Social Media

Aucklander, Rewa Walia, is using social media to create works of art. She's using symbols from social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, to create digital images. And they'll soon feature in one of… Audio, Gallery

New research shows a greater public demand for broadcasters to observe stricter privacy standards, despite today's strong social media sharing culture. Kathryn Ryan talks to Belinda Moffat from the… Audio

Lisa-Maria Neudert is a research assistant at the Computational Propaganda Project (ComProp) and a graduate student at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). She talks to Kim about the ComProp data memo… Audio

Maori radio DJ, Pat Spellman is using social media to document his weight struggle. He tells Shannon Hanui-Thompson his weight led to depression, and he decided to act after hitting rock bottom. Video, Audio

Is it simply paranoid for parents to not allow photos of their kids on social media? Audio

Kathryn Ryan talks to photographer John Price, whose efforts to dispel the myth of his "perfect life" on social media is the subject of a new documentary screening at this year's mountain film… Audio, Gallery

There are calls for Fiji's Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj to resign over comments he made about regulating social media. Audio

Attention - getting it, keeping it, getting it back again - is now the basis of a massive global industry. Columbia University professor Tim Wu looks at the workings of the 'attention merchants'. Audio

What does it take to make the modern gentleman? With a love of art and design New Zealand menswear label, French 83, provides a twist on classic suiting for the young professional. Add a dash of our… Audio

An Auckland man who posted a video online of his sister on drugs says he did it as a warning to others, and he has no regrets. Video, Audio

It's the psychological study that we're all participating in every day: using the internet! So is the digital 'you' the real 'you'? We speak to Michal Kosinski from the Stanford Graduate School of… Audio

Apps like Instagram and Snapchat can be both a positive place and a daunting and unsafe place for young people. What role should parents play in their kids' social media worlds? Audio

Donald Trump's staff put "alternative facts" into the headlines lately, but Mediawatch found plenty of other stories in the news this summer that didn't stack up. Video, Audio