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We're hiring! Looking for a 1-year visiting faculty member specializing in sport media and culture. Let me know if you have any questions/interest. jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...

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African workers labeling data and providing content moderation are the invisible backbone of AI development. They perform critical labor under challenging conditions, often for minimal pay, yet remain absent from our conversations about the AI value chain.

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Shared a bit about our grant termination and the consequences of other canceled grants at UW-Madison. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/mi...

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Labor-atories of Digital Economies: Latin America as a Site of Struggles and Experimentation. In this new article, I theorize how digital labor contexts update informality, dependency, solidarity economies in Latin America, considering data/AI work, etc ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wj...

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CfP Special Issue on Cultural Workers and Generative AI for AI & Society journal, co-edited by me, Daphne Idiz and @zoeglatt.bsky.social . Deadline for sending abstracts: June 30 link.springer.com/journal/146/...

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Starting now!

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In one hour(!!), it's the 2025 State of Critical and Cultural Media Studies Symposium hosted by the Journal of Communication Inquiry. The full schedule and registration info are here: journalism.uiowa.edu/research/jou...

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I've got a new report out today - on international factual programming on UK TV in 2023-24. Key finding: Travelogues dominate (58%) and 'male, stale and pale' presenters feature very heavily. Covered nicely in The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art... Full report: ibt.org.uk/reports/smal...

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I was curious to see how academic articles in (Political) Communication and Political Science are being shared on X vs. Bluesky. I find: In 2024, academic articles in our field seem to be clearly more shared on X. But by 2025, Bluesky is catching up fast. Short 🧵 1/n

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Attending ICA this year? My research group is organizing a preconference about new theories and methods for studying social media and radicalization. Check out our featured speakers, draft schedule, and register here: cp3.org.uiowa.edu/ica-2025-pre...

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We know it… but seeing it is still mind blowing. Read this piece and search which of your works were used to train AI models. Without remuneration. Dozens of chapters, articles, books www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Very proud of my advisee, Abubakar Ibrahim, for leading this project, based on his MA thesis research. In it, we introduce a typology of political campaign responses to information disorder and apply the typology to the 2023 Nigerian presidential campaign. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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How does the rise of AI affect how young people are using news? We have an open fully-funded and full-time PhD position in "Journalism, generative AI and critical digital literacy". More info ⬇️ Application deadline: April 3 www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

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I'm excited to share the new forum I've co-edited with @marcowenjones.bsky.social for CSMC, here is our introduction: 'A century of propaganda studies: from pen and sword to surveillant smartphone' -check out the fascinating open access essays by our contributors! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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New @reutersinstitute.bsky.social factsheet out today with @mitalilive.bsky.social and @rasmuskleis.bsky.social looking at the gender breakdown of top editors. We find that only 27% of top editors across 240 major outlets in 12 markets are women. buff.ly/PdP9oxD Key findings in thread👇

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New report shows how 'flooding' the web with disinformation and propaganda affects AI models. Deliberately infiltrating AI chatbots, by flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, affects the AI models on current topics. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...

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Come work with me! 1 year postdoc opportunity to work with me on workers' roles in AI safety. Social science and participatory methods a must, experience working with trade unions a + More info & apply here --> qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...

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My FB feed is 25% engagement bait about women's basketball and movies. Beyond politics, FB is a haven for slop, and it's gonna get worse.

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Please submit! Social inequality may be a slow-burning issue but nonetheless one that deserves attention!

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Proud of our student Alice Cruse for writing this piece.

