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Author: Lisa Portolan
When Tinder issued an in-app public service announcement regarding COVID-19 on March 3 we all had a little laugh as a panoply of memes and gags hit the internet. Two weeks later the laughter has subsided, but the curiosity continues. How will singles mingle in the time of Corona?
NewsSkye Tasker is a PhD candidate at the Young and Resilient Research Centre. When the pandemic hit, Ms Tasker pivoted to examine trends in the context of coronavirus, and extensively interviewed a cohort of case studies aged 12 to 24. "There are unique aspects of mental health that need to be considered," she said. "Social connections are critically important. It’s obviously important for all age brackets but I think it’s especially so in that period of life where you’re forming your identity, especially 12 to 16."
UpdatesProf. Amanda Third, Co-Director of Young and Resilient Research Centre, has been appointed as a Faculty Associate in the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University for 2020-2021. The new group of fellows, faculty associates and affiliates will pursue research, collaborations and community-building to address issues at the intersection of technology and society, with a commitment to the public interest.
NewsSukhmani Khorana - senior research fellow at the Young and Resilient Research Centre - spoke to ABC Life on on why many people use cultural practices to reconnect to cultural heritage during a crisis like COVID-19.
NewsDr Alanna Kamp observes that the "Chinese Australians have become the focus of racist memes; hoaxes and hurtful messages are being spread on social media; and we are seeing frequent media reports of people of Asian descent being mistreated and vilified"
UpdatesAcademics at Western Sydney University’s Young and Resilient Research Centre have joined with an international team of researchers to study the rolling Global Climate Strikes held, by collecting data at the protests held in September 2019.
