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Julia Coffey
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Sociologist at University of Newcastle, Australia Researching youth, gender, social media and the body she/her https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/newcastle-youth-studies https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/julia-coffey#publications .. more

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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · Aug 23
And that Microsoft piece is 100% written by AI

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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Nov 19
I was in Canberra yesterday alongside other digital media experts to brief members of the cross bench and government on some of the key policies being debated at present, social media bans, age verification, and misinformation. @qutdmrc.bsky.social
Australian academic and civil society experts briefing federal politicians inside Parliament House. Screen capture from senator Pocock's Instagram feed. A member of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, anti-bullying expert and co-founder of Project Rocket Lucy Thomas OAM, Prof Amanda Third (WSU), and Prof Dan Angus (QUT DMRC)
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · Jun 20
Shock! 🙄 Australia's social media ban for teens was always impractical, untenable, and missed the point
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casey briggs @caseybriggs.com · Jun 20
"I don't think the ban is viable," said Lisa Given, professor of information sciences at RMIT University, who has closely analysed the government's social media age restriction policy.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
With six months until teen social media ban, experts don't think tech is viable
Children as young as 15 were repeatedly misidentified as being in their 20s and 30s during government tests of age-checking tools, sowing new doubts about whether the teen social media ban is viable.
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · Jun 20
‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
‘Hang on, why am I editing my photos?’ Disrupting the virtual gaze through selfie-editing workshops - Julia Coffey, Akane Kanai, Amy S Dobson, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025
This article presents findings from a qualitative study that aimed to provide some of the first detailed accounts of how young people use selfie-editing apps, a...
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casey briggs @caseybriggs.com · Jun 20
"I don't think the ban is viable," said Lisa Given, professor of information sciences at RMIT University, who has closely analysed the government's social media age restriction policy.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
With six months until teen social media ban, experts don't think tech is viable
Children as young as 15 were repeatedly misidentified as being in their 20s and 30s during government tests of age-checking tools, sowing new doubts about whether the teen social media ban is viable.
www.abc.net.au
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Robyn the Velocirobter @velocirobter.bsky.social · May 23
Quit calling them hallucinations. Call it what it is: bullshit.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · May 22
Selfie-editing technologies are leading some young people to want to start altering their physical bodies.
‘Perfect bodies and perfect lives’: how selfie-editing tools are distorting how young people see themselves
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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · May 21
Things that do not spark joy.
Or digital literacy.

AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
www.theverge.com/google-io/67...
AI Mode is obviously the future of Google Search
The internet’s biggest search engine is going to be unrecognizable in just a few years.
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · May 19
3. Better understanding of these fleshed and digital dynamics are important for understanding the growing popularity of cosmetic surgery and normalization of “tweakment” procedures (see Gill, 2023); and the ever-intensifying pressures of self optimisation in contemporary socio-digital life.
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · May 19
2. Concepts of affect are useful for highlighting the complexities and tensions of contemporary digital life - which young people cannot simply opt out of, but must find ways to navigate.
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · May 19
In short:

1. Editing practices can be fraught and create a sense of 'jarring' or 'dissonance' between virtual and physical embodiment.
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · May 19
This is the first article from our 'youth and selfie editing practices' study.

We draw on @rcecoleman.bsky.social's concepts of images as virtuals to make sense of how young people see and know themselves through digitally mediated modification practices.
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · May 19
Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self

@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White

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Marita Hennessy @maritahennessy.bsky.social · May 19
Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self

@juliacoffey.bsky.social, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, and Niamh White

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Cinch, filter, erase: Virtual bodies and the editable self - Julia Coffey, Amy Dobson, Akane Kanai, Rosalind Gill, Niamh White, 2025
Selfie-editing technologies (including in-phone editing tools, filters, and apps like Facetune) provide the ability digitally edit and “enhance” facial and body...
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Steve Threadgold @stevethreadgold.bsky.social · Feb 5
Canberra people! @juliacoffey.bsky.social and I will be there Feb 17 and 18. On Monday we are presenting in the ANU Sociology seminar series on "Young people, platform practices & dimensions of the data gaze". Can register for in person or zoom here: sociology.cass.anu.edu.au/events/young...
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Young people, platform practices and dimensions of the ‘data gaze’ | School of Sociology
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Kurt Iveson @kurtiveson.bsky.social · Dec 13
Love this from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social about knitting together political projects through doing, and the limits of ideology as the basis for effective collective action. www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-....
The Bad Guys Don’t Really Care What Kind of Leftist You Are
Infighting is a waste of energy.
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Julia Coffey @juliacoffey.bsky.social · Dec 6
So sad I missed this! It does look absolutely beautiful
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · Nov 26
Here's my analysis on the rushing of the social media ban bill. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?
Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · Nov 25
Penguins! Kayaks! This cartoon has everything. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Live at the Port of Newcastle, it’s aquatic ecolarrikins vs gigantic fossil fuel death ships | First Dog on the Moon
We’re just messing about in boats
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Nov 24
The government's analysis supporting the teen social media ban contains sweeping statements, repeated references and typos. It's also thin on evidence supporting the restriction of kids under 16 from social media, writes @cameronwilson.bsky.social.

Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/25/t...
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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · Nov 21
Some quick insight from me on the social media ban from me. In writing this I will also say hats off to @crikeynews.bsky.social, they are clearly one of the only news outlets that have done any real journalism around this awful policy and the road we've travelled. theconversation.com/the-governme...
The government has introduced laws for its social media ban. But key details are still missing
The ban will affect platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. But the bill is vague about how exactly these platforms must comply.
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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · Nov 20
Pleased to have a few minutes on AM this morning trying one last time to caution against rushing under-scrutinised Social Media Bans for Under16s through the Australian Parliament: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Parliament to debate tough new social media laws - ABC listen
Legislation to ban under 16s from social media will be introduced to Parliament today as the government confirms visual messaging app Snapchat will be covered. There'll also be fines of up to $50 mil...
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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · Nov 20
So, the day before the Australian government table legislation to Ban Under16s From Social Media, the government are still not able to say HOW ages will be verified. Mind boggling.

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Live: Laws to ban social media for kids to be introduced tomorrow
The federal government's legislation aims to get kids off social media by the end of the year. Follow live.
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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · Nov 18
Youth studies starter pack! A work in progress - please send suggestions (and feel free to nominate yourself)

I miss our youth studies chat on the other place.... here we go! 💥

go.bsky.app/DbniWGw
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