Kate Mannell
@katemannell.bsky.social
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Postdoc Research Fellow Deakin University // ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child digitalchild.org.au
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katemannell.bsky.social
Just a week to go until this wonderful event, hosted by my colleague Katrin Langton. Join us online or in-person. See link for registration.
digitalchildau.bsky.social
From feeding trackers to sleep apps, baby apps are changing the way parents navigate early parenthood. But are they always helpful? Let’s talk about it!

✨ Baby apps: (Mis)understandings of data-driven care
ACMI + Online
Mon 29 Sept, 5:30–7:30pm AEST
Free event

events.humanitix.com/dc-x-acmi-se...
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mehr.nz
Luxon himself handed me the Prime Minister's science prize last year. Let me say this in plain English: he's an idiot for running a govt who budgeted more for AI than for the Marsden fund. any journo reading this can quote me on it #nzpol
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mckenziewark.bsky.social
—Carry a notebook everywhere.
—Print drafts out and edit by hand.
—Read all the books remotely like the one you're trying to write and a bunch that are completely unrelated but which might help with form, tone or style.
—Write all the words your damn self.
sarahmargs.bsky.social
if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)
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benlyall.bsky.social
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 📶
katemannell.bsky.social
Testing out some new ideas with the lovely folks of #AusSTS25
aussts.bsky.social
And now @katemannell.bsky.social on the endlessly noisy landscape of parenting advice as symptomatic of the dovetailing between contemporary recommender algorithms and the professionalization of the side-hustle #signalsandnoises
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antmandan.bsky.social
Hey #ica25, The Australian Internet Observatory @internetobservatory.org.au is new national research infrastructure supporting researchers working in diverse digital platform research areas. For a glimpse into the planned capabilities: internetobservatory.net.au
internetobservatory.net.au
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tamaleaver.bsky.social
Really chuffed our panel "Rupturing Digital Childhoods and Parenting in Australia? Social Media Bans, Privacy, Screen Time, and Generative AI" featuring Amanda Third, @katlangton.bsky.social, @katemannell.bsky.social, @suzesrdarov.bsky.social and me has been accepted for #AoIR2025!

See you in 🇧🇷 !
We’re delighted to be presenting our panel at #AoIR2025:

Rupturing Digital Childhoods and Parenting in Australia? Social Media Bans, Privacy, Screen Time, and Generative AI

Featuring the papers:

On Board the Social Media “Ban Wagon”: Regulatory Theatre, The Public Child and the Hyper-Enthusiastic State’
By Amanda Third (Western Sydney University)

“I Probably Should Be Concerned, But I’m Really Not” – Concepts, Concerns and Contradictions in New Parents’ Approaches to Negotiating their Children’s Data Privacy
By Katrin Langton (Deakin University)

Navigating Talk About Kids and Tech: Ruptures in and Through Screen Time Discourse
By Kate Mannell (Deakin University)

Generative imaginaries? How Generative AI tools Visualise Children, Families, and Australianness
By Tama Leaver & Suzanne Srdarov (Curtin University)
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ethanplaut.bsky.social
🚨 New Pub! 🚨 Our augmented reality museum installation about data surveillance & rights in Aotearoa NZ used by 128,000x visitors over 2 yrs — we interviewed visitors & present conclusions on how to get the public thinking about problematic technologies!

doi.org/10.1145/3706...

#OpenAccess #chi2025
Surveillance on Exhibit: Using Problematic Technology To Teach About Problematic Technology | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
doi.org
katemannell.bsky.social
Congrats Kat! Wonderful to see this work out in the world
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robyncaplan.bsky.social
Has anyone done or seen any work on the dating app Raya? I have a student who wants to do her verification case study on it, but she (nor I) can find any work on it.
katemannell.bsky.social
Not yet! I think you mentioned her to me years ago when she was still deciding where to go for the PhD. I figured out that she landed at Curtin and am looking forward to us joining all the dots whenever we finally meet. I'm still in Melbourne and only head to Perth occasionally.
katemannell.bsky.social
Congrats Ysabel!! Loved hearing you talk about this work last year. Happy to see it out in the world!
katemannell.bsky.social
A week to go until submissions close! Really looking forward to speaking at this – the program looks excellent so far and it's a great group of convenors. If you're considering submitting but feeling shy feel free to DM me
aussts.bsky.social
The AusSTS 2025 cfp is closing soon - please get your ‘Signals and Noises’ in by Friday 14 March! It’s shaping up to be an amazing few days in Narrm across the National Communication Museum and Deakin Downtown, and we'll be welcoming some amazing keynote speakers and contributors, including... 1/
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eddyhurc.bsky.social
This article also serves as a kind of conceptual companion to my recently funded ARC DECRA on 'influencer journalists'. Can't wait to start this amazing 3-year project next year!!
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aussts.bsky.social
On Day 1 a keynote panel at the NCM on infrastructures of noise with Dang Nguyen (RMIT) @digitaldang.bsky.social, Ranjodh Dhaliwal (University of Basel) @ranjodhdhaliwal.com, Kate Mannell (Deakin) @katemannell.bsky.social and Fabian Offert (UC Santa Barbara) @zentralwerkstatt.org 2/
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aussts.bsky.social
The AusSTS 2025 cfp is closing soon - please get your ‘Signals and Noises’ in by Friday 14 March! It’s shaping up to be an amazing few days in Narrm across the National Communication Museum and Deakin Downtown, and we'll be welcoming some amazing keynote speakers and contributors, including... 1/