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How much did social media have an impact on the campaigns of Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn?
When outrage is misplaced or excessive, it can have negative consequences for a healthy public discourse.
To post or not to post? Colleges and employers are increasingly checking social media to get a sense of their candidates. Here’s what you should (and shouldn’t) post in order to secure your future.
There are four key things Donald Trump’s election tells us about the state of journalism today.
Tech firm CEOs keep control by holding investors at arm’s length. It is damaging corporate governance.
It’s a new constitutional question for the internet age: Should the president be allowed to block someone on Twitter?
The Schapelle Corby media circus wasn’t reflected in Twitter stats and calls to boycott Fairfax during the staff strike show limited impact on this social media platform as well.
The US president’s use of Twitter usually appears bonkers. But was there method to his madness?
Some may say it’s far fetched to compare a 1970s African dictator with the President of the United States. But the similarities between Idi Amin and Donald Trump are quite startling.
A number of big new stories, from home and abroad, meant we didn’t even shut Twitter off over the East long weekend.
We know negative news has an impact on our mental health, especially if we are constantly being exposed to it. Twitter is trying to help young people cope with the stress, which is a good start.
Reporters used to ‘doorstep’ victims of tragedy and their families. Now they are doing it online and it’s just as distressing.
Advertisers want to know how you feel online through a process known as sentiment analysis, but it still has its limitations.
Welcome to the new Wild West.
Social media is a huge channel for false information. News organisations need to wean themselves off it.
Yelp and Twitter can help us spot food poisoning outbreaks quickly. But a new study shows the data favor some communities over others.
Twitter is made up of numerous communities clustered around all manner of topics. If all you see is the same, it’s time to break out of your filter bubble.
As companies strive to take advantage of the selfie phenomenon, they’re also realizing that consumers’ self-portraits constitute a whole new form of brand co-creation.
Like Australia, China traditionally commemorates those who served in war in April each year, and increasingly they do it via social media.
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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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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
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Head of Centre for Professional and Economic Development, University of Chester
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Hull
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Clemson University
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Professor of Strategic Management, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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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 Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
