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JMCQ @jmcquarterly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

🎙️ A recent JMCQ article on inequalities in global communication research and the prestige dilemma is featured on About the Abstract. Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5Kcy... #commsky @profdimitrova.bsky.social

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I am hiring a qualitative postdoc to start this fall for the @datasociety.bsky.social project AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security Challenge. Fully remote but must be US-based. Interested in youth, scams, hustle/financial/consumer culture? More here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr...

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Post-Doctoral Fellow, AI-Enabled Scams as a Systemic Security Challenge

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rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#ICA26 time is awards time. Congratulations to all journalism studies winners. As I have a special place in my ❤️ for books an extra shout-out to "In the Shadow of the Global North" by J. Siguru Wahutu share.google/HKqSercbP0Ly... "The New Censorship" by Ayala Panievsky share.google/wkLE62YxaUi3...

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Brian Ekdale @bekdale.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Got my inbox down to 0 unread messages as I get ready to leave for #ICA26. Let's all agree that we won't send any emails for the next two weeks.

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Brian Ekdale @bekdale.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Pulled my copy of The Field of Cultural Production off the shelf, and there is a placeholder notecard on which I wrote "Michael Bay + Nickelback." I must've been in a weird headspace last time I read this...

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Jess Maddox @jessmaddox.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For the reviewer 2s of the world: if you want to be jerks, you do you. But ways people in a smalle, niche field can figure out it’s you: 1. You only recommend your own work as things to improve the quality of the submission. (Continued)

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The underlying memo is one of the most jaw-dropping things I've ever read re: higher ed. Some actual sentences: "Upon the conclusive termination of all designated teach-out programs, no degree culminating student research within the TTU System will be permitted to center on SOGI topics."

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Alex Goldman @agoldman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Hi, my name is Alex Goldman and I host the @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social I used to host the Reply All podcast, and I have found that so many people who liked Reply All have no idea Hyperfixed exists. It's super frustrating because I have no idea how to reach those people.

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Brian Ekdale @bekdale.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

HUAL was the place that vibed most with my sports fandom--love watching, annoyed by most commentary, skeptical of whole enterprise. Thanks for it all @joshuablevin.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @joelanderson.bsky.social @alexkirshner.com @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social @benlindbergh.bsky.social

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Also of note, Iowa paid Chris Rufo—perhaps the leading propagandist for the current assault on higher ed, an unqualified hack and admitted fabulist—$34,000 to speak. It's embarrassing that any higher ed institution would invite him, especially when they are cutting departmental budgets.

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Brian Ekdale @bekdale.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom - Oops All Republicans Edition www.thegazette.com/republicans-...

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Kim Fox, The Podcast Professor @ohradiogirl.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This was a wonderful essay to work on that aligns with my intentional research practices. Thank you to @ccc-journal.bsky.social's editorial team for extending kindness through the process. #academicresearch #citationalpolitics

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Tim Groot Kormelink @tgrootkormelink.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Is there a place for (professional) news on TikTok? Based on 99 interviews w/ young people, I.Costera Meijer, @kenzalamot.bsky.social & I find that adapting to the platform risks diluting journalism’s distinctive value and blurring it with less reliable content ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The User Experience of TikTok and Its Compatibility with News

While TikTok is rapidly growing as a source of news for young people, they appear to have limited interest in news from traditional sources on the platform. Exploring whether there is a place for p...

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James McConnachie @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard

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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

First DDC Brown Bag Lunch talk of 2026: This Thursday (Feb 19th), @curdknupfer.bsky.social and @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social present ideas and ongoing research on "Connective Factions". If you are at SDU, grab some lunch and join us in Dynamo, at 12!

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The Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The #ICA26 CAT Travel Grant application is now open and will close on 15 March 2026. Please be sure to read the instructions closely. forms.gle/PxZqE3FFGLH6...

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Thrilled to have galleys of my book in hand! Final corrections & index pending. Please consider preordering, gifting, & teaching. Via the archive, interviews & more I show how the crisis we face now reflects failure to listen & act on the democracy Black folks have envisioned, but we still can.

Two copies of a black, white and red book cover. The cover reads
UNCORRECTED PROOF
NOT For SALE

SECOND SIGHT: HOW THE WONDER AND VISION OF
BLACK MEDIAMAKERS
PUSH AMERICA
TOWARD FREEDOM

SARAH J. JACKSON

My light brownish hand with chipped purple glitter nail polish holds the books

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The tens of thousands of brave and patriotic Minnesotans shame every elite who bent the knee

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Thomas Hanitzsch @thanitzsch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Out now: key data from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study. 75 countries, >32,350 journalists, >300 researchers, seven years of successful collaboration. Many thanks to all who contributed to this project! www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/

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Katy Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

A little ScholarOne tip for #ICA26. The review choices look like this initially:

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

PSA: deadline for @icahdq.bsky.social #ica26 less than 24 hrs away ⏰ Deadline is 1200 (noon) ICA Hdq time (eastern standard 🇺🇸) Good luck out there 🍀

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Brian Ekdale @bekdale.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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Brian Ekdale @bekdale.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

What are we doing here, Apple News?

