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Diana Bossio

@dbossio.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, Digital Communication at RMIT University. Research about journalism, social media and older people’s digital participation. She/her

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Damiano Spina @damianospina.com · 16/12/2025
Our report titled “Resourcing, technology and audiences: an industry-led agenda for journalism practice and research” is out: apo.org.au/node/332662 @tjthomson.bsky.social @jammh.bsky.social @dbossio.bsky.social @eddyhurc.bsky.social @admscentre.org.au @rmitcomputing.bsky.social
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Resourcing, technology and audiences: an industry-led agenda for journalism practice and research
This report explores the gap between academic research and industry needs in the news media. It shares insights from a roundtable where media stakeholders identified key challenges and research priori...
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News, Technology, and Society Network @ntsnetwork.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
📧 If you're in Melbourne and would like to attend the launch event, please send an email to NTSNetwork@rmit.edu.au. @jammh.bsky.social @dbossio.bsky.social @eddyhurc.bsky.social
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News, Technology, and Society Network @ntsnetwork.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
🤓 Researchers @dbossio.bsky.social and @eddyhurc.bsky.social hosted an interactive workshop with participants from across Australia's sporting industries to discuss the challenges modern sports organisations face in trying to find and keep viewers in an era of audience fragmentation.
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News, Technology, and Society Network @ntsnetwork.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
🏏 Our NTS Network was invited to take part in #AustralianSportsInnovation week last week by holding an industry workshop and attending the Content Live Industry show. Our Network co-presented "Understanding Australian Screen and Sport Audiences" with another RMIT EIP Network.
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3C @3c-rmit.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Check out this new report “Communicating to CALD Communities about energy: Best practice engagement to connect with digitally excluded groups”. Authored by 3C's Leah Li, David Micallef, @dbossio.bsky.social & @lukasteo.bsky.social Funded by AusNet communityhub.ausnetservices.com.au/HOME-Grant/r...
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RMIT University | AusNet's Helping Our Mission for Equity Grant
Exploring how Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities navigate the energy transition in Victoria.
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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Come and join our research network - reading group, grant proposal support, visiting scholars and industry events to come!
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T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🔗 Register here to attend the launch and receive a copy of the report: events.humanitix.com/engaged-jour... @skpark.bsky.social
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Report launch: Engaged Journalism in the Heartland - Understanding Regional News Audiences
Register on Humanitix - Report launch: Engaged Journalism in the Heartland - Understanding Regional News Audiences hosted by News and Media Research Centre . Online. Wednesday 27th August 2025. Find e...
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T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🤔 What do news audiences want from local news? 📰 What do they think is poorly covered or missing? 📝 How involved are news audiences in the production and dissemination of local news? Our new report addresses these and other pressing questions for those living in regional parts of the country.
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T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I reached a satisfying milestone today: 1 million reads of my 24 career-to-date articles published in @theconversation.com. I genuinely enjoy translating research for public benefit through these pieces and look forward to hopefully continuing to do so for many years into the future.
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Joëlle Swart @joelleswart.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
📣 We're happy to announce that the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies will be hosting the 5th ECREA Journalism Studies section conference in Groningen, The Netherlands, on April 9th-10th, 2026! Join us and submit your abstract before August 22nd. Find the CfP here: www.rug.nl/research/ico...
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Cam McTernan @cammcternan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
If you've ever wondered what the news market looks like on Facebook, here is my latest article on Australian news diversity on Facebook, published in MIA. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Australian news diversity on Facebook: An empirical study using engagement metrics and concentration analysis - Cameron McTernan, 2025
News diversity has long been a critical issue in Australia, but current research overlooks the significant share of content that is consumed via social media. F...
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3C @3c-rmit.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Check out the latest edition of @Social Sciences for an article by 3C’s @dbossio.bsky.social with Andrea Carson (La Trobe University): “Who Really Leads? A Qualitative Exploration of Gender Equity in Leadership of Australian Newsrooms” doi.org/10.3390/socs... #journalism #genderequity
Image: Journalist writing in pad, whicle juggling two microphones. Text: NEW RESEARCH! Bossio, D. & Carson, A. (2025), "Who Really Leads? A Qualitative Exploration of Gender Equity in Leadership of Australian Newsrooms", Social Sciences, 14(5), 311.
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Media International Australia @mediaintaus.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🌟 New Release Alert! Volume 195, Number 1 — May 2025 of MIA is here! Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/miad/195... #MIAjournal #MediaInternationalAustralia #EnvironmentalCommunication #ClimateAction #EnergyJustice #MediaDiversity #IndigenousVoices #JournalismStudies #NewRelease
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Katharina Esau @kathaesa.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
✨ New article out in Social Media + Society on "The Quality of Connections" ✨ or how reciprocity & #listening can counter destructive #polarisation dynamics online 🧠 Read here (open access 🔓): journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The Quality of Connections: Deliberative Reciprocity and Inclusive Listening as Antidote to Destructive Polarization Online - Katharina Esau, 2025
Conflict and disagreement are integral to healthy democracies, but the extreme polarization observed on many social media platforms poses a serious risk to the ...
