Social media companies need to be more transparent about the health misinformation they remove.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Social media
Displaying 781 - 800 of 1964 articles
An app that young people use to share videos of themselves dancing might seem like a silly diversion, but it’s become a powerhouse social media platform.
What happens to our online data after we die? From memorial Facebook pages to password security, a project at Deakin University is exploring the pitfalls and possibilities of “data after death”.
Being away from school may have had benefits for some teenagers.
Amid global chaos and uncertainty, Instagram offers up the world as stable, simple and good-looking. No wonder it is set to overtake Twitter as a news source.
TikTok is caught in a political battle between the US and China but children are still using the video-sharing app. Here are some tips on how to make sure they are safe.
Being ‘Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition" during a pandemic is challenging, and the risks of getting it wrong are very high.
CC BY-NC-ND7.04 MB (download)
Facebook groups exist to share information about most classes of animals and plants, and these communities have unprecedented observational power.
Research that measures the public mood based on Twitter posts shows that it’s currently at its lowest point in a decade. One exception: when people visit parks and green spaces.
Social media has proved to be a helpful source of observations of snakes feeding. Knowing more about their diet is useful because it’s linked to their venom biochemistry.
Bringing change to universities needs to focus on systems, not people. Although online shaming is effective at removing people from their positions, it doesn’t change systems.
If a new deal between Microsoft and ByteDance goes through, the Chinese company may withdraw ownership of its TikTok operations in not only the US – but also Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Three young women attracted backlash this week after failing to quarantine and bringing COVID-19 into Queensland. But public shaming could discourage people from following public health advice.
Following a privacy policy change in 2016, Google has collected users’ data from third-party websites and apps. The ACCC argues users were misled into signing away their privacy.
Successful memes don’t often happen by accident. And COVID-19 has become a popular topic for their creators.
Many people who participate in disinformation campaigns are unwitting accomplices and much of the information they spread is accurate, which makes it all the harder to identify the campaigns.
A proposed new law could increase state control over social media, amid an effort to curb criticism of the Erdoğan government.
Young people continue to find new ways to connect on social media, in spaces that are increasingly hard for governments to regulate.
The boogaloos, a far-right community, have taken to wearing Hawaiian shirts. This co-option is far from the spirit of the shirt, which signifies respect for all animated or inanimate beings.
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social networks say they are targeting hate, but they’re overlooking a major source of hateful content: gun talk.
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
-
Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
-
Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
-
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
-
Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
-
Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
-
Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
