JOY Drive

21 Aug 2024

Exposing Social Media Algorithms – New project!

Government & Organisations, Kids & Family, Mental Health, News & Politics, Popular Culture, Science & Medicine, Social Media

We often hear about ‘the algorithms’ when talking about social media but we don’t know much about them.

Given that social media is having a massive impact on all of us – is it time that we found out exactly how these algorithms work?

Guest: Daniel Angus – Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology.

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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