Social Media Revolution Series
Facebook Unable To Stop Flow Of Fake News, Post-Truth Dominates Social Media Discourse
Nov 22, 2016 07:43 am UTC| Technology
Mark Zuckerberg has been dousing the flames of an angry public recently thanks to the proliferation of fake news on Facebook. Many are blaming the huge number of misleading content for allowing the victory of Donald Trump,...
Social Media Revolution Series
Instagram’s New Self-destructing Live Streaming Feature, It’s Snapchat But For Live Stream
Nov 22, 2016 07:40 am UTC| Technology
Instagram is taking its live streaming feature to a whole new level, allowing users to stream videos live, which will then disappear once it is done. This is different from how Twitters Periscope or Facebook Live are doing...
Social Media Revolution Series
Facebook’s Influence On 2M Votes, Still Refuses ‘Media’ Label
Oct 27, 2016 04:56 am UTC| Technology
Facebook is claiming to have pushed 2 million of its users to register as voters, thus highlighting the social media sites growing influence on directly impacting election results. The social network also refuses to be...
Social Media Revolution Series
Is social media turning people into narcissists?
Oct 21, 2016 14:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Social media has revolutionised how we communicate. In this series, we look at how it has changed the media, politics, health, education and the law. There has been a massive increase in the use of social media from...
Social Media Revolution Series
How investigative journalists are using social media to uncover the truth
Oct 18, 2016 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Borrowing Malcolm Turnbulls election slogan, optimists would say there has never been a more exciting time to be a journalist. Why? Part of the answer lies with social media and the digital age. A recent trip to Nepal...
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In Turkey's state of emergency, social media is more important than ever
Sep 28, 2016 17:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Turkey has become notorious for curtailing media freedom and jailing journalists. As well as persecuting journalists, the government often shuts down Facebook, Twitter or Youtube when street demonstrations and terrorist...
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Social media and defamation law pose threats to free speech, and it's time for reform
Sep 15, 2016 00:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Recent discussion about freedom of speech in Australia has focused almost exclusively on Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. For some politicians and commentators, 18C is the greatest challenge to freedom of...
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