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Instagram's experimental move to hide the 'like' count on social media postings could lighten the mental strain for many users - or simply turn comments into the new likes.
The 'revenge body' was once the domain of celebrity gossip. But with the advent of social media, anyone can publicly display a 'new' body post break-up.
More than ten years since blockchains were developed, their usefulness is only just being discovered.
Warning about anonymous messaging app YOLO miss the potential benefits it could have.
A proposed bill would force tech companies to tell users how much their data is worth. But how can a single number capture data's power to predict your actions or sway your decisions?
The show – and the public's reaction – can tell us a huge amount about how ideas about love and romance have changed over the centuries.
In order to reach younger audiences, social media apps must get past the gatekeepers of preteen online engagement: the parents.
Because professional athletes are thought to be paragons of physical and mental toughness, their psychological health has long been a taboo topic. That's starting to change.
Journalists are not happy about a decision of the Supreme Court of New South Wales finding that media companies could be liable for defamatory comments made under news stories on their Facebook pages.
Collaborations between the government, communities, and social media platforms are essential to establish a successful national digital literacy movement
A blue boat shed in Perth, Western Australia, shows the power of social media and the rise of unpaid influencers in marketing.
Participants of clinical trials can easily communicate online, which poses a big problem for medical researchers.
In many instances, social media appears to be amplifying violence, creating a culture of impunity when perpetrators are not held accountable, and increasing insecurity and suspicion.
Telegram enabled protesters in Hong Kong to evade surveillance, but a DDoS attack and the arrest of a group administrator undermined the ability of protesters to organise and communicate.
Female athletes barely receive more attention than horses and dogs. And if you're a woman who wants to become a sports journalist, you should steel yourself for some social media venom.
Is 'social influencer' a real job? It's all about work-life balance.
The UK Online Harms White Paper outlines possible internet regulation measures, and Canada would do well to study its approach.
Social media is popularising DIY sunscreen.
Tackling corruption is notoriously difficult but Nigeria is pursuing a fresh approach. Using technology, especially social media, its citizens are producing evidence to hold officials to account.
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
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Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Media Psychology, University of Salford
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Assistant Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne
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Visiting Professor of Practice (Journalism), City, University of London
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Lecturer in Digital Business, University of Salford
