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Read Them Sideways

Read Them Sideways is the podcast produced by the Digital Media Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology. Your hosts Sam, Sebastian, Kate and Klaus take turns to chat with academics from around the world about issues that relate to communications, digital media, internet studies, and much more!

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Episode 34: Responding to the children's social media...

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2025/10/27

REGISTER FOR SUMMER SCHOOL 2026 BY CLICKING HERE!The Summer School promotes a culture of supportive research, and informed and stimulating engagement among our researchers, students, and partners. This program offers opportunities for learning and networking, as well as a great social program.This 2025 panel had researchers in the media and communications field respond to the controversy around the upcoming children's social media ban, based on work emerging from the ARC Centre of Excellence for

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00:28:05

Episode 33: Fandom and Politics with Sebastian Svegaard

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2025/09/29

In this episode, your host Kate FitzGerald speaks with Sebastian Svegaard about the intersection between fan studies and politics. Sebastian, along with our colleague Sam Vilkins, have recently edited a special edition of M/C Journal on this topic. You can read the special issue here.Read Them Sideways is a podcast from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers and collaborators to the spotlight to discuss issues that relate to communications, digital media, internet studies, and

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00:47:52

Episode 32: The Discursive-Digital Link with Ehsan...

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2025/09/15

In this episode, Klaus Groebner spoke with Dr Ehsan Dehghan, a Chief Investigator at the Digital Media Research Centre about his newly published book - The Discursive-Digital Link: Antagonism and Polarisation in Digital Spaces.Ehsan provides an overview of the central theory of his book, his adaptation of discourse theory to the age of the internet. He also introduces the empirical work that informed his theory and his criticism of technological determinism. You can purchase Ehsan's book by

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00:35:02

Episode 31: Conspiracy Nation Book Launch with Ariel...

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2025/08/01

In this week's episode, your host Kate FitzGerald chats with special guests and friends of the Digital Media Research Centre, Ariel Bogle and Cameron Wilson about their new book Conspiracy Nation. This book focuses on conspiracy theory communities specifically in Australia.Through new investigations and first-hand accounts, Conspiracy Nation takes readers to the rallies, homes, courtrooms, secret chat rooms and $2000 Byron Bay luxury retreats where Australia’s conspiracy theories spread.Ariel

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00:36:46

Episode 30: Digital Peacebuilding in the Philippines...

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2025/07/28

In this episode, your host Klaus Groebner speaks with PhD candidate Lynrose Genon. Lynrose speaks about the history and provides a political context of the Philippines, particularly the autonomous region of Mindanao, and what digital peacebuilding looks like in the nation. Lynrose has twice spoken to the United Nations about young women leaders' use of social media to build peace in the Philippines.

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00:30:16

Episode 29: Human and Robot Collaboration with Jasper...

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2025/07/23

In this episode, your host Sebastian Svegaard speaks with PhD candidate Jasper Vermeulen. Jasper's work looks at human and robot interaction, and how both can collaborate. Jasper focuses specifically on human-robot collaboration in surgery, and how robots can augment human skillsets. Read Them Sideways is a podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers and collaborators to the spotlight to discuss issues that relate to communications, digital media, internet

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00:31:39

Episode 28: The Fediverse and alternative social...

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2025/07/01

In this episode, your host Kate FitzGerald speaks with DMRC Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Dr Ashwin Nagappa about his new project related to the Fediverse and alternative social media platforms. Ashwin takes us through what the Fediverse is, the history of alternative social media platforms, and what might be appealing about these spaces for users.

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01:21:54

Episode 27: Ten Years of Trumpism DMRC Roundtable

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2025/06/16

On 16th June, 2015, Donald Trump announced that he was running to be the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States. Ten years on, your host Sebastian Svegaard sits down with guests Stephen Harrington, Timothy Graham, Kateryna Kasianenko, and Kate FitzGerald to talk about the impact Trump has had on politics, both in the US, and around the globe.

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00:29:58

Episode 26: The Art of the Platform Deal with Ned Watt

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2025/06/04

In this episode, your host Kate FitzGerald chats with Ned Watt about his new paper, The Art of the (Platform) Deal. In January 2025, the platform company Meta abruptly announced that it would be ending its industry-leading third-party fact-checking program starting with fact checkers in the United States. Ned and Kate chat about how this relates to his new paper and what the future of fact checking looks like under these new policy changes.

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00:35:45

Episode 25: The Manosphere and Netflix's...