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Journal of Communication @journal-of-comm.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Introducing the editorial for the Special Issue: “A special issue on qualitative theorizing and methodological advancements”, by Kristina M. Scharp, Elizabeth A. Hintz @elizabethahintz.bsky.social and Sandra Vera Zambrano Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...

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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

For folks not in higher ed, PhD programs are designed to be finished in five years minimum.

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Northwestern Medill School @medillschool.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Congrats to @stephedgerly.bsky.social for being awarded a Ver Steeg Fellowship. This fellowship supports the research of a tenured faculty member whose work enhances the reputation of Northwestern and comes with a research grant of $45,000: spr.ly/63326fYwpn

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Fifty free copies of my TPV article "Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent Versus Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors." In it, my deep-learning model correctly predicted violent vs. non-violent offending among extremists in 94 percent of cases. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...

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Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent vs. Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors

Recent analyses of radicalization processes have shown that extremist attitudes and violent behavior may be related in some cases, but are rarely collinear. It therefore benefits analysts of politi...

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to DJ’s latest Special Issue on "Digital Journalism in the Age of Technogarchy", edited by @curdknupfer.bsky.social, @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, & @gehrke.bsky.social. 🗓️Deadline: Sep 15, 2025 📷Info: drive.google.com/file/d/182p3...

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Digital Journalism @digitaljournalism.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Academic freedom is under threat. Senior scholars from 11 countries examine the impact of political interference, censorship, and self-censorship in journalism studies. ➡️Read the commentary: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🌍We invite you to SIGN this article here: bit.ly/afsignatory

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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

#OutNow in #iCS What counts as algorithmic discrimination? This piece develops a grounded concept rooted in empirical cases, revealing how unequal outcomes emerge from routine design and classification practices. doi.org/10.1080/1369...

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Algorithmic discrimination: a grounded conceptualization

This paper extends the literature on algorithmic discrimination to analyze the racialized harms and outcomes of online targeting. In addition to providing a genealogy, we argue that targeted ads ar...

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

✨NEW OA CHAPTER ALERT✨ “In-Groups and Outrage: How Narratives and Affect Shape Digital Surrogate Networks and Radicalize Right-Wing Parties” @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social and I explore the case of the German party “Alternative für Deutschland” (#AfD), which has moved increasingly to the far right. 🧵⤵

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AEJMC @aejmc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Congrats to the AEJMC Tankard Book Award Winner: Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow, Gwyneth Mellinger, University of Massachusetts Press, 2024. Also congrats to the two finalists! #AEJMC25 #AejmcAwards

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Andrew J. Eisenberg @anthroposound.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Here's the quick overview of the issue from Georgina Born and my introduction. In this introduction we also offer methodological reflections for the study of music and law, which I hope folks will find valuable. doi.org/10.1525/jpms...

This special issue presents ethnographic perspectives on the interplay of music, international law, and national policy relating to intellectual property (IP) in contexts of digital transformation in the Global South. Bringing together five studies—of Argentina, Cuba, India, Equatorial Guinea, and Kenya—the issue reveals how processes of IP harmonization and implementation in the Global South, or on the contrary the absence of effective IP legal frameworks, engender hybrid or ambiguous regimes of ownership and commodification, often characterized by "porous legalities"- and competing or conflicting ontologies. The disciplinary terrain for this issue of the JPMS traverses popular and folk music studies, anthropology, critical cultural legal studies, and digital media studies.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Looking forward to #ica26 in Cape Town 🇿🇦 First ICA conference in Africa 🌍

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Katy Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Apparently there are no more 'starter packs' on BlueSky, but I did make a #ica25 ICA Divisions and Interest Groups list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Brian Ekdale @bekdale.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Had a wonderful time and many great conversations at our Social Media Radicalization #ica25 preconference yesterday. Thanks to all who attended!

Panel discussion about radicalization in understudied contexts.

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Upcoming event: #Feminism #antifeminism & affective economies of rage 📌 Thurs 5 June 6.30-8pm Sarah Banet-Weiser will theorize “mirror worlds” as an apt metaphor for the contemporary political and cultural feminist landscape. 🎫 Join us in-person or online: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...

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Feminism, anti-feminism and affective economies of rage

6.30pm Thurs 5 June | Sarah Banet-Weiser, Angela McRobbie | Free public event at LSE

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Thomas Hanitzsch @thanitzsch.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Also, ICA will provide a legal assistance hotline for #ICA25 travelers for emergency situations when they are “on the go.”

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