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Bots that reply to online posts can help people connect with each other, but at the same time they also interfere with people communicating with each other.
Reddit’s AITA content has found an afterlife on nearly every other social platform – giving life to a thriving content mill.
In the early days the internet was a free, egalitarian space for anyone to surf. Now, commercial interests rule – but users do still have some control.
Americans associate with each other more online than off these days. How people interact in digital communities could have a big impact on democracy.
People participate in online communities to share experiences and sympathy. AI chatbots that join the conversation can only pretend to offer either.
There is no shortage of horror stories about online shaming, but it’s not always a bad thing. It comes down to who is doing the shaming and how cohesive the online community is.
Fixating on sleep can make your sleep worse. But some people crave the connection online sleep communities provide.
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
Like the rest of Australia, we have been following the world cup with growing emotional intensity. From the group chat to TikTok, the online alt-commentary on the game has been a joy.
A romance writer’s bizarre fake death has gone viral. That her being alive stayed undetected for 2.5 years reminds us that our online and published personas are still separate from real life.
Members of fan communities in China participate in online activities under Chinese surveillance, but some group members are able to leverage censorship to their own ends.
Younger cancer patients have unique challenges, and resources often target older patients. Social media brings younger cancer patients together to share information, emotional support and hope.
Scuttlebutt is an entirely decentralised social network – and it shows we can learn to make the internet better.
Despite their vulnerability to co-ordinated attacks, community reviews can be a vital tool to make games better.
Mainstream medicine hasn’t yet found enough evidence-based treatments for long COVID. No wonder sufferers are turning to unproven therapies.
Users can place one pixel every five minutes: it’s collaboration at its best, destructive chaos at its worst.
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW
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Research Fellow, History and Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Film, Screen and Creative Media, and Associate Dean Engagement, Bond University
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, The University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Leadership, Royal Roads University
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Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in English Literatures, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, UMass Amherst
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Assistant professor, Sociology, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University