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
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 31/07/2025In 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. 010
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Which 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. 050
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I would rather have a million "Hey Prof!" e-mails than any more LLM generated slop. 130
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 07/07/2025One is the amount of coffee I need to be functional enough to make my second cup. 100
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. 341011554
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025We 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 080
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
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Married to an ICU nurse and I don't know how he does it 040
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 · 16/05/2025Welp. At least let me know when you're here. I can point you to the nearest pharmacy. 010
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
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025One 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. 110
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 · 10/03/2025Hey is there a school that's known to all on those banks? 110
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