Given recent events, you might have had an inkling that extremist views have been resonating. Researchers from the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention have the hard data to back it up.
IS supporters are turning away from Twitter.
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Online video is flourishing in Australia with very little government attention. Content creators like Youtube channel RackaRacka are getting millions of viewers, numbers the traditional screen industry can only dream of.
Mining social media posts from tourism hotspots such as coral reefs could turn tourists into environmental citizen scientists without them even realising it.
The Gupta email leaks have exposed the involvement of some big private corporations. in the unfolding corruption scandal thus challenging the private sector to do some introspection.
Political groups of all stripes recognise the enormous power of online mass persuasion, one meme at a time.
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Each individual act of posting, linking, commenting and liking may look insignificant up close, but they add up. There is enormous power here for mass persuasion, one viral share at a time.
Facebook wants to protect your selfies.
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The court ruled unanimously that access to social media is an essential right.
Trolling is no longer confined to the darker corners of the internet, especially now the U.S. president himself is engaging in it.
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We're living in an alternate political universe of brazen lies and grotesque online spectacles of incivility. Who - or what - is to blame for trolling going mainstream?
Parents should understand where the value is in social media so they can guide their kids to positive use.
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