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QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) PhD Scholarships for 2016 Entry

The Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is now calling for expressions of interest from prospective postgraduate research students....

Creative Citizenship and Social Media

I’ve had a wonderful time in an unseasonably sunny London this week, which has included a keynote presentation at the Creative Citizens conference at the Royal College....

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#digcult14 – a Symposium on Gender, Sexuality and Social Media

On the 28th October, we will be hosting a symposium here at QUT dedicated to questions of gender, sexuality and social media. The symposium will be followed the next day by....

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“It’s a Match!” Dating and hooking up with digital media

Dating websites and apps have exploded in popularity over the past couple of years, taking advantage especially of the growth of smartphone use and advances in geolocation....

What we’re reading: September edition

As promised, if somewhat belatedly, here’s our monthly Reading Group update for September. Our shared featured reading was this new piece by Jose van Dijck and Thomas....

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What we’re reading: August edition

As of last Friday, the Social Media Research Group has started a monthly reading group – kind of like a journal club helping us all to keep up-to-date with the literature,....