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....
#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....
“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....
The dark art of Facebook fiddling with your news feed
Facebook’s news feed is probably the most-used feature of the social network. It organises posts, photos, links and advertisements from your friends and the pages you follow....
Call: QUT Creative Industries Faculty PhD Scholarships for 2015 Entry
Join the QUT Social Media Research Group! Applicants with excellent academic track records (equal to an Australian Bachelor Degree with First Class Honours) or equivalent....
Paid editors on Wikipedia – should you be worried?
Whether you trust it or ignore it, Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world and accessed by millions of people every day. So would you trust it any more....
When Canadians get mad (at Rob Ford), they retweet
As a Canadian overseas, I can’t say that I want to perpetuate news about Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford, since he is often one of the main topics that people bring up....
First Steps in Exploring the Australian Twittersphere
Twitter is widely used in Australia, but we don’t actually know such a great deal about the structure and dynamics of the Australian Twittersphere. Back in 2011/12, our....
Any name will do from now on says Google – why the change?
Google has announced a surprising end to its controversial “Real Name” policy with a contrite post on Google+, telling users that there are “no more restrictions”....
BB16 Week 3 Wrap: Native hashtags vs. the newcomers
Since our first BB16 blog, there has been two eliminations and a lot of drama – in the house and online. We are fairly strapped for time at the moment trying to get....