Social Media

• Million Dollar Challenge swaps voucher for bicycle for MS research image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 16, 2017 12:29:09

  Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, social-media, offbeat, secondary-schools, multiple-sclerosis, helensvale-4212

• Trading up from chocolate bar to $1m for MS research

  ABC Gold Coast

  By Damien Larkins and Karin Adam

  Posted February 16, 2017 12:29:09

  A pair of enterprising Gold Coast students are trying to turn a chocolate bar into $1 million dollars for charity.

  Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, social-media, offbeat, secondary-schools, multiple-sclerosis, helensvale-4212

• YouTuber PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg) image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 15, 2017 14:39:46

  Topics: social-media, internet-culture, united-states

• Casey Neistat image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 15, 2017 14:39:46

  Topics: social-media, internet-culture, united-states

• Why YouTube is distancing itself from its most popular channel: PewDiePie

  Posted February 15, 2017 14:39:46

  YouTube and Disney cut ties with influential YouTube star PewDiePie after he posted several videos that were deemed anti-Semitic, including one where he paid Indians $5 to hold up signs reading "Death to all Jews".

  Topics: social-media, internet-culture, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, united-states

• PewDiePie video showing men holding anti-Semitic sign image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 15, 2017 14:39:46

  Topics: social-media, internet-culture, united-states

• Kids now spending more time online than watching TV (audio)

  ABC Radio Sydney

  By Amanda Hoh

  Posted February 15, 2017 14:08:41

  Last year children spent an average of 12 hours a week online, compared to 10.5 hours spent in front of the TV, according to a survey of Australian kids aged six to 13.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, internet-culture, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, television, social-media, children, sydney-2000

• How the parties are using your Facebook profile to target you

  By Laura Gartry

  Posted February 14, 2017 14:35:44 | Updated February 16, 2017 13:10:39

  WA political parties are using Facebook data to target voters like never before using a game-changing strategy straight out of the Donald Trump election handbook.

  Topics: government-and-politics, social-media, internet-culture, perth-6000

• Why Donald Trump uses Twitter to speak to the world Video

  Video
  The World

  4min 42sec

  Posted February 14, 2017 00:34:49

  Beverley O'Connor speaks to Brian Klass about Donald Trump, social media and the future of democracy.

  Topics: social-media, government-and-politics, united-states

• US Education Department misspells activist's name — then misspells apology tweet

  Posted February 13, 2017 12:41:26 | Updated February 14, 2017 11:43:32

  The US Department of Education is left embarrassed after posting an inspirational quote on Twitter, only to misspell the author's name — and the internet was quick to pick up on the irony.

  Topics: education, social-media, government-and-politics, united-states

• Dating app matches lovers who can't stand selfies Opinion

  By Ben Pobjie

  Posted February 11, 2017 05:57:59 | Updated February 11, 2017 09:01:18

  A new dating app aims to match lovers based on their mutual dislike of Donald Trump, slow drivers and butt selfies — it's going to change the world, writes Ben Pobjie.

  Topics: popular-culture, relationships, internet-culture, social-media, offbeat

• Can Donald Trump control the courts?

  Lateline

  By David Lipson

  Posted February 10, 2017 22:32:50

  The courts are one of the most difficult institutions for a President of the United States to change, but Donald Trump does have some opportunities to do so, according to David Frum, a former speechwriter for George W Bush.

  Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, media, social-media, united-states

• Nurses want right to refuse treatment to violent patients

  By Ruby Jones

  Posted February 09, 2017 19:26:22

  As the SA Government unveils a new campaign aimed at reducing violence in hospitals, nurses call for the right to refuse treatment to aggressive patients.

  Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, occupational-health-and-safety, health, social-media, sa, adelaide-5000

• Social media and WA politics: Fake followers and not so micro-parties

  By Laura Gartry

  Posted February 09, 2017 19:07:45

  Health Minister John Day has the highest number of fake Twitter followers among WA politicians, while the minor parties are outperforming the majors on social media, according to digital strategy experts.

