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Elisabetta Ferrari

@bettyferrari.bsky.social
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AIAS-AUFF Fellow @ Aarhus University (DK). Vice-chair @acsj-ica.bsky.social. Research: social movements & digital media | mutual aid | politics of tech. Book: elisabettaferrariphd.com/ancbook Hobbies: getting angry at the Philadelphia 76ers

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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'We must slow the pace': Sauron calls for a slowdown in the production of rings www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-... h/t @el-enac.bsky.social
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AI Economics for Dummies
“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...
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Burcu Baykurt @baykurt.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I don't normally advertise each panel, but this is a special one. If you're around #ICA26 at noon today, please come join @acsj-ica.bsky.social panel on reflecting on activism/activist scholarship at ICA as a one-year-old division 🥳
Reflections on the Past and Future of Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division
Chairs(s): Hanan Badr (U of Salzburg)
Participant(s): Guobin Yang (U of Pennsylvania)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM; 2.44-2.46 (CTICC1, Lev 2)

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Consolidating a Young Interest Group During Turbulent and Disruptive Times
Anne Kaun
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Pushing an Activism Research Agenda in Challenging Times
Paola Madrid Sartoretto
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Recognizing and Fostering Excellent Scholarship in Activism
Burcu Baykurt
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Building a Flexible Core: How We Plan a Large and Diverse Body of Submissions on Activism
Elisabetta Ferrari
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Reflections on the Epistemic Trajectory of Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division
Florian Primig; Tamer Farag; Hanan Badr
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I am incredibly honored to see my book recognized by the academic community that has been my academic home. Thank you for this award! #ica26
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I'm in Cape Town for #ICA26 and will be at (almost) all the @acsj-ica.bsky.social events. Come say hi!
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A good time to grab a copy of my book 😉https://www.ucpress.edu/books/appropriate-negotiate-challenge/paper
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Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge by Elisabetta Ferrari - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Finally.
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Orbán took power in April 2010. We organized our first protests against him that December. I was 22, in undergrad, lucky to be in a community of students ready to resist. Looking back, no wonder this moment feels so heavy. 🧵
Our student protest against Viktor Orbán’s autocratic takeover in December 2010. The banner reads: WE ARE THE FIRST GENERATION WHO GREW UP WITH THE RULE OF LAW — LET US NOT BE THE LAST ONE.BBC headline: Hungary to create new media watchdog. Students rallied for freedom of speech in Budapest.
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Writing a book is having—and forgetting—the same epiphany over and over until you die or finish the book, whichever comes first.
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Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
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The Inattention Economy
Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides...
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
There’s little weirder to me about this moment than seeing wired, the publication that for decades paved the road to US technofascism with their ridiculous propaganda of “tech optimism” & technolibertarianism, running articles like this. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they are—it’s just ironic as hell
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Annenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 18/03/2026
The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania mourns the passing of Monroe E. Price, J.D., retired Professor of Communication and a towering figure in the field of international communication:
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Professor Monroe Price, Legal and Communication Scholar Whose Work Spanned the Globe, Passes Away at 87
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
(credit: @lizandmollie.bsky.social)
Cartoon comic describing the workweek. A worker at a desk in a cubicle says "Uh sure let's edit the chart on slide four..." as five terrifying creatures loom over them. They are cost of living, job insecurity, burnout, fascism and geopolitical tensions. The author of the cartoon is Liz Fosslien.
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Activism Communication and Social Justice @acsj-ica.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Voices of Change - Next Emerging & Early Career Researchers Session! The session will address mental wellbeing, resilience, available resources for ECRs, and practical support, followed by a Q&A. 25 Feb 2026 | 10:00–11:30 CET | Zoom Register now to join the discussion! cts.ku.dk/projects/to-...
