World-leading communication, media, and law research for a flourishing digital society. research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/https://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3muxntihmf72lA new piece from DMRC Director Daniel Angus and our colleague at the University of Melbourne, Christine Parker, with a topical discussion around the Australian social media ban. It's a big week for digital legislation in Australia! https://theconversation.com/australias-social-media-ban-has-an-enforcement-problem-these-new-laws-aim-to-fix-it-291356?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com07 Sep 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxntihmf72lhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3muil4xx7qu2nA team of DMRC researchers, led by Kateryna Kasianenko, have conducted research into AI Overviews - the generative AI summaries that appear at the top of search engine results - and whether they support conspiratorial information seeking practices. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1329878X26148185601 Sep 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muil4xx7qu2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3muijuhvd3c2oPride Month - Celebrating Queer History QUT Centre for Justice and DMRC invite you to a special Pride Month event celebrating the people, stories and acts of courage that have shaped queer history at QUT and across Queensland. 10AM - 12PM | Thursday 24 Sept https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/pride-month-2026-tickets-199900716223401 Sep 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muijuhvd3c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mugemhj5qo2rWell done to Daniel Angus and Ashwin Nagappa on their new article in The Conversation today. This piece looks at the pros and cons of the idea idea that Australians can take social media into their own hands and choose what they see on their feed. Check it out below! https://theconversation.com/australians-could-soon-be-able-to-choose-what-appears-in-their-social-media-feed-how-would-this-work-29083901 Sep 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugemhj5qo2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mudshjglfw2iOur colleagues at ADM+S Centre have just released a report exploring Australians’ experiences and perceptions of Voice AI in the media. It shows a desire for genuine human connection, and concerns about authenticity and the potential impact of AI on creative workers. https://www.admscentre.org.au/new-research-reveals-australians-concerns-about-authenticity-and-trust-in-voice-ai/31 Aug 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudshjglfw2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mu42bdlndo2sA great read from Dr Ned Watt (Ned Watt) and Associate Professor Michelle Riedlinger (Michelle Riedlinger), discussing the decline in factchecking from large platforms, and the systems that are taking their place such as Community Notes on X. https://theklaxon.com.au/the-collapse-of-trust-in-facts-fact-checking-in-retreat/27 Aug 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu42bdlndo2shttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mtsfctxyc22cA great read from our colleagues at the ADM+S Centre! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsfctxyc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mthvrmapxo26Our recent visitors to the DMRC, Julia Ester de Paula and Thales Antonelli, joined the Read Them Sideways podcast team to discuss The Compartilha Project. The project teaches deliberative democracy skills to young people in Brazilian schools. Listen now to learn more! https://open.spotify.com/episode/0T4iPm7zdDzfBNgGrwurEm?si=7861070ead27412219 Aug 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthvrmapxo26https://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mtajqzqt7422Congratulations to PhD student Klaus Groebner on his first publication, "From national outlets to transnational audiences: far-right hyperpartisan news sources on YouTube". This study examines hyperpartisan news outlets on YouTube using a great, novel methodology! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1329878X26147420117 Aug 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtajqzqt7422https://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mswxgyi3sv2pA new Conversation article from Stephen Harrington, Ella Chorazy, and Timothy Graham This article talks about the idea of 'sanewashing' in the media, using Donald Trump as a case study. A link to their full paper on this idea can be found in this thread. https://theconversation.com/the-media-has-made-donald-trump-look-more-coherent-than-he-is-its-called-sanewashing-28961613 Aug 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswxgyi3sv2phttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3msorys3rhu2sIn the new episode of Read Them Sideways, Kate FitzGerald speaks about a newly published paper assessing whether chatbots have safety features to keep users safe from being exposed to harmful conspiracy theories. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DAtjAM1z14wmidm67hv68?si=ce8130013b1a4bbf09 Aug 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msorys3rhu2shttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3msekdr227l22Kateryna Kasianenko has a new commentary article out in the Journal of Multicultural Discourses https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17447143.2026.2708291#d1e126 It responds to an article by Radzuwan Ab Rashid, who proposed a digital discourse studies framework that updates discourse-analytical approaches to digital platforms. 05 Aug 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msekdr227l22https://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mscrciesxo23Great work from Axel Bruns, Katharina Esau, Kateryna Kasianenko, @essideh.com, Tariq Choucair, Vish Suresh & Donald Johannessen who have published a new article further exploring the novel methodology 'practice mapping'. Available to read now! https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/network-science/article/beyond-interaction-networks-practice-mapping-as-a-step-towards-the-detection-of-destructive-polarization-in-social-networks/B7EFC505D1DEE3993C84B11AE09BEC83?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark05 Aug 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscrciesxo23https://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mrbtsrigok2mOur latest episode of the Read Them Sideways podcast features Axel Bruns and Kateryna Kasianenko, speaking about the recently released second edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3nnXPab8ONZKQxSEJuQXN2?si=c9f8d14cb252444d23 Jul 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbtsrigok2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mr243cqbt22wCongratulations to PhD Candidate @dannno0o.bsky.social for receiving zero revisions, and two nominations for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award! Dan's thesis on the cultural, social, and political impacts of Large Language Models can be read here: eprints.qut.edu.au/266867/. