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How to break up with social media
Sharon Horwood | February 17, 2022Spending too much time mindlessly scrolling through your phone? Want to delete your social media, but can’t bring yourself to do it? Here are some ways to take the first steps back into the real world.
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Naming names won’t stop abuse on social media
Elise Thomas | October 11, 2021Anonymity sometimes cloaks abusive behaviour online, but social media users aren’t necessarily less abusive under their real names, or mandating identification may not resolve the problem.
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The insights and idiocy of social media research
Nicole Cruz | July 12, 2021The methods used to generate evidence for seemingly significant scientific findings regarding social media can also seem to support nonsensical claims.
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Why TikTok isn’t really a social media app
Fergus Ryan | March 12, 2021There’s one thing we’re all getting wrong about TikTok: it’s not really a social media app.
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Social media detox
Roger Patulny | March 11, 2021Short-lived as it was, Facebook’s removal of Australian news raised interesting questions about our dependence on social media and whether we can do without it.
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How businesses can head off social media storms
Stephan Ludwig | March 4, 2021An analysis of almost half a million online complaints suggests businesses need to respond fast with empathy and explanations to minimise the damage, but few firms understand the need for transparency.
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How tech giants swallowed the web
Jennifer Grygiel | February 28, 2021When Facebook disabled Australians’ access to news articles on its platform, and blocked sharing of articles from Australian news organizations, the company moved a step closer to killing the World Wide Web.
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Facebook could face serious consequences over news ban
Craig Donaldson | February 20, 2021Facebook’s botched takedown of content publishers yesterday will likely have serious reputational and commercial consequences for the social media platform, says UNSW Business School’s Rob Nicholls.
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Shutting the stable doors of social media
Timothy Graham | January 8, 2021The past few years have presented high stakes . Yet there have been plenty of opportunities to stop the situation snowballing to where it is now.
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Recruiters shouldn’t bother stalking applicants’ social media profiles
Craig Donaldson | November 26, 2020UNSW Business School research has found there is little to no correlation for recruiters between a job candidate’s social media profile and potential on-the-job performance or retention levels.
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Will Facebook pull news from its Australian site?
Rob Nicholls | September 2, 2020Facebook has announced it will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force tech giants to pay for news becomes law.
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Sharing to social media: Sensationalism or social good?
Rachel Gray | August 12, 2020People should consider the implications of posting images and footage of tragic events online, says UNSW’s Alyce McGovern.