The Chinese-owned app TikTok continues its growth as one of the most popular social media networks. After pandemic health measures were lifted, other social media networks saw a decline in use.
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Checks on information shared by politicians in Europe and the US showed those in the US shared more untrustworthy material.
For teachers, technology is an important and useful tool. But they and their students need more guidance.
BirthStrike offers a salutary lesson about how core messages can be misconstrued and misunderstood when put through a high-profile media lens.
Scuttlebutt is an entirely decentralised social network – and it shows we can learn to make the internet better.
Parents and teenager have the best chance of cracking internet addiction when adults acknowledge they have a problem too.
Bogus science articles are attempting to take advantage of our trust in experts.
As an anthropologist, I have chronicled the digital nomad lifestyle for the past seven years. The reality is far less glamorous than you might imagine
A recent extortion scam involved threatening to leave unfavourable reviews to restaurants unless they paid up shows the dangers of relying on the wisdom of crowds.
BlenderBot3’s distaste for its creator sits uncomfortably with its taciturn approach to hate speech.
The metaverse could open up more access to travel, entertainment and work for all.
Online life produces a surprising amount of emissions that need to be tackled alongside physical e-waste.
Online extremists may lose followers when removed from mainstream social media, but their remaining supporters can become even more toxic.
Social media ads are set to change under new content marketing regulations.
The study is the largest of its kind. Researchers hope it could be a breakthrough in the fight against misinformation.
Social media calls for a boycott of the club’s upcoming match against Liverpool seem to mostly becoming from outside the UK.
Anti-vaccine group moderators said Facebook provided an environment where they could safely offer support to others.
One in 14 Premier League footballers receives online abuse every day.
Studies of online echo chambers don’t paint the full picture of Americans’ political segregation. New research shows that the problem is more Fox News Channel and MSNBC than Facebook and Twitter.
Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms.
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Research Fellow in Digital Childhoods, Deakin University
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
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Science + Technology Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University, Canada
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Louise Grimmer is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
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