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Matthew Pittman

@matthewcpittman.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Advertising, Social Media, and Fun

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Julie Roginsky @julieroginsky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Why is a 76-year-old man doing all the hard work in this moment? Where are the Millennial/Gen Z artists (ahem, Taylor Swift) to shake their audiences into sobriety about what is going on? open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
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Why is Springsteen Doing All the Hard Work?
What today's generation of best-selling artists refuses to do
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/04/2026
Irony is dead.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/04/2026
Trump is proposing to increase military spending by 44 percent to $1.5 trillion. He plans to pay for it all by further cutting domestic spending on things people actually need and use. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump seeks US domestic spending cuts for huge military funds
White House compares military plans to "historic increases just prior to World War II."
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Cheryl T. @g8rgrrlcheryl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The guy on the right is New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, photographed at the Kennedy Center premiere of “Melania.” #GoSeahawks!
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cb4...
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
It took years of corruption to get to where we are now. Right-wing orgs spent $55M pushing Project 2025, political donors spent $15B during the 2024 campaign cycle, and then the GOP steered $170B to immigration enforcement—with many of the contractors having political connections.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Tennessee’s special House election on Tuesday should be a GOP cakewalk — but voters are really sick of Trump The sudden competitiveness of an election in a heavily gerrymandered Republican district could be a sign of rising political fortunes for Democrats.
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Opinion | Tennessee's special election should have been a GOP cakewalk — but voters are really sick of Trump
Michael A. Cohen: The sudden competitiveness of an election in a heavily gerrymandered Republican district could be a sign of rising political fortunes for Democrats.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
radio interview about all my social media shenanigans: omny.fm/shows/joey-a...
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What Makes You Special! I’m the Viral UTK Social Media Professor! - Joey and Nancy on WIVK
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I think I accidentally broke this @linkedin.com spam bot?
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
A couple of scary overtimes this weekend but the garage is still 12-1 #goducks #govols #gobirds
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
#academicsky if you study virtual or human influencers, tourism, or material vs experiential products, you might find our latest pub interesting. We found that different influencers are better suited for different products: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IXGR9...
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Should travel influencers be human or virtual? Comparing effectiveness for material and experiential products
Virtual influencers (VIs) are computer-generated characters that serve as influencers and offer novel advertising strategies for travel and tourism brands. Virtual influencers are gaining prominenc...
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Hey social media scholars! I need some suggestions :) @academic-chatter.bsky.social I'm teaching a graduate-level course on social media, technology, and society for the first time since 2022. I need some updated (or just canonical) readings(students are mostly ad, pr, comm studies, info science)
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Pitch meeting is my favorite YouTube channel and their latest video making fun of #waroftheworlds it’s so freaking funny youtu.be/2fhLdREPEF4?...
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War of the Worlds (2025) Pitch Meeting
YouTube video by Pitch Meeting
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities."
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
@academic-chatter.bsky.social My co-author and I decided this is the best way to announce an article on advertising fun www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 21/06/2025
Are you researching social media and what makes online conversations healthy? If so, take a look at our new Civility Analyzer!
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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I am once again pitching my romantic comedy: - two academics start dating - discover they are each other's terrible reviewer - hijinks ensue Working title: Love is Double-Blind
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... My wife hosted her company’s first AI podcast for #medical practitioners! No matter your field there is lots of useful tidbits about how to busy use ai tools in your field 🎉🤙🏽🤖
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Practicing with AI
Education Podcast · Series · Hippo Education Presents: Practicing with AI -- conversations about medicine, AI, and the people navigating both. Join Vicky Pittman, a practicing clinician, and Rob Taves...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
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Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
my father-in-law is a grandpa influencer, you should follow him: youtu.be/KfUD0tm2-rg?...
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A “memorable” day on Memorial Day!!!
YouTube video by GoPro Grandpa
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
If kids want to get famous, here is a little piece I wrote for @theconversation.com on how they can do it: theconversation.com/how-does-a-p...
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How does a person become famous when they’re just a kid?
It’s not unusual in the social media era for young people to become famous. But fame is complicated – especially when you’re still growing and forming your identity.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
surf contests should have this kind of wipeout potential more often: www.youtube.com/live/pjSPEf_...
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🔴 LIVE - Western Australia Margaret River Pro 2025 - Day 3
YouTube video by World Surf League
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
#instacart has a sense of humor when recommending items
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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I'm not Jewish, so I don't know. Is it reassuring when the government texts you asking if you're a Jew?
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I offer unlimited extra credit in my classes, which kind of sounds extreme, but students rarely take full advantage of it. One of the upsides is working with the student to create novel assignments that are useful/relevant and educate us both 😊 www.instagram.com/p/DIyvrhzsJw...
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
A victory for scammers. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has been gutted by @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
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The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally-mandated agency.
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Happy to announce a new pub with Tombras school Ph.D. Student Qinran Li in the Journal of Interactive Advertising, among the first to use AI (chatGPT) as a research method: Greene advertising on Instagram versus TikTok www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Green Advertising on Instagram Versus TikTok: Construal Level Moderates Processing Fluency and Environmental Commitment
Green advertising is essential for brands who want to keep up with consumers’ increasing expectations of sustainability, and social media accounts for larger and larger portions of advertising budg...
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
My nine-year-old nephew sent me the best birthday card I’ve ever received and it’s not even close #partyhard
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2025
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Random #gratitude post: today was a long day on campus but I ended up accidentally having a lot of conversations and interactions with sharp, creative, ambitious, and/or fun students and it was refreshing and delightful 😊
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This young man will never recover from this. Even if he does one of his friends can send him this podcast episode
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/02/2025
DOGE By The Numbers theonion.com/doge-by...
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Best ads so far: Pfizer, Mountain Dew, Instacart #utksm
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The more I think about these the more I can't believe the Groupon ad... the abrupt tone shift is just insane
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/02/2025
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 07/02/2025
A true advertising face-plant is an ad that’s both tone-deaf and completely forgettable. A marketing professor shares his submissions for 5 of the biggest all-time #SuperBowl advertising flops: buff.ly/4jNNQqX (@matthewcpittman.bsky.social, University of Tennessee)
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5 Super Bowl commercials that deserve places in the advertising hall of shame
A depressed robot, a drugged Kenyan and a singing Saab driver − what could go wrong?
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
doing research for this @us.theconversation.com article on the worst #superbowl #advertising of all time was genuinely entertaining #utksm @utknoxville.bsky.social theconversation.com/5-super-bowl...
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5 Super Bowl commercials that deserve places in the advertising hall of shame
A depressed robot, a drugged Kenyan and a singing Saab driver − what could go wrong?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/02/2025
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If you're a spirits and alcohol maker being impacted by the new tariffs, please reach out. I'm working on a freelance article about this. Signal is nslayton.12
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Matthew Pittman @matthewcpittman.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Ahhhh the season 2 finale of #shrinking ❤️❤️❤️🥲🥲🥲😭😭😭
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Rep. Jasmine Crockett continues to be on 🔥 #ResistTrump
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