I had a good chat with Natarsha Belling on The Briefing Podcast today discussing the Age Assurance Trial results and what that means for the government's under16 social media ban. #auspol 🎧 play.listnr.com/podcast/the-...

From their project exploring the past, present & future of #AudioDescription (AD) in Australia, Katie Ellis, Kathryn Locke, @cultware.bsky.social & @tamaleaver.bsky.social are pleased to launch their #podcast, The AD Conversations. Web: audiodescriptionau.com.au?page_id=1057 Spotify: bit.ly/ADconvo

Last week I had the great pleasure of speaking on ABC Radio National's Life Matters show, talking with Jacinta Parsons about children's gaming & #Roblox in particular. You can now stream the episode online: "What you need to know before yours kids sign up to Roblox", www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Finally! I can share that my article "Forced: Perceptions of 'Woke' Politics in Videogames" has been published by @ijoc-usc.bsky.social I dive into a bit of Reddit, a bit of YouTube and a whole lot of very strong opinions. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

Just in case it wasn't super obvious that #GenAI companies need fresh m̶e̶a̶t̶ ̶c̶o̶n̶t̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶training data, nothing hits this home better than watching OpenAI flirt with building a social network so it can eat people's data directly. OpenAI is building a social network www.theverge.com/ope...

We have launched a MOOC on Audio Description to make visual media more accessible - here is the promo video: Audio described: lnkd.in/ge-n9d2n Non audio described: lnkd.in/g2UCGyFS

"The conventional wisdom has been that big tech will dominate AI simply because it has the spare cash to chase advances. Now, it looks like big tech has simply been lighting money on fire." #GenerativeAI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Looking forward to having you join the team, Adam! :)

This piece on the looming US TikTok ban includes thoughts from me and @nav0lim.bsky.social: TikTok on the brink in the US: The rise — and possible fall — of the hugely popular app www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

This just arrived today. Such a journey to get this volume out. Thanks to Katie Ellis an Kim cousins my indispensable co-editors and all the magnificent authors

Each year before I teach @netstudies.bsky.social #WebMedia I search for the perfect example to open the first lecture that evokes the complexities/convergences of media online. This year, I'm pretty sure I'm kicking off with the almost-live Australian Open Tennis avatars! kotaku.com/australian-o...

Very pleased @digitalchildau.bsky.social, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, (the Centre I'm part of) has arrived on BlueSky! :)

We were on Twitter from May 2008 for more than 16 years, so it seems very strange to be setting up a new presence here, but the old place is largely intolerable now and, well, the vibe here is pretty good and late 2024 seems to be all about the vibes and the feels!

Pleased this #OpenAccess paper in New Media & Society is out; I learnt a lot working with Jin Lee & Crystal Abidin looking at how the worst excesses of the child idol system in South Korea are becoming a worrying template for child star making globally! doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Really pleased Suzanne Srdarov & my 'Generative AI Glitches' paper is out. This works comes from our broader Generative Imaginaries project in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, looking at how GenAI visualise children, families & so on. journal.media-cultur...

It was a privilege to be interviewed on Al Jazeera's The Take podcast exploring 'Why is Australia trying to ban social media for children?', with some real space to unpack the many challenges with a blanket ban (noting, this is a call for more & better regulation, not none!) youtu.be/Wf_zq8j7Hds?...