Sharing News Online: Analysing the Significance of a Social Media Phenomenon. The sharing of news via social media services is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This multidisciplinary project aims to be the first in Australia to analyse the scale, scope, forms and implications of online news-sharing on Facebook and Twitter. Using methods from computing science, linguistics and audience resea ....Sharing News Online: Analysing the Significance of a Social Media Phenomenon. The sharing of news via social media services is now a significant part of mainstream online media use and is an increasingly important consideration in journalism practice and production. This multidisciplinary project aims to be the first in Australia to analyse the scale, scope, forms and implications of online news-sharing on Facebook and Twitter. Using methods from computing science, linguistics and audience research this study aims to develop an analytical framework for monitoring, classifying and interpreting news-sharing practices that can inform media industry development, journalism education and digital media policy.Read moreRead less
Digital China: From cultural presence to innovative nation. This project aims to investigate how digital platforms and technologies help Chinese culture and ideas reach the world. While China's global cultural presence has increased, it is not seen as an innovative nation. The project examines how the Chinese government’s internet+ strategy changes power dynamics among political institutions, commercially motivated digital companies and online communities. The project will investigate internatio ....Digital China: From cultural presence to innovative nation. This project aims to investigate how digital platforms and technologies help Chinese culture and ideas reach the world. While China's global cultural presence has increased, it is not seen as an innovative nation. The project examines how the Chinese government’s internet+ strategy changes power dynamics among political institutions, commercially motivated digital companies and online communities. The project will investigate internationalisation strategies and consumption of Chinese culture on digital platforms in China, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. It expects to understand the implications of China's digital ascendency and the lessons for Australia in the post-resources boom era.Read moreRead less
Amplifying public value: Scholarly contributions’ impact on public debate. Amplifying public value: Scholarly contributions’ impact on public debate. This project aims to improve the international evidence base for the public impact and value of publicly funded scholarly research, using mixed-methods analysis. Publicly funded researchers and agencies are increasingly expected to provide more detailed and transparent information about how their research is publicly valuable, contributes to public ....Amplifying public value: Scholarly contributions’ impact on public debate. Amplifying public value: Scholarly contributions’ impact on public debate. This project aims to improve the international evidence base for the public impact and value of publicly funded scholarly research, using mixed-methods analysis. Publicly funded researchers and agencies are increasingly expected to provide more detailed and transparent information about how their research is publicly valuable, contributes to public debate, and forms opinions.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160101542
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$350,000.00
Summary
Regulating internet content through notice-and-takedown. This project is designed to create a set of principles to help governments, firms and civil society organisations to address harmful online content in more sophisticated ways. Such groups are increasingly seeking to influence the intermediaries that provide internet services to take more responsibility for content on their networks. Globally, these intermediaries receive millions of requests to remove content posted by users each month. Th ....Regulating internet content through notice-and-takedown. This project is designed to create a set of principles to help governments, firms and civil society organisations to address harmful online content in more sophisticated ways. Such groups are increasingly seeking to influence the intermediaries that provide internet services to take more responsibility for content on their networks. Globally, these intermediaries receive millions of requests to remove content posted by users each month. This project seeks to understand how Australian and international intermediaries respond to takedown requests in three areas: copyright, defamation, and hate speech. It aims to create new knowledge about how intermediaries can be influenced to regulate internet content, and how due process and freedom of speech can be protected.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE140100148
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$460,000.00
Summary
TrISMA - Tracking Infrastructure for Social Media Analysis. Tracking infrastructure for social media analysis: The tracking infrastructure for social media analysis (TrISMA) project establishes state-of-the-art technical and organisational infrastructure for the tracking of public communication by Australian users of social media, at large scale, in real time, and for the long term, addressing a significant gap in national research infrastructure. Social media are increasingly embedded in the Au ....TrISMA - Tracking Infrastructure for Social Media Analysis. Tracking infrastructure for social media analysis: The tracking infrastructure for social media analysis (TrISMA) project establishes state-of-the-art technical and organisational infrastructure for the tracking of public communication by Australian users of social media, at large scale, in real time, and for the long term, addressing a significant gap in national research infrastructure. Social media are increasingly embedded in the Australian media ecology, and systematic analyses of how public communication takes place via social media provide rich insights into a range of issues and debates of high importance to our society.Read moreRead less
