Daniel Angus
@antmandan.bsky.social
Professor of Digital Communication and Director of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre. Cyclist, beer brewer, nerd, community advocate.
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A new article by me in @theconversation.com about forthcoming research with fab colleagues @snurb.info, @riedlinm.bsky.social, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, and @antmandan.bsky.social. Looking forward to presenting this at the #AANZCA2025 conference this week! 🎉
PhD researcher Kate FitzGerald has a new article out in The Conversation today looking at generative AI chatbots and conspiracy theories.
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research
If you interact with chatbots about conspiracy theories, research shows you can can easily fall down the rabbit hole.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A new article by me in @theconversation.com about forthcoming research with fab colleagues @snurb.info, @riedlinm.bsky.social, @phzerosounds.bsky.social, @timothyjgraham.bsky.social, and @antmandan.bsky.social. Looking forward to presenting this at the #AANZCA2025 conference this week! 🎉
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I'm very pleased this piece co-authored with @antmandan.bsky.social is out in the @aunz.theconversation.com this morning.
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theconversation.com/australia-is...
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm very pleased this piece co-authored with @antmandan.bsky.social is out in the @aunz.theconversation.com this morning.
theconversation.com/australia-is...
theconversation.com/australia-is...
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Fabulous online seminar organized by @algosoc.org
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
AlgoSoc Seminar Series: Algorithmic Effects on Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections | AlgoSoc
algosoc.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Fabulous online seminar organized by @algosoc.org
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
Algorithmic Effects on #Elections: Using Social Media Data Donations to Study Elections
🗓️ Fri 12 Dec, 14:00–15:30 CET
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @antmandan.bsky.social @simonchauchard.bsky.social
Registration ⬇️
algosoc.org/events/algos...
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What would have been actually awesome would have been if a bunch of Queensland Year 12 students had spent a year learning about the Cohen Brothers film “Hail Caesar!”.
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What would have been actually awesome would have been if a bunch of Queensland Year 12 students had spent a year learning about the Cohen Brothers film “Hail Caesar!”.
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A very comprehensive critique of the AI moment by @couldrynick.bsky.social to start off Day Two of the #ZeMKI2025 20th anniversary conference.
Liveblog here:
Liveblog here:
Fighting the Colonial Extractivism of Artificial Intelligence | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
The second day at the
snurb.info
October 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A very comprehensive critique of the AI moment by @couldrynick.bsky.social to start off Day Two of the #ZeMKI2025 20th anniversary conference.
Liveblog here:
Liveblog here:
Just love busting your arse to get to the airport in Australia only to have your flight delayed by over two hours. And given how much Labor and the Libs are in bed with the airlines and won’t budge on consumer compensation guarantees we aren’t even entitled to something as simple as a meal voucher.
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Just love busting your arse to get to the airport in Australia only to have your flight delayed by over two hours. And given how much Labor and the Libs are in bed with the airlines and won’t budge on consumer compensation guarantees we aren’t even entitled to something as simple as a meal voucher.
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Congratulations to ADM+S researchers awarded grants under the 2025 Queensland–Bavaria Collaborative Research Program, supporting projects that advance research in the responsible use of AI in news personalisation and online search. Read more bit.ly/4ngSRcc
ADM+S researchers awarded 2025 Queensland-Bavaria Collaborative Research Grants - ADM+S Centre
ADM+S researchers have been awarded more than $100,000 under the 2025 Queensland-Bavaria Collaborative Research Program, supporting research in the use of AI in news personalisation and online search.
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Congratulations to ADM+S researchers awarded grants under the 2025 Queensland–Bavaria Collaborative Research Program, supporting projects that advance research in the responsible use of AI in news personalisation and online search. Read more bit.ly/4ngSRcc
"I want to see kids off their devices and onto the footy fields"
says a Prime Minister
who can't get his party off the fence.
No homes to grow up in,
no shade to play under,
no planet left to plan for
but sure,
all these fade like dew on a Sherrin
the real problem is screen time.
says a Prime Minister
who can't get his party off the fence.
No homes to grow up in,
no shade to play under,
no planet left to plan for
but sure,
all these fade like dew on a Sherrin
the real problem is screen time.
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"I want to see kids off their devices and onto the footy fields"
says a Prime Minister
who can't get his party off the fence.
No homes to grow up in,
no shade to play under,
no planet left to plan for
but sure,
all these fade like dew on a Sherrin
the real problem is screen time.
says a Prime Minister
who can't get his party off the fence.
No homes to grow up in,
no shade to play under,
no planet left to plan for
but sure,
all these fade like dew on a Sherrin
the real problem is screen time.
