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Respondents' perceptions about their coping capacity during natural hazards (degree of preparedness) and about social media use in general. Credit: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103207 New Charles Darwin University (CDU) research suggest that people are less likely to use social media as an information source during a natural disaster, instead using traditional media and…

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Analysis of social media posts in October 2022 has revealed Australian users are polarized in their views about a "return to normal" and the role of government. They also expressed concern about the long-term implications of COVID—including Long COVID. …

Credit: Pixabay Poverty persists in Australia with younger demographics—including children, young adults and working families— bearing the brunt of the unequal distribution of resources in Australia. …

Credit: Pixabay With robotics and artificial intelligence causing job cuts and large-scale automation in most industries, tech-savvy young people are already preparing for rapid changes in their working lives. …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As the world commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a timely national survey led by Deakin researchers has found almost a quarter of Australians aged 18 or older have little to no knowledge of the Holocaust. …

Credit: Xiaoqi Feng, Author provided One in four Australian adults feel lonely, and the impacts can be dire. Loneliness increases our risks of depression, diabetes, dementia, self-harm and suicide. But likening it to a disease and proposals to treat it with a pill miss the point: we've been building for loneliness over many decades and decision-makers have been asleep at the wheel.…

Credit: Pixabay American social media content and the powerful U.S. pro-life lobby are fueling stigmatization perceptions among Australian young people who may wish to seek out and use safe abortion services, a national study has found. …

Credit: Shutterstock Technology-facilitated abuse is a form of interpersonal violence using mobile, online and/or digital technologies. It includes four main types of behaviors: …

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain One in two Australians will be victims of technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes, and one in four will be perpetrators of such abuse, new research led by Monash University has revealed. …