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Dear Digital Future

Dear Digital Future

By: PROJECT ROCKIT
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Summary

AI, Algorithms, social media bans, scrolling, cancelling, echo chambers, representation. The fake, the real, the filtered in-between.

Honestly, where would we be without social media? It’s got solid highs and crash-and-burn lows - but hey, let’s figure it out together at Dear Digital Future - brought to you by Project Rockit’s National Youth Collective.

Dear Digital Future by PROJECT ROCKIT's National Youth Collective is an 8 part series where young Australians speak to their lived experience of the digital world across the continuum's of Fake/Real, Complex/Simple, Social/Isolated, Efficiency/Procrastination, Public/Private, Control/Agency, Likes/Dislikes and Kindness/Hate.

We know the digital world is a nuanced place and inspired by the work and data from the Australian Youth Digital Index and powered by the Telstra Foundation we look forward to engaging with you through provocative and passionate conversations.

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Episodes
  • Fake/Real - Part 2

    Fake/Real - Part 2
    18 Jan 2026

    And, we end the series with our final discussion on "the fake, the real and the filtered in-between." This has been the first series of DEAR DIGITAL FUTURE. We will return to your inbox soon.

    Is anything real anymore? Are we our authentic selves online, or is it all a production? In this final two-part episode we discuss the continuum from authenticity through to fakeness online. Is it all fake news and fads? We unpack the way we use filters, our a algorithms ability to share things we don't share with anyone on reddit, bias in the smallest and largest parts of our online lives and what role do we play in all of this? And we ask - how can we make it better.

    Hansika, Vedrana & Olivia share their experiences, expectations and expose the challenge of living an authentic life online.

    Produced by PROJECT ROCKIT and our National Youth Collective with support from the Telstra Foundation.
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    10 min
  • Fake/Real - Part 1

    Fake/Real - Part 1
    11 Jan 2026

    Is anything real anymore? Are we our authentic selves online, or is it all a production? In this final two-part episode we discuss the continuum from authenticity through to fakeness online. Is it all fake news and fads? We unpack the way we use filters, our a algorithms ability to share things we don't share with anyone on reddit, bias in the smallest and largest parts of our online lives and what role do we play in all of this? And we ask - how can we make it better.

    Hansika, Vedrana & Olivia share their experiences, expectations and expose the challenge of living an authentic life online.

    Produced by PROJECT ROCKIT and our National Youth Collective with support from the Telstra Foundation.
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    11 min
  • Control/Agency

    Control/Agency
    4 Jan 2026

    Are we in control of our feed? Or does it control us? Digital technology gives us the world at our fingertips - but how much say do we have and how much is our tech controlling us?

    In this episode, Konan, Raghu & Chris share stories and trade thoughts around just how much control they have over their feed and how they craft the most nuanced algorithm.

    Produced by PROJECT ROCKIT and our National Youth Collective with support from the Telstra Foundation.
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    9 min
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