Social media
Alternative labels
Online social networks
Report
State of play—youth, kids and digital dangers
This report highlights a number of key themes in relation to the online challenges facing young people age 8–17.
Report
Bots in the Twittersphere
Twitter bots are accounts that can post content or interact with other users in an automated way and without direct human input. This study focuses on a particular kind of bot behavior - bots that tweet or retweet links to content around the web.
Report
Culturally and linguistically diverse young people and digital citizenship: a pilot study
This research project looks at how young, first and second generation Victorians are accessing and using digital technology to engage in social, economic, political and cultural life online.
Report
Social media mob: being Indigenous online
Although there has been an increasing abundance of critical research on social media, little is known about Indigenous Australians’ use of social media. This report is divided into six sections based around a broad range of themes: Indigenous identities, online communities, practising culture, racism and violence, help-seeking, and political activism.
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Should Australian political parties use data mining to access voter information?
"There needs to be a complete rethink of the way we allow political parties to operate," says the Chair of Digital Rights Watch, Tim Norton.