Congratulations to PhD candidates Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social, Caroline Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social, and Associate Professor Michelle Riedlinger @riedlinm.bsky.social ! They spoke to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy this morning.

This week's episode of Read Them Sideways is a discussion between host @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social and @svegaard.bsky.social on the intersection between fan studies and politics - check it out at the link below!

To our Hamburg colleagues, please do attend this valuable talk from @kathaesa.bsky.social on the 25th of September at 12pm! She will be speaking about news media polarisation both in Australia, and beyond, and providing her expertise on destructive polarisation. 🎤 💭

Congratulations to PhD student Caroline Gardam (@cazuarina.bsky.social), Dr Michelle Riedlinger (@riedlinm.bsky.social), Dr Daniel Angus (@antmandan.bsky.social), and DMRC alum Jane Tan for their new paper on the multimodal narratives of climate denial.

After a brief hiatus, the Read Them Sideways podcast is back! In this week's episode, Klaus Groebner (@gklaus.bsky.social) interviews Dr Ehsan Dehghan (@essideh.com) about his new book: The Discursive-Digital Link. Listen to Klaus and Ehsan chat about the new book below!

Congratulations to PhD candidate @lynrose.bsky.social on her new book chapter entitled, 'Young Women’s Everyday Digital Peacebuilding in the Philippines'! 🎉📖 You can read this important work in the volume 'Youth Leading Change' at this link: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

New publication alert! Led by Alice Fleerackers and assisted by DMRC researchers and visitors, this study investigates the amplification of climate related news stories on Facebook and amongst other media outlets. An important read for journalism scholars and science communicators. ☀️🗣️🔬

Two of our postdoctoral research associates, @svegaard.bsky.social and @vilkins.bsky.social , have guest edited the latest issue of M/C Journal. They have curated some excellent articles around the theme of fandom and politics. Read the issue here! journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...

An important opinion piece from PhD candidate, Daniel Whelan-Shamy, on the policy submission to the New Zealand Education and Workforce Committee that the DMRC recently contributed to. Well done, Dan!

The Routledge Companion To Visual Journalism, edited by T.J. Thomson, is now available for pre-order. It features 41 chapters & 524 pages, richly accompanied by all types of visuals from photographs and screenshots to AI-generated images and data visualisations. AU/NZ link:

New release from one of the Chief Investigators at the DMRC, Dr Ehsan Dehghan! A highly relevant piece of work that offers a critical framework for understanding the entangled relationships between discourse, digital media, and the hidden dynamics behind antagonism and polarisation. 🎉

We were lucky to be joined by @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social on the Read Them Sideways podcast to talk about their new book with host, @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/00Go...

New paper alert! Congratulations Maxwell Melit, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, and Aljosha Karim Schapals on their new paper: ‘I scroll past all the news I see on Facebook’: Australian young adults’ use of social media for filtering information during the COVID-19 pandemic". journals.sagepub.com...

The Read Them Sideways podcast welcomed Lynrose Genon this week, where she spoke with first-time host Klaus Groebner (gKlaus.bsky.social) about her PhD work. @lynrose.bsky.social shared about young women leaders' use of social media to build peace in the Philippines. open.spotify.com/epi...

PhD candidate Hanh Nguyen has recently had a paper published in Social Media & Society on child influencers in Vietnam! Congratulations Hanh and see the link below to this important work. journals.sagepub.com...

Congratulations to @tariqchoucair.bsky.social on his newly published paper, "Mapping and Measuring Listening in Public Communication Settings" in Media & Communication. Tariq outlines the key elements of listening and how it is critical for political communication. www.cogitatiopress.c...

A very interesting new episode of the Read Them Sideways podcast looking at human and robot collaboration with your host @svegaard.bsky.social and PhD candidate Jasper Vermeulen. Listen at the link below to find out how robots can help humans in the operating theatre! open.spotify.com/epi...

DMRC researchers @phzerosounds.bsky.social and @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social have a new piece out in @crikey.com.au! Read below for the most recent updates on the Epstein files conspiracy theory and the potential political consequences.

ADM+S researchers T.J. Thomson & Daniel Angus with Samuel Cornell examine a new U.S. State Department policy that requires university & exchange visa applicants to disclose and make public their social media accounts from the past five years. More: admscentre.org/4lKnKWh #digitalprivacy #DataEthics

A new piece in The Conversation from DMRC director @antmandan.bsky.social, DMRC alum, T.J. Thomson and UNSW colleague Samuel Cornell. In this piece, they discuss the legislative change requiring certain visitors to the United States to provide their social media accounts. theconversation.com/...

Listen back to @phoebesophist.bsky.social of the DMRC speak to ABC Radio National about Generative AI in the news! She is trying to discover the extent to which AI is being used in our newsrooms, and how journalists and audiences feel about it. www.abc.net.au/liste...

Congratulations to DMRC PhD candidate @shirweinbrand.bsky.social for being awarded the best poster prize at the ADM+S symposium yesterday!

You can find our DMRC scholars in many languages this week! Our director, @antmandan.bsky.social, is quoted in an SBS Greek podcast this week, discussing the privacy concerns associated with age verification and the proposed social media ban for children. www.sbs.com.au/language/gre...

