I'm delighted to announce we've had another article emerge from our research on young people and social media. This article analyses the media's role in the lead up to the social media delay for U16s in Australia. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

When you grading assessment for a postgrad unit and you feel like you're nearly done, but remember your class has a lot of Mainland Chinese students who's last name starts with 'Z'. #willthiseverend #thosefeels

So we had an article published in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social ! This works combines Instagram and YouTube data referencing care practices by journalists. Was a pleasure to work with my friend and colleague, A/Prof Diana Bossio on this piece:

Digital Journalism@digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 4mo ago

ONLINE FIRST! This article by Diana Bossio and Jonathon Hutchinson explores how #professional wellbeing for #socialmedia #journalism can be supported through some of the social infrastructures of online labour. Available with OPEN ACCESS. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has a team that works with community groups to seek stats from those sleeping rough and experiencing homelessness #Census26

I just wrote my first research analysis app using AI. It’s good for what I need. I would’ve previously given that work to an RA for about $2k. I have mixed feelings about this.

The King of Bahn Mi. #Hanoi #eats

I was interviewed about Bluesky, so I’m sharing it on Bluesky: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

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#IAMCR2025 Day 3 & 4 – International Association of Media and Communication Research CPT - Users in focus: Weighing behaviour and attitudes in media governance and platform policies I know how it works: Exploring the impact of algorithmic media content awareness on the privacy calculus of…

#IAMCR2025 Day 3 & 4 – International Association of Media and Communication Research

CPT - Users in focus: Weighing behaviour and attitudes in media governance and platform policies I know how it works: Exploring the impact of algorithmic media content awareness on the privacy calculus of self-disclosure» Dr. Zhang Hao Goh (Singapore)1, Prof. Gerard Goggin (Australia)2, Dr. Kym Campbell (Singapore)1 (1. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2.

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Holy shit: check this out: www.techloy.com/uber-baidu-p... Insights into how Uber is partnering with Baidu and moving rapidly into autonomous vehicles. Drivers have a shelf life...

Uber & Baidu Partner for Global Robotaxi Rollout

It could hit roads in Asia and the Middle East later this year.

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There is so much great work being presented in the first session of the last day of #IAMCR2025 (after the night of the conference dinner, may I add).

#IAMCR2025 Day 2 – International Association of Media and Communication Research, Nanyang University First half of today was consumed with meeting with colleagues, but I managed to sneak in the afternoon sessions: POP - The child’s play in/of popular media culture “We All Love Cinderella But...”:…

If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

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Bye forever, WeTransfer.

#IAMCR2025 Day 1 – International Association of Media and Communication Research Conference Continues… CPT - Governing content and user behaviour on platforms: regulation, policy and practices “Weapons of the Weak”: Daily Resistance and Collusion of Platform Content Moderators» Prof. Enqiang Guo…

#IAMCR2025 Day 1 – International Association of Media and Communication Research Conference Continues…

CPT - Governing content and user behaviour on platforms: regulation, policy and practices “Weapons of the Weak”: Daily Resistance and Collusion of Platform Content Moderators» Prof. Enqiang Guo (China)1, Dr. Jiebing Liang (China)2 (1. East China University of Political Science and Law, 2. School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Content moderators utilising the form of adaption in the application of moderation…

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Despite the room AV is not functional, CPT’s first panel chair @dhutchman.bsky.social gracefully moderated it and we upheld the #iamcr2025 participatory ethics as much as we can! Watch out that room 53 in Hive may not be functional till later. Ask the helpful volunteers for direction!

Wow. Standing room only for the CPT session at #IAMCR2025!

As I listen to this plenary session, I'm reminded that climate and environment is only one small part of the work we need to do as scholars. There are clear boundaries between what we do and how journalist and policymakers operate. #IAMCR2025

International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) preconference – The 50th Anniversary of Communication Policy & Technology #IAMCR2025 I was honoured to be invited to participate as a panel discussant at the 50th Anniversary of Communication Policy & Technology preconference. I…

International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) preconference – The 50th Anniversary of Communication Policy & Technology #IAMCR2025

I was honoured to be invited to participate as a panel discussant at the 50th Anniversary of Communication Policy & Technology preconference. I was invited to talk at the first panel, The Asia-Pacific Perspective toCommunication Policy Research, alongside Prof Yu Hong, Zhejiang University, China; Prof Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; and Prof Yu-li Liu, Shanghai University, China.

