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On Sunday, popular American singer-songwriter Halsey shared a video calling out their label for demanding a viral TikTok before releasing a new song. The video went viral.
The police, the media and politicians have long objected Chief Keef’s ties to gang violence. But the rapper wrote the playbook for using social media to make a career out of music.
The social media spread of news, information and myths about coronavirus can help keep the public informed but can also stoke panic.
The woman known as Chair Girl is reviled not because of her impulsive, foolish crime, but because of how her mistake unexpectedly propelled her to instant internet stardom.
There are a few simple tricks anyone can use.
Imma let you finish, but there’s more to memes than you think.
MTV may not be the power house it used to be but the music video is flourishing online.
Incidents that may have been mere hiccups a few years ago today can go viral in an instant, causing a massive backlash and leaving some of the biggest companies wrong-footed.
This scientific field suggests people have been passing along memes since long before the birth of the internet. What makes one bit of culture take off, while another sinks from sight?
Viral posts don’t always tell the truth -– so how can we stop them spreading?
When you share that YouTube clip, you may be doing so for surprisingly complex reasons. Science has found there are four key reasons why some videos go gangbusters.
Mobile video technology means outrageous behaviour and abuses can rapidly become public knowledge, but achieving just outcomes still depends on a political willingness to act on such knowledge.
Our journalism expert explains how to tell fact from fiction.
The news that broke last night of the accidental death of the Ice Bucket Challenge pioneer, Corey Griffin, has come as a shock. The Ice Bucket Challenge, where people film themselves or friends dumping…
Last summer the World Economic Forum (WEF) invited its 1,500 council members to identify top trends facing the world, including what should be done about them. The WEF consists of 80 councils covering…
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Academic - University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Faculty Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor and Chair of Linguistics, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher - Human Centred Computing, University of Oxford
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Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Clemson University
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Professor of Human Centred Computing, University of Oxford
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Reading
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Digital Design, Manchester Metropolitan University
