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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.
Photographers can’t pay the bills with Instagram likes – but it’s pushing them to capture more spectacular images than ever before.
Television is dead; long live the Olympics.
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.
What happens when games and social media infiltrate society to the point that we all become avatars and anonymous usernames?
The use of social networking sites by fast food companies to target children is a regulatory grey area.
Pressure from online comments can cause our democratically elected leaders to act in the strangest ways.
The mainstream media has knocked Brazil for the Zika virus, doping scandals and safety concerns. But citizen social media users, by revealing an alternate narrative, could even the score for Rio.
A case in Sydney is the latest instance in which the powers-that-be contribute to the widespread victim-blaming and perpetrator-exonerating in relation to cyber violence against women and girls.
This playful form of rebellion is empowering people all over the world to move freely around their cities.
Viral posts don’t always tell the truth -– so how can we stop them spreading?
Scholars studied every tweet sent and Facebook post made by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump since before the primaries. Here’s what they learned about issues and negativity.
Digital media has the power to inform, but it is also helping some to spread hate. Have we reached the tipping point between order and chaos at the global level?
There’s a time and place for a smartphone and some artists and sports stars want you to stop using them when they’re performing. Just enjoy the live event instead.
What the law in Pakistan says about honour killings.
The majority of parents in the UK believe social media harms their children’s moral development.
Social media campaigns such as #PrayForNice have been accused of being discriminatory for focusing on Western attacks, but research shows that familiarity and location are more relevant.
The ‘fitspo’ movement may be aiming to promote a healthier body image for women, but in truth it’s just another narrow set of ideals about what women should look like.
Social media is creating an archive that will shape the way we see our past.
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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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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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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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
