Social Media Revolution Series
Climate change makes a comeback – with the help of social media
Jun 14, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
In what has been shaping up as the election that forgot climate change, there are signs emerging in the Coalitions election campaign that it is starting to listen to polls, its own focus groups and social media chat on...
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Removing social media hate speech within 24 hours sounds like a good idea, but...
Jun 10, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
In a bid to fight escalating anti-migrant propaganda, the European Commission this month released a blueprint for regulating online hate, which requires social media companies to take down racist material within 24...
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Scouring social media on EU referendum – will it be more accurate than polls?
Jun 10, 2016 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Voters cant be trusted to reveal their true voting intentions to pollsters. You only have to look at what happened in the 2015 UK general election to realise how badly wrong the polls get it from time to time. Even...
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Covering the election beyond our memes: what role for visual politics and social media?
May 13, 2016 09:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Staffers for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton recently asked for an unflattering photo of him at a press conference, already posted and noticed online, to be taken down by the reporter who posted it. The response to...
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How social media is changing the church
May 05, 2016 16:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Over the Easter weekend, the Church of England encouraged its congregation to share photos of their services and celebrations on social media using the hashtag #EasterJoy. Its not strange for a large organisation to...
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Five years after the Arab Spring, how does the Middle East use social media?
Feb 24, 2016 14:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In 2011, the Arab Spring rocked many parts of the Middle East. Regime change in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya saw the departure of long-established seemingly untouchable political leaders and inspired ripples of protest...
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How South Africa's financial sector handles risks linked to social media
Feb 18, 2016 04:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
The main focus of debates about social media is increasingly about the risks involved with its use. This is particularly true when it comes to large companies. Combined with the use of smartphones, social media is, for...
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