title as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century with both her artwork and integral involvement in social movements.

Founder of the Indigenous art movement in Australia, Albert Namatjira is the most famous and most influential Indigenous Australian artist of all time.

There was barely an art movement in the 20th century that Picasso didn’t inspire, create or contribute to.

On return to his native Norway, Ibsen began writing and producing plays that challenged the norm of how plays were written, the themes and subject matter explored, and how social issues could be addressed in theatre productions.

It was her style that inspired the fictional character ‘Edna Mode’ in the animated movie, The Incredibles (2004).

According to Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers ‘started it all’.

Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environment.

I need to make things. The physical interaction with the medium has a curative effect. I need the physical acting out. I need to have these objects exist in relation to my body.

Do you know that I don't have any artworks that exist? They all go away when they're finished.

A New York City based photographer, Kwame Brathwaite is best known for capturing the early stages of, and helping cement, the development of the ‘black is beautiful’ movement, in the 1960s in the USA. He was born in Brooklyn in 1938.

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Sharyl Attkisson, American author, tv host, and former investigative correspondent for CBS News, recently penned a piece in the epoch times claiming that the media industry has over the years increasingly operated to establish, build and maintain ‘narratives’ at the expense of facts, pointing to her own experiences within the media industry to back up her claims.

Last night, Four Corners’ special on the lucrative cash cow that is the international student market for Australian universities should be concerning for any Australian considering gaining a university education.