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Ted Striphas

@striphas.bsky.social
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Prof. & Chair – Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder | Author, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet (tinyurl.com/p8ad6suw) | Opinions my own

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 12h
Who’s headed to 4S next week in Toronto?
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My department is fundraising! If you're an alum, former faculty member, or friend of the Dept. of Media Studies at the University of CO Boulder, we'd be grateful for your support of faculty + students working together to understand—and where needed, change—the world's media & technological systems.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
…in other news, Columbia Sportswear is suing Columbia University over use of the name “Columbia” on apparel… Source: OregonLive.com share.google/2PL7b4gfAsdh...
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Raymond Williams Society @r-williams-soc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚨🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨🚨Fancy contributing to a special issue on Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, edited by @elinormtaylor.bsky.social? Look no further... Details, including the deadline, at the link: raymondwilliams.co.uk/2026/01/28/c...
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Call for Papers: Cultural Materialism, Fascism and the Far Right, A Special Issue of Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism
Speaking in 1980 amid the New Right upsurge, Raymond Williams noted that ‘cultural struggle is absolutely crucial, because this is the terrain on which the interpretation of the crisis had to be es…
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
M-W nailed Word of the Year 2025: SLOP.
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Julie Curry @curryj.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
War is peace. Calibri is helvetica.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A very happy National Dewey Decimal System Day to all who celebrate. (Story in post 2/2.)
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Calibri may be more screen readable than Times New Roman, but really, sometimes a font is…just a font.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It’s “Word of the Year” time again. Oxford seems a bit late to the 2025 party with “rage bait”: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
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The Oxford 2025 Word of the Year Is ‘Rage Bait’
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 07/10/2025
Mars was the Roman god of war. That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.' Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices. That’s why we have Marshall’s.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"If reviewers are merely skimming papers & relying on LLMs to generate substantive reviews...it opens the door for a new cheating method...which involves inserting hidden white text... that tells AI tools to give a research paper favorable reviews." www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
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AI-Enabled Cheating Points to ‘Untenable’ Peer Review System
It’s not clear how widespread the new cheating strategy is, but it’s highlighting longstanding drivers of the peer review crisis some reviewers are now trying to alleviate with AI.
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Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
One of the best written essays I've read in awhile. Clever, researched, clear. We all need well cited and insightful voices on wellness these days, especially. Follow 👀
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Subjectivity Journal @j4subjectivity.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Before and After the Internet. We have just published a review of two recent books on #AlgorithmicCulture and #PlatformCapitalism by @striphas.bsky.social and @synthesiastica.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Before and after the internet - Subjectivity
Subjectivity -
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Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Rally today at NOAA building in Boulder, Colorado to stand up for federal workers, particularly scientists
Lots of people with signs rallying by street with US flag, CO flag and maybe a NOAA flag--I can't read it.Protestors holding signs by street. One says "Bad DOGE" another "Stand up for science" another "Stop Elon's Takeover"Protester holding sign "Save Our Science"Protester holding sign "Trust Science"
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
*Please share widely (deadline Mar 5):* The Dept of Media Studies at the Univ of CO Boulder is searching for 2 Assistant Teaching Profs. If you're passionate about higher-ed instruction, invested in media literacy, & have a background in global media, apply: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The app deadline for the Assistant Teaching Professor opening in my department (Media Studies, U of CO Boulder) is less than 2 weeks away! This is a contracted/renewable, non-tenure-track faculty line. Read on for additional information about the position: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
PLEASE SHARE: The Dept. of Media Studies at the University of CO Boulder is hiring TWO assistant teaching professors. These are renewable, non-tenure track positions for which we're using a single job ad: lnkd.in/gHXdMqUw Deadline is February 28, 2025.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Solid piece on the thinking behind the Broligarchy: “The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term,” via Vox - apple.news/A5jGJAukoSGK...
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The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think. — Vox
The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump. There’s a dominant narrative in the media about why tech billionaires are sucking up to Donald Trump: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and...
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
At some point I would like to ignore Elon Musk. Sadly, that time is not now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Elon Musk is the ultimate chaos agent | Siva Vaidhyanathan
With one post on X, Musk has the power to shut down the government of the most powerful nation in world history
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This explains it.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Public Domain Day is coming soon. Get ready to party like it's 1929! web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
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Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law
Tweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public D...
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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
"The combination of Blackness and Twitter represents a paradigm shift from modernity’s materialist “existence in Black” to a Black technoculture afforded by the digital’s capacities for virtuality, simulation, and interactivity." André Brock
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ANDRÉ BROCK: The Illumination of Black Twitter
The Illumination of Black Twitter: Charles Mills, Race, and Digital Media Theory ANDRÉ BROCK Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21/11/2024
‘Phonetic’ is not. ‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters. ‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym. Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Did y'all see this? The university of WI system is proposing a policy change so that the system would now assert and control copyright over professors' lecture notes, syllabi, articles, & more. VERY concerning: www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
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Wisconsin professors worry AI could replace them
Faculty say a proposed policy change could lead to AI-run classes at the Universities of Wisconsin System. University officials say their fears are overblown.