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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Three years ago, I wrote this rapid ramble of a blog, "The kids are not ok", following my experience of a failed climate lecture. It remains the most read piece I have ever written. I just looked at it again: I can see why. It's ... just honest. jksteinberger.medium.com/the-kids-are...
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The kids are not ok
Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva — and was given a masterclass in our failings. This is the story of a…
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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
With fact-checkers being replaced by Community Notes on platforms, our cross-country comparative study on individual news authentication/verification published on IJPP offers some key insights. Check it out 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with @winsonpeng2011.bsky.social & Xinzhi Zhang
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How Do Individual and Societal Factors Shape News Authentication? Comparing Misinformation Resilience Across Hong Kong, the Netherlands, and the United States - Qinfeng Zhu, Tai-Quan Peng, Xinzhi Zhan...
In an era of pervasive misinformation, equipping citizens to counter its spread is increasingly critical. This study examines news authentication—individuals’ p...
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Qinfeng Zhu, PhD @qfzhu.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Examining journalists' collective disconnection, @dbossio.bsky.social, @journoscholar.bsky.social Avery Holton @loganex.bsky.social show how experience sharing & internal training drive systemic change to protect journalists' well-being from the organizational demand for connectivity bit.ly/3WQCskv
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From Individual Disconnection to Collective Practices for Journalists’ Wellbeing | Article | Media and Communication
Diana Bossio, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Logan Molyneux
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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Here’s an interesting study from colleagues at Monash on social media and civic values: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...
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Australians who get most of their news from social media more likely to believe in climate conspiracy, study finds
Exclusive: Monash University study suggests those who rely more on newspapers and public broadcasters more likely to score highly on ‘civic values’
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 24/01/2025
Very, very timely: our brilliant @qutdmrc.bsky.social podcast team has covered #Meta's phasing out of #factchecking (in the US, "for now") in the first #ReadThemSideways episode for 2025:
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 02/01/2025
Inman-Grant is far from perfect, and often waaaaay too reluctant to call bullshit bullshit, but hidden in here is a valuable deconstruction of Australia's manufactured moral panic over 🫨 teh kids on teh social medias 🫨. 👇👇👇
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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Don't get me wrong. A tax on Big Tech to support journalism is a solid idea, but this "negotiate or else" setup is broken. It shouldn’t be a backstop for failed deals; it should be the system! A transparent, fair tax with clear quality benchmarks would serve the public far better than backroom deals
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Belinda Barnet @manjusrii.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This is quite a clever incentive in that it is *less expensive* for platforms if they do make deals with media outlets. In other words, it was basically written for Meta, who have walked away from the bargaining table www.news.com.au/technology/o...
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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I was given about 35 seconds to write a quick update for The Conversation on the news media bargaining code and what is essentially the Albanese govt trying to force Meta back to the bargaining table with a a fully offset levy. You can read about it here: theconversation.com/news-bargain...
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News bargaining incentive: the latest move in the government’s ‘four-dimensional chess’ battle with Meta
The government has been playing ‘four-dimensional chess’ to work out how to drag big tech back to the bargaining table with news publishers. So, will this new scheme work?
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Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired. History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them. Signed, a physicist
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Kate Bowles @sokate.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
As “under 16” is being encoded into social media policy as “childhood”, take a look at the Australian children serving your takeaway and packing your groceries. They’re being paid 36.8% of the adult minimum wage, and very big businesses depend on them. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Grill’d was able to pay Arda $3 less than minimum wage. Unions want this youth ‘loophole’ abolished
Advocates argue it’s time for young people’s wages to rise but business groups claim paying more will push some companies into insolvency
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Diana Bossio @dbossio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Completely ideological and will be utterly devastating.
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Alex Beattie @drlxbt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Such a good #AANZCA conference at RMIT!! Thank you to @dbossio.bsky.social @jammh.bsky.social @dhutchman.bsky.social for organising and @katemannell.bsky.social your #digitalchild research. Stoked to share my early research on ADHD and screen time
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ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Ok that was *brilliant*. I think we could’ve easily continued the Q&A for another hour :) The four speakers presented in a lifecourse order, and we covered mothers’ smartphone use, the datafication of parenting, screen time, and pornography. I learned so much, both as a scholar and as a 🤰🏻 person.
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ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Very excited to be at the Digital Parenting #AANZCA24 panel this morning! A stellar line-up of exciting papers coming out of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child 🇦🇺
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ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
I feel so proud to announce that my first book - The Kids Are Online: Confronting the Myths and Realities of Young Digital Life - will be published in March 2025, by @ucpress.bsky.social 🫶🏼
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Daniel Binns @clockworkpenguin1.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Two conferences to wrap up my work year, with two sessions reflecting my alt take on the genAI insanity of the last couple of years. Thanks to #AANZCA and #ArtificialVisionaries for having me!
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Finished up a fabulous #aanzca24 with a fractured portrait starring @kathaesa.bsky.social @nedwatt.bsky.social @inesengelmann.bsky.social … i guess befitting a conference where I presented on visual misinformation?
