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The catchphrase ‘you’ve met me at a very Chinese time of my life’ is doing the rounds on social media. What does it mean?
Do you love using the laughing-crying emoji? If so, you’re probably a Millennial.
Researchers found that when salespeople perceived their leaders as ethical, they felt more committed to the organization.
Like with most things in life, the use of technology to capture nature comes with pros and cons. How might our phone lens’ be impacting our relationship with the natural world?
Parents need to understand how algorithms work. These can drive misogynistic content towards boys and young men and can make extreme views seem normal.
Virtual influencers have relationships, explore the world and take risks. The web is their playground – but they don’t exist.
The creation of social media accounts based on fictional models raises pointed questions about race, representation and commodification.
Pronouncements made by the Chinese government often cloak a hidden agenda.
Millennials’ favourite 😂 is the latest casualty of gen z’s emoji snobbery.
A recent TikTok trend involved people impersonating Holocaust victims. This has sparked questions about how to ethically use testimony in digital media.
Concert halls may slowly be able to reopen – but difficulties will remain.
Research suggests the impact of dating apps depends on your local dating culture – and that varies hugely around the world.
Stop blaming video games for violent acts, a digital culture expert says. Instead, look to the link with public health to help us deal with a complicated culture of violence.
Fanfiction is nebulous, confusing and often mocked. It’s also explosively popular. So what is it?
Beginning about 20 years ago, the internet placed almost the entirety of human creation in an unguarded window display and said, in effect, help yourself. But that’s not to say all illegal downloaders are the same.
Cyberhate would deny women their full democratic rights as citizens, yet this is trivialised and dismissed – just as sexual violence, discrimination and workplace harassment have been for decades.
Despite significant budgetary constraints, the government announced in Tuesday’s budget that a further A$450 million in counter-terrorism strategies. But something significant is lacking in its approach.
Many people fear technology is making us dumber, and they have great reservations about children using smartphones or computers. But technology ought to be embraced, particularly by kids.
“The internet is forever.” So goes a saying regarding the impossibility of removing material – such as stolen photographs – permanently from the web. Yet paradoxically the vast and growing digital sphere…
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