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What do the newspapers _really_ tell us about the lock hospital histories?

  • Written by: Melissa Sweet, Independent journalist and health writer; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney; Founder of Croakey.org. PhD candidate, University of Canberra
imageThe facilities were poor and some inmates were subjected to unsuccessful experimentation with a "vaccine" that used arsenic compounds.Hospital Ward Dorre Island/State library of Western Australia

This article was co-authored by Kathleen Musulin, a Malgana/Yawuru woman living in Carnarvon and a member of the Carnarvon Shire Council lock hospital...

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Gonzo: we need to talk about young men and porn

  • Written by: Bianca Fileborn, Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
imageYoung actors give voice to what teenage boys think about porn – how often they watch it, who they watch it with and why. Sol Rumbl, Ari Maza Long, Sam Salem and Jack Palit in Gonzo. Photo credit Sarah Walke.

Young men’s use of pornography has been the focus of considerable debate, if not anxiety and moral panic, in recent years....

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The internet helps us translate 'social capital' to economic benefits

  • Written by: Mohammad Salahuddin, Research Assistant, School of Commerce, University of Southern Queensland
imageNetworking online might not be so good for your "social capital" overall.Kyle Steed/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Keeping up with our social networks online helps us get what we want in the short term, but could be worse for our accumulation of “social capital” in the longer term, our research shows. One explanation for this is that the benefits...

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The price of connection: 'surveillance capitalism'

  • Written by: Nick Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science
imageShifts in our communication infrastructures have reshaped the very possibilities of social order driven by markets and commercial exploitation.Marc Smith/flickr, CC BY-SA

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many...

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