Verity Trott
@vezziet.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Research @ Monash. Book FEMINIST ACTIVISM & PLATFORM POLITICS (Routledge) http://tinyurl.com/mr473tx8
Reposted by Verity Trott
As we talk about the cheerful insanity of Australia's Social Media Ban again this morning, here's your periodical reminder that the book it's inspired by - The Anxious Generation - is hogwash.
Not just me saying it, but this little journal you might have heard of: Nature.
www.nature.com/artic...
Not just me saying it, but this little journal you might have heard of: Nature.
www.nature.com/artic...
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Nature - The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As we talk about the cheerful insanity of Australia's Social Media Ban again this morning, here's your periodical reminder that the book it's inspired by - The Anxious Generation - is hogwash.
Not just me saying it, but this little journal you might have heard of: Nature.
www.nature.com/artic...
Not just me saying it, but this little journal you might have heard of: Nature.
www.nature.com/artic...
50 Years of 3MBS: the classical music community radio station my grandfather (Brian Cabena) built. A little bit of family and Melbourne history 😊
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Melbourne’s ‘voice of classical music’ turns 50, and this presenter has been there from the start
John Worcester has been a volunteer presenter at community radio station 3MBS since 1975.
www.theage.com.au
July 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
50 Years of 3MBS: the classical music community radio station my grandfather (Brian Cabena) built. A little bit of family and Melbourne history 😊
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
The All Things in Moderation virtual conference has started today 🤩 Already some interesting discussions about the importance of multi-generational online communities and how to safeguard young users without disclosing them as underage to the rest of the internet. #AustralianCommunityManagers
May 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The All Things in Moderation virtual conference has started today 🤩 Already some interesting discussions about the importance of multi-generational online communities and how to safeguard young users without disclosing them as underage to the rest of the internet. #AustralianCommunityManagers
Come work with me in the School of Media, Film & Journalism at Monash University! We are hiring FOUR new positions: A/Professor or Professor - Journalism
A/Professor or Professor - Media
Senior Lecturer - Public Relations
Lecturer - Media
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A/Professor or Professor - Media
Senior Lecturer - Public Relations
Lecturer - Media
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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April 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Come work with me in the School of Media, Film & Journalism at Monash University! We are hiring FOUR new positions: A/Professor or Professor - Journalism
A/Professor or Professor - Media
Senior Lecturer - Public Relations
Lecturer - Media
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
A/Professor or Professor - Media
Senior Lecturer - Public Relations
Lecturer - Media
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Happy to share our latest article from data we collected back in 2020 for a government project that has recently been published. We examine how public services are discussed on Australian location-based subreddits and Whirlpool forums at the start of the pandemic journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Public service sentiment in Australian digital communities on Reddit and Whirlpool during the COVID-19 pandemic - Verity Trott, Ben Lyall, Callum Jones, Brady Robards, Steven Roberts, 2025
This paper explores the role of digitally networked local communities on the platforms Reddit and Whirlpool in helping citizens navigate and understand Australi...
journals.sagepub.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Happy to share our latest article from data we collected back in 2020 for a government project that has recently been published. We examine how public services are discussed on Australian location-based subreddits and Whirlpool forums at the start of the pandemic journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We had some thoughts on the framing and discussions of boys' grievances and victimhood: womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-t...
How the discourse on boys’ alienation is fuelled by anti-feminist agendas
The idea that boys are turning to the manosphere because masculinity is under attack is misleading and a strategic, ideological narrative.
womensagenda.com.au
April 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We had some thoughts on the framing and discussions of boys' grievances and victimhood: womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-t...
Ok why are all the potties pink??? No anatomy specific features so whyyy??
February 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ok why are all the potties pink??? No anatomy specific features so whyyy??
In Vietnam about to fall asleep when the traffic outside erupts with noise. Deafening. Vietnam has won the ASEAN Cup 🙉
January 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In Vietnam about to fall asleep when the traffic outside erupts with noise. Deafening. Vietnam has won the ASEAN Cup 🙉
Reposted by Verity Trott
This time next week we will be welcoming an incredible line-up of researchers to Monash's Caulfield campus in Naarm/Melbourne and via Zoom, for our tenth (!!) Digital Intimacies conference! Draft program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1o3A5...
Digital Intimacies DRAFT PROGRAM November 2024.pdf
drive.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:03 PM
This time next week we will be welcoming an incredible line-up of researchers to Monash's Caulfield campus in Naarm/Melbourne and via Zoom, for our tenth (!!) Digital Intimacies conference! Draft program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1o3A5...
Hello! I have arrived and am ready to explore!
December 5, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Hello! I have arrived and am ready to explore!