Polarization Research | Practice Mapping

This collection explores the theme of polarization in online discourse and social media dynamics, with a focus on Australian contexts. It includes analyses of misinformation, community engagement, and digital media's role in shaping public opinion through case studies like the Voice to Parliament referendum. The research examines Twitter and Facebook interactions, identifying patterns of partisanship and engagement. Additionally, it introduces methodologies, such as practice mapping, to deepen the understanding of user behaviors and community dynamics across various platforms.

Diagnosing Destructive Polarisation in Public Discourse: The Practice Mapping Framework
Destructive Polarisation in Climate Debates: An Exploration Using the Practice Mapping Approach
Tracking Shifts in Discursive Alliances: A Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Climate Change Discourses on Facebook through Practice Mapping
Researching Cross-Platform Campaigning in the 2025 Australian Federal Election
Investigating the Dynamics of Destructive Polarisation in Public Communication
How Discursive Alliances Shift: A Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Climate Change Discourses on Facebook through Practice Mapping
Detecting the Symptoms of Destructive Polarisation: The Practice Mapping Approach
Shifting Discursive Alliances: A Longitudinal Analysis of Australian Climate Change Discourses on Facebook through Practice Mapping
Beyond Interaction Networks: An Introduction to Practice Mapping
Untangling the Furball: A Practice Mapping Approach to the Analysis of Multimodal Interactions in Social Networks
Polarisation In Newssharing: Reviewing the Evidence from Facebook and Twitter
Representation? Treaty? Polarisation in News and Social Media Debates about Indigenous Rights in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
The Filter in Our (?) Heads: Digital Media and Polarisation
The Twitter That Was: Reflections on Ten Years of #auspol
‘If you don’t know, vote no’: Symptoms of Destructive Polarisation in the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum in Australia
“What Else Are They Talking About?”: A Large-Scale Longitudinal Analysis of Misinformation Super-Spreader Communities on Facebook
AI as Research Assistant: Upscaling Content Analysis to Identify Patterns of Polarisation in the News
Dynamics of Destructive Polarisation in Mainstream and Social Media: The Case of the Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum