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SBS CQ Cultural Intelligence - The New Digital Divide?

Are new communications technologies bringing us closer together or driving us further apart?

Since the arrival of satellite television and the internet Australia’s media landscape has been radically transformed. Where there were once five free-to-air TV stations, now viewers can tune in hundreds of channels in any language they choose.

The rise of the internet and social media have also given access to an explosion of information sources from all over the world which are available at any time of the day and at the click of a button.

So what impact are these new technologies having on our ability to connect with each other? Are we becoming better informed global citizens or are we becoming increasingly detached from the society and people around us?

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SBS CQ is a forum series and online resource around media practice, particularly as it relates to Australian cultural diversity. CQ draws on research, commentary and a range of views to take debates further around the ways media reflect, shape and interpret our society.

In CQ forums media producers, academics, politicians, community advocates and commentators debate each other face to face, bringing together perspectives that rarely share the same platform.

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