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Tackling extremist and terrorist propaganda online is vital, but must be done with safeguards in mind.
When what Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt intended as an after dinner speech was made public he suffered the consequences, as have several others before him.
Sir Tim Hunt’s careless comments about women in the lab may have proven a boon to feminism in science by attracting attention to sexism in science.
On Human Experiments – behavioural research is now big online, and you’re likely to be part of it whether you know it or not.
The rock promoter thinks festivals are on the way out. But he couldn’t be further from the truth.
A war of words is being waged on social media by terrorist groups trying to recruit Australian teenagers to join the fight in the Middle East.
As social media slices and dices us into profile view rankings, numbers of likes and retweets, and follower engagement data, we constantly reflect on and recalibrate our digital selves.
Simplistic views of terrorist recruitment focus on online messages to Western youth. Foreign fighters are coming from many other countries, lured by many means, and we need more sophisticated responses.
Facebook earned $3.6 billion in ad revenue last year. According to recent research, for advertisers this might not be money well-spent.
The recent sacking of an SBS journalist for controversial statements made on social media could inspire self-censorship amongst journalists.
Baboons shed light on the irony of social networks: cliques limit information sharing.
Sexism still exists in science, but a recent scandal shows that progress is being made.
This was supposed to be the “social media election” but in the end it was those who moved beyond horse-race journalism, on whatever platform, who excelled.
With low-income kids unable to participate in the social media conversations of their wealthier peers, a new form of digital inequity is emerging.
Twitter’s stock took a tumble this week thanks to some bad PR and lower-than-expected results. But their business strategy is reassuring.
Checking online reviews is a big part of shopping. But review sites can be manipulated. Does favoring reviews posted by your social media contacts help with trustworthy, meaningful content?
The increased virtual presence of athletes continues to have a darker side.
Ever felt depressed just from scrolling through Facebook? This might be why.
Why be a fan of what people expect you to be when you can embrace Milifandom instead?
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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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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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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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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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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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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
