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Scrolling TikTok or Instagram causes mental fatigue, which can lead people to purchase items based on how many ‘likes’ an ad has instead of how much value the product will bring them.
What do YouTuber influencer videos about being ‘cancelled’ share with 17th-century texts? Both were crafted directly in response to audiences in new social spaces.
This researcher found that even in traditional Arab communities, social media is a better way of reaching people than using family networks.
Calling media organisations ‘government-funded’ risks turning people away from reliable sources of information.
For some teens on social media, TikTok and Twitter aren’t all about selfies or the latest craze in online “challenges.” Some teens are using social media to advocate for social justice.
Despite calls to boycott the game by trans activists, the game has proved wildly popular – particularly among Black gamers.
As social media becomes more prevalent in our lives, a career as an influencer may seem enticing. But those interested in this new career should be aware of the challenges.
There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
The damaging effect of social media filters is rarely taught in schools.
Rightwing activists are creating a ‘parallel economy’ to compete with mainstream tech and financial systems.
Generational faultlines are made visible by the way we use punctuation and text formatting in online communication. Tone of voice is a tricky thing to convey.
The aggressive efforts of social media platforms to police language have spawned a new lexicon meant to evade censors.
Our research showed reading as a teenager was a stronger indicator of curiosity than, say, their mathematical ability.
Young people told us that adults’ views about online harms rarely reflected their own.
Contemporary beauty culture in China blends traditional Chinese culture with modern aesthetics and global influences.
With most social media users logging in at least once a day, and one-third of teens using these apps almost constantly, it raises the issue of whether social media is hurting our attention abilities.
Learning how online misogynists use language can help teachers and parents intervene in radicalisation.
The platform has already faced bans in a number of other countries – most of them citing privacy and surveillance concerns.
Pranking your intimate partner to gain clout online is not as innocent as it might seem.
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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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
