hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Fresh off the press! A new article in our Hype Studies series. A brilliant reflection by @sunhahong.bsky.social on how hype cannibalizes the future (and regurgitates the past). 010
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialSteph Wright @elmosmoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If like me you’re enraged by the whole “AI will kill us all so we need to slow down” 💩 that the media have gone gaga over, here’s a fantastic piece by @tante.cc published in English by @hypestudies.bsky.social hypestudies.org/blog/oh-the-...hypestudies.orgOh, the concerned “AI” bros | Hype Studies 011
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We are starting our roundtable at #EASST2026 "Hype Studies meet STS, STS meet Hype Studies" with Annika Aebli (University of Lucerne); Harro van Lente (Maastricht University); Kornelia Konrad (University of Twente); Jack Stilgoe (UCL); Jacek Manko (Kozminski University) 061
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 27/07/2026In February we launched a new blog series at hypestudies.org. The first post by @giuls1701.bsky.social reflects on how emotionally charged images and social media hype shaped public trust, collective memory, and the reception of scientific communication during the COVID-19 pandemic sl1nk.com/inh0wpahypestudies.org“The COVID-19 Pandemic did not take place” – The role of hype and an autobiographic reflection on COVID-19 communication strategies | Hype Studies 021
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 20/07/2026@elkeschwarz.bsky.social's terrific article on venture capital, hype and war has been translated to Spanish by @elsaltodiario.com. Léelo aquí ➡️ www.elsaltodiario.com/hype-studies... 042
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026How is AI hype shaping Europe's tech sovereignty agenda? Latest piece in our series at @techpolicypress.bsky.social, where @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and Vali Stan show how AI hype drives EU industrial policy, cloud infrastructures, and dependency on Big Tech. 🔎 l1nq.com/2td1hzwtechpolicy.pressDoes Europe Really Have a Plan for Tech Sovereignty?If the European Commission truly wants tech sovereignty, it should start by freeing itself from Big Tech’s epistemic capture, write Cecilia Rikap and Vali Stan. 031
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 21/05/2026@provokedeconomy.bsky.social new article for our series at @techpolicypress.bsky.social: "Hype, Paranoia, and the Fascist Propensity in Tech". It explains how "value panic" sanctifies value creators while value destroyers are presented as a cast of enemies —just like fascism sees immigrants ☠️ 1143
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialHannah Ruschemeier @hannahruschemeier.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I wrote about the AI Hype in Legal Regulation for the excellent hype series curated by Jascha Bareis and @imaginaries.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social 053
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialIain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · 24/04/2026@coppicejt.bsky.social @josef.is @imhelenj.bsky.social 041
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 08/04/2026We created a Hype Literacy course for journalists with @akademie.dw.com 🔥Also relevant for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in how tech narratives shape public understanding. Great work by Jascha Bareis, @imaginaries.bsky.social @klingebeil.bsky.social ▶️ shorturl.at/bDJU4 097
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Why do politicians want AI to go faster? @sarahoconnorft.ft.comft.comWhy do politicians want AI to go faster?Bullish rhetoric about ‘unleashing’ the technology is badly out of touch with the sensibilities of many voters 021
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialMarché Arends @marche.bsky.social · 27/03/2026New article out in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: 'How AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African Workers' Read it here: tinyurl.com/4s2u68px AI hype isn’t marketing, it’s a cover story disguising exploitation as "progress" and reframing colonial extraction as "innovation". Let’s break it down 🧵tinyurl.comHow AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African WorkersAI is a consolidation of labor hierarchies, a plunder of African skills, and a commodification of African knowledge, write Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary. 121
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Reminder about our paid book cover commission - one week left to apply! 011
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Invite Link 📍: First Hype Studies Community Meet Thursday, March 19 · 7:30 – 8:30pm Time zone: Asia/Kolkata Google Meet joining info Video call link: meet.google.com/ott-pbzg-epi Or dial: (US) +1 361-596-6847 PIN: 193 931 506 # More phone numbers: tel.meet/ott-pbzg-epimeet.google.comMeetReal-time meetings by Google. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers. 002
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Our first community hangout is coming soon! Our first meeting is scheduled for 19th March, 2026, 2PM GMT / 7.30 PM Kolkata time. Let's get to know each other and plan future sessions: reading groups, work in progress, feedback sessions... 100
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Artist/designer wanted! 011
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026..The commission has been generously supported by the Bristol Digital Futures Institute - thank you! END 000
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026- confirmation of your availability during the stated dates... We look forward to hearing from you! Please help to spread the word among your creative networks. The commission is fully remote and open to artists internationally.... 100
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026...If you’re interested, please send us a cover letter with the following: - a paragraph about you (100-200 words) - a paragraph about your idea for the cover (100-200 words) - max 3 samples of your previous work - a link to your online presence (e.g. website/ portfolio/ LinkedIn etc).. 100
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026...The total payable fee is 800 GBP upon completion of work. The creative process will involve regular communication with our team about signing off the cover idea as well 2 rounds of feedback... 100
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Next steps Please express your interest by emailing your cover letter to criticalhypestudies -at- posteo.com by 24th March 2026, 5pm GMT. We aim to get back to all candidates by 3rd April 2026 via email. We expect the completion of the project by the end of April 2026...posteo.comEmail green, secure, simple and ad-free - posteo.de - Posteo is an innovative email provider that is concerned with sustainability and privacy and is completely ad-free. Our email accounts, calendars and address books can be synchronised - we use compreh... 100
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026...For inspiration, we attached some beloved book covers which may speak to the aesthetics relevant to this project in our news release: hypestudies.org/news/recruit...hypestudies.orgRecruitment call: book cover illustrator/designer for the Hype Studies Glossary | Hype Studies 100
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Other than the illustration, the cover will contain the following: the title, names of 8 editors, and the publisher logo. We are very keen on supporting human creativity hence will not accept GenAI use in the work.... 100
