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Blue Miaoran Dong

@bluemiaoran.bsky.social
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Contract Instructor for Global Internet Policy and Governance; Data management @ gmicp.org; RA for Ghost Management 📚PEC | STS | platform economy | public policy | telecom history | ghost management | Online News Act, ICA Law &Policy,PhD candidate

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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
People writing on the political economy of gen AI like @nsrnicek.bsky.social @asad09.bsky.social lean on a 4 layer AI stack model. What if we add a 5th that splits the distribution/bundling chokepoint (Layer 4) b/w the LLM layer (3) & apps (5) to get at incumbents’ existing gatekeeping power? 1/
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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The NYT has reprinted the gov brief in the press ban case and it is revealing. It makes clear that the admin's central arg for why Trump could kick CNN etc. out of the WH is that access to the WH is not a right but a privilege🧵 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read the White House Response to the Lawsuit From CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The Trump administration has defended its ban on the three media outlets in a court filing.
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
One more time because this is such a valuable resource, especially as Paramount's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery confronts headwinds and the syllabi for fall courses in media industries and policy are prepared.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New paper alter! 😎🎉 Marc-André Gagnon and I discussed how to rethink and combat pharmaceutical corruption in the age of ghost management. Please help us spread the word 🤓❤️ Link to our paper: academic.oup.com/jphsr/articl...
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New paper alter! 😎🎉 Marc-André Gagnon and I discussed how to rethink and combat pharmaceutical corruption in the age of ghost management. Please help us spread the word 🤓❤️ Link to our paper: academic.oup.com/jphsr/articl...
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The work done by @adewaard.bsky.social, Shawna Kidman, @mirandabanks.bsky.social, @itstv.bsky.social, @ppopiel.bsky.social & others on this report from MACRO Lab challenging Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery is excellent. It's a great example of engaged, policy relevant scholarship.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Super grateful to receive the Top Paper Award at @ica-clp.bsky.social!#ICA Thank you so much to our amazing chair and vice chair @aramsinn.bsky.social, Min Jiang! Thank you to all the colleagues and friends who have supported me through the downs, the ups, and all the roller coasters in between ❤️🎢
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Mike Elgan @mikeelgan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
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Pawel Popiel @ppopiel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"the proposed deal would result in foreign investors indirectly owning nearly 50% of Paramount equity interests" AND "Current FCC rules prohibit foreign investors from owning more than 25% of a company that holds broadcast licenses" AND Brendan Carr 🤦‍♂️ www.wsj.com/business/dea...?
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Paramount Requests FCC Approval for Hefty Middle East Ownership
Foreign investors including Persian Gulf sovereign-wealth funds are expected to indirectly own nearly 50% of Paramount equity after the Warner deal.
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
question for *media studies* folks: what are some journals that invite short (3K word ish?) commentaries with a quick (ish) turnaround time? this would be for themes like tech, data, infrastructure, media, enviro, etc thanks!
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Why Tech Giants Are Ditching the Power Grid (Gift Article)
Seeking power for data centers, Meta and other companies plan to use equipment that is expensive and polluting.
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Chuffed to see this interview about the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project out in the quarterly Intermedia journal put out by the International Institute of Communication. iicintermedia.org/vol-54-issue...
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Inside the Global Media and Internet Concentration Project | Intermedia - The journal of the International Institute of Communications
Professor DWAYNE WINSECK explains how the project’s new dashboard can be an invaluable tool for policymakers
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Pawel Popiel @ppopiel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"Our findings suggest that privacy regulation has facilitated, rather than curtailed, platform data enclosures—enabling platforms to assert de facto control over data in the public domain." ‼️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
As digital platforms are increasingly shaping access to information, their control over platform data has profound implications for research, innovation, and accountability. This article presents the first comprehensive empirical study of how digital platforms have used contractual terms to enclose publicly available data over the past decade. Analyzing the Terms of Use of 279 platforms from 2012 and 2022, we identify a systematic increase in both restrictive and permissive clauses governing access to data for research purposes. We find that platforms adopted a dual contractual strategy: restrictive terms limit third-party access to data for research, while permissive terms preserve the platform's own ability to use and share data with selected partners. This strategy emerged alongside the rise of consent-based privacy regulation, especially the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which, despite its objective of protecting users, inadvertently expands platforms’ discretion over data access. Our findings suggest that privacy regulation has facilitated, rather than curtailed, platform data enclosures—enabling platforms to assert de facto control over data in the public domain. We contribute to the literature on data governance, platform regulation, and contract theory by documenting how platforms adapt boilerplate contracts in response to regulatory change and leverage privacy obligations to restrict independent research. These findings carry significant implications for legal and policy debates surrounding data access, transparency, and the future of platform accountability. They underscore the need to regulate the privatization of publicly available data to ensure equitable access for research serving the public interest.
