A machine learning study of millions of online posts found five basic kinds of users – including ‘disagreers’ who mainly like to contradict others.
Articles on Online behaviour
Displaying all articles
Paedophile hunting follows the archetype of the ‘hero’s journey’.
Angry and even violent rhetoric has been normalised in the echo chambers of online platforms.
Most students think they know how to use the internet to search for information, and teachers agree. But this isn’t always the case.
As countries are calling for laws to control extremism online, it is becoming clear that defining the line between hate speech and free speech is a complex challenge.
Trolls tend to know the impact they’ll have, but don’t seem to care. So, how do we use our new findings to help stop this seemingly pointless, harmful behaviour?
The issues of accessibility, communication and connection are especially relevant when it comes to understanding why so many people vent their spleen on social media.
Social media is a great way to spread science information, fast. But the online echo chamber isn’t always good at separating what’s valid from what’s not, and being prolific doesn’t make you right.
A new mathematical model of ISIS supporters’ online behavior provides insights into how cyberactivity relates to real-world attacks.
The ease of buying shoes or managing our banking over a mobile phone connected to the internet has changed our expectations regarding accessible services. But not everyone is connected to the internet…
Three weeks ago, well-known feminist gaming critic Anita Sarkeesian was forced to leave her San Francisco home due to an ongoing tirade of abuse and threats. Members of a vocal minority of online trolls…
First impressions may have more to do with your eyebrows, eye height or bone structure than anything you do or say. Researchers…
Marketers are able to more effectively create brand relationships with children through online channels rather than traditional…
Top contributors
-
Research officer, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor in Education & Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
-
Associate Professor, NIKERI Institute, Deakin University
-
Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
-
Professor of Physics, George Washington University
-
Associate Professor, Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
-
Master's Student in Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
-
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
-
Lecturer, Curriculum and pedagogy, University of the Sunshine Coast
-
Senior Lecturer in English and New Media, Auckland University of Technology
-
Professor of Organisational Ethnography, Cambridge Judge Business School
-
Doctoral Student, EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
-
PhD Candidate, Behavioural Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
-
Professor of AI and Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney