The flood of misinformation on social media could actually be worse than many researchers have reported. The problem is that many studies analyzed only text, leaving visual misinformation uncounted.
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Our research highlights three key reasons for declining trust in experts, and how to regain their authority in future.
The organization – which offers its high school-age players a minimum salary of $100,000 – represents a new model for young athletes looking to maximize their earning potential outside of the NCAA.
New laws aim to give the public access to a repository containing every political ad sent out through social media.
Parents spend more time actively engaged with their kids – such as helping with homework or reading together – during the school year than during summer. But the difference is almost three times greater for moms than for dads.
From the Arab Spring to the Belarus Awakening and the ongoing Iranian protest Women, Life, Freedom, female-centered imagery and social media are battlegrounds of resistance and oppression.
Research shows LGBTQIA+ employees go to many lengths to conceal their true selves from workplace connections.
Research shows that social media, with it endless promotion of unrealistic standards of beauty, has had a negative impact on millions of young people.
Publicly available data on social media opens a new avenue for studying the environment with “incidental citizen science”.
To imitate Wes Anderson, you need to combine all his ‘ingredients’ in the right amount.
Four expert tips to perfect your online profile for job searching.
COVID truthers use four enticing promises to gain a loyal following.
A fire killed 38 migrants in a Mexico detention facility in March 2023. A sociologist’s conversations with migrants show that they had a common response to this news – a deep sense of grief.
It’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer – which makes sense when you consider what this long-term research would involve.
New research finds that switching to a more thoughtful mindset can increase engagement with healthier food options on social media.
Meta now faces some A$4 billion in fines related to breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations.
Twitter uses an AI-powered centrally managed algorithm to moderate what you see. On Bluesky, you have control over the algorithm that selects what you see through so-called ‘composable moderation’.
In Canada, over 50 per cent of female students in Ontario have reported moderate to severe psychological distress. One in four girls has been sexually abused by the time they turn 18.
The national broadcaster’s management has finally condemned the racist abuse directed at their high-profile presenter and apologised too him, but it has come far too late.
Montana has announced plans to ban the app from January 2024, making it a potential testing ground for a ‘TikTok-free’ America.
Top contributors
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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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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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
