News & Events
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Australians are slack about getting tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but a new program could mean getting checked is as easy as going to the loo on a night out.
Basil Donovan from the National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Research…
Posted: 25th August 2010 -
Professor Gerard Goggin, Professor of Digital Communication & Deputy Director of the Journalism and Media Research Centre, UNSW, is to give a Keynote Lecture The Fifth Decade of the Internet: Australia & the Region (PDF) (138 Kb) at the Communication and…
Posted: 11th August 2010 -
Professor Gerard Goggin, Professor of Digital Communication & Deputy Director of the Journalism and Media Research Centre, UNSW, is to give a Special Guest Lecture The Politics of the iPhone and the Future of Media (PDF) (136 Kb) at the Communication and…
Posted: 11th August 2010 -
SEXUALLY active teenagers who send flirtatious text images to each other are at risk of being prosecuted under child pornography charges because of discrepancies in state and federal laws. While the age of consent in NSW is 16 - and the legal…
Posted: 8th August 2010 -
Noise is distracting and irritating enough in the real world. Our focus is easily disrupted by unwanted clutter and sounds from our surrounding environment. So we often find ourselves turning to digital spaces to try control the chaos, and concentrate…
Posted: 5th August 2010 -
Debates are raging about reduced attention spans and information overload — with particular focus on young people being at risk. How do we manage the increasing demands of network connectivity, from mobiles, email, and social media?
Sharing…
Posted: 4th August 2010 -
Good morning readers. Look at me please. Eyes to the front. Andrew Bolt please bring whatever you’re playing with under that desk and put it on my table. Thank you Andrew. Everyone settled? Excellent. Today we’re going to learn about why…
Posted: 3rd August 2010 -
Kate Crawford of the Journalism and Media Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, is two years into conducting a massive study of mobile phone use amongst 18-30 year olds in Australia. The study, supported by an Australian…
Posted: 3rd August 2010 -
Kate Crawford was invited to give a lecture Art of noise: Mobile social media and attention at Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University on Tuesday, August 3.
How do we manage the increasing demands of network connectivity,…
Posted: 3rd August 2010 -
Strippers (and sex workers) tend not to play to stereotype.
In April this year I had the pleasure of being on a panel at a feminist conference with Elena Jeffreys, the President of Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association. Elena is a…
Posted: 27th July 2010