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Super fascinating publication about the disparities of digital literacies in newsrooms in the Middle East and Northern Africa that I've been exposed to in during the #CPT 50 precon at #IAMCR2025 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

I find the hype by fans and activity of the media for #tdf incredibly inappropriate. Can someone give this athlete 5 mins to recover before the Q&A?

Tour de France Hommes@letour.stadio.top · last yr.

All good Kevin? Feeling claustrophobic? 😅 #TDF2025 | #TDFLive

Super fascinating stuff about 6 and 7ghz wifi and public access by @catherinemiddleton.bsky.social here at #CPT precon at #IAMCR2025 I always assumed wifi will be free resource, but perhaps not…

Also, I think this is the best #tdf25 ever! So many things: crashes, wins, climbs and sprints. And it’s only day 5! Getting use to no sleep nights with my other ASEAN time zone fans…

Really @sbsaustralia.bsky.social ? Coffee of clarity? That’s so painfully awkward to watch those two sip empty cups. #tdf25

It’s not like the govt’s publicly funded (humanities) experts have been screaming this at you for months. But you now have a private consultant to confirm face recognition won’t won’t for a social media ban. Maybe we need a rethink here @MRowlandMP? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

With six months until teen social media ban, experts don't think tech is viable

Children as young as 15 were repeatedly misidentified as being in their 20s and 30s during government tests of age-checking tools, sowing new doubts about whether the teen social media ban is viable.

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For those following the Australian Children's Online Privacy Code (discussion paper here: www.oaic.gov.au/engage-with-...) Please see some of the work many advocates have been doing, spearheaded by @reset.tech, au.reset.tech/news/targete... #AOIC #children #privacy

ICA2025 – International Communication Association, Day 4 9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Agate B+C (Regency 3), Parasocial Relationships and/or Fan Engagement, Standard Paper Session, Popular Media & Culture, Chairs: Andrew Ledbetter, Texas Christian U The Character's Curse of When a Character Follows an Actor:…

ICA2025 – International Communication Association, Day 4

9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Agate B+C (Regency 3), Parasocial Relationships and/or Fan Engagement, Standard Paper Session, Popular Media & Culture, Chairs: Andrew Ledbetter, Texas Christian U The Character's Curse of When a Character Follows an Actor: Introducing and Understanding the Phenomenon of Character Baggage Caleb G. Hubbard; Lindsey Meeks Character baggage as the association (ongoing relationship) with characters Parasocial relationships: across multiple roles, across multiple mediums…

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ICA25 – International Communication Association Day 2 Scholarship continues into day 2... Took a chance on a random room and it was amazing. I learnt quite a bit about Bangladesh media, its regime, and the role news and media plays in this space. Full notes from sessions below: PARTNER PANEL:…

ICA25 – International Communication Association Day 2

Scholarship continues into day 2... Took a chance on a random room and it was amazing. I learnt quite a bit about Bangladesh media, its regime, and the role news and media plays in this space. Full notes from sessions below: PARTNER PANEL: South Asia Communication Association (SACA)Chairs(s): Zahedur Arman (Framingham State University) and Shafiqur Rahman (South Carolina U)

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Congrats @snurb.info on becoming an ICA Fellow! Super cool!!

International Communication Association Conference – Day 1 After a wonderful plenary last night that provoked us to think about who we are and how we respond, individually and as an association, to the current political environment, Day 1 for me has been a great experience. Much quality…

International Communication Association Conference – Day 1

After a wonderful plenary last night that provoked us to think about who we are and how we respond, individually and as an association, to the current political environment, Day 1 for me has been a great experience. Much quality scholarship emerging from the Popular Media and Culture, and Children and Media streams. Here's the following notes from the sessions I attended:

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Attn #ICA25 tragically I lost an earring in the Hyatt Regency. It is a very cool earring. No reward except good karma but do let me know if you find it. :)

Hey what’s up #ica25?!? I’ve seen some excellent scholarship so far, not least this piece by Hui Lin on algorithmic resistance journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Oscillation Between Resist and to Not? Users’ Folk Theories and Resistance to Algorithmic Curation on Douyin - Hui Lin, 2025

An increasing number of users are aware of algorithmically driven content curation. Yet, while numerous studies have examined how people understand algorithmic ...

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