Jay Daniel Thompson
@jaydanielthompson.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Professional Communication at RMIT University in Australia. Researches ethical online communication in an era of fake news and digital hostility.
PUBLICATION TODAY: I ask what Australia’s (ultimately unsuccessful) Combating Misinformation and Disinformation Bill 2024 suggests about the tough balance between curbing mis/disinformation and protecting freedom of expression. #research www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Thanks to HuffPost for interviewing me about digital hostility, conspiracies and the recent UFC fight at the White House. www.huffpost.com/entry/michel...
A UFC Fighter Called Michelle Obama A Man At The White House — It's Part Of An Alarming Trend
These conspiracy theories, once relegated to "murky, reactionary corners on the internet," are racist, transphobic and misogynistic.
huffpost.com
I was recently interviewed by HuffPost on this recent, insidious manifestation of conspiracy culture. Give it a read! www.huffpost.com/entry/erika-...
The Right Is Now ‘Transvestigating’ Erika Kirk And Sydney Sweeney
The trend has been going on for a while, but wildly, now the right seems to be eating its own.
huffpost.com
Loving the vibe on RMIT University’s Melbourne CBD campus as the new students celebrate Orientation Week. Go forth and prosper!
Adding to my Summer reading list - thanks @timothyjgraham.bsky.social for sharing!
Timothy Graham@timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 8mo agoInteresting - polarisation as simplistic framing.
Huge thanks to Professor Panizza Allmark for launching my book at the CSAA 2025 conference today and for her kind words. I’m feeling grateful.
X now reveals the locations of user accounts, pulling back the curtain on the scale and scope of manipulation and “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on the platform. At the least, I hope it helps us reevaluate platforms as “neutral” infrastructure. www.businessinsider.com/x-shows-loca...
X erupts after the platform reveals the locations where accounts are based
X, formerly Twitter, launched a feature that shows accounts' locations, in an effort to promote transparency.
businessinsider.com
So, my Monday began with my cat tearing up my latest council rates notice. Does that mean I get out of paying it? #thecatatemyhomework
No surprises here. There are grave ethical issues with platforming extremists, as Kurt Sengul and I have elsewhere argued (see the links in comments). The Australian media has blood on its hands.
PUBLICATION TODAY: My review of the disturbing and disturbingly good debut novel for Melbourne author Thomas Vowles. Enjoy! theconversation.com/i-genuinely-...
‘I genuinely did hold my breath’: a sordid, sexy queer debut evokes Hitchcock and Christos Tsiolkas
When twentysomething Ash arrives in Melbourne seeking a ‘new version’ of himself, he’s fleeing a country town and a joyless upbringing.
theconversation.com
Spotted in the wild - my book, in stores as of this week!
PUBLICATION TODAY: On the Epstein files and the dangers of conspiracy. www.abc.net.au/religion/eps...
Why the ‘Epstein files’ should not distract us from the danger of conspiracy theories - ABC Religion & Ethics
It seems that Donald Trump’s penchant for turning conspiracies into political weapons has exploded in his face — but as the “Epstein files” furore demonstrates, conspiracy theories are about a lot mor...
abc.net.au
PUBLICATION TODAY! My monograph on Silverchair’s iconic Frogstomp album has been published as an eBook. Link below. Grunge forever!
Pleased to be interviewed for this student magazine about online hostility following the 2024 presidential election. I always enjoy speaking with student journos, having been one myself. www.mojonews.com.au/politics/onl...
Tackling online violence after the US election
How can we ensure social media protects, not degrades, democracy?
mojonews.com.au
PUBLICATION TODAY: the ethics of reporting on an increasingly brazen, media-savvy Far Right. Co-authored with @kurtsengul.bsky.social and published by the ABC. www.abc.net.au/religion/eth...
The far-right poses profound ethical challenges for the media - ABC Religion & Ethics
Western democracies are now entering a new phase of far-right mobilisation. Journalists and media outlets have a responsibility to avoid amplifying and legitimising the far-right’s hateful propaganda ...
abc.net.au
A real privilege to work with Kurt Sengul on this paper, published today in Communication and the Public, and addressing a topical - and disturbing - set of issues.
Kurt Sengul@kurtsengul.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Thrilled to share my latest publication with Jay Daniel Thompson I’m really excited to see this (finally) published. We hope it adds another voice to critical conversations surrounding the problematic relationship between news media and the far right journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Since its trending over on the bad site, if anyone wants to read my new article on the far-right’s use of X/Twitter Spaces, it’s open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I’ve got this feeling somebody’s watching me
So Melbourne Uni is right on the cusp of interesting work around truth-telling and transformation in the Indigenous space, and my School is hiring a Professor of Indigenous Studies, and I could not be more excited. Please share widely with your networks! (Identified role, obviously)
Professor in Indigenous Studies (Education & Research) / Director, Indigenous Studies Program
Only Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians are eligible to apply as this position is exempt under the Special Measure Provision, Section 12(1) of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (VIC).Ab...
pipelinetalent.com.au
With the 30th anniversary of Silverchair’s ‘Frogstomp’ album, what better time to plug my forthcoming book on my forthcoming Bloomsbury 331/3 book on that album and its persistent cultural legacy? www.bloomsbury.com/au/silvercha...
silverchair's Frogstomp
Revisits Australian rock band silverchair's globally successful debut album Frogstomp (1995) and asserts that the band is not an imitation of American grunge no…
bloomsbury.com
PUBLICATION TODAY! Open access in 'Convergence', co-authored with the brilliant research team on the Australian Research Council project 'Online hostility in Australian digital cultures'.
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Wonderful to meet the new BP354 students at the induction as part of RMIT University’s O-Week. For info on this excellent degree, see the comments below.
