Whether it’s through Facebook or Snapchat, images and videos are changing how we communicate. But as words become more trivial, our attention, our creativity, and even our empathy may be at stake.
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The world wide web today is more useful and accessible to more people than it ever has been. So why do some early pioneers of the web think it has been ruined?
A growing number of young men are using steroids, but there are few public services to help this vulnerable group.
A shocking incident has raised concerns about the tone of political debate in the UK and especially the role of the internet.
A new mathematical model of ISIS supporters’ online behavior provides insights into how cyberactivity relates to real-world attacks.
The ephemeral social media platform Snapchat is a hit with young people. And while it can lead to risky behaviour, it can also encourage creative experimentation and socialisation.
Social networking, smartphones, ad blockers, oh my. A global survey of 50,000 news consumers assessed the ways we get our news in 2016.
Social media can make us mistrustful and paranoid.
This French film about upper middle-class teenagers having orgies gets to the heart of teen sex issues in the age of YouTube.
Polls got it badly wrong in the last general election. Here’s another way of gauging public opinion.
Social media companies have agreed to a European plan to take down offensive material within 24 hours. Will it work and if so, can it be extended to other regions?
The Victorian government will bring its laws up-to-date with new forms of exploitation and abuse of children and young people that are associated with communications technologies.
The #Brexit campaign is showing a masterful use of hashtags to dominate the debate in this corner of the internet. But no filters please, we’re British.
From Twitter, to Facebook, to online gaming; radical groups use a vast range of tools to recruit new followers to their causes.
Consensual same-sex conduct is a crime in 38 African countries. The media in those countries are very much in cahoots with their rulers. But they’re getting their comeuppance from Twitter.
The boxer’s death follows hard on the heels of David Bowie and Prince. The world is losing global icons and learning how to grieve using new and democratic tools.
Why we’re being asked to decide whether Amber Heard is one of two archetypes: the gold-digging, manipulative siren or the innocent female victim.
While some companies get fined £18m, others have learned to “wow” the punters when things go wrong.
Twitter users caught up in any emergency situation are usually quick to share their experience with followers. That information can be useful to authorities.
Researchers got 128 students at a middle school to use Twitter to further their science learning. And what happened? These students learned how to connect science to real life.
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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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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
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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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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
