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This study will be of interest to those who utilise frame analysis, or are eager to see if LLMs can bridge current methodological gaps in coding. The findings indicate that LLMs have potential for use in inductive frame analysis but further validation and discussion is needed.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This study will be of interest to those who utilise frame analysis, or are eager to see if LLMs can bridge current methodological gaps in coding. The findings indicate that LLMs have potential for use in inductive frame analysis but further validation and discussion is needed.
The team uses a case study of Australian news coverage of climate activism to demonstrate if automating frame analysis is possible, and compares human vs LLM coders.
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The team uses a case study of Australian news coverage of climate activism to demonstrate if automating frame analysis is possible, and compares human vs LLM coders.
This presentation will be of interest to those who wish to utilise practice mapping outside of the political sphere or who wish to have a more quantitative understanding of fan practices on Reddit.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This presentation will be of interest to those who wish to utilise practice mapping outside of the political sphere or who wish to have a more quantitative understanding of fan practices on Reddit.
This work implemented the innovative methodology of practice mapping to consider user activity across 8 Taylor Swift subreddits and 3 pop culture subreddits. One of the first studies to use practice mapping on datasets that were not political, clear practice clusters were still found.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This work implemented the innovative methodology of practice mapping to consider user activity across 8 Taylor Swift subreddits and 3 pop culture subreddits. One of the first studies to use practice mapping on datasets that were not political, clear practice clusters were still found.
After release of a science report showing new coral growth on the Great Barrier Reef, framed as "reef recovery", the team traced media narratives across news reporting and social media posts. This article will be of interest to science communicators and other researchers covering climate change.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
After release of a science report showing new coral growth on the Great Barrier Reef, framed as "reef recovery", the team traced media narratives across news reporting and social media posts. This article will be of interest to science communicators and other researchers covering climate change.
The objective of this work is to understand the dynamics of division and delay in Australian climate and energy discussions. Other colleagues that assisted with this work are Katharina Esau, Laura Vodden, Tariq Choucair, Axel Bruns, Michelle Riedlinger, Ehsan Dehghan and Samantha Volkins.
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The objective of this work is to understand the dynamics of division and delay in Australian climate and energy discussions. Other colleagues that assisted with this work are Katharina Esau, Laura Vodden, Tariq Choucair, Axel Bruns, Michelle Riedlinger, Ehsan Dehghan and Samantha Volkins.
Carly's presentation, with work from other DMRC researchers, was titled "Division and Delay in Australian Climate Change Discussions: An LLM-Assisted Analysis of Discourse Coalition across News Reports and Parliamentary Submissions".
Division and Delay in Australian Climate and Energy Discussions: #AoIR2025 presentation.pdf
This presentation was delivered at the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 2025 Conference in Niteroi, Brazil by Carly Lubicz-Zaorski. It uses LLM-assisted analysis of Australian public submissions and news reports to identify key actors, actor types, and stances towards nuclear energy, renewable energy, fossil fuels, and climate change. These results are then mapped as discourse coalitions to establish what actors are aligned with whom in their positions.
Key findings:
* There is clear evidence of energy partisanship on both datasets, where energy sources are aligned with a political party (Coalition = nuclear; Labor = renewables).
* There are also signs of polarisation where pro/mixed-nuclear stances are aligned with anti/mixed renewable energy positions, and pro/mixed attitudes to fossil fuels; while support for renewables is more likely to be aligned with support for climate action, and anti/mixed attitudes to nuclear and fossil fuels (particularly in the public submission dataset).
* In Australia, known obstructors/delayers of climate action are aligned with pro-nuclear/anti-renewables/pro-fossil stances.
* We need to consider the impact of these alignments on public and political support for climate and energy policy.
What's next?
The next steps are identifying claims and mapping these as discourse coalitions. This will allow us to see what arguments are being used to justify certain positions and in collaboration with whom. This is useful during complex discussions like environment and energy, as the accuracy of claims is often context dependent and nuanced.
Acknowledgments
This research is supported by the Australian Research Council through the Australian Laureate Fellowship project Determining the Dynamics of Partisanship and Polarisation in Online Public Debate.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Carly's presentation, with work from other DMRC researchers, was titled "Division and Delay in Australian Climate Change Discussions: An LLM-Assisted Analysis of Discourse Coalition across News Reports and Parliamentary Submissions".
This paper is a conceptual and methodological guide for anyone looking at practices that leave digital trace data on various platforms, allowing researchers to know with more precision what is or is not a practice.
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This paper is a conceptual and methodological guide for anyone looking at practices that leave digital trace data on various platforms, allowing researchers to know with more precision what is or is not a practice.
Practices are things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments.
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Practices are things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments.
You can find out more and register for the 2026 Summer School by following this link:
2026 DMRC Summer School – QUT Digital Media Research Centre
2026 DMRC Summer School | 2 - 6 February 2026The DMRC 2026 Summer School is back again for another year, featuring interactive sessions showcasing digital...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
You can find out more and register for the 2026 Summer School by following this link:
Delegate registration will open the week of the 13th October 2026, so please keep an eye out on our socials and webpage for the release. To sign up to our Summer School mailing list and for further information, visit our website:
2026 DMRC Summer School – QUT Digital Media Research Centre
2026 DMRC Summer School | 2 - 6 February 2026The DMRC 2026 Summer School is back again for another year, featuring interactive sessions showcasing digital...
research.qut.edu.au
October 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Delegate registration will open the week of the 13th October 2026, so please keep an eye out on our socials and webpage for the release. To sign up to our Summer School mailing list and for further information, visit our website:
The Summer School promotes a culture of supportive research, and informed and stimulating engagement among our researchers, students, and partners. This program offers opportunities for learning and networking, as well as a great social program.
October 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The Summer School promotes a culture of supportive research, and informed and stimulating engagement among our researchers, students, and partners. This program offers opportunities for learning and networking, as well as a great social program.
Researchers, students, and industry partners will share how they are confronting a range of Australian and global challenges in digital media industries.
October 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Researchers, students, and industry partners will share how they are confronting a range of Australian and global challenges in digital media industries.
This work looks at how the media frames climate movements in both Australia and Germany, and is the outcome of Katharina's fellowship at The New Institute in Hamburg in 2023, a collaboration with the University of Hamburg and the GESIS–Leibniz Institute for the Social Science.
October 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This work looks at how the media frames climate movements in both Australia and Germany, and is the outcome of Katharina's fellowship at The New Institute in Hamburg in 2023, a collaboration with the University of Hamburg and the GESIS–Leibniz Institute for the Social Science.