Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social · 15/06/2025We would like to warmly thank @vikkikatz.bsky.social as she concludes her time as editor of JOCAM. Thank you, Vikki, for your care and commitment to the journal; we are so grateful for your dedication to the community and efforts to make JOCAM more representative of the field's diverse scholarship. 182
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 09/04/2025This isn't The Art of the Deal. It's insider trading with a bad comb-over. Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’ Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same Rinse, Enrich, Repeat. 699178445774
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this. 204910985823641
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/04/2025To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies. 18678285219372
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Abducted in broad daylight for an op-ed in Tufts’ newspaper, is a children & media scholar I know. She’s not a terror sympathizer and it should terrify us all that this happened to her. This isn’t about combating antisemitism—it is much more sinister and dangerous Gift article: wapo.st/3Y68yJvwapo.stMasked officers whisk away Tufts student from sidewalk, video showsThe widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves throughout the academic community. 010
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 25/03/2025🚨 New pub— if you’re interested in campus life after 10/7 and what makes for meaningful, civil discourse about the I-P conflict, please read & share: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comUnsettled Ground: How Jewish Undergraduates are Negotiating Identity Shifts and (Un)civil Campus Discourse after October 7The post–October 7th period has been a period of redefinition for many Jewish American undergraduates and particularly for those who identify as politically left-of-center and who found themselves ... 010
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Democrats should hold 435 town halls this weekend. The ones in Republican districts hosted by local Dems or nonpartisan local officials or even ex-Republicans, with everyone, Democrats and independents and Republicans, invited. 1052374637
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🚨 new pub: #digitalinequality explains most variance in which UGs delayed graduation after 2 yrs of pandemic learning—more than #firstgen status, #race/ethnicity or other s-d markers. Just out in @plosone.org with @abjordan.bsky.social & @ognyanova.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...journals.plos.orgDigital inequalities and U.S. undergraduate outcomes over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major and rapid changes to undergraduate student learning conditions, but the longer-term consequences of those changes have yet to be fully understood. We assess ho... 012
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 26/02/2025It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world. 173102002265
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern. 2652703308996
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 27/01/2025My thoughts on an agenda for researchers concerned about young ppl, political polarization & social media, free to access in @journalcam.bsky.social - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThrough the (distorted) looking glass: Priorities for research with young people and social media in politically polarized timesPublished in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2025) 040
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends. 6646382312522
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/01/2025"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people." 8784848711072
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 11/01/2025@latimes.com should be ashamed of itself for not being free to view in the midst of a local disaster 010
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 11/01/2025I am so so proud of this special issue. If kids and tech are your thing, read these 16 commentaries by brilliant scholars on where the field must go next— 040
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social · 08/01/2025🎉 The special issue celebrating JoCAM’s 18th birthday it out! The issue brings together 16 commentaries showcasing the incredible diversity and creativity of CAM research and practice from all over the world. 🔓Open access for six months! (1/3) www.tandfonline.com/journals/rch...tandfonline.comComing of age with children and media: Journal of Children and Media at 18Explore the article collection: Coming of age with children and media: Journal of Children and Media at 18. Published in Journal of Children and Media. 173
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/01/2025A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025. 21127915417450
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 29/12/2024This analysis concludes that in 2024 “voters […] opted for greater freedom and closer ties with the West and rejected attempts at intimidation, manipulation and disinformation”. Largely true. But the same “West” made a number of largely opposite choices. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Democracy in 2024 was noisy and chaotic. It was also resilient.Democracy in 2024 worked as it always has. It was messy and noisy and produced muddled results. . 1101
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech? We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage! 2349653749669
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · 21/12/2024🤖 What @Roblox's safety updates mean for its users 🆕Read Sara M. Grimes’ post for the #Parenting4DigitalFuture blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di... #gamedesign #ROBLOX #microsoftxboxblogs.lse.ac.uk 092
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I always refer to EM as South Africa’s (my home country’s) worst export 000
