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eBooks
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Digital Etiquette for Dummies (2022)
Mind your online P's and Qs with this expert digital manners guide. Conducting yourself online can be challenging. It sometimes seems like the web and social media is tailor-made to cause upset and anger. But, with the right guide, anyone can learn how to be a beacon of civility and politeness online.
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21st Century Media and Female Mental Health (2022)
This open access book examines the conversations around gendered mental health in contemporary Western media culture. While early 21st century-media was marked by a distinct focus on happiness; productivity and success, during the 2010s negative feelings and discussions around mental health have become increasingly common in that same media landscape.
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Perceptions and Analysis of Digital Risks (2021)
The concept of digital risk, which has become ubiquitous in the media, sustains a number of myths and beliefs about the digital world. This book explores the opposite view of these ideologies by focusing on digital risks as perceived by actors in their respective contexts.
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Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Communication (2020)
What are we to make of our digital social lives and the forces that shape it? Should we feel fortunate to experience such networked connectivity? Are we privileged to have access to unimaginable amounts of information? Is it easier to work in a digital global economy? Or is our privacy and freedom under threat from digital surveillance?
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Media Literacy in a Disruptive Media Environment (2020)
This book, brings together top scholars researching media literacy and lays out the current state of the field in areas such as propaganda, news, participatory culture, representation, education, social/environmental justice, and civic engagement.
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Are You Managing Your Risks from Social Media? (2020)
Companies can try to be selective about the disclosures they make on social media, but sitting back and hoping for the best is not enough. Responsible managers and auditors need to make sure they understand the dangers and how to protect themselves.
Useful Websites
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An Introduction to Copyright in Australia
Australian Copyright Council - This fact sheet provides an entry level overview of copyright in Australia, focusing on copyright as free and automatic protection, the limits of protections, how copyright law is enshrined and how it operates to protect a wide variety of works.
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Buying and Selling Online
Taking your business online whether that’s creating a website, blogging or social media, can mean new opportunities and benefits for your business. Understand the basics of buying and selling online.
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The eSafety guide
Learn about the latest games, apps and social media, including how to protect your information and report harmful content.
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Facebook and Copyright
Under Facebook's Terms of Service and Community Standards, you can only post content to Facebook that doesn't violate someone else's intellectual property rights. The best way to help make sure that what you post to Facebook doesn't violate copyright law is to only post content that you've created yourself.
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Facebook defamation ruling highlights costly legal dangers of social media posts, say lawyers
The case of a Queensland woman who has been ordered to pay $279,000 in damages to a couple she defamed in a Facebook group highlights a growing problem of people being unaware they are legally responsible for what they post online.
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How to Have Safer Online Experiences
Empowering all Australians to have safer, more positive experiences online. Discover more about eSafety as Australia's independent regulator for online safety. eSafety strives to deliver comprehensive, compassionate and citizen-focused services.
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Instagram and Copyright
Under Instagram's Terms of Use and Community Guidelines, you can only post content to Instagram that doesn't violate someone else's intellectual property rights. The best way to help make sure that what you post to Instagram doesn't violate copyright law is to only post content that you've created yourself.
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Social Media and Online Privacy
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What happens to information you share on social media, your rights under the Privacy Act, help if you’ve been harassed, bullied or defamed, how to get information removed and how to make a complaint.
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Social Media for Business
Social media can help you to market your business and connect with your customers. On this page you'll find out about the different options available, and the pros and cons of using social media.
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Social Media Marketing For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, present unique marketing opportunities. To make the most of social media marketing, you should begin by exploring the online social media sites and see how things are done. Next, you need to zero in on your niche and target your market. After you've done that, you will be able to run a successful online campaign and measure the results.
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Why is Safety on Social Media Important?
Safety is important as people can contact you via social media and gain access to your personal information through your social media page. This issue multiplies if you use and are active on multiple platforms.
Books in the Library
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Dark Social (2022)
An essential guide to how businesses and brands can thrive on digital platforms while also remaining protected from online scams, threats and risks.
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Breaking the social media prism: how to make our platforms less polarizing (2021)
In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a mirror to decipher our place in society but, as Chris Bail explains, it functions more like a prism that distorts our identities, empowers status-seeking extremists, and renders moderates all but invisible.
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Change the World Using Social Media (2021)
In this story-driven handbook to using social media to foster collaboration and positive change, people using social media describe how those tools work and how they have used social media to produce positive transformations within their extended communities.
