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.
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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.
With the proliferation of social media platforms, smart devices and apps, the demands on our attention have never been greater. But how is this affecting our ability to process and retain information?
A video allegedly showing a 13-year-old being assaulted in Queensland went viral online. Simply viewing such material can be a criminal offence.
Some commercial products and practices are directly linked to avoidable ill health, planetary damage, and social and health inequity. Large transnational corporations are especially to blame.
Chinese shoppers find a TikTok-style app is helpful for complaining.
What data privacy risk does TikTok pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?
My research reiterates the roles of TikTok in fostering hate speech in elections
It’s not just the likes of Gary Lineker who can get in trouble for tweeting.
TikTok has been banned from UK government devices, but it’s easy for all social media platforms to harvest your data.
Many children and adolescents fall victim to online exploitation, but there are some steps parents can take to protect their children online.
New research shows that antisemitic posts surged as the ‘free speech absolutist’ took over the social media giant. And it has settled at a higher level since.
Over the past few years, most big media organisations have updated their social media rules.
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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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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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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Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
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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
