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Eszter Hargittai

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Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024) Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U eszter.com

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chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The annual pumpkin display at the entrance of Governor Pritzker’s personal residence on Astor Street. He is the pumpkin king. Illinois produces the most pumpkins, including canned, than any other state in the U.S., twice as many as the next five states combined.
My photo taken last year of Governor J.B. Pritzker’s personal residence on Chicago’s Astor Street showcasing an impressive pumpkin and gourd display.
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 25/09/2025
I'm excited to be part of this panel at Labyrinth Books in Princeton in two weeks
Graduate Alumni Authors' Roundtable, Many Minds Many Stripes graduate alum conference at Princeton University, event will take place at Labyrinth Books 1:30-3pm
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 10/09/2025
today I will be discussing Wired Wisdom: How to age better online with Dr. Nina Blachman on SiriusXM channel 110 at 2-3pm US ET @nyudocs.bsky.social
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 05/09/2025
the book is officially launched :-) had a great time discussing our joint work with @palfrey.org at @bookends.bsky.social last night, wonderful turnout, great questions, fun celebration! bit.ly/wiredwisdom tx @uchicagopress.bsky.social
photo collage of book launch event for Wired Wisdom by Eszter Hargittai and John Palfrey; photos are of the event at Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston with Eszter and John discussing the book
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 12/08/2025
Wired Wisdom is now also available in audio format! bit.ly/wiredwisdomaudio
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Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online by Eszter Hargittai, John Palfrey - Audiobooks on Google Play
Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online audiobook written by Eszter Hargittai, John Palfrey. AI-narrated by Mary (from Google). Get instant access to all your favorite books. No monthly commitment. Lis...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 23/07/2025
not sure if this is humblebrag or simply brag, but I just did a 30-minute interview with a journalist from @franceculture.fr in French and was surprised by how well it went (not perfectly, but entirely comprehensibly); I don't know where this comes from given that sadly I never use French these days
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 17/07/2025
This could make sense, but not when you've already seen it several times and decided not to interact with the post. Why keep pushing it then? The algo needs more tweaking, me thinks.
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 17/07/2025
I just love seeing copies of our book out in the world! What a fantastic experience it was to write this with John @palfrey.org. I love the tone that our blended work struck. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 12/06/2025
#ica25 the Cultural Complex with the Denver Art Museum & Denver Public Library are super close to the ICA hotels & well worth a visit
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 12/06/2025
#ica25 grab some yummy food at Civic Center Park, a few blocks from the Hyatt, food trucks there until 2pm Thursday
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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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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks
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NSF state cards - Google Drive
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 10/12/2024
I'm so impressed, a school just asked me to do a promotion review due.. not in January.. not in February... but in August! Yes, when you're this on top of it, I can add it to my schedule. (This is not an invitation to send me a bunch of requests, just to clarify. ;-)
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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
🧵Growing outbreaks of vaccine preventable, severe disease in kids: A grim thread “As of Nov 9, which marks the latest data available from the CDC, there were more than 23,500 cases of whooping cough reported so far this year. That’s far and above the roughly 5,000 cases confirmed in all of 2023”
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Whooping cough cases have quintupled. These states have it worst
Pertussis – a disease commonly referred to as whooping cough – is spreading quickly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. The U.S. has seen five times more cases in 2024 than we di…
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Ewa Masłowska @ewam.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Dear #CommSky, please consider submitting your work to this SI and don't hesitate to reach out w questions.
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 21/11/2024
car packed, with fond memories of all those hours playing Tetris in college
Photo of a car trunk with items organized well
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 19/11/2024
reminder to tell ppl who’ve been a positive force in your life how much you appreciate them: yesterday I had the opportunity to have coffee with my college studio art prof & tell him just how much I appreciated his Design I class (>30 yrs ago), I still think about that class, so inspiring 💙💛
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 18/11/2024
still with my Aeron from over 20 years ago, whenever I'm visiting somewhere & have to use something else, I notice the difference (not good) immediately
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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Dylan Thomas Doyle, PhD. @dylantdoyle.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
WE HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW CLINIC FOR END-OF-LIFE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT! Led by Dr. Jed Brubaker, our research team at CU Boulder now offers free consultation for anyone doing end-of-life planning for their own data or managing data of their loved ones. Please share! 🎉 www.colorado.edu/today/2024/1...
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Are your digital affairs in order? A new pro-bono clinic can help
CU’s Digital Legacy Clinic helps people take steps to preserve their own legacy or manage the virtual heirlooms of loved ones who have died.
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jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
We’re hiring at the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab: 6 postdoc fellow positions for 2 yrs in tech & democracy, broadly understood. All disciplines welcome. We sponsor visas, offer research $ and benefits. Join info sessions. Come work with me, apply by Jan 15: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Digital Technology for Democracy in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Digital Technology for Democracy job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 14/11/2024
here I am! #digitalinequality
cartoon turtle raising its hand in a sea of social media icons and digital devices
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 14/11/2024
Students working on interview projects? Have them read "Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research" by Lee Humphreys. I just reread it for a reading group yesterday and was reminded of how helpful it is for thinking about sampling with qualitative work. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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Chapter Four Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research
Chapter Four Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research was published in Research Exposed on page 78.
