Dr Jennifer Beckett

Lecturer, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne

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

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

Sciences & Technology

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