Ben Lyall 💾
@benlyall.bsky.social
👨💻 Digital sociologist
🔴 RMIT / Lecturer, Digital Communication
💬 Digital civic lives / data cultures / wearables
👣 On unceded Bunurong & Wurundjeri lands
➖ Em dash enthusiast / Nintendo apologist
🔴 RMIT / Lecturer, Digital Communication
💬 Digital civic lives / data cultures / wearables
👣 On unceded Bunurong & Wurundjeri lands
➖ Em dash enthusiast / Nintendo apologist
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Ben Lyall 💾
@benlyall.bsky.social
· Apr 14
just thinking about USB-B
📜 ‼️ In our recent paper, Laura Woodbridge, Zareh Ghazarian and myself reflect on the development of a new volunteering-led course. Read @ Journal of Political Science Education below ⤵️
Volunteerism as Civic Education: Recommendations for University-Led Volunteer Courses
Higher education institutions often seek to integrate student volunteering with their community identity and course curricula. Focused on a newly designed course grounded in volunteerism and combin...
doi.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM
📜 ‼️ In our recent paper, Laura Woodbridge, Zareh Ghazarian and myself reflect on the development of a new volunteering-led course. Read @ Journal of Political Science Education below ⤵️
ai summaries calling it "US-Greenland tensions" is some dire shit
January 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
ai summaries calling it "US-Greenland tensions" is some dire shit
"there's a second season of Beast Games"
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
"there's a second season of Beast Games"
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾
A holiday treat from us to you - save the date for AusSTS 2026 in Aotearoa!
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A holiday treat from us to you - save the date for AusSTS 2026 in Aotearoa!
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾
We have just updated our Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of over 50 research tools compiled by researchers at the Social Media Lab. The kit only features tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic research. socialmedialab.ca/apps/social-...
Social Media Research Toolkit - Social Media Lab
The Social Media Research Toolkit is a curated collection of more than 50 tools compiled by researchers at the Social Media Lab.
socialmedialab.ca
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We have just updated our Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of over 50 research tools compiled by researchers at the Social Media Lab. The kit only features tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic research. socialmedialab.ca/apps/social-...
nobody:
me: new scimago colourway just dropped
me: new scimago colourway just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
nobody:
me: new scimago colourway just dropped
me: new scimago colourway just dropped
death, taxes, and ARC RMS timeout
November 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
death, taxes, and ARC RMS timeout
bumping into google scholar 'labs' ai and elsevier's ai on the same morning... what a treat 🙄
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
bumping into google scholar 'labs' ai and elsevier's ai on the same morning... what a treat 🙄
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾
The teen social media ban hasn't begun but already Australians have been exposed in a social media platform's ID breach.
The privacy commissioner says it "goes to many of the concerns that Australians already hold about the looming age assurance scheme."
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The privacy commissioner says it "goes to many of the concerns that Australians already hold about the looming age assurance scheme."
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The teen social media ban hasn't begun but already Australians have been exposed in a social media platform's ID breach.
The privacy commissioner says it "goes to many of the concerns that Australians already hold about the looming age assurance scheme."
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The privacy commissioner says it "goes to many of the concerns that Australians already hold about the looming age assurance scheme."
www.crikey.com.au/20...
did they accidentally read the room when they called the feature "generative fill"?
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
did they accidentally read the room when they called the feature "generative fill"?
i'm not afraid to say what you're all thinking...
recaptcha getting too hard
recaptcha getting too hard
October 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
i'm not afraid to say what you're all thinking...
recaptcha getting too hard
recaptcha getting too hard
📚 Double publication plug! I have some new works to share, conveniently related to the same project: AUTOWORK, led by Sarah Pink + co-authored w/ Hannah Korsmeyer.
Although the research began some years ago, the focus of each still feels salient. Summaries and links in the next two replies ⤵️
Although the research began some years ago, the focus of each still feels salient. Summaries and links in the next two replies ⤵️
August 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
📚 Double publication plug! I have some new works to share, conveniently related to the same project: AUTOWORK, led by Sarah Pink + co-authored w/ Hannah Korsmeyer.