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Cultural Studies - Published by Routledge @culturalstudies.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Cultural Studies is officially returning to Bluesky—but before we begin sharing details about our final issue of Volume 37, we first wanted to let you know that we also post on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn and wanted to invite you to follow us wherever else you might also be.
Titled "Cultural Studies: Where Else to Find Us," this graphic includes artwork from four past covers and written out information about where to find Cultural Studies on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky. All written information is also included in the caption of the post.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It used to happen like this…
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Oxford English Dictionary word of the year: "brain rot." Fitting… corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
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Oxford Word of the Year 2024 - Oxford University Press
Voting has closed and we'll be revealing the official Word of the Year 2024 shortly. Discover more about our shortlist and the past 20 years of Word of the Year.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Dictionary [dot] com's word of the year is "demure." What's your pick? www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...
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Dictionary.com's 2024 Word of the Year is...
Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year and short-listed nominees capture pivotal moments in language and culture. Find out which word had people searching for it 200 times more than normal on ou...
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Melissa Florer-Bixler @melissaf-b.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
(1/2) Just learned that the Italian translation of Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet was just published earlier this month by Mimesis. I knew it was in the works but wasn't aware that it was out. Exciting! 🇮🇹 www.mimesisedizioni.it/libro/979122...
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La cultura algoritmica prima di Internet - Ted Striphas
La cultura algoritmica prima di Internet analizza in chiave storico-genealogica la condizione di vita umana e sociale caratterizzata dall’intreccio tra computing e cultura.
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Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Grateful to @archive.org for downloading climate & environmental data as we re-enter an era of censorship & climate denial: www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/s...
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Scientists fear Trump will erase public research, here’s what they are doing | CNN
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative is working to preserve scientific data and research on public government websites amid fears that topics like climate change and green energy will be r...
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
What a beautiful thing to see this community forming here. My biggest concern about leaving the-platform-that-must-not-be-named was saying goodbye to the folks I followed. Great to see so many of you here -- and so many new folks I should have known about.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Our Fall Sale is underway. If you are outside the US & Latin America, shop with our partners, @capacademicbooks.bsky.social and Univ. of Toronto Press for faster & cheaper shipping. www.combinedacademic... utpdistribution.com/...
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Follow this amazing group of Media Studies colleagues from the University of Colorado Boulder!
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
(1/3) Honored that Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet has received an Honorable Mention from the DH Caucus of the American Studies Assn for the Ángel David Nieves Book Award. Thanks to the DH community for supporting the book, & to a keen reviewer for urging me to better engage DH! ☺️
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The United States now has: • 45,020 reporters • 275,550 public relations specialists For every reporter, there are now six PR people. (data via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Fascinating piece (paywall) from the Atlantic on touch in baseball. The really interesting parts explore the implications of literally "losing touch" in the present day (e.g. touchless soap dispensers, etc.) | www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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A Touch Revolution Could Transform Pitching
A revolution in the science of touch could unlock the mystery of “feel” in pitching.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Rereading a selection from García-Canclini's Hybrid Cultures (1989/1995) this morning was like peering back into a lost world.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Delighted to share the 2nd of 3 faculty openings in the Dept. of Media Studies, Univ. of Colorado Boulder. If you're focusing on ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA, please consider applying. It's a tenured or tenure-track OPEN-RANK search. Deadline: Dec. 10 | jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Professor in Environmental Media Studies
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
go.bsky.app/7p95p7B
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
(1/2) I had a pinned post about my latest book, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet, over on the platform-that-must-not-be-named. Figured there should be something here about the book, too: cup.columbia.edu/book/algorit...
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Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet | Columbia University Press
Today, algorithms exercise outsize influence on cultural decision-making, shaping and even reshaping the concept of culture. How were automated, computationa... | CUP
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A helpful guide if you're just starting out here (and, presumably, moving over from the platform-that-must-not-be-named). The starter packs have been a real help, too—and thanks to those of you who've included me in your lists.
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I've gotten used to emails ending with disclaimers, but this was a new one: "No AI assistance was used in the writing of this email. I am the sole author and am responsible for every word."
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Higher ed is increasingly under attack, so now is the time to re-invest in these extraordinary institutions. To wit: it's University Press week! Celebrate & support the inestimable role UPs play in advancing knowledge & supporting higher ed. upweek.up.hcommons.org/celebrate/un...
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University Press Week 2024 – University Press Week
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
(1/2) Haymarket Books has made 10 key antifascist ebooks free to download, but just for a few days: titles by Angela Y. Davis, Mariame Kaba, Rebecca Solnit, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, & more | www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
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Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to ...
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Facebook memory from 2011. Who remembers Google+?
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Congratulations @drariahalliday.bsky.social on the impending publication of Black Girls & How We Fail Them. An important and ++timely++ book. Pre-order now!
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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
If you you're in higher ed and wondering what could be heading down the pipeline over the next 4 years… www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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What Trump’s victory means for higher ed
Donald Trump’s first term shined a political spotlight on higher ed that has only grown more glaring since. A second could bring more sweeping changes.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 07/11/2024
Neighborhood assemblies, not one-day marches. Durable networks, not ephemeral signals. Governable spaces, not viral moments.
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