Emily Booth
Biographic Data
| ID | 312187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emily Booth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emily |
| FAMILY NAME | Booth |
| SIGNATURE | BOOTH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Technology Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8154-6747 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The State of the Industry
The Australian publishing industry, although smaller than some international counterparts, is nevertheless a vital contributor to the local artistic culture. Like many other industries, it is facing increasing pressure from readers and writers alike to become more inclusive in its practices, from the books it publishes to the people it employs. This research examines the current state of the Australian industry from the perspectives of First Nati…
(Red)Pills vs. Bread(Tube)
In recent years, the affordances of YouTube have been exploited by those creating extreme ideological content that can be collectively understood as ‘defined by [their] opposition to visions of social progress’ and social justice movements (Lewis, 2018, pp. 3–4). Individuals aiming to push back against alt-right and socially divisive movements have used the same platform, forming an informal network known as BreadTube. Although some BreadTube inf…
Beyond risk
Young people’s digital citizenship education has often been approached from a risk perspective with less attention given to how young people use digital technologies to positively engage with social issues and citizenship practices. Diaspora youth are further stigmatised, being defined as ‘at-risk’ of greater harm from digital environments, which frames them as victims or non-agentic. This article draws on qualitative research with diaspora youth…
It's not relevant because you already know all of it
Young people are often assumed to be competent users of digital platforms; however, today's online environment is flooded with challenges, one of which is misinformation. We examine the social media practices of 14 Australian diaspora youth - a cohort often believed to be more at risk from digital risks and harms - and how they navigated online misinformation during the COVID-19 lockdowns. We find that while participants received some digital and…
Labelling, shadow bans and community resistance
In this paper, we ask how effective Meta's content moderation strategy was on its flagship platform, Facebook, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse the performance of 18 Australian right-wing/anti-vaccination pages, posts and commenting sections collected between January 2019 and July 2021, and use engagement metrics and time series analysis to analyse the data, mapping key policy announcements against page performance. We combine this with c…
Conspiracy, misinformation, radicalisation
In response to the rise of various fringe movements in recent years, from anti-vaxxers to QAnon, there has been increased public and scholarly attention to misinformation and conspiracy theories and the online communities that produce them. However, efforts at understanding the radicalisation process largely focus on those who go on to commit violent crimes. This article draws on three waves of research exploring the experiences of individuals cu…
The Picture of Privilege
This article explores the findings from the first “diversity count” of Australian children’s picture books, conducted in 2019 in partnership with advocacy group Voices from the Intersection (VFTI). Specifically, this article explores the eighty-three percent of 2018 Australian children’s picture books that did not feature a marginalized protagonist: namely, those that featured human characters who could not be identified as marginalized in any wa…
Behind Closed Gates
This article based on an empirical study of Australian authors argues that, despite the OwnVoices movement gathering momentum in Australia, there are still barriers and limitations for authors from marginalised communities within the Australian publishing industry. This is due to power imbalances in publishing spaces which silence marginalised writers, limiting the availability of their books to teenage readers
Investigating the Publication of OwnVoices Australian Picture Books in 2018
A Subtle and Mysterious Machine
Walter Charleton (1619-1707) has been widely depicted as a natural philosopher whose intellectual career mirrored the intellectual ferment of the scientific revolution . Instead of viewing him as a barometer of intellectual change, I examine the previously unexplored question of his identity as a physician. Examining three of his vernacular medical texts, this volume considers Charleton's thoughts on anatomy, physiology and the methods by which h…
Vasco da Gama and the linking of Europe and Asia
Contributed papers presented at the Vasco da Gama Quincentenary Conference held in Melbourne and Fremantle, Australia in June 1997
Conspiracy, misinformation, radicalisation
In response to the rise of various fringe movements in recent years, from anti-vaxxers to QAnon, there has been increased public and scholarly attention to misinformation and conspiracy theories and the online communities that produce them. However, efforts at understanding the radicalisation process largely focus on those who go on to commit violent crimes. This article draws on three waves of research exploring the experiences of individuals cu…
Vasco da Gama and the linking of Europe and Asia
Contributed papers presented at the Vasco da Gama Quincentenary Conference held in Melbourne and Fremantle, Australia in June 1997
A Subtle and Mysterious Machine
Walter Charleton (1619-1707) has been widely depicted as a natural philosopher whose intellectual career mirrored the intellectual ferment of the scientific revolution . Instead of viewing him as a barometer of intellectual change, I examine the previously unexplored question of his identity as a physician. Examining three of his vernacular medical texts, this volume considers Charleton's thoughts on anatomy, physiology and the methods by which h…
Behind Closed Gates
This article based on an empirical study of Australian authors argues that, despite the OwnVoices movement gathering momentum in Australia, there are still barriers and limitations for authors from marginalised communities within the Australian publishing industry. This is due to power imbalances in publishing spaces which silence marginalised writers, limiting the availability of their books to teenage readers
Investigating the Publication of OwnVoices Australian Picture Books in 2018
The Picture of Privilege
This article explores the findings from the first “diversity count” of Australian children’s picture books, conducted in 2019 in partnership with advocacy group Voices from the Intersection (VFTI). Specifically, this article explores the eighty-three percent of 2018 Australian children’s picture books that did not feature a marginalized protagonist: namely, those that featured human characters who could not be identified as marginalized in any wa…
Labelling, shadow bans and community resistance
In this paper, we ask how effective Meta's content moderation strategy was on its flagship platform, Facebook, during the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyse the performance of 18 Australian right-wing/anti-vaccination pages, posts and commenting sections collected between January 2019 and July 2021, and use engagement metrics and time series analysis to analyse the data, mapping key policy announcements against page performance. We combine this with c…
Conspiracy, misinformation, radicalisation
In response to the rise of various fringe movements in recent years, from anti-vaxxers to QAnon, there has been increased public and scholarly attention to misinformation and conspiracy theories and the online communities that produce them. However, efforts at understanding the radicalisation process largely focus on those who go on to commit violent crimes. This article draws on three waves of research exploring the experiences of individuals cu…
Beyond risk
Young people’s digital citizenship education has often been approached from a risk perspective with less attention given to how young people use digital technologies to positively engage with social issues and citizenship practices. Diaspora youth are further stigmatised, being defined as ‘at-risk’ of greater harm from digital environments, which frames them as victims or non-agentic. This article draws on qualitative research with diaspora youth…
It's not relevant because you already know all of it
Young people are often assumed to be competent users of digital platforms; however, today's online environment is flooded with challenges, one of which is misinformation. We examine the social media practices of 14 Australian diaspora youth - a cohort often believed to be more at risk from digital risks and harms - and how they navigated online misinformation during the COVID-19 lockdowns. We find that while participants received some digital and…
The State of the Industry
The Australian publishing industry, although smaller than some international counterparts, is nevertheless a vital contributor to the local artistic culture. Like many other industries, it is facing increasing pressure from readers and writers alike to become more inclusive in its practices, from the books it publishes to the people it employs. This research examines the current state of the Australian industry from the perspectives of First Nati…
(Red)Pills vs. Bread(Tube)
In recent years, the affordances of YouTube have been exploited by those creating extreme ideological content that can be collectively understood as ‘defined by [their] opposition to visions of social progress’ and social justice movements (Lewis, 2018, pp. 3–4). Individuals aiming to push back against alt-right and socially divisive movements have used the same platform, forming an informal network known as BreadTube. Although some BreadTube inf…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Publishing (4 works) · Internet privacy (3 works) · Misinformation (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Project commissioning (3 works)