{"id":25140,"date":"2024-05-28T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T02:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?p=25140"},"modified":"2024-05-28T10:52:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T02:52:27","slug":"professor-mingming-cheng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/professor-mingming-cheng\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Mingming Cheng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


<\/strong>Meet Mingming Cheng \u2013 dad of two, social media researcher, and a pretty decent recreational swimmer (if he does say so himself). He leads the\u00a0Curtin Social Media Research Lab<\/a>\u00a0where he works with big data (data science) in the big world of social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Describe your research in 3 words:<\/strong> Data-driven, social media, interdisciplinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research highlight:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019ve teamed up with our partner, the Minderoo Foundation, to tackle one of the most complex human rights issues of this generation \u2013 modern slavery on social media. With growing evidence that social media is being used to target potential victims and recruiters becoming increasingly savvy, more needs to be done to protect users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We knew a traditional approach to combat modern slavery on social media wasn\u2019t going to work, so we pioneered an initiative that combines social listening and advanced analytics. Using this, we\u2019ve been able to better understand both sides of the issue: how victims are being recruited and how we can protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our findings have helped inform an evidence-based submission by the Minderoo Foundation to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If he could sit-in with any Faculty for a day: \u201c<\/strong>I\u2019d pick Humanities. Social media raises so many questions about identity and our journey towards \u2013 and sometimes away \u2013 from ourselves. Our work is more intertwined than people realise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond work: <\/strong>\u201cI make sure to balance out my work time with lots of outdoor activities \u2013 mainly swimming and hiking!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A piece of advice: \u201c<\/strong>Don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help and know there is support out there at Curtin. Whether that\u2019s your colleagues, supervisor, or the services available at the University. You can\u2019t make big impacts alone. It really does take a community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connect with Mingming!<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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