influence
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Stakeholder and community engagement
Women are influencers in rural communities
Research finds women are opinion leaders in implementing sustainable and developmental initiatives in local communities.
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Brain power
Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out
Have you ever watched something because YouTube recommended it? You’ve probably been influenced by an algorithm. But underneath the algorithms…
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Brain power
What sheep can teach us about driverless cars
When we know how our peers think about autonomous vehicles, and especially about their safety, our own thinking adjusts accordingly.
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Brain power
Why groupthink helps ideas to spread
Recent research highlights how easy it is for groupthink to emerge in large groups and especially on social media.
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Community
Australia is falling behind in Digital Diplomacy
The Internet has transformed nearly every aspect of life, and diplomacy has also faced Schumpeterian creative destruction of its conservative norms,…
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In the news
Britain’s ‘Twitter troops’ have ways of making you think…
The revelations of Edward Snowden have included exposing a previously unknown British intelligence services branch dedicated to influencing human behaviour…
