By Paul Wyles, PhD candidate and Research Fellow at the Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University
Patrick O'Leary, Professor, Co-Lead of the Disrupting Violence Beacon and Chief Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Griffith University
Tracy Wilde, Senior Research Assistant, Disrupting Violence Beacon., Griffith University
There are strong links between child sexual abuse and suicide but investment in specialist services to address this national tragedy is sadly lacking.
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By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England
Imagine this: a band removes its entire music catalogue off Spotify in protest, only to discover an AI-generated impersonator has replaced it. The impersonator offers songs that sound much like the band’s originals.
The imposter tops Spotify search results for the band’s music – attracting significant streams – and goes undetected for months.
As incredible as it sounds, this is what has happened to Australian prog-rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard…
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By Liam Burke, Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
Netflix has announced its planned acquisition of Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion. What will this mean for filmgoing?
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By Giselle Woodley, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University
Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
A host of other restrictions will affect social media use in the coming months. Our research shows teens worry about them – and will find a way around them.
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By Christiane Kehoe, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
Angry, sad, worried, anxious. If your teen has ‘big feelings’ after the social media ban, here’s how to support them and keep your relationship intact.
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By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The cost of ‘network disruption’ due to accidents is more than normal estimates suggest, casting doubt on the logic of raising speed limits to boost productivity.
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By Cecilia Maundu
Research shows that women are less likely to access the Internet than men and face higher exposure to harassment once they are online. These conditions limit participation and restrict leadership.
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By Kate Dooley, Senior Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
We are still logging and degrading global forests at terrifying speed. How can we slow this destruction, including in Australia?
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By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University
If you were scouting about for a feature documentary subject, porridge might not be the first thing you’d think of. That is, unless you were Australian opera and theatre director turned documentary film maker, Constantine Costi, who has struck gold with his new documentary, The Golden Spurtle.
Now, I’ll admit to not knowing what a spurtle was before watching this documentary. (But now that I know, I’ve added one to my Christmas list.)
According to the Dictionaries of the Scots Language, a spurtle is “a short,…
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By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
As Australia’s ban on under-16-year-olds having certain social media accounts kicks in this week, debate on whether it’s a good idea or even legal rages on – both at home and…
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