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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Please send me all of your favourite social annotation resources! I'm planning to use Hypothesis in the fall

Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Happy to announce that I will be continuing to work on issues associated with ethical educational technologies with the support of Chancellor's Chair for Teaching Excellence at Brock (2025-2028)

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

In September my #Comm3P90 Advanced Topics in Digital Culture course at @brockucpcf.bsky.social begins an #OpenEducation adventure! We will use WikiEdu to improve @wikipedia.org articles. Here's a sneak peek of some articles that I hope student teams will improve from "C" quality status...

Listed Wikipedia articles currently "C" class are Agentic AI, Doomscrolling, Enshitification, Extreme users, Filter bubble and Geofence

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A great day with #opendata colleagues at #GOOD25 in Niagara Falls today www.go-opendata.ca/good25

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Marc Lesser @malesser.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

For decades, we've been told that technology opens doors—but what if, in practice, #access doesn’t mean #equity? What if, as Dr. Roderic N. Crooks argues, “you can't get there from here”? 🤔 Episode 139 #nosuchthingpod @ucirvine.bsky.social @clalliance.bsky.social shows.acast.com/nosuchthing/...

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Jana Byars @janalena.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

And now for something different: @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with @sarahstang.bsky.social of @brocku.bsky.social about Monstrosity in Games and Play @amsterdamupress.bsky.social #gamestudies #monstertheory newbooksnetwork.com/monstrosity-...

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

From Teen Vogue: "AI features are at the forefront of every major tech service, almost a forced opt-in for children and adults alike."

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨 Job alert reminder! This games studies job posting with the fine folks in the Digital Humanities Department at Brock is open until March 7, 2025 at 12:01 am. 🚨

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm late to repost this one, but I'm happy to see that @brocku.ca's very FIRST Bluesky post features my colleague @marschm.bsky.social's research on lava rocks from the Mars’ Jezero Crater.

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Voted early in the Ontario election today. No line ups for me at the advanced polling station in St. Catharines voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...

voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca

Elections Ontario

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Enda Brophy @enda-b.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

For those with an interest in the history of critical communication research, The University of Westminster Press has just published Vincent Mosco's memoir (available through open access here: bit.ly/3CFBgJy)

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

St. Catharines / Niagara is getting 2 CBC journalists this summer. It's related to spending $100 million annually from Google and staffing journalists in underserved communities in Canada following Bill C-18 the Online News Act.

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Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"This contest offers a chance to explore and reimagine the creative treasures entering the public domain...Participants are encouraged to use materials from the Internet Archive’s collections to craft unique films that breathe new life into these cultural gems." bit.ly/3VBoiCX

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2025 Public Domain Day Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The 20th anniversary edition of the Journal of Community Informatics is out. I have a co-authored piece with Shade and Clement titled "Revisiting the Access Rainbow" openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/Jo...

Access Rainbow: band 1 carriage facilities, band 2 devices, band 3 software tools, band 4 content/services, band 5 service/access provision, band 6 literacy/social facilitation, band 7 governance

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Do you know of any #dataviz examples that show lab membership over time? I was discussing with @jhangiani.bsky.social and colleagues as an #open scholarship practice and would like to add to my set of examples e.g., research.fredhutch.org/emerman/en/l... and kingsley.stanford.edu/lab_members....

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Lab Member Timeline

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It sounds like Medium is the platform, or it is used like the content management system, for The Conversation? I'd love to learn more about this @cassiemc.bsky.social @brittanyjezouit.bsky.social

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Privacy Badger has arrived on Bluesky!

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Rajiv Jhangiani @profjhangiani.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I have started to compile a starter pack of open educators. Please feel free to recommend and self-nominate as I update this periodically. #OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation go.bsky.app/TZKppcn

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jennie rose halperin @littlewow.online · 08/11/2024

Here is my starter #library and #librarian people list. Let me know if you’d like to be added! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A good introductory thread for newbies like me who joined Bluesky over the past few days

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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 04/09/2024

#academicsky, I am going to start sharing more details of some quality, #openaccess journals in the social sciences, who won't sell your stuff to AI companies, and also don't charge you fees. Please DM me or reply with *genuine* examples. An ongoing thread and blog: ubisurv.net/2024/09/04/r.... 1/n

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Radical Open Access in the Social Sciences

Paralleling my threads on Twitter and BlueSky, I am going to start sharing more details of some quality, Open Access (OA) journals in the social sciences, who won't sell your stuff to AI companies, an...

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Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I’m assembling a team… here’s your Bluesky Starter Pack for Canadian Comms & Media Studies! Whether you’re an expat, were or are currently at a 🇨🇦 institution, let’s amplify some Canadian critical comms/info/media POVs 📣 Let me know if you’d like to be added or removed! go.bsky.app/mpoJkJ

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Karen Louise Smith @smithisgeneric.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

New to Bluesky, open to starter pack recommendations!

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