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Carly Lubicz

@carlylubicz.bsky.social
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PhD-er at QUT's Digital Media Research Centre: polarisation, partisanship, media, politics, climate policy, renewable energy transition, social network analysis. Ex journo/comms.

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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Some thoughts from @cazuarina.bsky.social and I about some of the key elements and drivers involved in the complex issue of information integrity, with a particular focus on climate change and energy in Australia. Timely with the Select Committee into this issue having new public hearings this week.
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
So good to see the interconnections that have delayed an appropriate response to climate change getting mainstream coverage through this Inquiry. A key to information integrity is understanding the drivers of information upstream: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Climate disinformation, the Atlas Network and Dr Karl
The scourge of AI-slopaganda, viral disinformation campaigns and online attacks against individuals and institutions is going to get far worse before it gets better, if the latest public hearings on t...
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Katharina Esau @kathaesa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
📢 PhD Scholarship at QUT to join my DECRA project "Democratic Resilience Online: Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats" @qutdmrc.bsky.social 📅 Applications close: 13/03/2026 More info here: www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a... Please share and reach out if you have questions!
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QUT - Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats (PhD scholarship)
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Australia's social media ban for children under 16 begins today. Our explainer paper provides an overview of the complex issue of social media bans for young teens, explaining the technical challenges, potential risks, and specific concerns voiced by parents and carers. Read it here: qut.to/1ww5%
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Brilliant to work with these two legends and the broader @qutdmrc.bsky.social team 😍 I’ve said it before (and I’ll keep saying it!), but it’s so nice to be part of such a genuinely enabling community
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 26/11/2025
A great keynote by @karinwahlj.bsky.social on the rise of boutique news media to start off the #AANZCA25 conference on the Sunshine Coast. Liveblog is up:
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Understanding Boutique News Media as a Novel Form of Journalism | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
For my last conference of the year, I’ve made the short trip up to the Sunshine Coast to attend t
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen discussing her idea of “Boutique media” at #AANZCA25. Including news influencers, podcasts, newsletters/substack, and local news entrepreneurs (hyper local); Karin highlights the blurred boundaries, complexities, the role of authority/trust, economics, and the research needed 📚
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Here's a new resource from @qutdmrc.bsky.social to explain #problematicinformation (and its various forms), harms, tips to help navigate online info environments, and what can be done. Access and download here: research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/explain... #informationintegrity #misinformation #disinformation
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Great panel last night at #AlterCOP30 Brisbane 'Queensland in Transition: Climate Realities, Shared Futures'. One point made: "The economics and technology are there - we really need to focus on the politics". This community-led initiative has more events this week: www.altercop.com/australia
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Congratulations to PhD researcher Carly Lubicz and a team of interdisciplinary researchers who recently published the article, "Steering Great Barrier Reef climate science narratives through the mediasphere in a time of misinformation" in the Nature journal.
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Steering Great Barrier Reef climate science narratives through the mediasphere in a time of misinformation
npj Climate Action - Steering Great Barrier Reef climate science narratives through the mediasphere in a time of misinformation
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Your science is sound Your press release says “Reef recovery” The internet hears “Crisis over” A study shows how well-intended optimism can fuel climate misinformation. Context matters... www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Steering Great Barrier Reef climate science narratives through the mediasphere in a time of misinformation - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Steering Great Barrier Reef climate science narratives through the mediasphere in a time of misinformation
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Congratulations to PhD candidates Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social, Caroline Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social, and Associate Professor Michelle Riedlinger @riedlinm.bsky.social ! They spoke to the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy this morning.
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Pleased to be contributing to this discussion tomorrow at the Senate Inquiry with some of my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @cazuarina.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... #informationintegrity #scienceforpolicy #climatechange #energytransition
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Trump-style 'climate hoax' playbook spreads to Australia
US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I'm excited to see this published!
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Multimodal narratives of climate denial: A novel, visual-first methodology for analysing conspiracy theory discourse on Instagram
Problematic information about climate change in online spaces can impact public awareness about climate change’s causes, impacts, and mitigation strat…
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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25 ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗
Cover of the publication
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Mark Riboldi @markriboldi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"Part of a worldwide trend towards right-wing populism, Advance will likely continue to be at the centre of conservative politics in Australia." Me writing for @theconversation.com on conservative campaign group Advance. theconversation.com/right-wing-p...
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Right-wing political group Advance is in the headlines. What is it and what does it stand for?
The husband of antisemitism special envoy Jillian Segal has donated to Advance. Here’s what the group’s all about.
