Digital communications
Report
Workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment: perpetration, responses and prevention
Ever evolving technologies in the workplace create new mediums for sexual harassment, and employers and staff need support on how to prevent and respond to the potential harms. This research offers crucial insights to aid Australian employers and policy-makers in understanding and combating workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment (WTFSH) effectively.
Briefing paper
Policy brief: the impact of screen time and social media on the mental health of young Australians
This policy brief explores both the benefits and risks to young people’s mental health associated with smartphone and social media use, and discusses the ways in which to harness the positive aspects of the digital environment while averting or minimising the potential mental health harms associated with the online world among young Australians.
Briefing paper
New logics for governing human discourse in the online era
The author of this paper argues that the digitisation of human discourse is an immense undertaking that will radically reshape humanity and the nature of human thought, unfolding over many decades.
Report
Mapping the digital gap: Djarindjin and Lombadina, WA 2023 community update report
This report outlines updated findings from a second research visit to Djarindjin and Lombadina; two discrete communities located adjacent to each other on the Dampier Peninsula in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Discussion paper
What does it look like for Australia to ... use all tools of statecraft in the information environment
Coordinated disinformation campaigns are now an established feature of domestic politics in Australia’s region. This paper argues that a multilateral approach to the building of new norms and standards in the digital age is an urgent priority, and that Australia should position itself to be an influential participant in these debates.