Here's a new resource from @qutdmrc.bsky.social to explain #problematicinformation (and its various forms), harms, tips to help navigate online info environments, and what can be done. Access and download here: research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/explain... #informationintegrity #misinformation #disinformation

Great panel last night at #AlterCOP30 Brisbane 'Queensland in Transition: Climate Realities, Shared Futures'. One point made: "The economics and technology are there - we really need to focus on the politics". This community-led initiative has more events this week: www.altercop.com/australia

Congratulations to PhD researcher Carly Lubicz and a team of interdisciplinary researchers who recently published the article, "Steering Great Barrier Reef climate science narratives through the mediasphere in a time of misinformation" in the Nature journal.

Your science is sound Your press release says “Reef recovery” The internet hears “Crisis over” A study shows how well-intended optimism can fuel climate misinformation. Context matters... www.nature.com/articles/s44...

BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...

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.

Pleased to be contributing to this discussion tomorrow at the Senate Inquiry with some of my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @cazuarina.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #informationintegrity #scienceforpolicy #climatechange #energytransition

I'm excited to see this published!

👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25 ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗

"Part of a worldwide trend towards right-wing populism, Advance will likely continue to be at the centre of conservative politics in Australia." Me writing for @theconversation.com on conservative campaign group Advance. theconversation.com/right-wing-p...

From the IPIE's report, I really like the idea of 'coalitions of the willing' - "movements need to be built across borders and private, public and civil society. These can counterbalance the alliances of powerful economic and political interests." theconversation.com/can-you-trus... #climatechange

Here's me saying it like it is regarding Elon Musk and X as a propaganda tool that is increasingly biased towards the far right. The article is in French - in this thread are some auto-translated excerpts from my comments. Shout out to @markandrejevic.bsky.social www.rtbf.be/article/comm...

Great contextual article from someone who is very familiar with this playbook, @naomioreskes.bsky.social: "For decades, the fossil fuel industry has told the public our societies can’t manage without fossil fuels. Large parts of Australia have proved it’s just not so" #auspol #climatechange

Thanks for the chat last week @phzerosounds.bsky.social for @qutdmrc.bsky.social Read Them Sideways 👇 ➕ Last night, climate change entered Australia's election conversation in the #ABCNews Leaders' Debate. While one side acknowledged climate science, the other employed "Discourses of Delay" 🧵

These two articles speak really well to the power and impact of hyper local. Could grassroots initiatives like these be a key part of addressing broader scale #polarisation? 1) 360info.org/how-to-heal-...; 2) Why regional communities need local news to be told: 360info.org/why-regional...

Good to see some of the key claims about offshore #windenergy in #Australia being addressed in this article (Spoiler alert: there is no evidence that wind turbines kill whales; while research is needed in other areas, we need to embrace the precautionary principle): www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

Congrats to my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues on this great piece 👏 #auspol #polarisation #partisanship

This @arielbogle.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social piece is so good, for many reasons but importantly is shows the spectrum of community opposition to renewables: from bad-faith political / fossil fuel networks to genuine sentiment from communities left out of the process. Read --->>>

🥳 Our Destructive Polarisation article hit 1,550 views on @icsjournal.bsky.social in 2 months! We conceptualise 5 symptoms of destructive polarisation through a digital media & communication lens. Must-read around #Polarization #Polarisation #DigitalCommunication #Democracy👇 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

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What's one word that comes to mind when you think of the word 'democracy'? Fascinating session: Australian Perspectives on the Future of Democracy via Hon Ken Wyatt, Carmen Lawrence AO, Prof John Phillimore, Prof Carolyn Hendriks, Prof Martin Drum #AusPSA2024 #CHASS2024 #AusPol #PolSky

Day 1 #keynote of #AusPSA2024: @ANUCrawford's Ariadne Vromen on rebuilding researcher-policymaker trust: explore power dynamics in evidence-based policy, co-create research agendas, & recognise diverse knowledge forms, including lived experience #PolicyResearch #PolSky #PublicPolicy

Recent #JournalArticle by some of the team at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social and me about Destructive Polarisation (led by @kathaesa.bsky.social). This concept is relevant for my research of online #political discussions about #ClimateChange and the #RenewableEnergy transition in #Australia 🌏 #AcademicSky

We made a starter pack of researchers affiliated with the QUT Digital Media Research Centre