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    • Dr Jennifer Beckett

    Lecturer, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne

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    Arts & Culture

    ‘Dear John’: Taylor’s responsibility to her Swifties

    Taylor Swift has redefined fan engagement in the digital age, but that fandom comes with a responsibility to call out Swifties behaving badly

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    Politics & Society

    Major parties staying silent on social media regulation

    For the first time, Australians are heading to the polls in an age of hyper-partisan, shareable fake news – and social media regulation should be a key election issue

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    Sciences & Technology

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    Go Figure

    Why do some people believe the Earth is flat?

    Although scientific evidence says the Earth is a sphere orbiting the Sun, there are some people around who still think our planet is flat... and social media plays a role

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