Dr Rob Nicholls - expert in Media and Communications at RMIT, talking with RTRFM’s Allan Boyd about the recent landmark social media case against Google and Meta in the United States. 

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INTRO: A recent US court case saw big tech giants, Meta and Google, pay out six million dollars to a single plaintiff for mental health damage - citing dangerous and addictive design features in the social media platforms. The case is seen as a precedent to many more to come. On The Record’s Allan Boyd caught up with an expert in tech law to find out what’s going on…

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Source: The Conversation - Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout - March 26, 2026

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Dr Lisa Given - Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University - talks with RTRFM’s Allan Boyd on the latest report on Australia' teen social media ban.

Professor Lisa Given - Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University

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INTRO: It’s been four months since Australia banned under-16s from social media, and now the online regulator has released its first report on how the world-first policy is progressing. To find out where we’re at with the ban and if the big social media platforms are complying, RTRFM’s Allan Boyd caught up with an expert…

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Conversation Article: Social media giants are not complying with under‑16s social
media ban, new report finds - March 31, 202

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Controversial Sydney radio duo - Kyle and Jackie O - have been in the news recently after Jackie O left the show following claims of online bullying by co-host Sandilands. Sandilands has since been suspended and their 200-million-dollar national contract is in doubt. What’s going on? On The Record’s Allan Boyd spoke with a media expert to find out… 

Dr Denis Muller - Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne.

Source: The Conversation

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Are you scrolling right now? The endless “infinite scroll” design is built into just about every social media and news app we use. But is it just a harmless habit, or is there something more going on beneath the surface? RTR’s Allan Boyd brought in an expert to find out how it works—and how we can take back control.

Sharon Horwood - Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University

Source: Can’t stop endlessly scrolling? Tips to help you take back control  - The Conversation, March 18, 2026

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Many Australians use AI Technology daily. We use it to offload our difficult tasks, plan our lives and think less. And it seems these handy tools, like ChatGPT - are becoming ubiquitous. But can we become dependent on these things and are they eroding our critical thinking skills? RTR’s Allan Boyd spoke to a memory expert to find out more.

Dr Misia Temler - Research Affiliate, Psychology, University of Sydney 

Source: It’s tempting to offload your thinking to AI. Cognitive science shows why that’s a bad idea - The Conversation - March 10, 2026

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With 24/7 news access on our devices and the pull of algorithms to keep us there, what can we do to cope with the onslaught of news media? RTR’s Allan boyd caught up with an RMIT expert to find out how we can balance the need to stay informed with what’s best for our mental health.

Alex Wake, Professor of Journalism at RMIT. 

Source: RMIT

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Continuing his deep dive into the Manosphere, On The Record’s Allan Boyd catches up with an expert about manfluencers, incels, trad wives, black-pills, third spaces and what works to curb the growth online extremism.

Dr Vivian Gerrand Research Fellow in the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Deakin University; Associate Lecturer, Australian National University

Source: The internet makes it too easy to ‘fall down a rabbit hole of hate’. So, what works to curb online extremism? - The Conversation

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Once confined to the dark corners of the internet, the so-called Manosphere is rapidly infiltrating mainstream culture. In a series of interviews on the Manosphere, RTR’s Allan Boyd caught up with an expert on how the disturbing cabal of male supremacists is becoming more and more prevalent.

Claudia Young - PhD Candidate in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne

Source: ‘I want someone submissive’: Married At First Sight gives the manosphere a prime time slot - The Conversation, March 4, 2026

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Alarming new research into gender attitudes reveals that a large percentage of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic violence, and some 17 percent of Australians believe that feminism should be resisted with violence. To unpack this concerning rise of misogyny, RTR’s Allan Boyd caught up with one of the study’s authors…

Dr Sara Meger - Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Melbourne 

Source: 40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research 

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What is the Manosphere? A new Netflix documentary lifts the lid on so-called “man-fluencers” – spilling violence, misogyny and extremist views into the real world - turning boys into male supremacists. But how does anti-feminism even exist in 2026? RTRFM’s Allan Boyd spoke with an expert to find out more.

Professor Steven Roberts - Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Monash University

Source: Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere exposes the business model of misogyny - March 11, 2026 

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