2018年9月～2019年8月，澳大利亚的媒体新闻报道在前一年的基础上出现了进一步的负面化动向。其中，有关中国的报道也同步出现了负面化的趋势，且在该年度尤其是2019年6～8月间报道数量暴增，几乎翻了一番。本报告以媒体监测公司和学术机构的调查结果为基础，对澳媒体环境的最新情况进行详细梳理，从澳大利亚国内政治风向的改变、新闻消费习惯的变迁、媒体版图的变动（尤其是媒体改革法案通过后媒体行业并购所形成的新的两大媒体集团并立）及其后引发的裁员、传统与数字媒体平台间的竞争进一步加剧、商业媒体平台与国家广播机构之间的矛盾进一步白热化等多角度深入挖掘媒体报道负面化倾向背后的原因，并基于澳媒体环境的独特性和现状，及其与民意、国内政治之间的互动关系，对未来与澳媒接触及对其进行话语分析提出相应建议。
News reports in Australia feature further negativity for the examined year ending 31 August 2019. The same trend can be detected in media coverage on China，which almost doubled during the three months of June to August 2019. Drawing on annual surveys and media monitoring results，this report depicts a changing landscape in Australian media and news consumption and explores how such changes have been enabled by rising conservatism，competition posed by digital（in particular social）media，adoption of media reform law and the ensuing acquisition of Fairfax by Nine and reshuffling and job losses that followed，as well as strengthened conflict between government-backed ABC and SBS with their private counterparts.
