COVID-19 misinformation spread by just 12 people
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Finfluencers and TikTok financial advice on The Future, This Week
This week: Finfluencers - more and more young people get their financial advice on TiktTok and other social media platforms.
Here’s what the High Court decision means for your favourite Facebook pages
Today’s ruling may inspire many social media account managers to more tightly restrict comments — or, where possible, switch them off completely.
The importance of relationships on The Future, This Week
This week: a special episode with Marc Stears on the importance of relationships.
NFTs and Gamestop on The Future, This Week
This week: we discuss how digital ownership through NFTs creates value and new kinds of assets, and what the GameStop saga reveals about new forms of spontaneous digital organising.
Facebook and the media code on The Future, This Week
This week: we’re back with a breaking news special as Facebook goes nuclear, banning all news from its Australian platform.
Data, privacy and tracking on The Future, This Week
This week: we dive into the complex shadow world of trading location data from innocuous apps.
Misinformation, fake news and elections on The Future, This Week
This week: Jevin West joins us to discuss disinformation in social media in the wake of the US election.
The Social Dilemma and platforms on The Future, This Week
This week: The Social Dilemma, our first movie review on The Future, This Week. We bring in everything we’ve learnt about social media over the past three years.
Xiaohongshu (Little RED Book) and social commerce on The Future, This Week
This week: in a special on social commerce in China, we talk to our guest Kishi Pan about the unique experience of Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book.
Curb your screen time and you improve mental health
Our ever-expanding online lives are putting our brain health and broader well-being at risk.
Online activism on Corona Business Insights
From flooding hashtags to weaponising Disney’s copyright policing: what online activism and protests can learn from K-Pop fans during COVID-19.