Alex Beattie
@drlxbt.bsky.social
Media academic 📱 📚 | Dad👨👧| Gardener 🍀🌸🌴 | Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka
🚨 New article out in @theconversation.com:
As age restrictions on social media spread globally, we may be witnessing the rise of a Victorian internet — one shaped by moral panic, not just child protection.
🔗 theconversation.com/as-social-me...
As age restrictions on social media spread globally, we may be witnessing the rise of a Victorian internet — one shaped by moral panic, not just child protection.
🔗 theconversation.com/as-social-me...
As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?
Social media bans suggest a resurgence of conservative values in our digital lives. But at what cost to young people’s autonomy, creativity and expression?
theconversation.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
🚨 New article out in @theconversation.com:
As age restrictions on social media spread globally, we may be witnessing the rise of a Victorian internet — one shaped by moral panic, not just child protection.
🔗 theconversation.com/as-social-me...
As age restrictions on social media spread globally, we may be witnessing the rise of a Victorian internet — one shaped by moral panic, not just child protection.
🔗 theconversation.com/as-social-me...
🌀 Feeling nostalgic for the landline era? I had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts in this Capsule NZ piece on why Gen Z (and some of us millennials!) are craving media with boundaries. 📞
Read the full article here: capsulenz.com/be/parenting...
Read the full article here: capsulenz.com/be/parenting...
Bring Back Landlines: Are Gen Z Going Analog? | Capsule NZ
Some Gen Z are over constant connection — and parents are too. Could bringing back landlines be the answer? An expert weighs in.
capsulenz.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
🌀 Feeling nostalgic for the landline era? I had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts in this Capsule NZ piece on why Gen Z (and some of us millennials!) are craving media with boundaries. 📞
Read the full article here: capsulenz.com/be/parenting...
Read the full article here: capsulenz.com/be/parenting...
🚫📱 Banning social media for under-16s in NZ isn't the solution! In this article I suggest 10 reasons why it shouldn't happen theconversation.com/10-reasons-w...
10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too
There is global interest in limiting social media access for young people. But the arguments for a ban for people under 16 don’t really stack up.
theconversation.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
🚫📱 Banning social media for under-16s in NZ isn't the solution! In this article I suggest 10 reasons why it shouldn't happen theconversation.com/10-reasons-w...
Done! Co-governance fear-mongering from the organized right is misguided. As a recipient of @internetnz.bsky.social funding, I can say firsthand: there's nothing to fear. In fact, #TeTiriti strengthened my research and made it better.
Reminder you have until midnight tonight (Monday the 31st) to join Internet New Zealand to be able to vote at the AGM in July, and help stop the Free Speech Union and Hobson's Pledge taking over the organisation
www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/free-speec...
www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/free-speec...
Free Speech Union plans hostile takeover of InternetNZ
And it could just be one part of a wider strategy to shape the public conversation
www.feijoadispatch.nz
March 31, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Done! Co-governance fear-mongering from the organized right is misguided. As a recipient of @internetnz.bsky.social funding, I can say firsthand: there's nothing to fear. In fact, #TeTiriti strengthened my research and made it better.
Pleased to share that my first article about ADHD and screen time has been published: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
ADHD and digital disconnection: Exploring inclusive and practical approaches - Alex Beattie, 2025
Digital disconnection is increasingly sparking widespread debate and action, with social media age restrictions and phone bans being enacted around the world. A...
journals.sagepub.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Pleased to share that my first article about ADHD and screen time has been published: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
CFP! I'm co-editing this special issue in QRIP. Our aim is to generate critical discussion regarding the impact of AI on the ontology, epistemology, and methodology underpinning qualitative research in the social sciences think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Interrogating Artificial Intelligence in Qualitative Research
think.taylorandfrancis.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
CFP! I'm co-editing this special issue in QRIP. Our aim is to generate critical discussion regarding the impact of AI on the ontology, epistemology, and methodology underpinning qualitative research in the social sciences think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Back at work this week. Feeling annoyed I only just discovered this gem of an out of office service after the summer hols! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbfD...
OutHorse Your Email to Iceland’s Horses
YouTube video by Inspired by Iceland
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Back at work this week. Feeling annoyed I only just discovered this gem of an out of office service after the summer hols! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbfD...
Reposted by Alex Beattie
Seems like the current New Zealand government doesn’t even want overseas funders to fund the country’s humanities and social sciences researchers instead of them.
To be clear - Horizon Europe is a programme which gives our researchers opportunities to be funded *by the EU* to collaborate with European researchers, but because of the differences in funding between NZ and Europe our people need top-ups to meet all their costs (1/2)
And funding opportunities for the social sciences and humanities have been cut from the Horizon Europe programme. 🤬
December 19, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Seems like the current New Zealand government doesn’t even want overseas funders to fund the country’s humanities and social sciences researchers instead of them.
