More ‘Fake News’ Research, and a PhD Opportunity!
For those of you who have access to Australian television, this is an advance warning that the research on coronavirus-related mis- and disinformation that my colleagues....
‘Like a Virus’ – Disinformation in the Age of COVID-19
QUT DMRC social media researchers Dr Tim Graham and Prof. Axel Bruns participated in Essential Media’s Australia at Home online seminar series on 23 April, presenting....
Some Questions about Filter Bubbles, Polarisation, and the APIcalypse
Rafael Grohmann from the Brazilian blog DigiLabour has asked me to answer some questions about my recent work – and especially my new book Are Filter Bubbles Real?,....
Filter Bubbles and Echo Chambers: Debunking the Myths
(Crossposted from the Polity blog.) Filter bubbles and echo chambers have become very widely accepted concepts – so much so that even Barack Obama referenced the....
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A First Draft of the Present: Why We Must Preserve Social Media Content
History, they say, is written by the winners – but more concretely, it is written on the basis of the records that survive and are accessible to historians. For most of....
Our Presentations at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference 2014
Another year is almost over, which must mean that conference season is upon us. This means, in particular, our annual pilgrimage to the wonderful annual conference of the....
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Big Brother’s Radar, Social Media and Public Votes
Big Brother is undoubtedly one of the most popular Australian shows on Social Media. Outside of ABC’s weekly hit Q&A, our 2013 study of Australian TV found Big Brother....
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....
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....
‘What’s on your mind?’ Writing on Facebook as a tool for self-formation
My new publication on writing on Facebook as a tool for self-formation in New Media & Society develops non-technologically deterministic and historically aware ways of....
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