And we all leave richer for the experience 🇧🇷❤️
For anyone still wondering: THIS IS WHY WE’RE HERE. Welcome to our family, and thank you for welcoming us to yours. #AoIR2025
October 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
And we all leave richer for the experience 🇧🇷❤️
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For all of you with #AoIR2025 FOMO, or who are missing the great company in Rio already: consider joining us in Brisbane for the 2026 @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School on 2-6 Feb. 2026 – registration is now open !
More details are here:
More details are here:
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
For all of you with #AoIR2025 FOMO, or who are missing the great company in Rio already: consider joining us in Brisbane for the 2026 @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School on 2-6 Feb. 2026 – registration is now open !
More details are here:
More details are here:
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On last day of #aoir2025 @lionw.bsky.social presents our @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social work on TikTok data donation from the 2025 German Federal Election - only 5% of content was political and the Left party could capitalize most in reaching voters of other parties with their content on TT.
October 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On last day of #aoir2025 @lionw.bsky.social presents our @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social work on TikTok data donation from the 2025 German Federal Election - only 5% of content was political and the Left party could capitalize most in reaching voters of other parties with their content on TT.
My @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague @snurb.info now up in our #aoir2025 elections panel, talking about our work studying the 2025 Australian Federal election. Key highlights of this work is the splintering of discourse across multiple platforms combined with challenges in observing those platforms.
October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My @qutdmrc.bsky.social colleague @snurb.info now up in our #aoir2025 elections panel, talking about our work studying the 2025 Australian Federal election. Key highlights of this work is the splintering of discourse across multiple platforms combined with challenges in observing those platforms.
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This is really excellent work, just released by #AoIR2025 keynote speaker Marie Santini's Netlab Brazil, on #greenwashing in LinkedIn ads ahead of #COP30. Can't think of too many people who've even paid attention to advertising practices on LinkedIn !
(ping @ketanjoshi.co)
(ping @ketanjoshi.co)
Greenwashing in the Energy Transition: How LinkedIn Ads Distort the Climate Debate and Legitimize Unsustainable Practices
The report "Greenwashing in the Energy Transition: How LinkedIn Ads Distort the Climate Debate and Legitimize Unsustainable Practices" is a groundbreaking study on the presence of socio-environmental misinformation in digital advertising campaigns on LinkedIn. The study analyzes 2,800 ads from 917 companies, published between 2023 and 2025, and shows how national and international corporations have been using sustainability rhetoric to reinforce a "green" image without providing real evidence of
netlab.eco.ufrj.br
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is really excellent work, just released by #AoIR2025 keynote speaker Marie Santini's Netlab Brazil, on #greenwashing in LinkedIn ads ahead of #COP30. Can't think of too many people who've even paid attention to advertising practices on LinkedIn !
(ping @ketanjoshi.co)
(ping @ketanjoshi.co)
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And my colleague @antmandan.bsky.social did a great job presenting our @qutdmrc.bsky.social work on auditing what if any guardrails are in place to prevent chatbots from spouting conspiracist ideas (spoiler: not many). Summary and slides here. #AoIR2025
Auditing Chatbots’ Responses to Conspiracist Questions | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
The final speaker in this session at the AoIR 2025 confe
snurb.info
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
And my colleague @antmandan.bsky.social did a great job presenting our @qutdmrc.bsky.social work on auditing what if any guardrails are in place to prevent chatbots from spouting conspiracist ideas (spoiler: not many). Summary and slides here. #AoIR2025
We had a fabulous roundtable discussion with @anjabechmann.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social @jiarut.bsky.social here at #aoir2025 that concluded with a thought exercise: "It's 2030 & data donation is the dominant data gathering paradigm, what must we get right today?"
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We had a fabulous roundtable discussion with @anjabechmann.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social @jiarut.bsky.social here at #aoir2025 that concluded with a thought exercise: "It's 2030 & data donation is the dominant data gathering paradigm, what must we get right today?"
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Hey #AoIR2025 participants, the upcoming @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School will be highly relevant to many of you:
Join us for the 2026 @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School – registration opens next Monday !
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hey #AoIR2025 participants, the upcoming @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School will be highly relevant to many of you:
Hey #aoir2025, kick start your conference with our @qutdmrc.bsky.social @internetobservatory.org.au experimental session on data donation where you can develop your own unique digital persona and learn about the creative potential of this emerging method. In room 10b @ 9-10:30am (Thursday).
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hey #aoir2025, kick start your conference with our @qutdmrc.bsky.social @internetobservatory.org.au experimental session on data donation where you can develop your own unique digital persona and learn about the creative potential of this emerging method. In room 10b @ 9-10:30am (Thursday).
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🆕 Right, so just ahead of the start of #AoIR2025 (and AoIR liveblogging) tomorrow, I've posted up a quick round-up of my trip so far, with various presentations and a couple of bonus journal articles that came out recently.
