The death of privacy and the erosion of the personal sphere is an internet meme, often attributed to social media.
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Social media does not eradicate the line between personal or private. Instead, it shifts the line in ways that require thought rather than unreflexive condemnation or celebration.
Social media abuse is often personal, sexist and wounding.
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Social media trolling, which is disproportionately aimed at women, is a sign of a much deeper malaise that must be redressed.
Showing your voting support with a button can be more powerful on Facebook.
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Facebook has already proved it can increase the number of people who vote in elections. But what if it tries to influence how they vote?
News delivery via social media is based on a business model that exploits our need for self-validation.
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Changes in news media distribution and the impartiality of news sources provide good reason to be concerned. However, digital inequality is not the way to understand or measure it.
The rise of the selfie can lead to a great deal of negative comparison and self-doubt.
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Social media can have a damaging effect on body image, but the way to protect against that is learning how to view images critically.
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Fashion weeks are becoming less about fashion cliques, and opening up to the masses.
Want to improve freedom of speech? Then let’s talk about defamation law.
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Defamation law poses a considerable threat to freedom of speech in Australia, especially where social media is concerned.
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Making decisions about what people do and don’t read is the traditional role of an editor, no matter what Facebook claims.
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The social media site must be free to make its own editorial decisions – right or wrong.
Something’s not right.
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Social media feedback has made businesses think twice about what makes a good customer.
Chinese are starting to question government control of the terms of public debate, as conveyed by this propoganda banner in Hangzhou in 2010.
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Hangzhou is hosting the G20 summit and China is anxious to present a positive picture of the country to the world, but the official attitude to non-compliant citizens isn’t helping.
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Zimbabwe’s ruling party is facing a wave of online and offline protest.
Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand stops running during the 5000m race to help Abbey D'Agostino of the USA after D'Agostino suffered a cramp.
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Although the Olympics have come to an end, fans will continue to be gripped by the infinite micro-narratives that sports fixtures provide. But are these narratives comparable to literary creativity?
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Psychological distress among teenage girls has risen by 4% in the past decade.
Rally for electoral reform in Malaysia 2015.
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Social media can be an effective tool in mobilising people for social change, as demonstrated by the Bersih movement in Malaysia.
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Photographers can’t pay the bills with Instagram likes – but it’s pushing them to capture more spectacular images than ever before.
Say goodbye to this old set up.
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Television is dead; long live the Olympics.
What face do you see?
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There’s a concern that images posted on social media run the risk of disrupting the accurate identification of people allegedly involved in a crime.
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What happens when games and social media infiltrate society to the point that we all become avatars and anonymous usernames?
Social networking sites can have a major impact on children’s perception of fast food.
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The use of social networking sites by fast food companies to target children is a regulatory grey area.