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
From the IPIE's report, I really like the idea of 'coalitions of the willing' - "movements need to be built across borders and private, public and civil society. These can counterbalance the alliances of powerful economic and political interests." theconversation.com/can-you-trus... #climatechange
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Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public
Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ending greenhouse gas emissions.
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Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Here's me saying it like it is regarding Elon Musk and X as a propaganda tool that is increasingly biased towards the far right. The article is in French - in this thread are some auto-translated excerpts from my comments. Shout out to @markandrejevic.bsky.social www.rtbf.be/article/comm...
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Comment Elon Musk utilise son réseau X pour faire monter l'extrême droite en Europe - RTBF Actus
Voici un extrait du compte X (anciennement Twitter) de Dries Van Langenhove, ex-député Vlaams Belang condamné en 2024 à...
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Great contextual article from someone who is very familiar with this playbook, @naomioreskes.bsky.social: "For decades, the fossil fuel industry has told the public our societies can’t manage without fossil fuels. Large parts of Australia have proved it’s just not so" #auspol #climatechange
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Fossil fuel companies ‘poisoned the well’ of public debate with climate disinformation. Here’s how Australia can break free
The US has obstructed climate action for decades – largely due to damaging actions by the powerful fossil fuel industry. But Australia has a chance now to lead.
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Thanks for the chat last week @phzerosounds.bsky.social for @qutdmrc.bsky.social Read Them Sideways 👇 ➕ Last night, climate change entered Australia's election conversation in the #ABCNews Leaders' Debate. While one side acknowledged climate science, the other employed "Discourses of Delay" 🧵
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
These two articles speak really well to the power and impact of hyper local. Could grassroots initiatives like these be a key part of addressing broader scale #polarisation? 1) 360info.org/how-to-heal-...; 2) Why regional communities need local news to be told: 360info.org/why-regional...
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How to heal the renewables rift impacting regional Australia - 360
A backlash against the rapid rollout of energy infrastructure defies broad support for renewables. There are better ways of working with affected communities. Earlier this year farmers in western Vict...
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign
The election campaign must prioritise climate policy to ensure the next government drives the transition to a clean economy in a world upended by Donald Trump.
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Good to see some of the key claims about offshore #windenergy in #Australia being addressed in this article (Spoiler alert: there is no evidence that wind turbines kill whales; while research is needed in other areas, we need to embrace the precautionary principle): www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Do offshore turbines kill whales? Wind farm facts, fiction and unknowns
Offshore wind faces community and political opposition as well support for its promise of ample renewable energy and while some claims can be ruled out, experts say other concerns are valid.
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Congrats to my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues on this great piece 👏 #auspol #polarisation #partisanship
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/12/2024
This @arielbogle.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social piece is so good, for many reasons but importantly is shows the spectrum of community opposition to renewables: from bad-faith political / fossil fuel networks to genuine sentiment from communities left out of the process. Read --->>>
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How anger at the rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network
An alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of renewables projects across Australia – and using them to spruik nuclear power
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Katharina Esau @kathaesa.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🥳 Our Destructive Polarisation article hit 1,550 views on @icsjournal.bsky.social in 2 months! We conceptualise 5 symptoms of destructive polarisation through a digital media & communication lens. Must-read around #Polarization #Polarisation #DigitalCommunication #Democracy👇 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Destructive polarization in digital communication contexts: a critical review and conceptual framework
While the digital turn in communication research offers novel opportunities to study polarization at scale, it also adds complexity to a challenging concept. Ambiguities surrounding the conceptual ...
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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. #BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚
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Political Organisations and Participation Research Group @popgroupaus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
What's one word that comes to mind when you think of the word 'democracy'? Fascinating session: Australian Perspectives on the Future of Democracy via Hon Ken Wyatt, Carmen Lawrence AO, Prof John Phillimore, Prof Carolyn Hendriks, Prof Martin Drum #AusPSA2024 #CHASS2024 #AusPol #PolSky
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Political Organisations and Participation Research Group @popgroupaus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Day 1 #keynote of #AusPSA2024: @ANUCrawford's Ariadne Vromen on rebuilding researcher-policymaker trust: explore power dynamics in evidence-based policy, co-create research agendas, & recognise diverse knowledge forms, including lived experience #PolicyResearch #PolSky #PublicPolicy
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Carly Lubicz @carlylubicz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Recent #JournalArticle by some of the team at the @qutdmrc.bsky.social and me about Destructive Polarisation (led by @kathaesa.bsky.social). This concept is relevant for my research of online #political discussions about #ClimateChange and the #RenewableEnergy transition in #Australia 🌏 #AcademicSky
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QUT Digital Media Research Centre @qutdmrc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We made a starter pack of researchers affiliated with the QUT Digital Media Research Centre
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