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Canada needs to think carefully about our approach to regulating online harm. Rather than going it alone and taking aim at social media companies, Canada should work with other democracies.
Whatever it is that triggers you, the goal is to find the balance between using the news to stay informed and not becoming overwhelmed.
Your social media comment may prejudice the outcome of a trial, even if you don’t intend to.
It would be naïve to think that the rise of science and technology hasn’t made it more difficult to understand the problems we face as citizens
Indonesian gay communities dispel stigmas by using four strategies on social media.
A psychologist explains why certain goals may be more effective than others in breaking screen habits.
Gen X is leading the way in kicking the social media habit. And concerns about an overall ‘internet addiction’ seem overblown.
High school pupils enjoy using mobile devices for socialising. But their motivation to use devises decreases when it comes to studying online, especially unsupervised.
People appear to victim-blame celebrities for the abuse they suffer on Twitter.
Once, the way we viewed celebrities was framed by the legacy press and the entertainment industry. Now fans and social media are rewriting the script.
Our newfound ability to reincarnate the dead as chatbots presents several legal and ethical dilemmas.
Cable providers like Comcast carry Fox News and other channels that feed conspiracy theories and lies into Americans’ homes.
Every day, the internet fills up with more and more dead people while our ability to reanimate them grows. The dead are more robust and more vulnerable — and we’re not ready for any of this.
Can schools discipline students for remarks made online? The answer is not entirely clear.
Social media platform Clubhouse is a buzzy Silicon Valley darling, but its core attribute – audio chat – is unlikely to be a flash in the pan.
Facebook’s choice of profits over the people is difficult to reconcile with its commitment to free speech.
Misinformation isn’t an inevitable product of social media. Proven techniques can help tech companies clean up their acts.
Our relationship with Facebook, Google and news is a classic case of the prisoner’s dilemma. Cooperation may be the only way to get the best outcome.
The battle between media companies and foreign governments over who controls the news dates back some 150 years, to when European and US wire services dictated the world’s headlines.
Top contributors
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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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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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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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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
