China’s most popular social media app WeChat is on the rise in Australia thanks to demand from Chinese students and tourists. Here’s what you need to know if you plan to use it.
New media is setting the tone in Kenya.
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Across Africa, mainstream media have traditionally been the unrivalled custodians and originators of the public agenda. But this year social media took over as a new regime of information.
Facebook’s Messenger Kids has sparked debate about what age children should be using messaging apps.
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Many parents are fearful about their children being online. Messaging services for children could help both kids and parents learn how to communicate safely and respectfully in the digital space.
Studies have found scrolling through Instagram is linked with increased depression.
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We often hear reports of the effect of social media on teens’ mental health. So what does the science say about it?
The apparently growing practIce of governments and government officials blocking critics on social media has serious implications for freedom of expression.
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Citizens should be free to criticize government authorities on social media platforms, and muzzling such criticism may well be unconstitutional.
Engaging with your teen’s online world will make it easier to have difficult conversations about some of the risks and ways to manage them.
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Parents should ask their teens to show them how they use social media and how it works so they can have conversations about what the risks are and how to reduce them.
Are you a Facebook addict? Here’s how to find out.
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The combination of a divisive political climate and widespread use of social media networks to share controversial material has many people asking this question. Here’s what Aristotle would say.
The ‘bikini bridge’ phenomenon caught on quickly because it reflected the cultural expectations placed on women’s bodies.
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The ‘bikini bridge’ may have been a hoax, but its damage to women’s body image was real, demonstrating yet again the disturbing set of pressures social media places on young women.,
Many are calling for government to step in to stop bots and the spread of fake news on sites like Facebook and Twitter. A media expert explains why this is a slippery slope.
Who needs ‘friends’?
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Twitter can be a useful tool in trying to predict what people think on an issue. So why did a study of almost half a million tweets on the same-sex marriage survey get it wrong?
Media education opportunities should be more frequently available in schools to ensure young Australians meaningfully engage with news media.
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New research shows that Australians from diverse backgrounds are turning away from traditional media and heading online, a trend that has great significance for media companies.
With levels of political discourse reaching new lows, some might say the country could use a dose of shame and humility. At the same time, social media have unleashed a torrent of online shaming.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially dismissed as “crazy” the warnings that Russia had been using Facebook to spread propaganda in the 2016 U.S. election. He has since apologized and introduced plans and tools aimed at fighting false information on the platform. In this file photo, he delivers the commencement address at Harvard University in May.
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In a fight for the global flow of information, social media firms must be regulated. Their billions of dollars in revenue put their financial interests in conflict with truth and democracy.