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr243cqbt22whttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mqo26vfzly2vResearch Fellows Dr Kateryna Kasianenko and Ned Watt spoke with the SBS Examines podcast on the topic of fact-checking on social media platforms, and how effective it is. You can listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts! https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/en/podcast-episode/fact-checking-social-media/cis7iqd2x15 Jul 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqo26vfzly2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mqndrunr522rCongratulations Prof Axel Bruns and PhD Candidate Laura Vodden on their new paper in Political Communication Report. Their work explores the challenges of working within a 'clean room' environment, now that academic access to research data has been limited. Check it out now! https://politicalcommunication.org/article/bruns-vodden-the-challenges-of-working-with-platform-data-from-clean-room-environments/14 Jul 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqndrunr522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mpwplyw2g72vCongratulations to Dr Aimee Hourigan who, as part of a larger visiting fellowship to the UK, recently spoke on information resilience and youth media literacy at the University College London's Knowledge Lab. Aimee also contributed a blog post, which you can read here: https://reflect.ucl.ac.uk/remap-collaborative-blog/2026/06/30/fostering-information-resilience-through-holistic-media-literacy-initiatives/05 Jul 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwplyw2g72vhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mocpkibrcb2lCongratulations to Luke Pearson (pictured left) on passing his Confirmation Seminar last week! This is an important milestone that PhD students complete one year into their candidature. Luke's project is entitled, "IndigenousX as a tool for promoting racial literacy". 15 Jun 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocpkibrcb2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mo32rmay2g2lTogether with two sport sociologists from Griffith, the DMRC's Kateryna Kasianenko has a timely article in The Conversation today, discussing Trump hosting a UFC event at the White House, ostensibly to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Independence / his birthday. https://theconversation.com/the-white-house-ufc-event-is-a-perfect-storm-of-fight-culture-and-us-politics-28407612 Jun 2026 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo32rmay2g2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mnqew6dujh2vAnother excellent piece from Kateryna Kasianenko and former DMRC member, Erin O'Brien. In this article, out now in International Political Science Review, they analyse practices of calling for the boycott of Russia on Twitter. You can read Kateryna and Erin's paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0192512126144238008 Jun 2026 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqew6dujh2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mmbh3jbdze2qOur latest episode of the Read Them Sideways podcast is a discussion between postdoctoral research fellow, Phoebe Matich and host Sebastian Svegaard. They chat about Phoebe's recently completed PhD, with a focus on misinformation and truth claims in Australian journalism. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bUOdbiQE7e6UwqthIjyQl?si=ad8be1199f2048fb20 May 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbh3jbdze2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mm6qkcfmhk2nCongratulations to @shirweinbrand.bsky.social for her second article out this week! This paper conducts a discourse analysis on Google's AI Overviews - read Shir's great summary below or you can check it out here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17504813261447684 [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6qkcfmhk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mm4aziruto2qCongratulations to Sebastian Svegaard on his new article: "Voice on video: Music, affect, and communication in campaign videos in the Australian Voice to Parliament referendum". https://www.mediekultur.dk/article/view/15798618 May 2026 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4aziruto2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mm3kakqhv223EOI: Postdoctoral Research Associate The QUT Digital Media Research Centre is currently seeking applicants for a 12-month Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position to contribute to an ARC Laureate Fellowship project. Applications close 19 June 2026. https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/05/EOI-Postdoctoral-Research-Associate-position-description.pdf17 May 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3kakqhv223https://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mlrrkaxsxa2hAssociate Professor Stephen Harrington has a new piece out in Crikey Australia, discussing the decline of the American conservative outlet The Daily Wire. Great work, Stephen! https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/14/slow-death-of-ben-shapiros-facebook-juggernaut-shines-light-on-right-wing-medias-vapourware/14 May 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrrkaxsxa2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mlk7fzrq5k2hCongratulations to Prof Axel Bruns (Axel Bruns) and our colleagues at the University of Edinburgh on their new article! This study analyses the various important Twitter conversations around the 2022 FIFA World Cup, finishing with an assessment of online third spaces. https://journalqd.org/article/view/967111 May 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk7fzrq5k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mlaecucrns24Dr Zahra Stardust shares her thoughts on the cancellation of RightsCon 2026, the world's largest conference on human rights in the digital age. https://www.srhm.org/news/defending-sexual-and-reproductive-rights-in-the-aftermath-of-the-rightscon-cancellation https://www.srhm.org/news/defending-sexual-and-reproductive-rights-in-the-aftermath-of-the-rightscon-cancellation/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRo8b1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEefI0fpSDZlavWwoHl2M9-Ze9VvcZSff814XSSaWe3FqbPOH8xyVY-LfUmGV0_aem__wkc6pfNtKvLOwOQnslbjg07 May 2026 04:18 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaecucrns24https://bsky.app/profile/qutdmrc.bsky.social/post/3mkgyiy2wda23Congratulations to Dr Phoebe Matich on her first paper from her postdoctorate research! In this article, Phoebe, Prof Michael Richardson of UNSW and Dist Prof Jean Burgess discuss the role of AI-generated content and authenticity in witness media. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0163443726144203927 Apr 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:d7utmf2slnronknzqbg44ucp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgyiy2wda23