Another podcast appearance by @ashwinnag.bsky.social today! @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social from the Read Them Sideways podcast spoke with Ashwin about the Fediverse and alternative social media platforms. open.spotify.com/epi...

Dr Ashwin Nagappa provided his thoughts to SBS Hindi on the proposed social media ban for under 16s in Australia. This podcast also features the thoughts of young children and families, providing important perspectives. www.sbs.com.au/langu...

Great commentary from @timothyjgraham.bsky.social of the DMRC here!

DMRC Associate Professor Timothy Graham provided his expertise in this recent Canberra Times piece on the accuracy of AI summaries at the top of search engines; how often are they correct? www.canberratimes.co...

Applications are now open for two scholarships at QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre. Investigate how 21st-century media changes and challenges the social role of media by gathering detailed evidence about how Australians use media (all forms, old and new). More information here: qut.to/28a6y

Congratulations to PhD candidate, @jiarut.bsky.social, for her two new articles in June! 🎉 The first is a solo authored paper, "Broadcasting your virtual self: Exploring the authenticity construction and subjectivity of VTubers in China" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Ten years ago today, Donald Trump announced his bid for the Republican nomination in the 2016 United States presidential election. To mark the occasion, the Read Them Sideways team came together to record a roundtable episode of 10 Years of Trumpism. open.spotify.com/episode/6PoX...

Congratulations to post doc research fellow @ashwinnag.bsky.social, PhD candidate Shir Weinbrand, and DMRC alum @tjthomson.bsky.social for their new publication in The Conversation! theconversation.com/ai-overviews...

🎤 A new episode of Read Them Sideways is now available with host @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social and @nedwatt.bsky.social, discussing Ned's new paper and the future of fact-checking on the back of Meta's policy changes. 🎤 open.spotify.com/episode/5FUI...

Publication alert! Dominque Carlon, @jeanburgess.bsky.social and @kkasianenko.bsky.social recently published an article titled, "The lives and afterlives of community-created bots on Twitter: A minor history". journals.sagepub.com...

DMRC postdoc, @vilkins.bsky.social. spoke with @cameronwilson.bsky.social from @crikey.com.au last week about archiving electoral content and the role of social media in this process. Check it out! 🗳️

Some weekend listening from the Read Them Sideways podcast team and guest Vish Padinjaredath Suresh! @svegaard.bsky.social chats with Vish about Netflix's recent miniseries Adolescence and how it relates to their work on the manosphere and radicalisation. open.spotify.com/episode/4YJv...

Associate Professor Timothy Graham spoke with @rtbf.be in Belgium about the use of X as a propaganda tool. While the article is in French, the thread below includes English translations of Dr Graham's quotes and comments.

Huge congratulations to our PhD student @lynrose.bsky.social. Lynrose was an invited speaker for a second time at the United Nations Headquarters and spoke about her work as a peacebuilder and her PhD research at the SDG16 Conference. Congratulations on this impactful translation of your research!

DMRC PhD candidate Dan Dai and colleagues recently published a great piece in @theconversation.com! theconversation.com/how-do-candi...

It's publications galore this week at the DMRC!

Some comments from @antmandan.bsky.social and @phzerosounds.bsky.social, along with some of our ADM+S colleagues in Victoria regarding a coordinated social media campaign against the ALP. bit.ly/42NaBFn

📖 A new read from @snurb.info, great for anyone researching or interested in the roles of algorithms and how they influence the formation of public opinion. 💭

A new piece from Tegan Cohen in @theconversation.com. Very topical for this week! theconversation.com/why-are-poli...

A new episode from the Read Them Sideways podcast team! Good opportunity to listen before the federal election on Saturday. 🗳️

It was great to see that some of our researchers, @tariqchoucair.bsky.social, @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social and @lucinda-nelson.bsky.social, got this important article about the weaponisation of transgender issues out before the election this weekend. 360info.org/fake-threats...

New article from an excellent group of QUT DMRC researchers, presenting a novel analytical method that will be of benefit to the field as a whole: practice mapping! We have already started used this method in various conference presentations, so read the below paper to learn more. 🧠 📖

New piece in @theconversation.com from @phzerosounds.bsky.social and DMRC alum, @tjthomson.bsky.social! Learn more about memes and their importance in the Australian election campaign in 2025.

🎉 Congratulations to @kathaesa.bsky.social on having her paper published in Social Media + Society. In this article, she explores the causes of, and potential solutions to, the destructive polarisation that we see on social media platforms. 📢 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Researchers from our Laureate team, @snurb.info, @vilkins.bsky.social, @voddenlaura.bsky.social, and @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social have written a mid-campaign update on the Australian Federal Election. research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2025/04...

🎉 Congratulations to @nedwatt.bsky.social, @silmonn.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social on their new publication discussing the recent changes in the fact checking environment and the cultural shift of big tech companies around content moderation. ✅ 🔍 ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wj...

Great work from @pwik.bsky.social and the team. You can anonymously donate your TikTok data at the website below to help researchers understand how TikTok algorithms influence public debates in Australia, particularly in the lead up to the Federal Election.