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The trend is largely inspired and practiced by ‘therians’. Not to be confused with furries, therians are people who identify as non-human animals.
When the quest for attention meets a platform for edgy content, plenty can go wrong.
Do you love using the laughing-crying emoji? If so, you’re probably a Millennial.
The rest of the internet can learn a lot from online ‘informal networks’.
Exposure to extreme content does not guarantee radicalisation. Extremist messaging is most effective when it taps into real and perceived grievances young people may be experiencing.
Social media algorithms, anonymity and viral culture combine to amplify online abuse. To combat trolling, everyone must work together.
Between her ‘coconut context’ and embracing a ‘brat summer’, Harris is certainly leaning into young people’s discourse surrounding the election. In many ways, her quirks have become her strengths.
Young people use social media to connect with culture and community, and to have a voice on political issues that concern them.
From ‘starvemaxxing’ and ‘edgemaxxing’ to ‘whitemaxxing’ – young men and boys are being bombarded with a plethora of problematic content online.
Do you remember the bizarre Salad Fingers videos from the early 2000s? They inspired a whole genre of genre-less online videos.
What did Australians do online in the 1990s? Shared bioinformatics data, made cyberfeminist zines, cruised the information superhighway …
Non-playable characters, or NPCs, are taking TikTok by storm – a trend where people pretend to be background video game characters for profit.
As of this weekend, users can ‘buy’ a verification badge on Twitter for just US$8. This problematic system will have widespread consequences.
The age of the free speech free-for-all is over – but public online spaces are possible.
Fast-moving viral memes create space for low-stakes, humorous and wholesome engagement on often toxic social media platforms
The video game community on Twitch has taken a massive interest in chess. The young, irreverent gamers and the ancient world of chess are both transforming as their cultures collide.
The lockdown has seen Italy’s urban life shift to new spaces.
There are a few simple tricks anyone can use.
Mapping Web usage shows a new picture of the Internet, one without its core in the West, but rather a mosaic of online regional cultures that mirror offline regional cultural identities.
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Adjunct Lecturer, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor of Media and Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Sociology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor in Media, RMIT University
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Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology
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Professor, Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico di Torino
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Distinguished Professor of Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Media, Swinburne University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside
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Associate Professor, Digital and Social Media, School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney