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Social media

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Online social networks
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Digital future


From online media portals to phone apps and twitter poetry, technology is transforming the written word. So how are creators and consumers navigating the digital frontiers and how will these changes affect the way we read and write into the next decade? Guests Marni Cordell Owner and publisher of the independent news website New Matilda...
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Social media and public policy: what is the evidence?


Government and public service delivery is taking place in a changed world. A significant level of social, economic and political activity is now happening on the internet. As people buy and sell goods, search for information, browse the web and share their day–to–day experiences with colleagues, friends and family through social networks, they produce an...
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Death and the internet: consumer issues for planning and managing digital legacies


The project identified a range of ownership and access issues, and found that many online 'assets' are left exposed or stranded after death. The researchers concluded that more Australians should include digital registers in, or with, their wills and these should contain passwords and account locations so that material can then be distributed by the...
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'What makes you tweet?' Young people's perspectives on the use of social media as an engagement tool


This report explores young people’s use of social media and perspectives about how government agencies and community organisations should use social media to communicate with them.
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Digital news report 2013


The 2013 Digital News Report provides compelling evidence about the growing number of ways of consuming news and, in particular, the speeding up of the mobile and tablet revolution. It also documents the ways in which people are paying for news, the growing number of locations where they access the news, and brings new data...