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What can future politicians learn from the president-elect’s social media presence while on the campaign trail?
Hillary Clinton failed to unleash the power of the meme.
By tracking emotive tweets in the three weeks prior to polling day, these researchers called the election better than most pollsters.
In addition to the meddling alleged in the new Mueller indictments, about one in every five election-related tweets was generated by software, not humans.
As the torrent of carefully created social media posts to sites such as Facebook grows, who is to say which is the ‘real’ you.
While online action alone can’t solve a problem, it can be a very useful tool to mobilize people and focus attention on a crucial issue.
Facebook has banned insurance firm Admiral from using its data but research suggests it could predict if you’re a risk taker.
I like you, but won’t ‘like’ you.
ABBA are reportedly planning a ‘virtual and live experience’. What might this actually entail?
We need to educate children about how to behave responsibly online.
This week, I had the pleasure of sitting with Jessica Renzella - an Australian PhD student with Oxford University and a budding global health shaper. She told me about a new social campaign she’s leading…
Social media has speeded up our lives, and although video micro-blog service Vine may close, life isn’t going to get any slower.
Social media is changing the way we travel, with people increasingly eager to visit Instagram-worthy destinations. Has a place’s visual appeal become more important than its history and authenticity?
From a social media post that cracked open a decades-old abuse scandal in the UK and Australia, through to tracking asylum seekers, social media can be vital in breaking investigative news stories.
An abundance of natural resources has helped Kazakhstan attract billions in investments. Despite its booming economy, the government is unlikely to move towards democracy any time soon.
Changes that would widen the gulf between Australian practice and international standards should be avoided at all costs.
Think it’s a mere coincidence the first two letters of “algorithm” hint at Artificial Intelligence?
We now find ourselves in a ‘post-truth’ environment, trying to find meaning in dumbed-down democracy. How did we get here?
Threats to humiliate an intimate partner by sharing explicit photos or video is an old problem with a new digital twist, a new study finds.
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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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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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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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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 & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
