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Spry, Damien

Dr. Damien Spry is a Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of South Australia and a Visiting Fellow at the Digital Media Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology. He has previously held academic positions in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the United States of America. His scholarly research focuses on digital media impacts on international politics and diplomacy. He has developed the Facebooking diplomacy database for this purpose. He is a regular contributor to think tanks, including the Lowy Institute and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and has consulted for several multinational companies, including Google, Facebook and Amnesty International, as well as to several governments.