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026...charismatic leaders, market speculation, futures literacy, AI, digital twins, space industry, among many others! or that reason, we envisage a cover illustration that speaks to the notion of hype studies (read more about us here) while also being technology-agnostic. 110
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026And that's why we are looking for a talented artist to design a custom cover (illustration and graphic design, back and front) for our upcoming book “Hype Studies: A Glossary”. The volume with be a collection of critical social science essays covering a broad range of topics such as... 100
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We promised more news about the upcoming Hype Studies Glossary so let's start with page 1! 🥦 Recruitment call: book cover illustrator/designer 🧀 Whoever came up with the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" must be a audible user. We're definitely in the "picture is worth a 1000 words" camp! 292
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We will be sharing more information about prospective contributions in the due course - stay tuned! 020
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Over the next several months, we will be working hard on covering the most interesting, innovative and left-field perspectives on hype. In a true glossary style, this will be an edited collection of numerous diverse provocations, from AI, through Bullshit, Y2K Bug, to Zeitgeist. 130
hypestudies.bsky.social @hypestudies.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We're waking up from the winter slumber to share some very exciting news! We've signed a book contract! "Hype Studies: A Glossary" is coming to your shelves in 2027. We are delighted to share we've signed a book contract with open access publisher, transcript Verlag.media.tenor.coma polar bear is laying on its back in the snow with a smiley face behind it that says toALT: a polar bear is laying on its back in the snow with a smiley face behind it that says to 192
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialAndreu Belsunces Gonçalves @imaginaries.bsky.social · 04/11/2025If you’re at @mozilla.org Fest this Saturday, join @hypestudies.bsky.social for a conversation on hype as a tech governance instrument by other means. The discussion will be facilitated through the first version of our Hype Literacy Toolkit 🖖 🔗 schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/31 0123
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialAndreu Belsunces Gonçalves @imaginaries.bsky.social · 12/12/2025When a tech bubble grows, venture capital cashes in. Its high risk, high reward model depends on constantly persuading others that its futures matter. That’s why VC has a structural need for hype. Read my latest piece at @techpolicypress.bsky.social + @hypestudies.bsky.socialtechpolicy.pressWhy Tech Hype Is Rising and What Venture Capital Has to Do with It | TechPolicy.PressAndreu Belsunces Gonçalves examines how hype operates and explains why it has become such a powerful political instrument today. 185
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialEdward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com · 12/01/2026I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...fastcompany.comWhat was the metaverse?Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on. 14514108
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialEl Salto @elsaltodiario.com · 12/02/2026💻Comenzamos una colaboración con @hypestudies.bsky.social para publicar sus análisis sobre tecnopolítica, aquí va el primero: 📈Por qué está aumentando el hype por la tecnología y qué tiene que ver el capital riesgo con ello. elsal.to/46385 1104
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialMichael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 19/02/2026First #16 on The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social — “a wonderful riposte to the magical thinking propelling the indiscriminate deployment of generative AI.” S/O @hypestudies.bsky.social for capturing its spirit. Link below 👇🏾 #FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco 1174
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2025With a nod to our @hypestudies.bsky.social meeting last week in Barcelona. Thanks Eryk. 0122
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Was amazing to have both @jackstilgoe.bsky.social and Christo join us for the @hypestudies.bsky.social conference! 141
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialMichael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 14/09/2025@hypestudies.bsky.social is/was a conference with a difference. Non-hierarchical, welcoming and stimulating. After party at a cool little club, and many other (serious) memories. 🕺🏾 👨🏾💻 #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad #uxmichaelco 2103
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialMichael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 14/09/2025Thank you @klingebeil.bsky.social for introducing me to HYPE: A Critical Field Guide. 🙌🏾 This will be a very useful pocket-sized reference as I begin to navigate @hypestudies.bsky.social johannesklingebiel.de/portfolio/a-... 072
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialSandeep Mertia @sandeepmertia.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Thank you to the Hype Studies group for bringing together such an eclectic group of scholars, practitioners, & artists at this conference! 🙌🏽 The critical experimental & non-hierarchical approach reminded me of Sarai :) 052
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Lovely meeting you @sandeepmertia.bsky.social, thanks for joining us! 🙏 @hypestudies.bsky.social 031
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · 15/09/2025📢 and who is looking for a job from December! 011
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialMichael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 15/09/2025i wonder what they made of this at the @hypestudies.bsky.social conference last week 031
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · 11/09/2025A few highlights from @hypestudies.bsky.social conference day 2! Thanks to all involved for another great day 🙏 082
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDarian Meacham @posteurope.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Believe the hype. @hypestudies.bsky.social @danishanley.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social 053
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Here was my first data point. The billionaires are relaxed about the AI bubble. They're owning the hype cycle. So how does hype studies respond? @hypestudies.bsky.social 1136
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025So many insights springing out of our Hype Studies conference in Barcelona. One, from investigative journalist Christo Buschek: the news outfits currently winning are those that resisted the previous wave of online hype @hypestudies.bsky.social. Christo was one of the team behind thisbuzzfeednews.comBuzzFeed News Has Won Its First Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China’s System For Detaining MuslimsBuzzFeed News won for its innovative series exposing China’s mass detention of Muslims and was named a finalist for its colossal FinCEN Files investigation into the global banking industry. 0153
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Last day of @hypestudies.bsky.social conference. All sorts of cool stuff going on! ✨ 061
Reposted by @hypestudies.bsky.socialDani Shanley @danishanley.bsky.social · 13/09/2025And that's a wrap! @hypestudies.bsky.social conference over and out! 🫡Thank you so much to all the incredible people who attended. This is what academia can be 🫶 193
