And that’s the final #IAMCR2024 session blogged, and a very good one it was too: https://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/218

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.

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Interesting morning session at #IAMCR2024 on the boundaries of journalism. Liveblog here: https://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/218
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🎙️ 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.

https://theconversation.com/if-meta-bans-news-in-australia-what-will-happen-canadas-experience-is-telling-233662

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.

The Conversation
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: https://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/218
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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:
https://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/218
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‼️ Also possibly of interest to #IAMCR2024 and #ICA24 participants (and others !): at the @qutdmrc node of @admscentre, we have just advertised four three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and three PhD scholarships.

Details:
https://research.qut.edu.au/adms/2024/07/02/were-hiring-four-three-year-full-time-postdoctoral-research-fellows-to-be-based-at-qut-applications-close-31-july-2024/

https://research.qut.edu.au/adms/2024/06/28/come-study-with-us-2025-phd-scholarship-applications-now-open/

We're hiring! Four three-year full time postdoctoral research fellows to be based at QUT. Applications close 31 July, 2024 - ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) - QUT Node

As we launch the second phase of our research program with nine new signature projects, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) is looking for four three-year full-time postdoctoral research fellowships (Level B) to be based at QUT, but working closely with colleagues around Australia, and with our...

ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) - QUT Node
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:
https://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/218
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📣 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: https://www.compol.it/news/fringe-democracy-and-platformization-of-the-public-sphere-call-for-paper-compol-n-1-2025/

Fringe democracy and platformization of the public sphere – Call for Paper ComPol n. 1/2025

Guest editors Giovanni Boccia Artieri (University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy)Axel Bruns (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)Ehsan Dehghan (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)…

AssoComPol
An interesting early morning session on polarisation at #IAMCR2024. Liveblog here: https://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/218
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