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Peta Mitchell

@petamitchell.bsky.social
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Professor of Digital Media at QUT Digital Media Research Centre, researching digital and media geographies, digital cultures, digital inclusion

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Dan @dannno0o.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Absolutely chuffed that my PhD thesis Envisaging simulation and its limits: Large Language Models From Architecture, to Interface, to Ideology has passed examination with no revisions and was nominated by both examiners to receive an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award :D
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Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
How good is it to have a dedicated, publicly funded emergency broadcaster? Grateful to all the ABC local radio teams, keeping us company, making sure we're informed and connected, and bringing comfort to their communities this morning, as #tcalfred finally crosses the coast.
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Peta Mitchell @petamitchell.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Ah, it all becomes clear. DOGE's attack on waste is an attack on W.A.S.T.E. Time to unmute the post horn 📯🗑️
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Tracy Creagh @creaght.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
From @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social "The choices academics make now, how we think and talk about the new possibilities which are opening up, alongside many others, will shape the nature of the AI university" @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Generative AI is a hinge point for higher education
Decisions taken now around how generative AI is used by academics and universities will shape the future of research. Mark Carrigan argues whilst optimistic scenarios are possible, generative AI st…
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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Silvia Montaña @silmonn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Some reflections with colleagues @nedwatt.bsky.social and @riedlinm.bsky.social at @theconvo-bot.bsky.social on Meta's decision to end its professionally funded fact-checking model in its platforms and adopt the X crowdsourcing model with a new 'community notes'👇 theconversation.com/meta-is-aban...
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Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation
Numerous studies have shown that fact checking has helped reduce the spread of misinformation and disinformation online.
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Peta Mitchell @petamitchell.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Deeply unserious government
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Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I was asked to write a short explainer about Bluesky for The Conversation - I hope I haven't done anything to annoy the more committed community members (I was an ambivalent and pretty slack early adopter). theconversation.com/what-is-blue...
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What is Bluesky? Why tens of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform
With a name that invokes freedom and a clean start and a design that promises to put control back in our hands, the Bluesky platform is attracting users away from Twitter/X en masse.
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Brady Robards @bradyjay.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
This time next week we will be welcoming an incredible line-up of researchers to Monash's Caulfield campus in Naarm/Melbourne and via Zoom, for our tenth (!!) Digital Intimacies conference! Draft program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1o3A5...
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Digital Intimacies DRAFT PROGRAM November 2024.pdf
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Michael Dezuanni @dezuanni.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Annabel Crabb does a great job of summing it up! www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Parliament delivers a performance piece of legislative 'enshittification' that raises more questions than answers
Yesterday, parliament heard that the major parties will come together and pass a law banning teenagers from social media, after a period of careful thought roughly commensurate with that of a 15-year-...
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Peta Mitchell @petamitchell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Super excited about our successfully funded #ARC Discovery #DP25 application on GenAI and the future of academic writing and publishing, led by @riedlinm.bsky.social, with Jake Goldenfein, @jeanburgess.bsky.social, & Aaron Snoswell. Get ready to hear lots more about Research GenAI or #RGAI from us!
Generative AI and the future of academic writing and publishing. This project examines the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies on scholarly research and publishing. The project investigates how GenAI technologies are shaping the future of academic research from search to publication, including how academic publishers and peak research advisory bodies are responding to the potential of these technologies. The project develops a framework for understanding the sociotechnical drivers shaping the debate and establishes cross-sector principles to promote a more consistent and critical response by key stakeholders. In doing so, it supports ongoing learning within scholarly communities for a more responsive national research system, optimising GenAI for public good.
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Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Are you interested in a variety of perspectives and research on automation and society, and in branching out beyond Europe and North America? If the answer's yes, then I have a great starter pack for you
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Kate FitzGerald @katemfitzgerald.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A new episode of the @qutdmrc.bsky.social podcast Read Them Sideways is out! Hosted by @svegaard.bsky.social, he chatted with Aljosha Karim Schapals about the release of a new book he has co-edited: Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes. open.spotify.com/episode/5htz...
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Episode 15: International media landscapes with Aljosha Karim Schapals
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Here's my analysis on the rushing of the social media ban bill. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?
Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it
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