And that’s the final #IAMCR2024 session blogged, and a very good one it was too:

For those of you playing at home, that was another 15,000 words of liveblogging. Off to Social Media & Society, London, the week after next for the final leg of my triathlon.

And that’s the final #IAMCR2024 session blogged, and a very good one it was too: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

For those of you playing at home, that was another 15,000 words of liveblogging. Off to Social Media & Society, London, the week after next for the final leg of my triathlon.

Interesting morning session at #IAMCR2024 on the boundaries of journalism. Liveblog here: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

Interesting morning session at #IAMCR2024 on the boundaries of journalism. Liveblog here:

🎙️ Right, just pre-recorded an interview with ABC Radio NSW Statewide that should be broadcast later today, and about to go live (I think) on Radio New Zealand about NZ’s foolhardy attempt to copy the NMBC. Then off to the #IAMCR2024 conference dinner.

If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has already switched news off in Canada. Australia could easily be next – here’s what that might lead to.

🎙️ Right, just pre-recorded an interview with ABC Radio NSW Statewide that should be broadcast later today, and about to go live (I think) on Radio New Zealand about NZ’s foolhardy attempt to copy the NMBC. Then off to the #IAMCR2024 conference dinner.

theconversation.com/...

Last set of liveblog posts from #IAMCR2024 for the day, from a nice session on disinformation and social media that had a surprisingly strong focus on Taiwan:

Last set of liveblog posts from #IAMCR2024 for the day, from a nice session on disinformation and social media that had a surprisingly strong focus on Taiwan: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

General #IAMCR2024 observation: bringing your conference presentation as a PDF is nothing but trouble. Just swallow your pride and use a damn Powerpoint already.

(One person designed their slides in Google Slides and then printed the Slides _site_ as a PDF. Not recommended. 🤪)

General #IAMCR2024 observation: bringing your conference presentation as a PDF is nothing but trouble. Just swallow your pride and use a damn Powerpoint already.

(One person designed their slides in Google Slides and then printed the Slides _site_ as a PDF. Not recommended. 🤪)

Pretty good #IAMCR2024 panel on (broadly) digital media and politics in China, Australia, Pakistan, and Mexico. Liveblog here:
snurb.info/taxonomy/...

Pretty good #IAMCR2024 panel on (broadly) digital media and politics in China, Australia, Pakistan, and Mexico. Liveblog here:

#WE’RE HIRING

‼️ Also possibly of interest to #IAMCR2024 and #ICA24 participants (and others !): at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social node of ADM+S, we have just advertised four three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and three PhD scholarships.

Details:
research.qut.edu.au/...

research.qut.edu.au/...

A very full #IAMCR2024 panel on (broadly) polarisation, also featuring my @qutdmrc colleague Tariq Choucair’s presentation of our work on political discussions in football fan groups on Facebook during the controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar:

A very full #IAMCR2024 panel on (broadly) polarisation, also featuring my @qutdmrc colleague Tariq Choucair’s presentation of our work on political discussions in football fan groups on Facebook during the controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar:
snurb.info/taxonomy/...

Screenshot of the CfP for Comunicazione Politica.

📣 And speaking of polarisation, #IAMCR2024: my wonderful colleagues and I currently have a CfP out on “Fringe Democracy and the Platformisation of the Public Sphere”. Send us your work !

More details here: www.compol.it/news/f...

An interesting early morning session on polarisation at #IAMCR2024. Liveblog here:

🆕 Because I just wasn't busy enough with #IAMCR2024, I've also just written a quick piece for @ConversationEDU on what might happen next with Meta and news in Australia, and why we should kill the failed News Media Bargaining Code as soon as we can:

If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has already switched news off in Canada. Australia could easily be next – here’s what that might lead to.

🆕 Because I just wasn't busy enough with #IAMCR2024, I've also just written a quick piece for @ConversationEDU on what might happen next with Meta and news in Australia, and why we should kill the failed News Media Bargaining Code as soon as we can:

theconversation.com/if-meta-bans...

A great #IAMCR2024 session on populism and propaganda, and a rather more mixed-quality session on journalism and conflict, and that’s the end of Day Two. Liveblog here: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

A great #IAMCR2024 session on populism and propaganda, and a rather more mixed-quality session on journalism and conflict, and that’s the end of Day Two. Liveblog here:

Hmm, a very mixed panel to start the day at #IAMCR2024 – sadly also with yet another paper that mistakes news curation for ‘echo chambers’. Liveblog here, for what it’s worth:

Hmm, a very mixed panel to start the day at #IAMCR2024 – sadly also with yet another paper that mistakes news curation for ‘echo chambers’. Liveblog here, for what it’s worth: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

And that’s the final #IAMCR2024 session blogged for the day – now to do a quick bit of writing on the side… 😞
Liveblog here: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

And that’s the final #IAMCR2024 session blogged for the day – now to do a quick bit of writing on the side… 😞
Liveblog here:

Kind of an interesting #IAMCR2024 session on narratives about Ukrainian cultural heritage in Global South media following Russia’s full-scale invasion. Liveblog here:

Kind of an interesting #IAMCR2024 session on narratives about Ukrainian cultural heritage in Global South media following Russia’s full-scale invasion. Liveblog here: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

Title slide for “‘If you don’t know, vote no’: Symptoms of Destructive Polarisation in the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum in Australia”, presented by Axel Bruns at the IAMCR 2024 conference, Christchurch, 1 July 2024.

In this opening session at #IAMCR2024, I also presented my @qutdmrc team’s study of communicative practices on Facebook during the failed 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum for Indigenous recognition and participation in Australia. Slides are here:
snurb.info/node/3074

OK,#IAMCR2024 liveblogging (and presenting) has started – and for my troubles they gave us the 08:30 slot on a Monday morning. 😵🥱

Here are my notes from the session: snurb.info/taxonomy/...

At the opening of the IAMCR 2024 conference in Christchurch.

Programme listing for our paper on destructive polarisation in the Voice to Parliament debate.

I’m in Christchurch at #IAMCR2024 for the second leg of my conference triathlon – and just to add a further challenge, our paper on destructive polarisation in the Voice to Parliament campaign has been scheduled for 08:30 on the Monday morning. That’s 06:30 Brisbane time… 😩