Rather than preserving freedom of expression, the interpretation of ‘harm’ in the online safety bill could have the opposite effect.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Social media
Displaying 481 - 500 of 1976 articles
While the ACCC failed in a similar case against Google in 2013, there are some key details in this one which could give it more leverage.
The government is proposing upheavals to online content regulation, but that won’t be enough to make the internet safer.
Increased media literacy education and government regulations are necessary to combat fake information on social media platforms.
To think about the ways in which images engage audiences, we can consider Europe’s response to two major refugee crises.
Discord was initially a service to let gamers voice and text chat while playing. Most of its current users build and maintain online communities, though not always very big ones.
Government Twitter accounts are dodging restrictions on state-backed media to churn out disinformation.
As an actor and performer, Zelensky built his portfolio of presidential skills long before he knew he was going to undertake that role.
Latest figures show antisemitism in the UK is on the rise, with new expressions of anti-Jewish hatred merely reviving older ones.
How do a country and its citizens deal with the trauma of a deadly invasion by an enemy? Memes, cats and TikToks are emerging – most recently in the Ukraine war – as a way to cope with tragedy.
Many well-intentioned people are supporting counterproductive efforts to help Ukraine. Behavioural science can explain why.
The vacuum created by a drop in public trust in mainstream platforms has given rise to new media players who don’t always play by the rules.
How Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future upended the rules of environmental activism.
We all have a role to play to address hostility online.
Social media platforms can be put to great use when it comes to promoting sexual health. But invoking threats and fear limits information reach and impact.
Not everyone voicing suspicion of mainstream media is a conspiracy theorist – we need to guard against the far right monopolising the terms of media criticism.
Even as it wages a propaganda and disinformation campaign in Ukraine, Russia is fighting to retain control of the story within Russia.
A social media scholar says the authenticity, connection and immediacy of Zelenskyy’s appeal explains why his videos were so powerful.
Their social media feeds contain images of tanks, bombs and war-style propaganda. Here’s how to help them navigate social media ‘news’ content about war, while minimising any distress.
The platform’s data usage and privacy implications raise serious concerns.
Job Board
-
Scheduling Analyst
-
Assistant Editor - 1 year cadetship
-
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
-
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Earth System Science (School of Science)
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
Top contributors
-
Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
-
Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
-
Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
-
Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
-
Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
-
Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
-
Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
-
Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
-
Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
-
Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
-
Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
-
Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