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We are holding two webinars to introduce our new dashboard for the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. It offers a treasure trove of multisectoral, long-term data for 30 out of the 36 countries in the project. Sign up & schedule details here: lnf69.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/6rq...
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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Your great news of the day
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Toxin Stops Colon Cancer Growth, Without Harming Healthy Tissue
Researchers in Sweden have identified an unexpected biological mechanism that could influence future cancer treatments. Scientists in Sweden have uncovered an unexpected anti-cancer effect from a molecule produced by the bacteria responsible for cholera. In a new study from Umeå University, resea
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Wow! My paper, Branded Public Interest, just won Top Student Paper @ica-clp.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social!!! I am not crying😭 Massive thanks to all of the chairs, organizers and reviewers ❤️
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
As always, this 300-page report has everything an internet-regulation nerd could dream of for Christmas reading 🤓😎📖 The rise of the industrial media era in the late 19th century? ✔️ A Goliath (big telecom) vs. Goliath (big tech) clash? ✔️ Bonus: A new deep dive into cloud computing!💡 Check it out!
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Hot off the press! The Canada’s Network Media Economy report is here! Sound the bell and let the huskies howl. Please help us spread the word and dig in! 🔥📖☕️
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Thrilled to announce the release of 2 new reports today as part of the 36 country, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. The 1st examines the development & concentration conditions in German telecoms, internet & media industries. gmicp.org/media-teleco... 1/
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Media, Telecommunication, and Internet Concentration in Germany 2019-2023
A report produced by the Germany research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project This report examines major structural changes in Germany’s media industries, documenting the steady e...
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The Canadian report was prepared by yours truly, backed by an amazing team that includes Agnes Malkinson, Guy Hoskins & @bluemiaoran.bsky.social. It covers ~2 dozen telecoms, internet, broadcasting & publishing sectors--digital and traditional. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 3/
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Canada’s Network Media Economy: Growth, Concentration and Upheaval 1984-2024
A report produced by the Canadian research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project Now drawing upon 40 years of data, this report places some of the most significant recent developmen...
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The US big tech lobby is gunning for Canada's Online Streaming Act and Online News Act. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Canada’s digital sovereignty is crumbling under aggressive U.S. lobbying
After years of insisting Big Tech has to support domestic content, Ottawa is in retreat
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
The Ghost Management Research Group’s proposed workshop on corporate power and public policy has been accepted by IWPP. If your work explores how corporations shape knowledge, practices, or public attitudes to steer policy or influence agenda setting, we would love to hear from you. Submission🔗👇
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The US Census Bureau shows that AI adoption has been declining among companies with more than 250 employees. Resource: www.apolloacademy.com/ai-adoption-...
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
In Shel Silverstein’s 1981 prediction about AI tools, my favorite part is the illustration of the baby doing homework inside a machine. It’s just like the 700 Indian engineers at Builder.ai pretending to be AI
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🎉 Heading to #ICA2025 in Denver? Join us for a fun-filled joint reception with Comm Law & Policy, Media Industry Studies, and Comm History! 📍 Earl’s Kitchen & Bar 🗓 Sunday, June 15 | ⏰ 6:30–8:30pm
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ICA Communication Law and Policy Division @ica-clp.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Heading to Denver for #ICA2025? Come to the Comms Law and Policy joint reception with Media Industry Studies and Communication History — Sunday June 15, 6:30–8:30 at Earl's Kitchen & Bar!
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Check out the masterpiece by Lindsey Keene on Canada’s telecom mess for my Global Internet Policy and Governance class. Honestly? Oscar-worthy! Drama, satire, capitalism—what more do you want?? I’m totally fine, just emotionally wrecked in the best way! 🥹❤️🤣 youtu.be/dEp55a1fHeA?...
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The Game of Oligopoly
YouTube video by Lindsey Keene
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it. Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it. Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
“CLOUD Act agreement risks subordinating Canadian constitution to U.S. law”
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social & I just dropped our new open access scoping review, and it’s about how researchers have been digging into internal corporate documents to find out what chemical companies don’t want us to know. 📑: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 📑: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Patients prescribed biologics for chronic conditions almost exclusively receive infusions in a private, for-profit health system in Canada. @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social Check out this new paper: canjhealthtechnol.ca/index.php/cj...
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Loren DeJonge Schulman @lorenraeds.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Fun fact: Americans STRONGLY oppose politicization of the civil servants, with 90% believing "Civil servants should serve the people more than any individual president." This study* from the Partnership is excellent and expands on this point (*I started). ourpublicservice.org/publications...
