Steve Howell believes that broadcasting regulations to ensure balance and a mastery of social media allowed people to see the Labour leader as he really is.
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It’s time South Africa stopped stereotyping its young people as being disinterested and morally bankrupt and started engaging them.
Cracking down on extremism online won’t solve the problem of extremist violence, will inevitably censor speech that’s important to protect and risks harming political dissidents and democracy itself.
Britain’s shock election and its surprising result allows us to see a relay between visual media, the online world and the political one we live in.
The demise of the UK’s tabloids has been exaggerated in the aftermath of the recent election.
To post or not to post? Colleges and employers are increasingly checking social media to get a sense of their candidates. Here’s what you should (and shouldn’t) post in order to secure your future.
There are four key things Donald Trump’s election tells us about the state of journalism today.
A key to the successful growth of Jesuits were handwritten letters – transported through trade ships from India.
Baby boomers preferred drugs and alcohol, but the younger generation are ruining their health with social media.
It’s a new constitutional question for the internet age: Should the president be allowed to block someone on Twitter?
The Schapelle Corby media circus wasn’t reflected in Twitter stats and calls to boycott Fairfax during the staff strike show limited impact on this social media platform as well.
The late Gordon Burn’s prophetic writing predicted our obsession with celebrity and the media.
Politicians want social media giants to crack down on those publishing extremist material. A focus on disruption, encryption, recruitment and creating counter-narratives is recommended.
You need to start thinking about what will happen to your online data when you die.
Research shows social media allows people to disclose all sorts of information about their love for these brands and to seek out like minded people.
A number of big new stories, from home and abroad, meant we didn’t even shut Twitter off over the East long weekend.
We know negative news has an impact on our mental health, especially if we are constantly being exposed to it. Twitter is trying to help young people cope with the stress, which is a good start.
Tehran is fostering a start-up industry as a possible motor to solve Iran’s unemployment crisis.
Tumblr might the weird cousin of the other social media platforms, but it also makes a safe space for queer kids to hang out and understand their sexuality.
The trend of ‘naked tourism’ reveals something more than just bare bottoms – and it may call for some active interventions.
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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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Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
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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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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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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
