Performance crime, political campaigns profiling and the centrality of social media

Thursday, 2 February 2017 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm

Mark Wood, researcher in criminology at Monash University talks about the ways in which youth crime and social media intersect to create a particular version of on-line celebrity culture.

Collette Snowden says social media as a form of communication is the equivalent of being at a football match compared to a dinner party. She researches the impact of new media on politics at University of South Australia, and in the second part of the show she explains what she means for political discourse