Research Fellow at the Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University of Sydney. Researching young people, social media health communication & digital health literacy📲
Dr Melody Taba
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If anyone’s teaching plans are disrupted today because #Canvas has been hacked, maybe this would be an opportune time to read and discuss an article by Cory Doctorow about platforms and enshittification, and reflect on how this applies to higher education ? #CanvasHack
Influencers are spruiking these three tests on social media, but they risk doing more harm than good
📢 Call for Interview Participants for PhD Project 🗣️
I am seeking interview participants who 💫 currently hold or have previously held beliefs that could be called conspiracy theories 💫.
I am assessing how knowledge and belief systems are formed online.
New on my (NEW) personal blog! Health Literacy Glow-up #1: Usable Infographics.
The three tips from this one: use relevant illustrations, write in active voice, and focus on action over facts. Sounds simple. Surprisingly rare in the real world.
🛟 😷 🧪 #academicsky #commsky
Axel Bruns
Guardian Australia
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I've said before that my focus is on media literacy for adults, since
a) people DIDN'T have it in school,
b) adults do things like vote RIGHT NOW.
There IS good youth curriculum, though not always the will to use it. If you have kids or grandkids, here are a couple of options. (Or share this!)