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/11/2024
Delighted to announce the launch of M/C Journal issue 27.6: ‘#artificial’, edited by Angelique Nairn and Lorna Piatti-Farnell. A real bumper issue, as you might imagine from the theme. #mcjournal (Should be very much of interest to #AANZCA24 delegates as well…) journal.media-cultur...
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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This is a really great issue, and I'd encourage folks have a look at the 'artificial' issue of the M/C Journal: journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc... (Yes, I've got a co-authored paper in it and think it's worth your time, but even if I didn't there's quite a few real gems to be found!)
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Vol. 27 No. 6 (2024): artificial | M/C Journal
M/C Journal - a journal of media and culture, founded in 1998.
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Travis Holland @travish.co · 27/11/2024
Joint #AANZCA24 and #JERAA session to wrap up the week
Photo taken from the back side of a mostly full modern semi-circular lecture theatre with several presenters at floor level in front of a decorative slide.
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 27/11/2024
Sorry to be missing this, #AANZCA24 and #JERAA24 cousins, but I’m off to Sydney for my keynote at #ACSPRI24 on Friday… Assuming this Qantas flight ever boards, that is.
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Kate Mannell @katemannell.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
A really enriching #AANZCA24 as always. Love seeing the strong intergenerational tradition continue with so much wonderful work from PhD and Masters students. Big thanks to the organisers and my brilliant co-panelists ✨
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Joel Humphries @joel.queercomputer.com · 27/11/2024
Thrilled to have presented a paper at #aanzca24 today! I shared my work on developing a web app that allowed research participants to submit close-to-real-time scam data
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Travis Holland @travish.co · 27/11/2024
Science Gallery Melbourne to wrap #aanzca24
A curved white wall featuring two science fiction artworks, one washed with blue and one with purple, of astronauts A scrappy outfit of Japanese origin featuring blue coats, hay, and technology. It matches the high-tech, low culture attitude of cyberpunk with Japanese aesthetic. It's a modern Namahage.
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Geoffrey Lee @geoffreylee.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Presented my methods and early findings of my research on Twitch livestream humour across platforms at #aanzca24 earlier this week as part of a PhD candidate panel with Wenjia Tang, @tianyizhangshao.bsky.social, and @yiwenw.bsky.social. More at geofflearnstobefunny.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/a...
Me standing at a lectern giving my presentation with the introduction slide behind me. The text reads, "Existing research into content creation on platforms", "Humour as a means to study cross-platform interactions", "Ethnography and analysis methods", and "early findings".
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Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 25/11/2024
Very excited to be heading to #aanzca24 this morning - I’ll be there after dropping in to chat videogames, regulation, and youf on the Conversation Hour on ABC Melbourne.
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Travis Holland @travish.co · 26/11/2024
@ysabel.bsky.social about to keynote on youth and social media. Excellent timing for the current Australian political moment #AANZCA24
A woman stands on stage in front of a colourful slide with text: 'The Platform Paradox: Rethinking Youth + Social Media Debates'
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Travis Holland @travish.co · 26/11/2024
Previewing The Kids are Online #AANZCA24 www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ki...
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The Kids Are Online by Ysabel Gerrard - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 26/11/2024
What an excellent #AANZCA24 keynote on young people and social media by @ysabel.bsky.social. If only @albomp.bsky.social and his pearl-clutchers could be made to listen to this, rather than falling prey to utter charlatans like Jean Twenge and Jonathan Haidt. Liveblog: snurb.info/node/3260
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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Fantastic #aanzca24 plenary by @ysabel.bsky.social on the platform paradox which rejects the simplistic binary safe/unsafe framing of youth social media use. A powerful antidote to the polemic pop-psych airport book discourse. A great summary by @snurb.info over here: snurb.info/node/3260
RMIT Storey Hall, a slide with "The Platform Paradox, rethinking youth + social media debates" on the title@ysabel on stage in front of text on a slide
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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Go @ysabel.bsky.social! Sounds like a truly excellent keynote at #AANZCA24, I'm sorry to have missed it, but having read the book, I know it would have been outstanding! Get yourself a copy of _The Kids Are Online_ the second it comes out: www.ucpress.edu/books/the-ki...
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The Kids Are Online by Ysabel Gerrard - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 26/11/2024
Great #AANZCA24 session on the Voice to Parliament referendum, Indigenous truth-telling, and Indigenous data sovereignty, including a paper by my @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague @kathaesa.bsky.social. Liveblog here: snurb.info/taxonomy/...
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ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thank you so much again to the #AANZCA24 organisers for the kind invitation to be one of the conference keynotes, and to the audience for their attention and great questions + feedback 🫶🏼
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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Next up at #aanzca24 @snurb.info presenting our paper on the News Media Bargaining Code and Facebook's Australian news ban. We've used the Facebook URL Shares dataset to analyse this moment here and (attempted to) analyse what also has happened in Canada who copied our policy.
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Started the second day of #aanzca24 with an informative keynote: a walk alongside the Birrarung with Dr N’arwee’t Carolyn Briggs. #Kulinnation
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