Digital communications
Guide
Hybrid engagement
Hybrid engagement integrates real-time digital and in-person activities to allow participants greater choice and flexibility to participate in an engagement process. This resource offers some guidance on how to effectively conduct hybrid engagement.
Policy report
Frontier influencers: the new face of China’s propaganda
This report explores how the Chinese party-state’s globally focused propaganda and disinformation capabilities are evolving and increasing in sophistication. Concerningly, this emerging approach by the Chinese party-state to influence international discourse on China, including obfuscating its record of human rights violations, is largely flying under the radar of US social media platforms and western policy-makers.
Policy report
Misinformation and disinformation: an international effort using behavioural science to tackle the spread of misinformation
This paper outlines some key behavioural insights to help improve policy responses to stop the spread of mis- and dis-information.
Report
Combatting online Islamophobia and racism in Australia: the case for an eSafety duty of care
This report, commissioned by the Islamic Council of Victoria, argues that the failure of social media platforms to improve their demonstrably ineffectual systems for the review of hateful material, coupled with the grave harms of online Islamophobia, necessitates government intervention.
Working paper
Mapping the digital gap - background paper: project objectives, context and methods
The 'Mapping the Digital Gap' project involves working with remote First Nations communities to measure and track changes in digital inclusion levels and media use within each community over three years, from 2022–2024. This working paper sets out the project’s approach, covering its main objectives, policy and research context, methodology and research sites.