An ethicist at CSU says the mounting controversy about continuing revelations of illegal phone tapping by The News of the World newspaper in the United Kingdom is the product of three separate yet interacting issues.

A CSU media ethicist says the News of the World phone-tapping scandal in the United Kingdom has all the makings of 'perfect injustice', and Plato saw it coming.

A CSU academic cautions that the way the horrors of drug addiction and alcoholism become romanticised and turn prematurely deceased pop performers like Britain's Amy Winehouse into a mythical figure ignores the realities of her life and death, and the lessons that could be learned from them.

Ms Colette Keen's play Windows on the World has been chosen over more than 1 000 entries received by Noah Wyle's The Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles, to open their 21st season, with a benefit performance featuring a cast of well-known Hollywood actors.

Staff, students and alumni of CSU are saddened to learn of the death of Professor John Carroll, the Professor of Communication at the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst.

Does language and cultural background affect how we detect lies and deception, and make judgements about credibility? Studies by a CSU PhD graduate found that research participants were not only generally poor at classifying lies and truths from individuals of their own culture, but also in a cross-cultural context.

The Kony 2012 campaign devised by the not-for-profit organisation Invisible Children is a powerful demonstration of the potential of social media as a political campaign tool, according to a CSU academic.

The high level of skills and speed seen at the recent Newton's Nation event in Bathurst weren't limited to the competitors, with students from Charles Sturt University's Bachelor of Arts (Television Production) also scoring top marks.

A compelling insight to the recovery of Grantham's flood-affected community has earnt CSU Bachelor of Communication graduate Ms Miranda Grant a nomination for a prestigious Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award.