Although the research began some years ago, the focus of each still feels salient. Summaries and links in the next two replies ⤵️
Although the research began some years ago, the focus of each still feels salient. Summaries and links in the next two replies ⤵️
weather modelling remodelling the weather; bill murray put on blast by a gramophone; tiktok demanding your baby has more tummy time; all of Shrek in one gif - and that's just the morning keynote session! #AusSTS25 #signalsandnoises 📶
July 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
weather modelling remodelling the weather; bill murray put on blast by a gramophone; tiktok demanding your baby has more tummy time; all of Shrek in one gif - and that's just the morning keynote session! #AusSTS25 #signalsandnoises 📶
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Are you heading to @aussts.bsky.social #AusSTS25 #SignalsAndNoises in July in Melbourne? #STS
If so I hand-curated a Bluesky list of people I could find from the conference program:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
If so I hand-curated a Bluesky list of people I could find from the conference program:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Are you heading to @aussts.bsky.social #AusSTS25 #SignalsAndNoises in July in Melbourne? #STS
If so I hand-curated a Bluesky list of people I could find from the conference program:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
If so I hand-curated a Bluesky list of people I could find from the conference program:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾
do you respect or fear the mount rushmore of australian forums?
June 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
do you respect or fear the mount rushmore of australian forums?
In our new paper 'Qualified Hope' we counter concern for a 'COVID generation' of young people with upended work and study plans.
Despite hardship, hope is a psychosocial resource for sense-making and reflects young people’s resourcefulness and adaptability. 👀📃⤵️
Despite hardship, hope is a psychosocial resource for sense-making and reflects young people’s resourcefulness and adaptability. 👀📃⤵️
Qualified Hope: Young People’s Education and Employment Pathways in Times of Disruption - Journal of Applied Youth Studies
The pandemic and its aftermath have prompted an extended public and academic conversation about young people, with concerns about the increasing uncertainty of youth employment and education trajector...
link.springer.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In our new paper 'Qualified Hope' we counter concern for a 'COVID generation' of young people with upended work and study plans.
Despite hardship, hope is a psychosocial resource for sense-making and reflects young people’s resourcefulness and adaptability. 👀📃⤵️
Despite hardship, hope is a psychosocial resource for sense-making and reflects young people’s resourcefulness and adaptability. 👀📃⤵️
probably the least of our worries, but not keen for wearables under Kennedy, who doesn't say anything about privacy and who thinks telehealth is an "AI nurse"
youtu.be/X_fqH8rGtlE
youtu.be/X_fqH8rGtlE
RFK Jr. Tells Lawmakers That 'Wearables Are A Key To The MAHA Agenda'
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
probably the least of our worries, but not keen for wearables under Kennedy, who doesn't say anything about privacy and who thinks telehealth is an "AI nurse"
youtu.be/X_fqH8rGtlE
youtu.be/X_fqH8rGtlE
i guess they finally made a mario kart where you need to use the brake
June 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
i guess they finally made a mario kart where you need to use the brake
Reposted by Ben Lyall 💾
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
From the changemyview community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the changemyview community
tinyurl.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
The discussions we look at here highlight the enduring role of localised communities and peers in crisis contexts like the pandemic.
Very different lives and worlds since the original work and now... Great team effort on the original project as well as this analysis 👏
Very different lives and worlds since the original work and now... Great team effort on the original project as well as this analysis 👏
Happy to share our latest article from data we collected back in 2020 for a government project that has recently been published. We examine how public services are discussed on Australian location-based subreddits and Whirlpool forums at the start of the pandemic journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Public service sentiment in Australian digital communities on Reddit and Whirlpool during the COVID-19 pandemic - Verity Trott, Ben Lyall, Callum Jones, Brady Robards, Steven Roberts, 2025
This paper explores the role of digitally networked local communities on the platforms Reddit and Whirlpool in helping citizens navigate and understand Australi...
journals.sagepub.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The discussions we look at here highlight the enduring role of localised communities and peers in crisis contexts like the pandemic.
Very different lives and worlds since the original work and now... Great team effort on the original project as well as this analysis 👏
Very different lives and worlds since the original work and now... Great team effort on the original project as well as this analysis 👏
youtuber misuse of "with that being said" is my activation phrase
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
youtuber misuse of "with that being said" is my activation phrase
just thinking about USB-B
April 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
just thinking about USB-B
die on Skype or live long enough to see yourself become a Teams guy 🥲
April 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
die on Skype or live long enough to see yourself become a Teams guy 🥲