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Natural disasters prompt a flood of social media posts. AI can help sift the wheat of helpful information from the chaff of chitchat and misinformation.
TikTok has never played a bigger role in election campaigning, but it was hard to know what Gen Z were being told and by who - until now.
Social media is awash with content promoting grounding mats and sheets. Could they really help you sleep better?
A machine learning study of millions of online posts found five basic kinds of users – including ‘disagreers’ who mainly like to contradict others.
Despite backing from the Murdoch-owned papers, the Coalition didn’t win the election. But it’s more complicated than simply old media versus new media.
Often, women’s sport isn’t seen on users’ digital media feeds. This is not a glitch, it is a structural flaw in how digital platforms serve content.
There is global interest in limiting social media access for young people. But the arguments for a ban for people under 16 don’t really stack up.
From corflutes and how-to-vote cards to 250,000 pencils, 240,000 volunteer vests and 80,000 ballot boxes, here’s what happens to election materials after polling day.
The five week campaign was lamented by many as dull. But on TikTok, where millions of Australians are daily, it was anything but.
Political attacks are now supercharged by technology platforms retreating from accountability, and exploited by hostile foreign powers.
Some countries have already moved to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigning. New Zealand should follow suit.
Snark subreddits act as a regulatory guardrail in an industry that has gone largely unchecked.
Online influencers are not governed by laws that regulate political content, and as such, can be leveraged to spread campaign content.
‘Cortisol belly’ and ‘cortisol face’ are catchy terms but they oversimplify complex biological processes into insecurities.
As digital replicas of real people become more common in image-based industries like fashion, urgent questions are emerging about the future of work in the cultural economy.
Visual content, including manipulated images, is a staple of propaganda and political messaging. AI analysis shows that a surge of these memes can precede the outbreak of wide-scale violence.
Memes are the currency of the election campaign online. Here’s a report card on the Labor, Liberal and Greens efforts, from the good to the tone-deaf.
Knowing exactly why experts disagree can help us navigate uncertainty – and make better decisions.
Pontiffs have always been subject to branding, making them unique subjects for public fascination and popular culture.
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology