Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Took an #ICA26 break to go up to UCT's gorgeous campus with Tammy Lin to meet with a potential collaborator. I can't imagine getting any work done with these views. 040
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Starting off #ICA26 with my last round of co-organizing the @icacat.bsky.social and @icamobile.bsky.social doctoral consortium. Another great year of students and mentors! 0172
Reposted by Bree McEwanThe Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Please join us for the #ICA26 #ICA_CAT business meeting. Sun 7 June, 4:30pm in Nerina (CTICC2, Lev 1). Learn about what the Division is up to, see awards being given, and meet our community! 021
Reposted by Bree McEwanInternational Communication Association @icahdq.bsky.social · 01/06/2026🚨 Attending an onsite #ICA26 preconference at the CTICC on Thursday? Pick up your badge in advance on Wednesday, June 3 from 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM at the Westin Cape Town, Old Harbour Level Lobby. Please note: this desk will only have preconference badges — not main conference badges. 011
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026After today's drive between Toronto and East Lansing... I wish there was option to toggle weather radar on and off over Google Maps. Would it lessen the amount of snow? No, but it would be nice to know how how many lake effect bands one must conquer. 010
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026#Commsky Doctoral students! Consider applying for the Doctoral Consortium. Ideal timing is students at the proposal stage (does not need to be defended). 032
Reposted by Bree McEwanThe Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Attention graduate students! The 15th annual Communication & Technology / Mobile Doctoral Consortium is now accepting student proposals to participate at #ICA26 in Cape Town. Proposals are due 2 Feb. Please read the requirements closely. sites.google.com/view/2026ica... 013
Reposted by Bree McEwanJessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social : What the CSCW community is well positioned to do: *recognize work of negotiating innovation *prepare people for increased capacity *map institutional constraints *co-create social structures that bring people together #cscw2025 053
Reposted by Bree McEwanKristine Now @kristineno.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Present here in this meaningful place in Dresden with @mcewan.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Bree McEwanJosh Pasek @joshpasek.com · 01/08/2025It's difficult to understate the extent to which various aspects of society require the provision of accurate, trustworthy social data. Even private data collections rely heavily on government statistical agencies for calibration. The dangers of politicization here are far-reaching. 165
Reposted by Bree McEwanJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck. 841430631
Reposted by Bree McEwanAndrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Ontario parents, pay attention to this: underfunding our universities means there may not be a spot for your kid when it’s time for them to go. We have the *lowest* per capita support of any province!! archive.ph/4qD1Harchive.ph 033
Reposted by Bree McEwanDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/06/2025New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41... We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance 1/nature.comComputer-vision research powers surveillance technology - NatureAn analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance. 341010554
Reposted by Bree McEwandan sinker @dansinker.com · 17/06/2025Confirmed. Out this fall. Preorder now. nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...nupress.northwestern.eduWe Are Civic Media - Northwestern University PressA discipline-crossing introduction to civic media via accounts from grassroots practitioners “Civic media” is the use of contemporary technologies to... 1105
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Thanks #ica25 for a very thoughtful panel thinking about how GenAI influences the research process. 051
Reposted by Bree McEwanThe Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Please join us for the Communication & Technology Reception Fri Jun 13 at 6pm in Centennial F (Regency 3). #ICA25 053
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Kicking off #ICA25 with the 14th @icacat.bsky.social/Mobile Doctoral Consortium! Hoping to see some #commsky connections via the #ICA25 ( #ICA2025? Although I think the short version is preferred). 0150
Reposted by Bree McEwanSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 30/05/2025"59% of people no longer fully trusting political news online" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... You can find out more about this stat in our new public report on "The State of Generative AI Use in Canada 2025: Exploring Public Attitudes and Adoption Trends" socialmedialab.ca/2025/04/08/n...cbc.caCan you spot fake news videos? Google's new AI tool makes it harder to know what's real | CBC NewsGoogle's new AI video tool, Veo 3, is designed to be astonishingly realistic, generating its own dialogue, sound effects and soundtracks. Some AI experts say that level of technology is unsettling and... 12318
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025My @iccit-utm.bsky.social colleague Brett Caraway will be on TVO tonight discussing data, surveillance and the U.S. border. 072
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Includes fireside chat with @sunjooahn.bsky.social and VR demos following the talk! 032
Reposted by Bree McEwanSchwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Calling all @uoft.bsky.social students! SRI is hiring a #WorkStudy Digital Content Coordinator. Learn more about the role and apply through the CLNx portal: www.registrar.utoronto.ca/finances-and... #UofT #studentjob #studentworkregistrar.utoronto.caWork Study Program - University Registrar's OfficeWork Study Program The Work Study program offers part-time, paid on-campus employment to eligible undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Toronto. The program provides students with a... 022
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This is the big town near my hometown. Love to see it. ♥️ 040
Reposted by Bree McEwanAnnenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 03/04/2025Researchers at Annenberg and @umdscience.bsky.social show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide. Learn about their project and view the interactive map here:asc.upenn.eduData-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research 111284
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Also Meta's policies make interpersonal fact checking impossible. At least if you want to link to credible sources. 010
Reposted by Bree McEwanThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 23/03/2025“How do you push back against a tidal wave?” wrote political communication expert Dannagal Young. Overloading people with news is a propaganda tactic used by authoritarians like Putin to distort reality. A communication professor explains: buff.ly/Ork4y6p Jennifer Mercieca @tamu.bsky.social #mediabuff.lyDonald Trump’s nonstop news-making can be exhausting, making it harder for people to scrutinize his presidential actionsOverwhelming people with a deluge of announcements makes it difficult to easily track and understand what is happening in the White House. 910751
