This week we unpack the summer media coverage of so-called African gang crisis in Melbourne. Benjamin Millar, senior journalist with Star Weekly and The Age, also a resident of Melbourne’s western suburbs, talks about hot-button issues, racism and the ethics of reporting. Then lawyer Maker Mayek, a member of the south Sudanese community, explains the reasons behind his #AfricanGangs social media campaign.

How multicultural are we anyway? Community language and cultural diversity

This show casts a critical eye on the myriad ways in which we communicate with each other in our increasingly interconnected, multi-media platform world. Each week we mix down the who, the what, the where, and the how of particular communication events, messages, trends and technologies, and then consider: what impacts and what consequences?