  Topics: elections, social-media, states-and-territories, political-parties, perth-6000, wa

• Bob Brown lodges complaint over 'homophobic' Facebook slur (photos)

  Exclusive by Richard Baines

  Posted February 09, 2017 14:43:55 | Updated February 09, 2017 15:07:33

  A Facebook post implying former Greens leader Bob Brown enjoyed being manhandled by forestry workers during a protest will be the subject of an official complaint.

  Topics: social-media, internet-culture, gays-and-lesbians, tas

• 'Lego Farmer' tells story of Australian agriculture

  By Jennifer King

  Posted February 09, 2017 11:46:09 | Updated February 09, 2017 13:07:31

  A tiny plastic farmer wearing a wide-brimmed hat and green overalls does his bit to raise awareness of Australian agriculture.

  Topics: rural, farm-labour, human-interest, offbeat, primary, education, information-and-communication, internet-culture, social-media, tocumwal-2714, nsw

• Twitter is cracking down on abuse, but not enough, say cyber-safety advocates

  The World Today

  By Thomas Oriti

  Posted February 08, 2017 14:50:01 | Updated February 08, 2017 14:59:47

  Twitter announces new measures to help improve safety on the social media platform but cyber-safety advocates say the company is not doing enough to stamp out cyber-bullying.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, social-capital, social-media, united-states, australia

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  ABC News

  Posted February 07, 2017 18:40:35

  Topics: science, social-media, research, community-and-society, wireless-communication, townsville-4810

• Scientists take to Twitter to introduce themselves

  ABC North Qld

  By Nathalie Fernbach

  Posted February 07, 2017 18:40:35

  North Queensland scientists join a global conversation to combat the invisibility of modern scientists.

  Topics: science, social-media, research, community-and-society, wireless-communication, townsville-4810

• Tracy Ainsworth image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 07, 2017 18:40:35

  Topics: science, social-media, research, community-and-society, wireless-communication, townsville-4810

• Beyonce's pregnancy photos highlight changing trends

  ABC Radio Hobart

  By Carol Rääbus

  Posted February 06, 2017 12:56:11

  The rise of social media and online photo sharing has seen increasing numbers of women marking and celebrating their pregnancies publicly.

  Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, social-media, women, history, human-interest, hobart-7000

• Race organisers cop Facebook nagging after low crowd numbers at Hobart Cup

  Posted February 06, 2017 09:43:06 | Updated February 06, 2017 11:35:43

  Bookmakers describe the crowd at the Hobart Cup as the smallest they have seen, as members of the public take to Facebook to blast organisers.

  Topics: social-media, horse-racing, lifestyle-and-leisure, sport, hobart-7000

• Solitude is glory, but loneliness is pain. It's time to reach out Opinion

  By Deirdre Fidge

  Posted February 05, 2017 06:09:56

  We need to do more to stop the scourge of loneliness, writes Deirdre Fidge. If that means responding to an online ad for a fishing buddy, so be it.

  Topics: relationships, welfare, mental-health, internet-culture, social-media

• Elderly use of social media and technology on the rise

  By Lauren Waldhuter

  Posted February 04, 2017 09:53:09

  The number of older Australians embracing information technology is surging, research finds, with Skype, e-mail and apps like Instagram fast becoming vital tools to keep the elderly connected.

  Topics: media, social-media, information-and-communication, australia, adelaide-5000, griffith-university-4111

• Scent of Facebook vigilantes accidentally helps Darwin car thieves

  By Rosa Ellen

  Posted February 03, 2017 13:24:28 | Updated February 03, 2017 15:05:30

  People who found a stolen car in Darwin after recognising it from a Facebook post may have unwittingly helped criminals by contaminating the scene with their scent, throwing off police sniffer dogs.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, social-media, fannie-bay-0820, darwin-0800

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