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 12/11/2024
thanks so much! we're very excited about the book in general and thrilled about how the cover turned out
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 12/11/2024
thrilled about the cover of our forthcoming book! ready for pre-order :-) bit.ly/wiredwisdom
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 09/07/2024
when ppl have way too much money www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/...
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Most expensive Swiss number plate auctioned off for CHF299,000
At an online auction on Wednesday evening, a person secured the "ZH 24" number plate for CHF299,000.
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 01/07/2024
pls help: recruiting Ukrainians in Ukraine ages 60+ to interview Ми шукаємо українців віком 60+, які проживають в Україні, для участі в інтерв'ю-дослідженні про повсякденне користування Інтернетом. Ми проведемо інтерв'ю у відеочаті та заплатимо 300 гривень за участь! Зацікавлені? ✏️ yulia@webuse.org
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 04/04/2024
PSA: don't submit anything to the Journal of Media & Religion, not clear they are still operational despite their website; journal doesn't use the system, have to email editor who doesn't respond, 4 months wasted, I withdrew the submission (that's a 1st for me)
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 29/02/2024
I'm looking for studies about whether/to what extent ppl (esp of different ages) are able to detect manipulated videos, any tips?
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 27/02/2024
I love teaching research methods 😍 - the version where we discuss how research actually gets done using various approaches - I love seeing students' eyes widen as they realize that evaluating how a study is done is crucial to interpreting its results
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 15/01/2024
we have a great English-language Master's program in Internet & Society in my dept www.ikmz.uzh.ch/en/studies/m... unlike so many MA programs, this is not meant as a money maker, see tuition info attached, pls share & encourage your students to apply www.ikmz.uzh.ch/en/studies/m...
Tuition for this master's program is around 720 CHF per semester, and the application fee is 100.- CHF. There is a surcharge for international students of 100 CHF per semester. Interested students can find more detailed information on fees and funding for students in financially challenging situations on the site Fees and Contributions.
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 08/01/2024
come join us in one of the highest quality-of-life cities!
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Linards Udris @linardsudris.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
*** Assistant Professorship in Political Communication with Tenure Track *** Our department (IKMZ - University of Zurich) is hiring! More info: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell... Thank you for spreading the word and/or applying!
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UZH: Assistant Professorship with Tenure Track in Political Communication
The University of Zurich invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in political communication to begin on 1 February 2025. After two three-year appointments, promotion to a perma...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 02/01/2024
brilliant
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 01/01/2024
My hunch is that 2024 will be the year when the AI industry is visited by the Ghost of Napster. AI evangelists keep insisting that old copyright law is going to have to bend to accommodate new technology. They have that backward. (My latest, at Foreign Policy): foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/31/a...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 07/12/2023
latest in @journalqd.bsky.social: Community gifting groups on Facebook journalqd.org/article/view...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 01/12/2023
serious barf english.elpais.com/science-tech... highly recommend publishing in diamond access journals like @journalqd.bsky.social journalqd.org & supporting such nonprofit initiatives!
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 27/11/2023
"That was not nearly as much as I knew at 33, which is when we know more than we ever will again." ;-) www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 16/11/2023
✨new paper✨ in JCMC the amazing Hao Nguyen led this work looking at how digital #disconnection links to well-being using experience sampling methods, this takes research on #digitaldetox to a new level academic.oup.com/jcmc/article... #preregistration
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 16/11/2023
enjoyed this piece in Contexts about color as property journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 15/11/2023
I believe UZH can do more with the Einstein link, I'm not convinced they need to keep repeating that he has a Nobel Prize though, the name says it all
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Sophia Volk @sophiavolk.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
🏁 3 weeks to go until the submission deadline 🏁 For our conference on "Science Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" 🤖 🧠 in June 2024 in 🇨🇭 Submit your abstract here: conftool.net/aiscicomm24/ Find the CfP here: ikmz.uzh.ch/en/aiscicomm... We look forward to your contributions! 🚀
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 10/11/2023
pls take this survey if you receive an invitation, very important topic
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
🚨 PEER REVIEW STUDY ALERT 🚨 We are about to launch a (very) large-scale survey on peer review in social sciences 150,000+ scholars worldwide will receive an invitation to participate via email. You might be one of them! Wanna know more? peerreviewstudy.com Plz repost!
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 09/11/2023
✨new paper✨ does political affiliation matter for social media adoption? yes - see details here: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 08/11/2023
protip for researchers creating surveys about academics: add Europe as an option for where person is located; there are too many small countries w/too few profs in certain fields to keep survey anon if you ask for specific country esp after asking for citizenship as well
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 06/11/2023
only a few days left of the option to get a lifetime subscription to amazingmarvin.com, a genuinely amazing productivity tool
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 06/11/2023
last leg of a long journey last night, my train ticket put me next to @rginja.bsky.social, it took us about 3 mins to figure out that we are both academics & perhaps another 3 to realize we have a bunch of mutual friends, a lovely way to end a complicated travel itinerary
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Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com · 03/11/2023
CfP for WebSci '24 in Stuttgart, see you there! websci24.org/call-for-pap...
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