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Nancy Thumim

@nancyt.bsky.social
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I teach, research and write about media, audiences, representation, and everyday life. I work at the University of Leeds. Here sporadically.

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Nancy Thumim @nancyt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
@hannahgriffiths.bsky.social hello beauty
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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
The Lagoon Nebula Credits: NASA
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Nancy Thumim @nancyt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
@vivitheo.bsky.social guessing this is you VIVI!? X
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ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
I feel so proud to announce that my first book - The Kids Are Online: Confronting the Myths and Realities of Young Digital Life - will be published in March 2025, by @ucpress.bsky.social 🫶🏼
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Nancy Thumim @nancyt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
👇for your winter reading pleasure 😏
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Dr Ruby (she/her) @paperwhispers.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...
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Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship
We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).
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Nancy Thumim @nancyt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Built in 1865 as part of the White Swan Inn, the City Palace of Varieties’ in Leeds now more commonly known as the ‘City Varieties’ had previously gone though many changes of name. ‘Charlie Chaplin and Houdini are among the artists who performed there.’ image courtesy of Leeds Libraries.
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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are seeking advanced PhD students for a well-paid and nurturing research internship on topics that we can meaningfully mentor. Apps due Dec 6 socialmediacollective.org/2024/11/01/2...
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Apply now for the 2025 MSRNE summer internship in sociotechnical systems
Microsoft Research New England is looking for advanced Ph.D. students who are bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time, to apply for our summer internship. They w…
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 15/11/2024
A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We are delighted to announce our next research seminar: "Algorithms of resistance: The everyday fight against platform power", with Tiziano Bonini and @emilianotrere.bsky.social Wednesday 20 Nov, 3.45–5pm (UTC), ONLINE 💻 Details and registration: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
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Research Seminar: Algorithms of resistance: The everyday fight against platform power
This talk dives into how global workers and activists navigate and subvert platform power, revealing our resistance to algorithmic dominance while cautioning against romanticizing these efforts
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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
📣 Join us for the launch of The Anti-Racist Media Manifesto, where the authors explore transforming media systems to confront racism and offer key strategies for an anti-racist media future with Anamik Saha @gavant.bsky.social @francescasobande.bsky.social. More here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
The Anti-Racist Media Manifesto Poster
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Mick Schofield @confluxcoldwell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
First post on Bluesky. I’ve made a film. It’s going to be screened @leedsunimedia.bsky.social in December. #aicinema
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Nancy Thumim @nancyt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Today with my students we talked about when does an audience become a public. Quite a week for that question.
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