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Over the past 6 years, whenever Americans have faced a crisis – from the pandemic to weather emergencies to state violence – they have turned to grassroots solidarity to help each other. From the streets of Minneapolis to each and every neighborhood, mutual aid is here to stay. #mutualaid
Infographic in purple and beige colors. The title at the top is “mutual aid”, in bold, with two arrows pointing upwards. Under the title, a text reads “Google searches for ‘mutual aid’, January 2018 to January 2026”. The first line graph depicts the volume of searches for mutual aid in the US. The line trends upwards in general. 4 peaks are marked and labelled: 1) March 2020, when Covid-19 is declared a pandemic 2) May 2020, when George Floyd is killed 3) February 2021, when Texas faces heavy winter storms and 4) January 2025, when the Second Trump Presidency began. The graph ends in January 2026, when the line has the highest peak of all. In large text, a sentence declares: “During crises, people search for mutual aid: what it is, where to find it, how to do it”. The second line graph depicts the volume of searches for mutual aid in the state of Minnesota. There are two peaks, labelled as 1) May 2020, when George Floyd is killed and 2) January 2026, when the ICE operation began. The January 2026 peak is the highest and shows a vertical growth, indicating the highest volume of searches. At the bottom, there is an indication of the author of the infographic (Elisabetta Ferrari @mutualaidresearch) and of the origin of the data: Google Trends (https://www.google.com/trends).
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 27/01/2026
in a system that tells us to get ours that tells us the american dream is success for yourself that people with money are the ones who’ve won mutual aid is a rejection of the core capitalist values we were supposed to learn mutual aid is interdependence and interdependence is how we’ll survive
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
It’s ironic that this is framed as being about “Giving Tuesday”, when so much of mutual aid is critical of this vertical model of charity, but this is a good article, with nice stories from activists, about the power of #mutualaid in these dark times. apnews.com/article/mutu...
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When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I had a lot of fun talking about my @ucpress.bsky.social book on this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast! Thanks to Megan Finn for letting me chat about Silicon Valley, activism, and the book on mutual aid I'm writing now. 🎧 in your fave podcast app or here: newbooksnetwork.com/appropriate-...
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Elisabetta Ferrari, "Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge: Activist Imaginaries and the Politics of Digital Technologies" (U California Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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Activism Communication and Social Justice @acsj-ica.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Got questions about your #ICA26 reviews? We got you! We are partnering with the Global Communication and Social Change (GCSC) Division to offer an online Reviewer Workshop, where you can hear from experienced reviewers. 🗓️ Nov 20th at 2pm GMT Sign up at: docs.google.com/forms/d/1GFR...
Reviewer workshop, ICA GCSC and ICA ACSJ

All ICA submitters are expected to participate in peer review. If you are a first time reviewer or experienced but want to know more about the process and strategies in a friendly environment, we are here to help! Join this online workshop designed to address review-related questions before the ICA deadline!
November 20, 2025 2 PM GMT
Register here by November 19
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Global communication and social change division
Activism communication and social justice division
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Blake Hallinan @blakeplease.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I am hiring for two postdocs in the creator economy, hosted at Aarhus University. One is on monetization and governance with flexible methods and area focus: www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #commsky #academicchatter #polisky
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Monetisation, Governance, and the Creator Economy at the Department of Media and Journalism Studies - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Afdeling for Medievidenskab og Journalistik, Aarhus Universitet
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Visual Evidence Lab @ CU Boulder @visualevidencelab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, and advisory board member, @riana.bsky.social, discussed the legal issues that AI and deepfakes pose in The Nation. Read more about the implications of this technology for justice, civil rights, and human rights here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here
A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Very excited to be part of this fun and engaged group of researchers for the next three years! ✨
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Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Universities: - Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers - stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research - stop pretending AI usage is inevitable. I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
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CDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society @cdcspenn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🌟 Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium 🌟 The Center for Digital Culture and Society is now accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium. 📝 Deadline: December 1, 2025 📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu More information: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium
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Nicole Cohen @nicolecohen.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Call for Papers: Control, Survival, Struggle: Rethinking and Renewing Vincent Mosco’s Political Economy of Communication. A special issue of Work Organisation, Labour & Globalization I'm co-editing w/ @ursulahuws.bsky.social, Leslie Shade, and Catherine McKercher wolg.wordpress.com/special-issu...
