In a loosely regulated industry, followers shouldn’t necessarily buy what these influencers are selling.
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Facebook and Instagram were recently told by their parent company, Meta, to overhaul their policy on nipple exposure. But the change may not be as radical as people hope. Here’s why.
Liver King: scandal shows why more regulation is needed for TikTok and Instagram stars.
Some of the now-adult children of influencers are pushing back.
Health claims for chlorophyll water are all over TikTok. We looked at the evidence to see what stacked up.
Radical change at Twitter shows how quickly strategies and values can shift in Big Tech. New Zealand needs to be less reliant on overseas solutions for its own digital infrastructure plans.
With less than 14% of shares, Meta’s chairman and chief executive controls the majority of votes because of the tech company’s dual-class share structure.
Imposing outright social media bans can do more harm than good.
Cute and fluffy species get most of the attention that attracts resources to conserve them. But a new study finds people respond well to creepy crawlies if they’re given time in the media limelight.
The booming child influencer industry is still largely unregulated – so parents and managers are starting to make their own rules to protect kids.
None of the major digital platforms lets the public see what advertising they carry and how it’s targeted, according to a new report.
The incident at St. Xavier’s University in Kolkata amounts to gendered harassment.
A privacy researcher found a ‘code injection’ that allows Instagram and Facebook to collect sensitive user data, including passwords and credit card details.
An expert explains the issues that influencers and content creators are up against.
It’s one thing to get ‘likes’ on a video of a cute dog or a photo of your weekend adventures – but another to create content that fosters understanding of complex topics.
New research using AI finds that trendy, unique-looking foods generate less social media engagement than traditional, normal-looking foods.
In this new work at Melbourne’s Rising Festival, Anything & Everything lets kids tell us how they see themselves and the world around them.
Influencers need to be aware that some of their followers may have unhealthy relationships with social media. Although it contrasts with their goals, influencers can help create healthy relationships.
Humour is now part of the modern election campaign. Facebook and TikTok have become joke battlegrounds.
A social media scholar says the authenticity, connection and immediacy of Zelenskyy’s appeal explains why his videos were so powerful.
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor of Internet Studies & Director of Influencer Ethnography Research Lab, Curtin University
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Professor of Digital Culture, Business and Computing, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Director Centre for Organisations and Social Change, RMIT University
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