Social media
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Research problems linked to this topic
- How can different actors (e.g. Governments, tech companies, social media platforms, individuals etc.) mitigate these harms?
- In which channels is harmful Gen-AI content most prevalent, how does it spread, and how can friction be introduced to these channels?
- How can collaboration between organisations, commissioners and other funders across CSY sectors and actors be enhanced at local levels to support better outcomes?
- What can we learn about news consumption trends, including on which platforms news is consumed, diversity of readership; the role of media literacy in engagement with news; even expectations of what ‘news’ is and how that varies depending on the platform?
- How does access to creative activities, including through digital and social media, support the development of creative and other skills?
- How would a shift towards interoperable / decentralised social media (aka ‘the fediverse’) alter how disinformation spreads, and the ability to be able to address it?
- What digital facilities do UK citizens need to have access to in order to take part in education, work, and social life?
- How do we improve parental access to, and engagement with, family services? How do we improve connections and relationships between parents and professionals (e.g. through parental networks)?
- How does engagement with and perceptions of different media forms shift across demographic characteristics? What interventions could improve engagement?
- How do online bystanders respond to viewing perceived online mis/disinformation (e.g. report, share, ignore), and how could their behaviours be influenced?
- What evaluation methods/ tools can be used to measure the impact of media literacy interventions on citizens' attitudes and behaviours online in a robust way?
- How is digital culture affecting how people interact with both physical and digital forms of culture? Are they substitutes or complements e.g. can digital engagement increase physical engagement? What does this mean for future policy interventions and business models?
- How can creative businesses support behaviour change of citizens (and their audiences) to meet net zero targets? What types of information and delivery maximise positive behaviour change?
- To what extent are the types and trends of harmful online mis/disinformation consistent between larger and smaller platforms?
- What are the social and cultural impacts of digital engagement and how do they differ from or compliment physical engagement?
- To what extent does the UK public understand trade policy and global trade patterns? What are their main sources of information?
- What impact do abuse, threats and violence have on journalists in the UK? What is the most appropriate way to define ‘abuse’, particularly online abuse, of journalists? What are the perceived boundaries between abuse and valid criticism by different stakeholders? What are the potential triggers for journalist abuse in the UK and internationally, including through analysis of online abuse on social media platforms and publisher websites, and the online accounts posting this abuse and wider evidence gathering?
- How does mis/disinformation spread between social media platforms, particularly primary and secondary platforms? How can it be identified and contained?
- Which methodologies could be used to more accurately forecast physical engagement at cultural events?
- How does the type of online advert (such as video, display, social media influencers etc) influence engagement/interaction with online advertising? How does this engagement differ by age?
- How could media literacy be used to build audiences’ resilience to these harms?
- How is digital culture affecting how people define culture?