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Bree McEwan

@mcewan.bsky.social
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Communicologist @uoft.bsky.social @uoftmississauga.bsky.social ICCIT/Sociology. Data Sciences Institue. McMC Lab. Studies Social Media, Virtual Reality. Author of Interpersonal Encounters us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/interperso…

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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Excited to chair this one:
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Took 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.
Two women standing in front of stairs and a university building A landscape with a mountain
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Starting 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!
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The Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Please 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!
Please 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! 🐱 
Image is an AI generated picture of cats at a conference in Cape Town.
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International 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.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I love this! Maybe they should design a product :)
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
After 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.
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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).
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The Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Attention 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...
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Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Gina 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
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Kristine Now @kristineno.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Present here in this meaningful place in Dresden with @mcewan.bsky.social
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Josh Pasek @joshpasek.com · 01/08/2025
It'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.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
That's some early dibs
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
In Northern Michigan at the moment and it's been smoky for days. Might be psychosomatic but I keep smelling smoke when no one near has a campfire lit. Gorgeous sunsets though.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Which is exactly how probing effect works in human to human comm. The answered probe causes the liar to seem more believable to the sender. Seems out humans apply these same heuristics to non-human communicators.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I would rather have a million "Hey Prof!" e-mails than any more LLM generated slop.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
One is the amount of coffee I need to be functional enough to make my second cup.
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
So excited for you! Enjoy Boston!
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Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Ontario 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/4qD1H
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/06/2025
New 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/
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Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature
An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We have one system here that is built on a very old database system. Every so often a grad student encounters it for the first time and wonders why it hasn't been updated. The answer is because it works. It's fine, leave it alone
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 17/06/2025
Confirmed. Out this fall. Preorder now. nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
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We Are Civic Media - Northwestern University Press
A discipline-crossing introduction to civic media via accounts from grassroots practitioners   “Civic media” is the use of contemporary technologies to...
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Thanks #ica25 for a very thoughtful panel thinking about how GenAI influences the research process.
Scholars at a conference panel presentation
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The Communication & Technology Division of ICA @icacat.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Please join us for the Communication & Technology Reception Fri Jun 13 at 6pm in Centennial F (Regency 3). #ICA25
Please join us for the Communication & Technology Reception Fri Jun 13 at 6pm in Centennial F (Regency 3). #ICA25
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Kicking 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).
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Married to an ICU nurse and I don't know how he does it
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Social 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...
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Can you spot fake news videos? Google's new AI tool makes it harder to know what's real | CBC News
Google'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...
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Welp. At least let me know when you're here. I can point you to the nearest pharmacy.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Oh I love this. Thanks for sharing!
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I am one of these immigrants!
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
My @iccit-utm.bsky.social colleague Brett Caraway will be on TVO tonight discussing data, surveillance and the U.S. border.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Includes fireside chat with @sunjooahn.bsky.social and VR demos following the talk!
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Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Calling 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 #studentwork
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Work Study Program - University Registrar's Office
Work 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...
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is the big town near my hometown. Love to see it. ♥️
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Annenberg School at Penn @asc.upenn.edu · 03/04/2025
Researchers 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:
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Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Also Meta's policies make interpersonal fact checking impossible. At least if you want to link to credible sources.
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
One line of research would be Walther's hyperpersonal model (and Ramirez's experiments on online-to-offline groups). Channel aside, the model and Ramirez's data suggest the online to offline groups is going to have a harder time due to expectancy violations.
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The 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 #media
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Donald Trump’s nonstop news-making can be exhausting, making it harder for people to scrutinize his presidential actions
Overwhelming people with a deluge of announcements makes it difficult to easily track and understand what is happening in the White House.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Ontario'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/...
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Hey is there a school that's known to all on those banks?
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 06/03/2025
UploadVR'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."
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hackingcommsci @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! 🍻
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Well....we can't post news links on FB but I guess we still get fact checking in Canada?
Bottle of Ivermectin with a fact check "partially false"
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
But if you sing it like Olivia Newton John? Let's Get Phygital, Phygital! No?
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a woman wearing a headband and a blue shirt looks surprised
Alt: Gif of Olivia Newton John's "Let's Get Physical" video
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Daniel Angus @antmandan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The 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-...
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How digital giants let poll scrutiny fall - 360
The 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...
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
And antibiotics?
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Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Felt 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.
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