Reposted by Bree McEwanRon Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Ontario's Privacy Commissioner issues statement following @citizenlab.ca report detailing links between Ontario Police and Paragon Solutions -- vendor of mercenary spyware. Their office wasn't consulted by the OPP www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 32422
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline. 151
Reposted by Bree McEwanKent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 06/03/2025UploadVR's @heaney555.bsky.social has tested and confirmed that Meta's OpenXR middleware is indeed blocking non-Quest HMDs on PC and "currently only work for Quest Link and Rift headsets, not any other PC VR headset." 1115
Reposted by Bree McEwanhackingcommsci @hackingcommsci.bsky.social · 03/03/2025🚀 #hackica25 registration is open! 🚀 Spots are limited—secure yours now: forms.gle/ssZFtZmfWYaC... 📅 June 11-12, 2025 📍 UC Boulder (shuttle from Denver available) No coding skills required! Join us to explore methodological & substantive challenges in communication science. See you there! 🍻 11916
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Well....we can't post news links on FB but I guess we still get fact checking in Canada? 020
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025But if you sing it like Olivia Newton John? Let's Get Phygital, Phygital! No?media.tenor.coma woman wearing a headband and a blue shirt looks surprisedAlt: Gif of Olivia Newton John's "Let's Get Physical" video 010
Reposted by Bree McEwanDaniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The second installment in the @qutdmrc.bsky.social 360info election series is now out, @snurb.info and @vilkins.bsky.social explain how the rapid decrease in platform data availability is curtailing independent scrutiny of online political communication 360info.org/how-digital-...360info.orgHow digital giants let poll scrutiny fall - 360The changing social media world, already hostile to oversight, is making monitoring election activity even more difficult. Yet policymakers still have options. A seismic change in the social media lan... 0910
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Felt the same way when I got this email this morning. ICA's doing the best they can, but the fact that they have to? Awful. 151
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I think I've now heard all three major Ontario parties running ads against working with Trump (or being soft on Trump). 010
Reposted by Bree McEwanThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20/02/2025Americans who rely on social media as their main news source are more likely to encounter conspiracy theories, according to a technology professor. Here are some tips for information literacy on #TikTok (and here): @anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformationbuff.ly‘For You’: What to know about news on TikTokA social media researcher explains how to analyze your news feed in terms of content, circulation and consumption. 43215
Reposted by Bree McEwanDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Over 650 political scientists who have dedicated our lives to the study of democracy & government, have signed this letter enumerating our deep concerns about this administration’s actions that undermine the Constitution and the rule of law. Please share. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...urldefense.proofpoint.comPolitical science statement.pdf 25854428
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Deadline tomorrow! We just need a summary and keywords to evaluation your submission so consider submitting and joining the amazing @icacat.bsky.social and #ICAmobile DC network! 001
Reposted by Bree McEwanAnne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025My first article for The Conversation is live! The target audience is teens and young adults who get their news on TikTok.theconversation.com‘For You’: What to know about news on TikTokA social media researcher explains how to analyze your news feed in terms of content, circulation and consumption. 3399
Reposted by Bree McEwanUniversity of Toronto @utoronto.ca · 07/02/2025Polar bear population decline due to climate change-induced food shortages, according to a new #UofT study @utsc.bsky.social 🐻❄️ uoft.me/bgg 033
Reposted by Bree McEwanThe Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 06/02/2025PhD students whose work connects with Communication and Technology and/or Mobile Communication theories, methods, and topics are encouraged to apply to the Doctoral Consortium, an #ICA25 pre-conference to be held on Thurs June 12. Thanks! buff.ly/3USZB4A 074
Reposted by Bree McEwanJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...arstechnica.comInternet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removalsInternet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online. 0309
Reposted by Bree McEwanThe Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 03/02/2025What will the end of Meta’s fact-checking program mean for Canadians? @spaikin.bsky.social asks, @mcewan.bsky.social (@iccit-utm.bsky.social), @erinkelly.bsky.social (Advanced Symbolics), @taylorowen.bsky.social (@mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social), and @carmilevy.bsky.social tonight at 8/11pm 086
Reposted by Bree McEwanMike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...blog.archive.orgEnd of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs 4803278212105
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I mean....Canada has generous science funding, excellent labs and unis offer a paid path to citizenship. It's a privilege to work here but I don't know if Canada wants to snap up US scientists. 240
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Love that the guy who is supposedly so concerned about free speech is scrubbing public datasets. 19913
Reposted by Bree McEwanMike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/01/2025Also, realizing that literally as Zuck was going on Rogan whining that Biden staffers had cursed and threatened Meta, he was in the middle of negotiating to pay Trump $25 million to be let "into the tent" two months after Trump promised to put him in prison for life. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/16/r...techdirt.comRogan Misses The Mark: How Zuck’s Misdirection On Gov’t Pressure Goes UnchallengedIf you only remember two things about the government pressure campaign to influence Mark Zuckerberg’s content moderation decisions, make it these: Donald Trump directly threatened to throw Zuck in … 392579620
Reposted by Bree McEwan🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Ads featuring fake CBC articles have inundated the social media platform X in recent weeks. The ads are designed to lure Canadians into a sophisticated scam that uses Russian internet infrastructure, CBC News has found. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caFake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines. We looked for the source | CBC NewsX users have been subjected to a flood of ads that feature fake CBC headlines, leading to fake CBC-style articles. In the end, it’s part of an international investment scheme. 58573