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2025/05/16

In this episode, your host Sebastian Svegaard chats with PhD candidate Vish Padinjaredath Suresh about Netflix's recent hit miniseries, Adolescence. Vish's research looks at radicalisation and the manosphere, specifically on Reddit and they share their expertise and perspective on the television show in today's episode.A content warning for discussions of acts of gender-based violence that occur in the show. Also, of course, a spoiler warning for Netflix's Adolescence as all episodes

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00:26:57

Episode 24: Social Media Trends During the Australian...

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2025/04/29

In this episode, your host Kate FitzGerald chats with co-host turned guest Sam Vilkins about our analysis of Facebook and Instagram in the lead up to the Australian 2025 Federal Election. We talk about trends amongst parties and individuals, and the key themes of the election that are emerging in our data.You can read our blog covering the campaign so far here.You can also sign up as a 'citizen scientist' for the DMRC's TikTok data donation project at the website here.

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00:35:38

Episode 23: Debating Energy and Climate in the...

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2025/04/16

In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Stephen Harrington chats with PhD researcher Carly Lubicz-Zaorski in the lead up to the 2025 Australian Federal election. They discuss the shifting discourses about climate and energy in the context of the federal election campaign, the nuclear power debate, and the strategies of delay and denial by fossil fuel lobby groups.Show notes and further reading: ANU Annual Climate

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00:30:44

Episode 22: Meta hate speech policy changes with...

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2025/03/31

Content warning: Discussions and examples of hate speech drawn from Meta's policies.In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Kate FitzGerald speaks with Lucinda Nelson, a PhD student in the Digital Media Research Centre, researching online misogyny. We discuss Meta's recent changes in their hate speech moderation, particularly as they relate to transgender people and other minority groups.Read Them Sideways is a podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our

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00:35:53

Episode 21: Digital Black Feminism with Catherine...

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2025/03/08

In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Sebastian Svegaard speaks with Dr Catherine Knight Steele. Catherine is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland - College Park. Her research focuses on race, gender, and media, with a specific emphasis on Black culture and discourse. She examines representations of marginalized communities in the media and how groups resist oppression and practice joy using online technology to create spaces of community. Sebastian chats

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00:35:38

Episode 20: The third anniversary of the full-scale...

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2025/02/23

In this important episode of Read Them Sideways dedicated to the third anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, your host Sebastian Svegaard speaks with Kateryna Kasianenko and Olga Boichak. Kateryna is a PhD student at the Digital Media Research Centre where she researches the practices of online engagement with Russia’s war on Ukraine in Japan and globally. Olga is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney researching the role of information and communication technologies in

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00:34:20

Episode 19: What does DeepSeek mean for the tech...

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2025/02/18

In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Kate FitzGerald speaks with William He, a machine learning engineer in the Generative AI Lab at the Digital Media Research Centre, along with Daniel Whelan-Shamy, a PhD candidate at the DMRC. Read Them Sideways is a podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers and collaborators to the spotlight to discuss issues that relate to communications, digital media, internet studies, and more. Some of the resources mentioned

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00:33:42

Episode 18: Debunking election conspiracy theories...

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2025/02/11

In this episode of Read Them Sideways, we introduce a new segment where your co-hosts Kate FitzGerald and Klaus Gröbner debunk a recent conspiracy theory or challenge misinformation. This week, we discuss the conspiracy theories that have emerged from the left side of the political aisle between the United States election and inauguration day in January 2025.Read Them Sideways is a podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers to the spotlight to discuss issues that

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00:20:25

Episode 17: TikTok Goes Dark with Sam Vilkins

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2025/01/29

In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Kate FitzGerald speaks with Sam Vilkins, co-host of the podcast and postdoctoral researcher at the Digital Media Research Centre. We chat about TikTok temporarily going dark, what the future holds for the platform, and where to next for TikTok users. Read Them Sideways is a podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers and collaborators to the spotlight to discuss issues that relate to communications, digital media,

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00:34:44

Episode 16: Changes to Meta Fact Checking Policies...

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2025/01/24

Read Them Sideways is back from our summer hiatus! In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Stephen Harrington speaks with Ned Watt and Michelle Riedlinger, PhD candidate and Associate Professor at the Digital Media Research Centre, respectively. They discuss Meta's decision to stop using fact-checking in the United States, and the political and economic reasons behind this decision. They also speak to what it means for the future of Meta's platforms. Read Them Sideways is a podcast series

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00:24:15

Episode 15: International media landscapes with...

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2024/11/24

In this episode of Read Them Sideways, your host Sebastian Svegaard speaks with Aljosha Karim Schapals, a Chief Investigator at the Digital Media Research Centre. They discuss the release of Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes, a significant work that Aljosha has recently co-edited. The book brings together accounts of media landscapes from 45 countries across the globe.Read Them Sideways is a podcast series from the Digital Media Research Centre, bringing our researchers

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