See you all tomorrow, @aoir.bsky.social family...
See you all tomorrow, @aoir.bsky.social family...
A Quick Update along the Way: New Presentations and Publications | Snurblog — Axel Bruns
After my stops in Brussels,
snurb.info
October 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🆕 Right, so just ahead of the start of #AoIR2025 (and AoIR liveblogging) tomorrow, I've posted up a quick round-up of my trip so far, with various presentations and a couple of bonus journal articles that came out recently.
See you all tomorrow, @aoir.bsky.social family...
See you all tomorrow, @aoir.bsky.social family...
For those at #aoir2025 the Museu do Amanhã (Museum of the future) is worth a visit. It beautifully blends science, art and culture. I found several of the exhibits deeply moving, and I think many of you will as well. Easy to walk to from the ferry, budget 1 - 1.5 hour inside the museum.
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For those at #aoir2025 the Museu do Amanhã (Museum of the future) is worth a visit. It beautifully blends science, art and culture. I found several of the exhibits deeply moving, and I think many of you will as well. Easy to walk to from the ferry, budget 1 - 1.5 hour inside the museum.
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As I wrote before the legislation even hit parliament www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
October 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
As I wrote before the legislation even hit parliament www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
German supermarkets are elite. The freshest produce, incredible vegan selections, great prices, and the added thrill and adrenaline hit of watching your groceries get absolutely obliterated at the register by a cashier moving at Mach 3. #LidlLeague #ALDIAthletics #ReweRage
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
German supermarkets are elite. The freshest produce, incredible vegan selections, great prices, and the added thrill and adrenaline hit of watching your groceries get absolutely obliterated at the register by a cashier moving at Mach 3. #LidlLeague #ALDIAthletics #ReweRage
I know the stories, and have had prior experiences, but my god @deutschebahn.com are truly hopeless. For the entire month I've not ridden a train that has gone on time, and multiple have just never shown up or just randomly cancelled stations mid-route. I love you Germany, please sort this out.
September 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I know the stories, and have had prior experiences, but my god @deutschebahn.com are truly hopeless. For the entire month I've not ridden a train that has gone on time, and multiple have just never shown up or just randomly cancelled stations mid-route. I love you Germany, please sort this out.
The UCI’s decision to allow an Israeli team ride the Vuelta was beyond inconsistent. They’ve banned other teams and athletes over political issues before, but suddenly it was "sport is neutral"?! That’s not neutrality, that's hypocrisy. www.cyclingnews.com/news/i-dont-...
'I don't understand the UCI's hypocrisy; what happened in Gaza is genocide' - Pello Bilbao speaks out after Vuelta a España protests
'Everything that's happened at the Vuelta serves to show the weakness of cycling' - Bahrain Victorious rider tells El Periódico
www.cyclingnews.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The UCI’s decision to allow an Israeli team ride the Vuelta was beyond inconsistent. They’ve banned other teams and athletes over political issues before, but suddenly it was "sport is neutral"?! That’s not neutrality, that's hypocrisy. www.cyclingnews.com/news/i-dont-...
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Congratulations to PhD student Caroline Gardam (@cazuarina.bsky.social), Dr Michelle Riedlinger (@riedlinm.bsky.social), Dr Daniel Angus (@antmandan.bsky.social), and DMRC alum Jane Tan for their new paper on the multimodal narratives of climate denial.
Multimodal narratives of climate denial: A novel, visual-first methodology for analysing conspiracy theory discourse on Instagram
Problematic information about climate change in online spaces can impact public awareness about climate change’s causes, impacts, and mitigation strat…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Congratulations to PhD student Caroline Gardam (@cazuarina.bsky.social), Dr Michelle Riedlinger (@riedlinm.bsky.social), Dr Daniel Angus (@antmandan.bsky.social), and DMRC alum Jane Tan for their new paper on the multimodal narratives of climate denial.
The ANU Bell affair shows how a “born-to-rule” mindset warps university governance. This ABC opinion piece asks the bigger questions we all should be asking inside and outside the sector.
abc.net.au/religion/anu...
abc.net.au/religion/anu...
Has meritocracy gotten the better of our universities? Why events at ANU are grounds for hope - ABC Religion & Ethics
It’s not every day that the students and staff of a university succeed in forcing a vice-chancellor from office — that’s what happened last week at ANU, but why did change take so long when it was cle...
abc.net.au
September 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The ANU Bell affair shows how a “born-to-rule” mindset warps university governance. This ABC opinion piece asks the bigger questions we all should be asking inside and outside the sector.
abc.net.au/religion/anu...
abc.net.au/religion/anu...