Spectrum after Scarcity: Rethinking Radiofrequency Management. Radiofrequency spectrum is the critical input that enables wireless communication. Existing spectrum management tools were constructed to deal with scarcity. This project aims to reconceptualise spectrum management as technological developments reduce scarcity. In four overlapping stages, an international research team aims to investigate the regulatory implications of emerging technologies that share spectrum; conduct fifteen case s ....Spectrum after Scarcity: Rethinking Radiofrequency Management. Radiofrequency spectrum is the critical input that enables wireless communication. Existing spectrum management tools were constructed to deal with scarcity. This project aims to reconceptualise spectrum management as technological developments reduce scarcity. In four overlapping stages, an international research team aims to investigate the regulatory implications of emerging technologies that share spectrum; conduct fifteen case studies of spectrum 'refarming' around the world over the last two decades, including secondary trading, public reallocations and renewals; explore models for dynamic integration of spectrum sharing and refarming; and publish an accessible intellectual history of a unique resource.Read moreRead less
Noongar kaatdijin bidi: Noongar knowledge networks; or, Why is there no Noongar Wikipedia? This project will use the Noongar language to model and assess the extent to which minority languages can thrive by using globally accessible internet technologies. It will generate critical insights into the relations between knowledge, culture and technology and investigate how oral and informal knowledge sources can be accessed for a text-based website in the digital era. The outcomes of this project wi ....Noongar kaatdijin bidi: Noongar knowledge networks; or, Why is there no Noongar Wikipedia? This project will use the Noongar language to model and assess the extent to which minority languages can thrive by using globally accessible internet technologies. It will generate critical insights into the relations between knowledge, culture and technology and investigate how oral and informal knowledge sources can be accessed for a text-based website in the digital era. The outcomes of this project will include a greater understanding of how to link technology with users for community sustainability, as well as further insights into how social learning can be improved via interacting online networks.Read moreRead less
Fostering digital participation through living labs in regional and rural Australian communities. This project aims to identify the specific digital needs and practices of residents in regional and rural Australia in the context of the implementation of high speed internet, including the National Broadband Network. It will identify new ways for enabling residents to develop their digital confidence and skills at home and in the community.
Designing, implementing and evaluating a youth mobile help-seeking tool-kit. This project aims to design, implement and test a novel model of integrated mental health service that links a new mobile interactive tool-kit for self-directed help-seeking with existing traditional helpline services for young people. In partnership with Australia’s largest youth counselling service, Kids Helpline, the project seeks to investigate mobile technology in youth counselling and develop new understandings of ....Designing, implementing and evaluating a youth mobile help-seeking tool-kit. This project aims to design, implement and test a novel model of integrated mental health service that links a new mobile interactive tool-kit for self-directed help-seeking with existing traditional helpline services for young people. In partnership with Australia’s largest youth counselling service, Kids Helpline, the project seeks to investigate mobile technology in youth counselling and develop new understandings of blended traditional and mobile mental health interventions. It aims to design and evaluate an interactive tool-kit that provides credible health information through mobile devices, improving the quality and credibility of digital services to benefit the wellbeing of young Australians.Read moreRead less
Music Usage Metrics and the Future of the Australian Music Industry. This project aims to conduct a comprehensive and systematic examination of changing music consumption patterns in Australia in an era of digital downloads. Based on a comprehensive longitudinal dataset on music use in Australia provided by industry partners, the project plans to use innovative computational methods to develop and test evidence-based models for generating, sharing and distributing music revenues. It also plans t ....Music Usage Metrics and the Future of the Australian Music Industry. This project aims to conduct a comprehensive and systematic examination of changing music consumption patterns in Australia in an era of digital downloads. Based on a comprehensive longitudinal dataset on music use in Australia provided by industry partners, the project plans to use innovative computational methods to develop and test evidence-based models for generating, sharing and distributing music revenues. It also plans to examine the current and future uses of music usage data in decision-making processes in music organisations, as well as the potential consequences of such use for practitioners and industry stakeholders. The project aims to support the future growth of the Australian music industry.Read moreRead less