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The 'feeling' that X under Musk is a different place than before is quantified in this new study titled 'Substantial Hate' 1️⃣ hate speech up to 50% higher; 2️⃣ hate speech increase persistent; 3️⃣ no reduction in inauthentic accounts #commsky @polcomm.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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In Iowa: NIH Funding: $209 million Jobs Supported: 2,579 Economic Activity Supported: $504 million www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-... #iowa #iowacity

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Our #OpenAccess ebook is live! "Reimagining Digital Cosmopolitanism: Perspectives from a Postmigrant and Postdigital World" edited by @fergallenehan.bsky.social & Roman Lietz. @transcript-verlag.bsky.social 🔗 www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/5c... See the chapters in this 🧵 and check it out. 1/18

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The introduction to our Special Issue in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social is out: 🎈"Epistemologies of Digital News Production: Power & Technological Adaptation in Knowledge Production" 👉 doi.org/10.1080/2167... @acadianjprof.bsky.social, @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social, & @phoebemaares.bsky.social 🙌

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How the fuck are you supposed to find a missing trans kid without using the name they would be using for themselves?

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We here @citap.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ @mariher.bsky.social & Kristóf Szombati, put together a timely and important reading list. Authoritarian Politics: How to Understand It and How to Resist It. We hope you'll read, reflect, and share this tool broadly. 1/ citap.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Journalism folks: know anyone working to connect research & practice? @icahdq.bsky.social Journalism Studies is accepting applications for its Public Engagement Award. Cc: @magdakon.bsky.social Deadline March 21. www.icahdq.org/blogpost/151...

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Communication science and terrorism studies unite! ::Voltron sounds::

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Extended deadline for our ICA preconference on “Social Media Radicalization: Definitions, Theories, Methods.” Submit abstracts or full papers by this Friday (Feb 7). Read the full call here: cp3.org.uiowa.edu/ica-2025-pre...

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it appears that voting is live for Unrivaled’s 1 v. 1 tournament! fans can vote on seeding within pods in the tournament. www.unrivaled.basketball/1-on-1

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🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo rescinding the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs. Full text, per government source:

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I’ll be there. Hope to see all my friends and colleagues there too. Seriously, join us won’t you. There are a few more days to apply.

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A few more days to submit to our ICA preconference, "Social Media Radicalization: Definitions, Theories, Methods." Abstract or paper submission deadline is February 1st. Full call: cp3.org.uiowa.edu/ica-2025-pre... DM if you have any questions!

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If you're so inclined, you can pre-order FANDOM FOR US, BY US from NYU Press for 30% off. Of course, you can also purchase it wherever you buy books. nyupress.org/978147982492...

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Worried about college costs? Fun fact: all the “broader impacts” of my NSF-funded research have always included providing low- or no-cost access to higher ed classes. The accounting of who is hurt by executive orders continues.

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🚨New Publications🚨 In Journalism Studies, @amnadler.bsky.social and I argue that right-wing news is competing with journalism over the cultural authority to tell the “true” story of public life. For journalism scholars and practitioners alike, a🧵(1/6) doi.org/10.1080/1461...

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If you are interested in studying good old human activity on pre-Musk Twitter, we are now sharing the complete 375M dataset of our 24h Twitter data collection with researchers. Get in touch! ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC... Please forward to interested scholars.

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The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

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American researchers - before you jump on the “hot trend” of Xiaohongshu (Red Note), check out @qianhuang.bsky.social’s academic reading list on Chinese social media: qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi...

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Academics: You are not your CV, grant money, titles, awards, publications, course evals. You are so much more. Is your productivity is crushing your soul, causing health disorders, and harming your relationships. Being a workaholic is not a badge of honor. #academicsky #commsky

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Now that ICA decisions are out, I'm resharing the CFP for our preconference on “Social Media Radicalization: Definitions, Theories, Methods.” Let me know if you have questions!

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We are excited to launch a CFP for a special issue of Digital Journalism on Platform Governance and Fact Checking. Abstract deadline: June 2; Editors: Oscar Westlund @anjabechmann.bsky.social @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social @gravesmatter.bsky.social @mediarepublik.bsky.social Steen Steensen & myself

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Great new book co-edited by my friend and colleague Manfred Asuman, Communication and Social Change in Africa: Selected Case Studies. Download your copy for free here: networkcultures.org/blog/publica...

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