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The social steamroller
Matthew Pittman | May 2, 2023Social media began as a way for people to share fun snippets and chat, but under the control of big tech has become a corporate steamroller of advertising and cynical behavioural manipulation.
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A voice for the nation
Geoff Heriot | April 16, 2023Australia should make better use of the ABC to promote its values and image abroad.
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Twitterific
Gianluca Demartini | March 7, 2023Elon Musk’s eccentric attempts to revitalise Twitter prompt wider questions of the financial viability and social responsibility of other social media platforms.
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Keeping up appearances
Sabine Baker | February 4, 2023People have always tried to ‘keep up with the Joneses” but the temptation to compare our humdrum lives with the sparkling boasts of others on social media can make us feel we’re falling behind everyone else in the world.
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Online adolescence
Open Forum | January 24, 2023Many adolescents spend hours online every day, at a time when social interactions play a crucial role in developing their sense of self and mental well-being, and a new study has examined the effects this may have on them.
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The last of us
Jacqueline Burgess | January 18, 2023Videogames are the most successful media of our time, but film and TV adaptations of popular games are seldom successful. The Last of Us may buck that trend by respecting the source material.
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The truth vs Twitter
Daniel Angus | January 17, 2023Digital technologies are making the fight against misinformation even trickier for embattled social media giants such as Twitter.
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LinkedIn at 20
Theo Tzanidis | December 29, 2022Lots of people in the business world have a Linkedin account, which is why Microsoft paid billions for the company, although how much they actually use it is another matter.
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Iran’s TikTok revolution
Whitney Shylee May | December 17, 2022Gil Scott Heron was right, the revolution is not being televised, at least in Iran, but the ‘TikTok generation’ at the forefront of the protests is using social media to organise and get their message across.
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Bye bye bluebird?
Anjana Susarla | November 21, 2022The mercurial Elon Musk seems determined to destroy the microblogging site he paid $44 billion for, but the world would lose a lot if Musk does ruin or even bankrupt Twitter.
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#Democracy
Stephan Lewandowsky | November 9, 2022There are two common ways of thinking about democracy in the online era. First, the internet is a liberation technology and will usher in an era of global democracy. Second, you can have social media or democracy, but not both.
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Bird of prey
Diana Bossio | November 6, 2022Elon Musk has imposed sweeping change on Twitter in his first week of ownership, sacking top executives and half the staff while promising higher fees on users. Far from offering a fresh start, nervous advertisers and users are already starting to flee.