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Hen Mazzig @henmazzig.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Last year, Lake Forest, Illinois displayed a menorah for the 8 nights of Hanukkah. This year, the city has decided to only display the menorah for a few hours. Removing the menorah, a symbol of hope and resilience, sends a bad message: that Jewishness is something to be hidden away. 47619
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 16/12/2024It's the Musgrave tweet. It's always the Musgrave tweet H/T @kjephd.bsky.social for preservation and alt texting 36614
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Annual reminder: Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders. Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie. 411185332140
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️J Children and Media @journalcam.bsky.social · 05/12/2024JOCAM vol18, issue4 is out! With great studies from BEL, AUS, ISR, CAN, GER, US, & UK A commentary by Liselot Hudders & Emma Beuckels on Kidfluencing A book review by Helle Strandgaard Jensen on "Histories of children’s television around the world" www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/1... 062
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 06/12/2024@journalcam.bsky.social welcome to 🦋! #commsky should follow for the best in children and media research, teaching, & children’s media production 132
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · 02/12/2024“Is the internet good for children?” For those who missed my #DigitalFutures4Children public lecture with @LSEMedia.bsky.social @5RightsFound.bsky.social You can now watch or listen here Podcast www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70X...lse.ac.ukIs the internet good for children?Public anxiety about children’s digital lives and wellbeing is reaching a fever pitch, marking a notable turnaround from the decades-long efforts to ensure children are fully digitally included, liter... 05024
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/11/2024resharing for newer followers: STATE supreme courts are immensely important for what's next, as progressives hope they can be a place to turn to on issues from abortion to democracy while the right cements federal courts. so i took a turn at the supreme court results in all 32 states that had them.boltsmag.orgHow Supreme Court Elections Set the Stage for Coming Battles, from Voting to AbortionMore than before, progressives working to protect people’s rights will need state supreme courts to be hospitable to lawsuits that are increasingly dead on arrival at the federal level. 633591
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Happy “when the hell did I subscribe to emails from that business?” to all who celebrate 021
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/11/2024People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change 456371997640
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️ Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile. 📆: deadline February 17! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comProfessorship in Digital Communication with a Focus on Digital SocietyApplication Deadline: February 17, 2025. 312092
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024#Staffy cousins having the best Thanksgiving week 000
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Is the internet good for children? My DigitalFutures4Children lecture is on Wednesday at 6.30 UCT If you’re in London, you can just turn up, come and hear my answer, join the discussion, and have a drink after. Or you can register to join online at www.digital-futures-for-children.net/events 1256
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I just spent the morning finalizing submissions for Journal of Children & Media’s special issue on coming of age (JOCAM is 18)! It’s going to be AMAZING #commsky 020
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25/11/2024One of the things I still don’t understand is how these tech bros can be pro-technology and anti science. 2963408534712
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Jessica Taylor Piotrowski @jesstpiotrowski.bsky.social · 25/11/2024"...your article "Next-Gen Childhoods" has been accepted for publication in the special issue of the Journal of Children and Media to commemorate JOCAM's 18th birthday" Nice to be able to share my thoughts on where we have been, and where we are going as a field. Forthcoming January 25. #commskymedia.tenor.coma small white dog wearing a blue bow tie is standing on the floor .ALT: a small white dog wearing a blue bow tie is standing on the floor . 071
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social · 23/11/2024New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years. Trust in news declined in just over half of countries. It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown. A thread:academic.oup.comThe link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countriesAbstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count 21463205
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️God @thegodshow.com · 23/11/2024Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀 147811399816338
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️Nafnlaus 🇮🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 @nafnlaus.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Pretty much every serious photographer here tries to capture photos of the volcano and the northern lights together. Sometimes, they succeed quite well ;) Photos from Wioleta Gorecka, taken near Reykjanesvíti. 421968364
Reposted by Vikki Katz 🎗️✿Lily cutie ✿ @lilycutie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Choose one alive or human 499339374163
Vikki Katz 🎗️ @vikkikatz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024This is feeling a lot like the bad place when it was a good place! Here’s hoping 🤞 030