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Call for papers: special issue on the legacy of Vincent Mosco
Special issue of Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation on Control, Survival, Struggle: Rethinking and Renewing Vincent Mosco’s Political Economy of Communication The theme When…
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Blinken OSA Archivum @archivum.org · 27/08/2025
📣 Final Reminder: Call for Papers! Deadline Soon! ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism. 📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online 📢 CFP open until Aug 31 📩 archivum@ceu.edu #MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
New call out for the fellowship I'm currently doing. Highly recommended - Aarhus is lovely, @aiasdk.bsky.social folks are wonderful and Aarhus University is a great place to work on your research. Apply! ✨
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The ICA Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division (@acsj-ica.bsky.social) is looking for a new Secretary and a new International Liaison (both in office 2026-2028). Could that be you? More info about the roles: www.icahdq.org/page/div-ig-...
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Division & Interest Group: Information for election candidates
Leadership at ICA comprises a robust group of ICA members bringing together varied professional methodologies, expertise, unique talents, and diverse cultural influences, from around the globe. With a Board of Directors of fifty individuals, five elected leadership roles per thirty-three divisions and interest groups, and a number of standing committees and task forces, our association is truly member driven. We are guided by, and grateful for, those who contribute to the association’s success through service.
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The ICA Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division (@acsj-ica.bsky.social) is looking for a new Secretary and a new International Liaison (both in office 2026-2028). Could that be you? More info about the roles: www.icahdq.org/page/div-ig-...
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Division & Interest Group: Information for election candidates
Leadership at ICA comprises a robust group of ICA members bringing together varied professional methodologies, expertise, unique talents, and diverse cultural influences, from around the globe. With a Board of Directors of fifty individuals, five elected leadership roles per thirty-three divisions and interest groups, and a number of standing committees and task forces, our association is truly member driven. We are guided by, and grateful for, those who contribute to the association’s success through service.
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Yesterday, at the wonderful @aiasdk.bsky.social Summer Gathering, we opened an exhibit of images that bridge science and art. My contribution is a composite of different drawings from my visual focus groups w activists, researchers and techies. Read more about this work here: tinyurl.com/5bdb7upn
3 people stand next to a totem pole, talking to each other. The totem displays 3 printed images and accompanying text. Print of 5 drawings. On the left hand side, three smaller drawings of what individuals think the internet is like. On the right hand side, two larger drawings of what groups would like the internet to be. 5 drawings. On the left hand side, three smaller drawings of what individuals think the internet is like. On the right hand side, two larger drawings of what groups would like the internet to be. Accompanying text that explains the preceding images. Title of the image: "Imagined internets". Author: Elisabetta Ferrari, AIAS-AUFF Fellow, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University.
Explanatory text: "This composite image displays different drawings created by a group of activists and researchers in a “visual focus group” (Ferrari, 2024) held at the Internet Freedom Festival in Valencia, Spain, in 2019. 
On the left are drawings of what three participants thought the internet was like. Each drawing emphasizes different aspects, such as the role of corporations or nation states.
On the right are two group drawings. After completing their individual drawings, participants in each group discussed what they wanted the internet to look like in the future. Values such as transparency and openness are highlighted."
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Hey #ica25, at 3pm I'm presenting some of my work on mutual aid activism in an @acsj-ica.bsky.social session titled "Activism, Technology, Hybridity and Social Media". Join us! We are at the Grand Hyatt, room Mt. Blue Sky (in the other building, across from valet parking).
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Veronika Karnowski @vkarnowski.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Still very much thinking in hashtags (like me) and looking for #ica25? I created a feed for you to follow! #commsky bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
On Monday I'm giving a talk on my ongoing research on mutual aid activism at @aiasdk.bsky.social. You can attend online 💻 – just click on the link below to see how! See you there :)
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
my book is 6 months old today! ✨ No better way to celebrate this half birthday than grabbing a copy in the @ucpress.bsky.social Spring Book Sale (40% with code MAY40) 😉 www.ucpress.edu/books/approp...
Picture of a book on a bench in front of purple flower bush. The title of the book, in black and orange print is "Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge
Activist Imaginaries and the Politics of Digital Technologies", the author is "Elisabetta Ferrari".
