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Axel Bruns
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Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media.

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Axel Bruns is a German-Australian media scholar. He is a Professor of Communication and Media Studies at QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. .. more

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · Apr 25
💡 NEW ARTICLE ALERT 💡

My article with @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleagues @kkasianenko.bsky.social, @vishneww.bsky.social, @essideh.com, and @voddenlaura.bsky.social is now out in Social Media + Society.

We introduce a new analytics method: #PracticeMapping.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Untangling the Furball: A Practice Mapping Approach to the Analysis of Multimodal Interactions in Social Networks - Axel Bruns, Kateryna Kasianenko, Vish Padinjaredath Suresh, Ehsan Dehghan, Laura Vod...
This article introduces the analytical approach of practice mapping, using vector embeddings of network actions and interactions to map commonalities and disjun...
journals.sagepub.com

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 13h
"Yes, a coup is happening in the United States", says Jsaon Stanley, the former Yale professor of fascism who left for Canada. Worthwhile interview here, even if it's a bit "no shit" after recent events.
I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
www.motherjones.com

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lorehayek.at
Lore Hayek @lorehayek.at · 14h
Peak journalism.
Excerpt NYT interview with Donald Trump

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kwelle.bsky.social
Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 14h
This Friday 16.1. - you can still sign up to join us for this talk by Julian Jaursch / Bundesnetzagentur #dataaccess #digitalservicesact #dsa #article40

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14h
At this point the Adelaide Writers' Week will just be Madeleine King reading out the Woodside Annual Report to Bob Carr and Greg Sheridan with David Speers running around the stage reading his beat poem about the glory of centrism.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Federal minister backs axing of Palestinian author from writers' festival
Resources Minister Madeleine King's comments come amid a growing furore over the decision that has led several board members to resign and dozens of writers to withdraw from the Adelaide literary even...
www.abc.net.au

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 14h
You get an increasingly strong sense that Trump is urgently trying to settle some scores before his obvious dementia gets any worse and he begins to forget who his enemies are.
Justice department opens investigation into Jerome Powell as Trump ramps up campaign against Federal Reserve
Fed chair accuses DoJ of threatening criminal charges over building renovation projects because central bank defied Trump’s interest rate demands
www.theguardian.com

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 15h
Perfeckly normel countray. 🤪

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Rocketpilot 🇵🇸 @rocketpilot.xyz · 15h
This caused a brain itch I had to scratch
The billionaires' hierarchy of needs: from the bottom, making money, immunity from prosecution, hebephillia, no one on social media can shout at me, bullying employees.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 15h
More principled stance than the UK's. Or Canada's. Or Australia's. Or ...

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robarmstrong.bsky.social
Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 16h
The Fed and markets have a very serious problem
ft.com/content/21b5...

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 16h
#BBCNews - Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk's Grok over sexually explicit deepfakes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Grok AI: Malaysia and Indonesia block X chatbot over sexually explicit deepfakes
Sexualised images of real people generated by Grok have circulated on X in recent weeks.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18h
"If we silence voices we don’t agree with, we’re doing the work of extremists for them"
Peter Greste

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If we silence voices we don’t agree with, we’re doing the work of extremists for them | Peter Greste
I do not need to share Randa Abdel-Fattah’s views to believe that removing her is wrong. This is why I’ve withdrawn from Adelaide writers’ week
www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 21h
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22h
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h
BREAKING: The Department of Justice subpoenas the Federal Reserve, says Chair Jerome Powell.
Federal Reserve Chair Powell says DOJ has subpoenaed central bank, threatens criminal indictment
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony about the Fed’s building renovations.
bit.ly

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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 22h
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com

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Timothy Graham @timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 23h
New paper out with @snurb.info and Simon Copland, where we analyse Sky News Australia through the lens of network propaganda.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 23h
And then there are a few new encyclopaedia entries and an article in Italian about destructive polarisation (soon also to come out in English). More about those in the blog post: snurb.info/node/3532.
Cover of _Democrazie ai margini: Disinformazione e manipolazione dell’opinione pubblica nell’era digitale_, edited by Giovanni Boccia Artieri.

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 23h
With colleagues in Hamburg and Bremen, we also examined how Australian and German media cover mainstream and fringe climate protests. There are some clear but different divergences here too (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/3048).
Slide from "Polarised Media Framing of Climate Protests: A Comparative Mixed-Methods Analysis of Australia and Germany" (ICA 2024).

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 23h
My colleague Katharina Esau led our analysis of media polarisation in Australia during the Voice to Parliament referendum, where we found some complex and diverging patterns (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/3297).
Slide from "Mapping News Media Polarisation during the Voice to Parliament Referendum" (AANZCA 2024).

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
With Simon Copland and Timothy Graham, I analysed the dissemination of Sky News Australia videos on Facebook, and found three distinct but overlapping audiences, in Australia and overseas (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/2626).
Slide from "From Cable Niche to Social Media Success: International Engagement with Sky News Australia's Brand of 'News'" (AoIR 2021).

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
Catching up with recent work, I've now updated my blog with my latest scholarly publications - including a whopping 3️⃣ new articles in @mediaintaus.bsky.social by my colleagues and me. These follow up on work presented at #AoIR2021, #AANZCA2024, and #ICA2024.
Propaganda, Division, Polarisation: New Publications in Media International Australia and Elsewhere | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
In addition to the conference presentations I covered in m
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
Well that was as poor as the previous match. #CHNAUS

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
Ahaha, no. Hand ball. #CHNAUS

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
Good gods – a goal for Australia’s U23 ? Surely not. #CHNAUS

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
What on Earth is there even left to talk about ? It's a CSAM site.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 1d
👀 The UK Government is in talks with Canada and Australia about a possible ban on X. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Starmer rallies international support to take on Musk
Tech billionaire says threat to ban social media site over sexualised AI images is ‘censorship’
www.telegraph.co.uk

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover. Pink Floyd in 1987.

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lukestark.bsky.social
Luke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 1d
Is the Canadian government so afraid of Donald Trump and Elon Musk that it will do nothing to protect Canadians from rampant CSAM on X? And if so, what does that tell us about both the American regime and its threat to us?

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earleyedition.bsky.social
Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 1d
Exclusive: Google has removed some of its AI Overviews after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at risk of harm by false and misleading information being served up in the AI summaries
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
www.theguardian.com

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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 1d
I have yet to see evidence that this Australian U23 team is capable of (or interested in) scoring goals other than through penalties or dumb luck. Come on already. #CHNAUS

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Heute, Morgen, Demnächst @hdemnachst.bsky.social · 1d
Ich starre schon seit 10 Minuten auf dieses Bild...