Twerk, Selfie, FOMO.. just some of the more recent additions! Tech Crunch
Month: August 2013
Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning | The Onion – Americas Finest News Source
Let Me Explain Why Miley Cyrus’ VMA Performance Was Our Top Story This Morning | The Onion – Americas Finest News Source. Nice piece on how internet advertising works …
Monday Morning Reading
Two articles I’ve come across this morning that others might find interesting – Granted, they’re not the greatest news-source sites! Just some interesting reading. Aly, this one might be of interest to you. Especially after our discussion last week about…
Anonymous Question Asking SNSs – Ask.FM & its latest consequence
These are just three of the articles that have infuriated me in the past 24 hours. 4 deaths in the UK in the last 12 months, based on Ask.FM alone – and that’s just the ones reported on here. I…
Mental Health Council of Australia
FYI Aly- A rep from the mental health council of Australia was on the radio this morning talking specifically about cyber bullying. He said from their latest data there is an average of one year 12 student PER CLASS that…
Study finds weather changes fuel violent behaviour
Study finds weather changes fuel violent behaviour – ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Voice recordings versus stenography
Interesting article from the abc website about technology versus old-school in the court room – might be of interest to you, Lucy? “If you’re typing from a digital tape then you don’t know [what you have missed] or there’s been…
ACMA report on social media and internet habits of young people
Nearly 80 per cent of Australian children under ten years of age use social networks. Among older teenagers – those 16 and 17 – parents underestimate bullying and risky online behaviour. But the most likely candidate for cyber-bullying is a…
Online Images/Text – Young People
I would like your opinions on a sensitive and questionable issue that i have come across in my research. As you know, I’m focusing on attention seeking behaviours online. These behaviours are often displayed through photographs of the self (“selfies”),…