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The COVID-19 pandemic and ageing migrants’ digital lives

As the global health crisis continues to put a strain on people’s everyday lives, the Australia’s ageing migrant community have turned to digital means to stay in touch.

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Blurring the self: performing identity online during COVID-19

How has your digital persona changed during 2020?

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Contact tracing apps cause for privacy concerns

The COVIDSafe app could help us with contact tracing during the pandemic. But concerns around data collection have many Australians balking.

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Normalising conspiracy theories: videogames, violence and the far-Right

A number of popular video games are putting stories of paranoia, anxiety, political fringes and complex conspiracies of power into the mainstream.

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When ‘What if?’ becomes reality: New Deakin research group shines light on the fantastique

Beginning as a prominent genre within French literature, ‘the fantastique’ is a category of literature and cinema that has often defied clear definition.

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COVID-19 and Climate Change — literature may pave the way for collective thinking

An explorative link could help us understand the role of stories in shaping selfhoods, place, and positive futures. It also might be helpful for climate change responses.

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What’s in store for creative industries post-pandemic?

The arts have comforted us in these difficult times – but the future of creative industries remains uncertain.

The Media’s role in distress

In our age of interconnectedness, access to the media is woven into our daily lives. Within hours, news can diffuse throughout the community and across the world.

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COVID-19, Fake News and Fact Checking Take Off

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has a competitor, and that is fake news.

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Honouring our nurses on the frontline

2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. In the midst of a global pandemic, we pay our respects to those working in this selfless field.

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COVID-19: a global snapshot

As it continues to spread around the world, coronavirus is significantly altering the global political landscape.

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The need for self-awareness in times of social distancing and isolation

“The last of the human freedom – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances” – Viktor Frankl

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COVID-19 telehealth boost could set us up for the long-term

Telehealth has long been an underutilised service in Australia, but that could all change as our health systems adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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