Communities in virtual reality aren’t a new trend.
The cause of the outage is still unknown
Advertisers target young people for commercial gain.
Communities in virtual reality aren’t a new trend.
The cause of the outage is still unknown
Advertisers target young people for commercial gain.
As Facebook comes under increasing scrutiny on matters of privacy, upstart’s Samantha Afetian examines the safety of personal information on the social network.
We’re a technologically savvy lot, but the growth of social networking sites may not provide us with a Web 2.0 utopia. Renee Tibbs listens in on our private business.
Thought Gossip Girl was just a fictional book-turned-TV-series? Think again. Copycat Facebook pages have sprung up posting salacious gossip about teenagers and Lydia Sawtell says the social networking site isn’t to blame.
Congratulations to final-year La Trobe Journalism student Kara Irving for her front-page exclusive in The Age today. Another La Trobe journalism student, Angus Monfries, also has a piece published in today’s edition.
Can short-form social media stimulate an appetite for long-form journalism? A British journalist is showing that it can, as James Rosewarne explains in this selection for our ‘100 articles’ project.
The latest installment of the horror film franchise, Scream, is cringeworthy and at times predictable, but Corina Thorose says it’s still worth seeing.
We hear a lot of different things about the impact of social media. In this recent presentation, upstart editor-in-chief Lawrie Zion discusses its role in building the upstart audience.
Building a brand with social media: Lawrie Zion tells the story of upstart magazine at La Trobe University this afternoon at 3:30.
Seven’s new show Winners & Losers, staring an array of Australian actors, tells the story of four former ‘losers’ reunited by their high school bully. Jessica Buccolieri says it’s worth seeing.
As online social networking grows in popularity, so does the prospect of social media jobs. Jessica Buccolieri spoke to La Trobe University’s former social media coordinator Kara Gibson about the new digital industry and how it is changing the nature of public relations.
As the political crisis in Libya continues to unfold and thousands of people stage demonstrations calling for change, Santilla Chingaipe says there are good reasons why the rest of the continent isn’t falling like dominoes in to a similar turmoil.
Struggling to keep up with the news? Christopher Scanlon shows how you can create your own source of online news using Good Noows.
In a world becoming increasingly filled with Facebook addicts, it was only a matter of time until Hollywood told its story. William Botoulas reviews The Social Network to see how it fared.
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, visited Melbourne for the first time on Sunday. Meghan Lodwick reports on her conversation with Leigh Sales in an auditorium full of young Australians.
It’s been almost 200 years but Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is more popular than ever, and global adoration of Mr Darcy isn’t waning either. Pride and Prejudice blogger Jennifer Duke examines just what it is about Austen’s work that is so enduring.
Most larger media companies have now issued social media guidelines for their staff. In this selection for our ‘100 articles’ project, Maike Winters discusses what she sees as the merits of such policies.
It’s the week before university starts and that can only mean one thing: O-Week. Upstart is keen to hear about your stories. Dreams, disasters and debauchery, we want to know about it all.
Upstart editor Tom Cowie returns to the keyboard in 2010 with a new column entitled ‘Fridays in February’. Today he takes aim at Facebook and the ever-evolving cult of celebrity.
La Trobe University’s Matthew Smith interviews upstart co-founder Lawrie Zion about the changing face of journalism education.
It’s happy half-birthday to us. Send us your comments, your criticisms, and even your congratulations – we want the lot.
