Axel Bruns
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Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media.
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He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 🖤🤍💚 | 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇪🇺
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Just participated remotely in a roundtable in Rome, and going on from there to finish the evening with some music from France and Belgium, starting with Magma offshoot One Shot’s lovely homage to the much-missed guitarist James Mac Gaw. #Prog
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Just participated remotely in a roundtable in Rome, and going on from there to finish the evening with some music from France and Belgium, starting with Magma offshoot One Shot’s lovely homage to the much-missed guitarist James Mac Gaw. #Prog
And then there are a few new encyclopaedia entries and an article in Italian about destructive polarisation (soon also to come out in English). More about those in the blog post: snurb.info/node/3532.
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
And then there are a few new encyclopaedia entries and an article in Italian about destructive polarisation (soon also to come out in English). More about those in the blog post: snurb.info/node/3532.
With colleagues in Hamburg and Bremen, we also examined how Australian and German media cover mainstream and fringe climate protests. There are some clear but different divergences here too (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/3048).
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
With colleagues in Hamburg and Bremen, we also examined how Australian and German media cover mainstream and fringe climate protests. There are some clear but different divergences here too (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/3048).
My colleague Katharina Esau led our analysis of media polarisation in Australia during the Voice to Parliament referendum, where we found some complex and diverging patterns (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/3297).
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
My colleague Katharina Esau led our analysis of media polarisation in Australia during the Voice to Parliament referendum, where we found some complex and diverging patterns (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/3297).
With Simon Copland and Timothy Graham, I analysed the dissemination of Sky News Australia videos on Facebook, and found three distinct but overlapping audiences, in Australia and overseas (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/2626).
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 PM
With Simon Copland and Timothy Graham, I analysed the dissemination of Sky News Australia videos on Facebook, and found three distinct but overlapping audiences, in Australia and overseas (original presentation here: snurb.info/node/2626).
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.
January 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist.
Back at Lang Park for the first time in a long time to see the Roar (though frankly also to see Hannover 96 legend Hiroki Sakai live his best life as Auckland FC captain). #BRIvAKL
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Back at Lang Park for the first time in a long time to see the Roar (though frankly also to see Hannover 96 legend Hiroki Sakai live his best life as Auckland FC captain). #BRIvAKL
Finally catching up with some music again, and first up tonight is the rerelease of the second, self-titled album by Renaissance spinoff Illusion… #Prog
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Finally catching up with some music again, and first up tonight is the rerelease of the second, self-titled album by Renaissance spinoff Illusion… #Prog
Bit of an unorthodox Xmas tree, but the bees seem to like it… 🐝🦋
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Bit of an unorthodox Xmas tree, but the bees seem to like it… 🐝🦋
Delighted to launch M/C Journal issue 28.5: ‘#experience’, edited by Jo Jung, Harrison See, and Lelia Green – and just in time for the #AANZCA25 conference too… #mcjournal
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November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Delighted to launch M/C Journal issue 28.5: ‘#experience’, edited by Jo Jung, Harrison See, and Lelia Green – and just in time for the #AANZCA25 conference too… #mcjournal
journal.media-cultur...
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🇮🇹 Oh look what just arrived in the office – I guess I’ve been published in Italian again ! Congratulations on a fine collection, @gboccia.bsky.social (and what a cover !)…
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
🇮🇹 Oh look what just arrived in the office – I guess I’ve been published in Italian again ! Congratulations on a fine collection, @gboccia.bsky.social (and what a cover !)…
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
Guess now we know how many Zs it takes to translate “destructive polarisation” into Italian, too (‘polarizzazione’ 😲).
And ready for another concert, with Steven Wilson’s Overview tour at the QPAC Concert Hall. Last Night of the tour, I think ?
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
And ready for another concert, with Steven Wilson’s Overview tour at the QPAC Concert Hall. Last Night of the tour, I think ?
😲 Ooooh, the full programme for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2026 is out now, and it's full of sciencey goodness. If you were still on the fence about signing up, you have until 19 Dec. to do so. ⌛
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
😲 Ooooh, the full programme for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2026 is out now, and it's full of sciencey goodness. If you were still on the fence about signing up, you have until 19 Dec. to do so. ⌛
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
Never thought I’d say this, but we may be a little _too_ close to the front for Cowboy Junkies at the Fortitude ?
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Never thought I’d say this, but we may be a little _too_ close to the front for Cowboy Junkies at the Fortitude ?
It’s not just me, is it ? For some reason Google has changed the colour of unclicked links on its search results pages to a lighter, horrible-looking almost baby blue colour recently, right ?
Frankly this annoys me more than the intrusive AI Overviews.
Frankly this annoys me more than the intrusive AI Overviews.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It’s not just me, is it ? For some reason Google has changed the colour of unclicked links on its search results pages to a lighter, horrible-looking almost baby blue colour recently, right ?
Frankly this annoys me more than the intrusive AI Overviews.
Frankly this annoys me more than the intrusive AI Overviews.
