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April 5, 2022

Guns, tanks and Twitter: how Russia and Ukraine are using social media as the war drags on

Collette Snowden, University of South Australia

Both nations have understood the need to take to social media — but have done so in markedly different ways.

Twitter is experimenting with 280 characters. Shutterstock

September 29, 2017

What Twitter can learn from that time Coca Cola changed its formula

Collette Snowden, University of South Australia

Twitters experiment with 280 characters bears a remarkable resemble to the time Coca Cola changed its formula. That didn’t end well.

After Charlottesville, journalists need to ask themselves whether they’re OK with doxing. AAP Image/NEWZULU/Jack Basile

August 27, 2017

Digging for dirt in the digital age: the trouble with journalism and doxing

Collette Snowden, University of South Australia

Doxing challenges traditional journalism. Its investigative role is circumvented by people disclosing information online quickly, and often inaccurately.

Politicians and their staffers are now highly attuned to the power of social media. AAP/Lukas Coch

October 12, 2016

I’m right, you’re wrong, and here’s a link to prove it: how social media shapes public debate

Collette Snowden, University of South Australia

Social media is a key platform for public debate. But that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily good.

Journalists are often expected to engage with social media. Esther Vargas/Flickr

May 22, 2015

Social media sackings risk stifling journalistic expression

Collette Snowden, University of South Australia

The recent sacking of an SBS journalist for controversial statements made on social media could inspire self-censorship amongst journalists.

When Queensland MP Tim Nicholls said the Newman government didn’t ‘communicate’ well enough, he cast the audience as passive, without views or values of their own. AAP/John Pryke

February 8, 2015

Talking loud, saying nothing: the old political pitch no longer works

Collette Snowden, University of South Australia

Amid uncertainty over Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s future even if he survives a leadership spill on Monday, the fallout from the shock Queensland election result and political chaos in the Northern Territory…

As a former journalist, Tony Abbott should know that everyone who writes in public writes to be heard – whether it’s on social media or elsewhere. AAP/Wayne King

January 28, 2015

No, Tony Abbott, you can’t dismiss social media as ‘electronic graffiti’

Collette Snowden, University of South Australia

Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s announcement of a knighthood for Prince Philip on Australia Day sparked both a mainstream and social media storm. But Abbott’s response to this backlash, when he casually dismissed…

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Guns, tanks and Twitter: how Russia and Ukraine are using social media as the war drags on

What Twitter can learn from that time Coca Cola changed its formula

Digging for dirt in the digital age: the trouble with journalism and doxing

I’m right, you’re wrong, and here’s a link to prove it: how social media shapes public debate

Social media sackings risk stifling journalistic expression

Talking loud, saying nothing: the old political pitch no longer works

No, Tony Abbott, you can’t dismiss social media as ‘electronic graffiti’

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