Vision Wellington's 'back to basics' approach isn't neutral—it's a pro-business, anti-climate action, right-wing agenda. Most concerning its exploiting its privileged access to the public sphere
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Vision Wellington's 'back to basics' approach isn't neutral—it's a pro-business, anti-climate action, right-wing agenda. Most concerning its exploiting its privileged access to the public sphere
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
First time puarangi / hibiscus richardsonii is flowering in our garden 😊
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
First time puarangi / hibiscus richardsonii is flowering in our garden 😊
Reposted by Alex Beattie
At a time when the NZ government making concerted attempts to defund social sciences and humanities in favour of a few physical sciences alone, I particularly appreciate this ‘airline safety video’ pitch from Bryony James of VUW
December 9, 2024 at 9:04 AM
At a time when the NZ government making concerted attempts to defund social sciences and humanities in favour of a few physical sciences alone, I particularly appreciate this ‘airline safety video’ pitch from Bryony James of VUW
Reposted by Alex Beattie
Downstream effect of the Marsden cuts: a lot of the fixed term teaching contracts I've been able to pick up have been buy-outs funded via humanities or socsci Marsdens - as well as being devastating for ECR and mid-career academics, this also means a path for the most junior evaporates too
December 4, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Downstream effect of the Marsden cuts: a lot of the fixed term teaching contracts I've been able to pick up have been buy-outs funded via humanities or socsci Marsdens - as well as being devastating for ECR and mid-career academics, this also means a path for the most junior evaporates too
Reposted by Alex Beattie
As a scientist who has a Marsden through the social sciences panel this is so so so fucked up. It will have massive implications for Māori research being funded.
Government decided they don't want any of the that fancy social science stuff using money that could go into rockets and engineering
Politicians pretending to pick winners again - something that has never worked
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...
Politicians pretending to pick winners again - something that has never worked
www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...
Marsden Fund refocused for science with a purpose
Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins today announced the Government has updated the Marsden Fund to focus on core scientific research that helps lift our economic growth and c...
www.beehive.govt.nz
December 4, 2024 at 1:21 AM
As a scientist who has a Marsden through the social sciences panel this is so so so fucked up. It will have massive implications for Māori research being funded.
Appalling news & a sad day for research funding in NZ. There were some amazing humanities and social sciences projects that were funded this year that will each change the world in their own unique way www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
This is so small minded
This is so small minded
December 4, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Appalling news & a sad day for research funding in NZ. There were some amazing humanities and social sciences projects that were funded this year that will each change the world in their own unique way www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
This is so small minded
This is so small minded
Such a good #AANZCA conference at RMIT!! Thank you to @dbossio.bsky.social @jammh.bsky.social @dhutchman.bsky.social for organising and @katemannell.bsky.social your #digitalchild research. Stoked to share my early research on ADHD and screen time
November 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Such a good #AANZCA conference at RMIT!! Thank you to @dbossio.bsky.social @jammh.bsky.social @dhutchman.bsky.social for organising and @katemannell.bsky.social your #digitalchild research. Stoked to share my early research on ADHD and screen time
Pondering when Australia’s social media ban for under-16s will be coming to NZ. The ban will disproportionately affect marginalized groups and undermine essential digital literacies. I’m all about disconnecting but not forcing it on people, especially young people!
Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s with massive fines for tech giants. Critics warn it'll make the problem worse.
Tech companies put on notice as Australia passes world-first social media ban for under-16s | CNN
Australia’s parliament has passed a law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to tighten security before a cut-off date that’s yet to be set.
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Pondering when Australia’s social media ban for under-16s will be coming to NZ. The ban will disproportionately affect marginalized groups and undermine essential digital literacies. I’m all about disconnecting but not forcing it on people, especially young people!
Reposted by Alex Beattie
In my short time working at The Spinoff, I met people who I’d argue are more important to NZ society than you can imagine.
It’s a flipping hard job, especially in this environment, and there’s no similar media org in New Zealand. They need our support. thespinoff.co.nz/media/28-11-...
It’s a flipping hard job, especially in this environment, and there’s no similar media org in New Zealand. They need our support. thespinoff.co.nz/media/28-11-...
An open letter about the future of The Spinoff
An important announcement from the CEO, the editor and the founder of The Spinoff.<br />
thespinoff.co.nz
November 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM
In my short time working at The Spinoff, I met people who I’d argue are more important to NZ society than you can imagine.
It’s a flipping hard job, especially in this environment, and there’s no similar media org in New Zealand. They need our support. thespinoff.co.nz/media/28-11-...
It’s a flipping hard job, especially in this environment, and there’s no similar media org in New Zealand. They need our support. thespinoff.co.nz/media/28-11-...