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”),…
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Social Media Stars
FYI Louise- ‘need for attention’ surely fits in somewhere when you consider this!!!! http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/social-media-reality-show-to-launch-next-year/story-fni0byb4-1226677520397
Call for Papers: The Measurement of Violence & Victimization for Psychology of Violence®
Lisa, Lucy and Aly??? Call for Papers: The Measurement of Violence & Victimization for Psychology of Violence®.
Plagiarism in the digital age
Jason, Andi Garing and I were having a brief discussion about the concept of plagiarism, and what it means in the digital age of Google, mashups, retweeting, copy+paste. In talking to students and looking at what they do, I get…
Target Journals for DT&T
Jason asked me to start compiling a list of Journals that our group should aim to publish in (and keep an eye out for ‘Special Issue’ call for papers that might be relevant) – please add to the list! Computers…
Digital Research Centers
Here are some digital research centers that i like to keep up to date with, i thought some of you might too! http://www.ccam-ascor.nl/index.php/en/ “Center for Children, Adolescents and the Media” is run by the University of Amsterdam. I came across…
Themes and site layout
As the lab website evolves and more people start generating content, we can come to a consensus about how the site should be laid out. Although I prefer the visual layout of the theme we started with, I only just…
Languages of Melbourne detected from Twitter | Technical Blog
Languages of Melbourne detected from Twitter | Technical Blog. How cool is this picture? Tweeters tweet most in Malay, Arabic, Indonesian, Japanese and Spanish … the article actually talks more about Malay versus Indonesian, the lack of Greek tweeters, the…
Are Bert and Ernie gay?
Are Bert and Ernie gay? Back in 2007, Sesame Workshop addresses the issue, saying: “[Bert and Ernie] are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They do not exist below the waist.” Who would have thunk it –…
Digital Technologies and Training Group
This is the new blog for the Digital Technologies and Training research group at Swinburne University of Technology. Our research spans a range of different areas, focussing on digital technologies (digital devices, social media, simulators) and training (academic training and…