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Fact-checking can take hours or days while fakes can be created in seconds. So, what do we do?
Three videos, three very different messages about masculinity and health. New research shows this is how the manosphere finds young men.
The original indie sleaze moment emerged in the early-mid 2000s, connecting with music, fashion, nightlife and online culture.
Tracking hate speech online is challenging even when terms are explicit. Coded speech is harder to detect – but pairing AI tools with human research teams can help.
Success will rely significantly on parents’ abilities – and children’s willingness – to engage with these new tools.
As TikTok invests in short-form scripted series, it’s leaning into the same storytelling, advertising and viewing habits that defined television.
Reducing pain and boosting body positivity are two benefits of ‘cycle syncing’, according to social media.
Taking regular breaks from technology seems like a good idea. A digital wellbeing expert explains if that’s backed by science.
Social media ‘influencers’ were dismissed in some quarters when they were allowed into the budget lock-up. But they carry huge clout, and are here to stay.
It’s a perfect quick moral apocalypse for a doomscrolling public.
We’re living in a golden age of close reading.
The News Media Bargaining Code was world-leading. The government’s new plan, the News Bargaining Incentive, will build on past progress to protect journalism.
Adolescents’ digital risks are shaped by inequality.
A public sphere where people speak constantly but rarely feel genuinely heard is not a healthy one.
Since rising to public prominence, the manosphere has been treated as if it’s just a niche corner of the internet. But those days are long gone.
Much of the world still needs to make progress in regulatory terms, and platform transparency cannot be treated as a corporate choice.
Money management guidance used to be uncontroversial and staid. It’s become something completely different on social media.
This week, our world feels more uncertain than ever. It’s tempting to turn away – but attentive curiosity and ‘radical open-mindedness’ are better ways to combat chaos.
‘Manosphere’ influencers claim to be able to increase their followers’ value – for a fee.
Top contributors
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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