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
What a crazy world when the two countries that, between them, host the best universities in the world are seeking to destroy their university sectors.
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"How did we collectively memory-hole an event this big? And what does that tell us about race and policing even today?" Excellent podcast on this devastating piece of Philly history. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
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40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV : Code Switch
We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a rowhouse in a middle-class neighborhood. Even though that bombing and the fire it set off killed eleven pe...
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Fabio Giglietto @fabiogiglietto.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Serving on the PhD admission committee this year. We're offering two scholarships in Digital Culture and Communication—one specifically for international candidates. Know talented candidates passionate about digital culture? Send them our way! Details: www.uniurb.it/concorsi/9085
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Abbiamo pubblicato un nuovo bando nella sezione PhD - Dottorati di Ricerca / SU. Per informazioni, clicca qui.
Avviso pubblicato il giorno 8/5/2025 con scadenza 10/6/2025
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"How did we collectively memory-hole an event this big? And what does that tell us about race and policing even today?" Excellent podcast on this devastating piece of Philly history. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
npr.org
40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV : Code Switch
We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a rowhouse in a middle-class neighborhood. Even though that bombing and the fire it set off killed eleven pe...
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Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group. aoir.org/riskyresearc...
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Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety

AoIR Risky Research Working Group

Contributors: Alice Marwick, Dafna Kaufman, Jacob Smith, Patricia Aufderheide, Jessica
Beyer, Emma L. Briant, Coppélie Cocq, Laura Dilley, Sam DiBella, Radhika Gajjala, Kamile
Grusauskaite, Alex D. Ketchum, Zelly Martin, Janice Metzger, Erin McInerney, Rachel Moran,
John McNutt, Suay Melisa Oezkula, Victoria O’Meara, Riccardo Nanni, Carolina Parreiras,
Katy Pearce, Ryan Payne, Meredith Pruden, Christian Sandvig, Caighlan Smith, Sam Srauy,
Zeerak Talat, Leonie Tanczer, Robert Tynes, Antonia Vaughan, Shenja van der Graaf, Courtney
Vowles, Michele White.
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胡子哥 @notsaved.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
It is easier to AI-generate the end of the world than the end of capitalism
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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I bet the chat was named like "war boys" or "pete's posse" or something
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 17/03/2025
I'm hiring for a postdoc! 🌟 pls help spread the word Senior Research and Teaching Associate (PostDoc) with a focus on Internet Use and Society details here: webuse.org/postdoc/
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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
“If the dice lands wrong and it is you or someone you love next, you will hope – at the very least – there will be help on the way. That long Covid sufferers know there won’t is not simply the pandemic’s dark shadow, but its mark of shame.”
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SXSW @sxsw.com · 08/03/2025
Privacy isn’t about hiding—it’s about trust and control over our own information. In her #SXSW 2025 Keynote, Signal President, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social breaks down why our privacy matters.
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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
There's so much stuff happening that deserves our rage, but this story has to be my Roman Empire. Whenever I think I've read the worst of it, I find out there's more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Revealed: at least 25 UK ‘spy cops’ had sex with deceived members of public
Total shows scale of dishonesty in undercover operations over more than three decades
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Saif Shahin @saifshahin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The #Digital South Research Lab webpage is live ahead of tomorrow’s kickoff at Tilburg University. Please take a look to learn more about our #team members, ongoing #research projects, and #calls for papers and abstracts. www.tilburguniversity.edu/research/hum... #AcademicSky #TechSky
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Digital South Research Lab | Tilburg University
The Digital South Research Lab is a hub of scholarship on how digitalization and datafication are shaping societies and everyday life in the global South, where the vast majority of our humanity resid...
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Annenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 11/02/2025
In her debut book, Annenberg alum @bettyferrari.bsky.social examines how social movements use technology in their organizing. We spoke with her about recent developments in technology & politics, political groups from Hungary all the way to Philly, and much more: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge: Q&A with Elisabetta Ferrari (Ph.D. ‘19)
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Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Hey #commsky, give @acsj-ica.bsky.social a follow!
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