Julia Coffey
@juliacoffey.bsky.social
Sociologist at University of Newcastle, Australia
Researching youth, gender, social media and the body
she/her
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/newcastle-youth-studies
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/julia-coffey#publications
Researching youth, gender, social media and the body
she/her
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/newcastle-youth-studies
https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/julia-coffey#publications
Shock! 🙄 Australia's social media ban for teens was always impractical, untenable, and missed the point
"I don't think the ban is viable," said Lisa Given, professor of information sciences at RMIT University, who has closely analysed the government's social media age restriction policy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
With six months until teen social media ban, experts don't think tech is viable
Children as young as 15 were repeatedly misidentified as being in their 20s and 30s during government tests of age-checking tools, sowing new doubts about whether the teen social media ban is viable.
www.abc.net.au
June 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Shock! 🙄 Australia's social media ban for teens was always impractical, untenable, and missed the point
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Necessary reminder that literally every digital media expert in the country have been saying exactly this since this whole sorry ordeal started. None of this is a surprise.
"I don't think the ban is viable," said Lisa Given, professor of information sciences at RMIT University, who has closely analysed the government's social media age restriction policy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
With six months until teen social media ban, experts don't think tech is viable
Children as young as 15 were repeatedly misidentified as being in their 20s and 30s during government tests of age-checking tools, sowing new doubts about whether the teen social media ban is viable.
www.abc.net.au
June 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Necessary reminder that literally every digital media expert in the country have been saying exactly this since this whole sorry ordeal started. None of this is a surprise.
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Selfie-editing technologies are leading some young people to want to start altering their physical bodies.
‘Perfect bodies and perfect lives’: how selfie-editing tools are distorting how young people see themselves
theconversation.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Selfie-editing technologies are leading some young people to want to start altering their physical bodies.
‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025
This article presents findings from a qualitative study that aimed to provide some of the first detailed accounts of how young people use selfie-editing apps, a...
journals.sagepub.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Quit calling them hallucinations. Call it what it is: bullshit.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
May 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Quit calling them hallucinations. Call it what it is: bullshit.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
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Things that do not spark joy.
Or digital literacy.
AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
www.theverge.com/google-io/67...
Or digital literacy.
AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
www.theverge.com/google-io/67...
AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
The internet’s biggest search engine is going to be unrecognizable in just a few years.
www.theverge.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Things that do not spark joy.
Or digital literacy.
AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
www.theverge.com/google-io/67...
Or digital literacy.
AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
www.theverge.com/google-io/67...
Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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May 19, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self - Julia Coffey, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025
Selfie-editing technologies (including in-phone editing tools, filters, and apps like Facetune) provide the ability digitally edit and “enhance” facial and body...
journals.sagepub.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Canberra people! @juliacoffey.bsky.social and I will be there Feb 17 and 18. On Monday we are presenting in the ANU Sociology seminar series on "Young people, platform practices & dimensions of the data gaze". Can register for in person or zoom here: sociology.cass.anu.edu.au/events/young...
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Young people, platform practices and dimensions of the ‘data gaze’ | School of Sociology
sociology.cass.anu.edu.au
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Canberra people! @juliacoffey.bsky.social and I will be there Feb 17 and 18. On Monday we are presenting in the ANU Sociology seminar series on "Young people, platform practices & dimensions of the data gaze". Can register for in person or zoom here: sociology.cass.anu.edu.au/events/young...
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Love this from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about knitting together political projects through doing, and the limits of ideology as the basis for effective collective action. www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-....
The Bad Guys Don’t Really Care What Kind of Leftist You Are
Infighting is a waste of energy.
www.teenvogue.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Love this from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about knitting together political projects through doing, and the limits of ideology as the basis for effective collective action. www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-....
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Here's my analysis on the rushing of the social media ban bill. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?
Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Here's my analysis on the rushing of the social media ban bill. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Penguins! Kayaks! This cartoon has everything. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Live at the Port of Newcastle, it’s aquatic ecolarrikins vs gigantic fossil fuel death ships | First Dog on the Moon
We’re just messing about in boats
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Penguins! Kayaks! This cartoon has everything. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The government's analysis supporting the teen social media ban contains sweeping statements, repeated references and typos. It's also thin on evidence supporting the restriction of kids under 16 from social media, writes @cameronwilson.bsky.social.
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
November 24, 2024 at 11:31 PM
The government's analysis supporting the teen social media ban contains sweeping statements, repeated references and typos. It's also thin on evidence supporting the restriction of kids under 16 from social media, writes @cameronwilson.bsky.social.
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
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Some quick insight from me on the social media ban from me. In writing this I will also say hats off to @crikeynews.bsky.social, they are clearly one of the only news outlets that have done any real journalism around this awful policy and the road we've travelled. theconversation.com/the-governme...
The government has introduced laws for its social media ban. But key details are still missing
The ban will affect platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. But the bill is vague about how exactly these platforms must comply.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Some quick insight from me on the social media ban from me. In writing this I will also say hats off to @crikeynews.bsky.social, they are clearly one of the only news outlets that have done any real journalism around this awful policy and the road we've travelled. theconversation.com/the-governme...
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Pleased to have a few minutes on AM this morning trying one last time to caution against rushing under-scrutinised Social Media Bans for Under16s through the Australian Parliament: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Parliament to debate tough new social media laws - ABC listen
Legislation to ban under 16s from social media will be introduced to Parliament today as the government confirms visual messaging app Snapchat will be covered.
There'll also be fines of up to $50 mil...
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Pleased to have a few minutes on AM this morning trying one last time to caution against rushing under-scrutinised Social Media Bans for Under16s through the Australian Parliament: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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So, the day before the Australian government table legislation to Ban Under16s From Social Media, the government are still not able to say HOW ages will be verified. Mind boggling.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Live: Laws to ban social media for kids to be introduced tomorrow
The federal government's legislation aims to get kids off social media by the end of the year. Follow live.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2024 at 5:48 AM
So, the day before the Australian government table legislation to Ban Under16s From Social Media, the government are still not able to say HOW ages will be verified. Mind boggling.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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I was in Canberra yesterday alongside other digital media experts to brief members of the cross bench and government on some of the key policies being debated at present, social media bans, age verification, and misinformation. @qutdmrc.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 11:26 PM
I was in Canberra yesterday alongside other digital media experts to brief members of the cross bench and government on some of the key policies being debated at present, social media bans, age verification, and misinformation. @qutdmrc.bsky.social
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Youth studies starter pack! A work in progress - please send suggestions (and feel free to nominate yourself)
I miss our youth studies chat on the other place.... here we go! 💥
go.bsky.app/DbniWGw
I miss our youth studies chat on the other place.... here we go! 💥
go.bsky.app/DbniWGw
November 18, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Youth studies starter pack! A work in progress - please send suggestions (and feel free to nominate yourself)
I miss our youth studies chat on the other place.... here we go! 💥
go.bsky.app/DbniWGw
I miss our youth studies chat on the other place.... here we go! 💥
go.bsky.app/DbniWGw