Survey results from the Partnership for Public Service showing The role of politics within the civil service. 90% of Americans Civil servants should serve the people more than any individual president.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Researchers Ryan McGrady, Ethan Zuckerman, and Kevin Zheng argue that if we want responsible policy about social media, it begins with making it possible for American researchers to answer fundamental questions about how social media is shaping our public discourse.
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AI Companies Threaten Independent Social Media Research | TechPolicy.Press
UMass Amherst researchers argue that researcher access to social media data should be one of the rare things all political factions in the US can agree on.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
👻🔍 Exciting News! The ghost management research group’ve teamed up with Re-Check Health Affairs to bring you something game-changing: Ghost Management at Work—a practical guide for uncovering and mapping dealings in the health world! 🕵️‍♀️🩺 carleton.ca/ghostmanagem... #Publicpolicy #corporatecaptures
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Life lesson: don't be a beagle, be a husky! Because Beagles are gentle and cute, they are the most popular subjects in clinical trials. A husky is just a husky.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Meta released an anonymous survey through Politico as “advertising partners.” I don’t even want to get into the questions in the survey, but the last one was so ridiculous, it made me laugh harder than today’s Ottawa storm that nearly blew me into a backflip.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Why did the chicken cross the road? Fuzzy Transparency: The information provided does not reveal or indicate how chickens and institution of chickens actually behave.
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I am very happy to share a great news with you all—My new ICA paper got rejected! 🎉🎉🎉 Let’s celebrate failure just as much as success! Onward, upward, and forward!
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Starlink helps bridge Canada’s rural digital divide but what to do about the national sovereignty & security issues raised by US billionaire w/ close ties to the Trump Admin owning the whole vertical chain from satellite launch to the end user’s terminal? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Elon Musk’s Starlink: A lifeboat for rural Canada or a dangerous trojan horse?
A new generation of low-earth orbit satellite constellations – and Elon Musk’s Starlink specifically – is improving internet access for rural and remote communities
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
In case you’re interested in the weeds of how bad this is, this is a redline version of Meta’s formerly Hateful SPEECH now Hateful CONDUCT rule.
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Mediamorphis @mediamorphis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The 2024 edition of "Canada's Network Media Economy: Growth, Concentration & Upheaval, 1984-2023" was released today. It's part of the 38 country, SSHRC-supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 1/
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Canada's network media economy: Growth, concentration and upheaval, 1984-2023
A report produced by the Canadian research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project Welcome to this year's report, which has been completely overhauled from previous versions and now co...
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
But in its panicked retreat from the system it spent years building, Meta may now be putting billions of users at risk. Just because Meta deleted that line about hateful speech causing offline violence doesn't mean it isn't true. And now the company has all but declared open season on immigrants, transgender people and whatever other targets that Trump and his allies find useful in their fascist project.

"I can't tell you how much harm comes from non-illegal but harmful content," a longtime former trust and safety employee at the company told me. The classifiers that the company is now switching off meaningfully reduced the spread of hate movements on Meta's platforms, they said. "This is not the climate change debate, or pro-life vs. pro-choice. This is degrading, horrible content that leads to violence and that has the intent to harm other people."
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 07/01/2025
Today at 5:30 pm ET, @benjaminwittes.bsky.social will talk to @qjurecic.bsky.social, @noupside.bsky.social, @daphnek.bsky.social, @dwillner.bsky.social, and @klonick.bsky.social about Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking program.
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Lawfare Live: Meta To End Fact-Checking Program
Join the Lawfare team for a discussion this evening.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 03/01/2025
I wrote about how the Trumplican court attack on net neutrality is about way more than just "net neutrality" It's about completely dismantling whatever's left of already feckless U.S. corporate oversight and consumer protection
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Trumplican 6th Circuit Just Killed Net Neutrality (And Whatever Was Left Of Pathetic U.S. Broadband Consumer Protection)
The telecom industry (with the help of the recent Trump Supreme Court), has been drooling for months at the prospect that the Trump-stocked courts would soon finally deliver the killing blow to FCC…
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Blue Miaoran Dong @bluemiaoran.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social & I just dropped our new open access scoping review, and it’s about how researchers have been digging into internal corporate documents to find out what chemical companies don’t want us to know. 📑: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 📑: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Very excited to share my draft syllabi for the two courses I'm teaching at Duke this semester. 1) Communicating Science and Tech Policy: My D&S style workshop-based course, where students learn theories of sci communication, produce a white paper, and then adapt it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Syllabus_CommunicatingSciencePolicy_2025
Communicating Science (and Technology) Policy BIOETHIC 606 Mondays from 1:45-4:15 Gross Hall 105 Professor Caplan’s Office: Sanford 111 Office Hours: By appointment (email Robyn.Caplan@duke.edu)...
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