Michael Arnold

The possibility of a posthumous digital social life seriously challenges our notions of death. Shimal Ahmed (Fulhi)

December 1, 2014

Tweets from the afterlife: social networking with the dead

Bjorn Nansen, The University of Melbourne; James Meese, The University of Melbourne; Martin Gibbs, The University of Melbourne; Michael Arnold, The University of Melbourne, and Tamara Kohn, The University of Melbourne

Media technologies have operated as both a means of communicating news of a death and memorialising the deceased for a significant period of time, moving from traditional epitaphs, eulogies, wakes and…

Remote households trying to telecommute rely on satellite connections to high-speed broadband – which sometimes don’t work. AnnieAnniePancake/Flickr

November 26, 2014

NBN benefits regional centres, but rural Australia is still left wanting

Rowan Wilken, Swinburne University of Technology; Bjorn Nansen, The University of Melbourne; Jenny Kennedy, The University of Melbourne; Martin Gibbs, The University of Melbourne, and Michael Arnold, The University of Melbourne

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull reiterated the importance of the National Broadband Network (NBN) for regional and rural Australia in an address to the NBN Rebooted conference in Sydney last week…

Do selfies belong at funerals? Daniel Incandela

November 24, 2014

Death and the selfie: welcome to a grave new world

Bjorn Nansen, The University of Melbourne; James Meese, The University of Melbourne; Martin Gibbs, The University of Melbourne; Michael Arnold, The University of Melbourne, and Tamara Kohn, The University of Melbourne

Funerals increasingly employ digital media; and a growing body of research addresses the intersection of digital culture and traditional memorialising practices. Commonly-used digital media include PowerPoint…

Status update: this party’s dead, and so am I. Eddi van W.

November 14, 2014

From here to Eterni.me – the quest for digital immortality

James Meese, The University of Melbourne; Bjorn Nansen, The University of Melbourne; Martin Gibbs, The University of Melbourne; Michael Arnold, The University of Melbourne, and Tamara Kohn, The University of Melbourne

Earlier this year, start-up Eterni.me emerged from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrepreneurship Development program. The company’s tagline – “simply become immortal” – quickly attracted media…

A disparity exists between media representations and public perceptions of the NBN. Flood

September 3, 2013

Australia, what do you think of the NBN?

Craig Bellamy, The University of Melbourne; Bjorn Nansen, The University of Melbourne; Martin Gibbs, The University of Melbourne, and Michael Arnold, The University of Melbourne

It goes without saying that the National Broadband Network (NBN) – regardless of who steers the rest of the build – is a major infrastructure project for Australia. And we all know its cost, technical…