Sander van der Linden is a social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the author of Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity. Renée DiResta knows this only ...

Joy Buolamwini and Kyle Chayka want you to know: Algorithms aren't that complicated. "To me, an algorithm is just a sequence of steps to achieve an outcome," says Buolamwini, a computer scientist and ...

Social media algorithms, in their commonly known form, are now 15 years old. They were born with Facebook’s introduction of ranked, personalised news feeds in 2009 and have transformed how we interact ...

Social media algorithms, in their commonly known form, are now 15 years old. They were born with Facebook’s introduction of ranked, personalised news feeds, external in 2009 and have transformed how ...

You might be familiar with the terms "seggs" and "unalive" if you've spent time on social media platforms, like TikTok and Instagram. They're a part of what's called "algospeak," a kind of coded ...

Drowning in spreadsheets? Staring at a mountain of raw data with no clue how to make it understandable? You're not alone.

Daniel Angus receives funding from Australian Research Council through Discovery Projects DP200100519 ‘Using machine vision to explore Instagram’s everyday promotional cultures’, DP200101317 ...

The power of social media cannot be denied, but the landscape is complex and constantly changing. It’s easy to get frustrated with the various algorithms that control how much of your messaging gets ...

I’m a visual thinker, so I usually reach for mind maps and flowcharts when I brainstorm ideas or plan projects. They help me get a full-picture overview of all my thoughts and the nuggets of ...