Nov 3, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Science & Technology
By Rabindra Ratan & Yiming Lei What is the metaverse? Two media and information experts explain. The metaverse is a network of always-on virtual environments in which many people can interact with one another and digital objects while operating virtual...
Jul 23, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society, Referee
In recent years, fascists and white supremacists have emerged from the darkest corners of the internet onto the streets – and into the halls of power. The movement’s activists are being radicalised online, and driven to acts of atrocity like those carried...
Jun 14, 2019 | Arts & Culture
Post-truth. Alternative facts. Fake news. We are living in a world where conspiracy theories are allowed to flourish. With every mass shooting, terrorist attack, and new political policy announcement, it seems like a new conspiracy theory will be dreamt up somewhere...
May 23, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society, Referee
By Emmi Bevensee How did the earthquakes affect the mental health of the people of Canterbury? Ben Beaglehole and Joseph Boden discuss their research. The devastating anti-Muslim attacks carried out in Christchurch in March this year were part of a trend of...
Apr 4, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Damon Berry After the horrendous attacks in Christchurch, many people understandably have questions about the motives and ideology of the alleged attacker. Damon Berry analyses the role the alt-right might have played in the attacks. After the horrendous attacks in...
May 29, 2018 | Arts & Culture
By Gareth Dorrian & Ian Whittaker Flat Earthers vs climate change sceptics: why conspiracy theorists keep contradicting each other. Flat Earthism and the idea that human activity is not responsible for climate change are two of the most prevalent conspiracy...