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when 'eudaimonic' social media goes bad

  • Written by: Renee Barnes, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Twenty-something Melburnian Harrison Pawluck could be doing worse things than building a TikTok audience through “random acts of kindness”.

He’s not out on the streets pulling risky pranks or provoking angry confrontations. He doesn’t promote bogus cryptocurrency schemes, cancer cures or conspiracy theories....

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