Unsocial Media: The rise of group-think and communities of belief on Facebook
via Policy Forum
Social media platforms are driving the creation of a new type of knowledge, even if it’s false, writes Timothy Graham.
VOSON Lab awarded RSSS Research Grant
The VOSON Lab was awarded a Cross-College Research Grant from the ANU Research School of Social Sciences.
Forthcoming: Engagement with news on Twitter, insights from Australia and Korea
The journal article: Engagement with News on Twitter: Insights from Australia and Korea, has been accepted for publication in the Asian Journal of Communication's special issue on Introducing Computational Social Science for Asia-Pacific Communication Research.
Anti-vaccination Facebook groups resemble 'small worlds': study
(Via CASS, ANU. Find original article HERE).
Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists
As part of the ACSPRI Summer Program 2018, Dr Rob Ackland will run a 5-day course: Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists from January 29 to February 2, 2018, at the University of Melbourne.
VOSON Lab has a new website!
In January 2018 we launched a new website - great work Francisca and Rob! Below is the old website, for posterity.
Mapping the anti-vaccination movement on Facebook
VOSON Lab member Tim Graham and his colleague Naomi Smith (Federation University Australia) have published