Ramon Lobato is Professor of Digital Media at Swinburne University of Technology. His books include Netflix Nations (NYU Press, 2019).
National affairs
Keeping a watch on television
Jock Given & Ramon Lobato
25 July 2025
The British communications regulator’s SOS for broadcast TV is a message for Australians too
International
Google’s ad problem and the future of online media
Ramon Lobato
31 March 2017
The YouTube advertising controversy has wider implications for how content is paid for
International
Cultural politics on demand
Ramon Lobato
31 May 2016
Should Netflix and other streaming services be required to promote local content? New developments in Europe are reviving old debates about national culture, writes Ramon Lobato
National affairs
Different questions for Q&A
Ramon Lobato
16 July 2015
Lost in the fog of the Zaky Mallah controversy are more fundamental questions about the ABC’s role in representative democracy, writes Ramon Lobato
Books & arts
A contrarian takes on the internet, again
Ramon Lobato
21 March 2015
Books | Internet critic Andrew Keen might be the man for the times, but his new book fails to convince Ramon Lobato
Books & arts
Elegy for the internet
Ramon Lobato
11 September 2013
Ramon Lobato reviews two manifestos responding to the commercialisation of the web
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