Dr Kim Barbour is available for media comment on issues around social media and digital identity. She is also able to speak on elements of popular culture and online feminism, depending on the context and topic. Please contact Dr Barbour through The University of Adelaide for media comment.
Media experience:
Top Tips From a Lecturer if You’re Studying Online During COVID-19, interview for Insider Guides with Alex Craddock (20 March 2020)
ABC Radio Adelaide Morning Show with David Bevan, interview (live to air), talking about Facebook’s decision to hide Like counts in Australia, (27 September 2019).
‘Could Your House Be an Instagram Star?’ article by Ronda Kayson, The New York Times, 9 August 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/realestate/could-your-house-be-an-instagram-star.html?fbclid=IwAR2XsplVmC1P35oqF1UHeDdy1ZLxFzeLtN7Vsy6uLBLSEwuDDob7-jqnJqQ
‘Siri, Cortana, Alexa: Female virtual assistants a dominant force’, article by Malcolm Sutton, ABC Radio Adelaide. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-08/female-dominance-of-virtual-assistants-set-to-continue/8335188
Radio interview (pre-recorded), Fresh 92.7 Youth Radio, Wavelength, on social media’s impact on emotions: https://soundcloud.com/fresh927/wavelength-2609-social-media (26 September 2016)
Radio interview (live to air), 3D Community Digital Radio (1 September 2016)