Waiving (hash)flags: Some thoughts on Twitter hashtag emoji

There’s a new Ghostbusters film coming out in July, which has already attracted a lot of coverage for various reasons, not least the response of male 30-somethings unable to accept the idea of four female Ghostbusters. This…

Governing the Internet: The rule of law in decentralized regulation

How do we want our shared social…

A First Draft of the Present: Why We Must Preserve Social Media Content

History, they say, is written by the winners — but more concretely, it is written on the basis of the records that survive and are accessible to historians. For most of human history, these have recorded the…

Tapping into kids’ passion for Minecraft

If you know children aged between about six and 14, then you have probably heard of Minecraft.

Minecraft is a digital game, a popular cultural phenomenon and a powerful platform for learning. It is one of the most successful digital…

Whose kitchen rules?

Tonight sees the return of one of the ABC’s most popular and innovative political…

#ausvotes Revisited: Social Media in the 2013 Australian Federal Election

As Australia commences one of the longest federal election campaigns in living memory, much attention will be paid again to how parties and politicians are utilising the latest tools available in their…