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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Guest editors: Yingwen Wang @yingwenwang.bsky.social (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London), Hui Lin (King's College London), Zoetanya Sujon @zoetanja.bsky.social (London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK), Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

💬 'That’s how people make sense of the world through collective interpretation of unrelated to them events.' Dr @zaborowski.bsky.social @kingsdh.bsky.social quoted in @nytimes.com on the viral clip of Karlson’s arrest being included in the Australian National Film and Sound Archive collection ⬇️

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Why Australia Enshrined ‘a Succulent Chinese Meal’ Rant in Its Archive

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our own @zaborowski.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on the “succulent Chinese meal” video – and why it makes for the perfect memeable and spreadable content.

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Delighted to see our own Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social featured in @nytimes.com reflecting on the enduring legacy of the iconic Guy Goma BBC interview — 20 years on. Read the article here: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/b...

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A Mistaken Guy: The 20-Year Legacy of a Live TV Blunder

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

💬 'It captures this sort of anxiety that we all have about being thrust into a role we’re not prepared for, but trying to perform competently anyway.' Dr @zaborowski.bsky.social @kingsdh.bsky.social was quoted in @nytimes.com on Guy Goma's famous BBC interview 🔽

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A Mistaken Guy: The 20-Year Legacy of a Live TV Blunder

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

A new book series with Univ of Exeter Press: Global Digital Futures, ed. by Cristina Moreno Almeida and myself. It takes digital culture beyond the anglophone datasphere, focusing on alternative epistemologies, methods, and futures. Check www.exeterpress.co.uk/collections/... and get in touch!

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Global Digital Futures

Series editors: Cristina Moreno-Almeida, Queen Mary University of London and Rafal Zaborowski, King’s College London The Global Digital Futures book series is dedicated to expanding the intellectual h...

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University of Exeter Press @uexeterpress.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

New Book Series 📚️ Global Digital Futures If you are interested in writing for the series we would love to hear from you. Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/k8xvs2ck #digitalculturestudies #digitalculture #digitalfutures

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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

🚨Special Issue Alert: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics (1/9) Introduction from our guest editors Zoetanya Sujon, Harry Dyer and Felipe Bonow Soares. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #academicsky #socialmediasky

Image of first page of journal article entitled "Social Media and Society: Platforms, Publics, and Anti-Publics"

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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Computational Humanities Education (Academic Education Pathway). 📔 Contract: Full-time, indefinite contract 🗓 Apply by: 25 August 2025 Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru... #DigitalHumanities #AcademicJobs #Hiring

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

A very full and fascinating Audience Section panel on influencer cultures at #iamcr2025 #iamcr #iamcraud More tomorrow!

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

📺 Tune in this Sunday, 6 July, at 9:10 am for the English version of the NHK documentary "New Japonism: Vocaloids", featuring our own Dr @zaborowski.bsky.social! 🔗 Catch it on NHK On-Demand: buff.ly/RmQa19V #DigitalCulture #Vocaloids @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Two members of NHK crew are filming Dr Rafal Zaborowski in his office on King's Strand Campus.

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⚗️ @mikuer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

We'll be getting 4 airings of this in the next day, so there will be a few chances to catch it before it's taken off. You can find the schedule here!

NHK World schedule listing:
"J-POP: Vocaloid Goes Global
NEO-JAPONISM
Japanese Vocaloid culture has taken the world by storm, sparking a global fan base and inspiring a new generation of artists. Watch and learn about this technology and how it unleashes creativity."
Thumbnail is a photo of two overseas Rin & Len cosplayers
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/

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⚗️ @mikuer.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

hello vocasky! the NHK overseas Vocaloid fandom special is premiering internationally in 3 hours!! Check out the livestream here 👇

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April Wei-West @aprilw.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Characteristically forgot to sit down to watch this but managed to tune in to the last quarter, just at @zaborowski.bsky.social's interview!

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Dr Death and Bones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Very exciting PhD on film tourism impacts being advertised at Edith Cowan University supervised by Associate Professor Sangkyun Kim & Dr Eerang Park with the potential for a scholarship too. I'm tempted and I've got a PhD! More details at www.linkedin.com/posts/kouros... #fanstudies #filmtourism

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Microsoft Word - Film tourism impacts_SeanKim_Eerang Park_ECU SBL 2024 | Kourosh Esfandiar, PhD | 16 comments

Exciting PhD Scholarship Opportunity – Film Tourism Impacts Project I am delighted to share an excellent PhD scholarship opportunity on a film tourism impacts… | 16 comments on LinkedIn

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

RIP Jonathan Sterne - most influential sound studies scholar of the past 20 years, renowned mentor, dedicated colleague.

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Debuted on NHK last week! I was interviewed for a TV special on vocaloid cultures, focusing on how they allow listeners and young people in particular to develop their voice and a sense of agency. Friends in Japan can catch it on-demand.

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Lucy Bennett @lucykbennett.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

My new article, co-authored with @zaborowski.bsky.social & focused on Kate Bush fandom on TikTok is now out 🎵

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Happy Fat Thursday, the best Polish holiday

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Nelson correctly says that of course Sunak is English, but absolutely misses his part in shaping the rhetoric we have now which makes the "unthinkable" questions mainstream.

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Is Rishi Sunak English? It didn't use to be a question

The era of Trump and Musk is seeing issues raised in a way unthinkable a year ago - but it may yet trip up Farage

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I s Rishi Sunak really English? Until recently I had no idea this was a controversial question, but the debate is fast evolving amid the Trump “vibe shift”.

The once unthinkable is being said regularly: yesterday's taboos are becoming today's orthodoxies. A new breed of digital discussion programmes are shaping the national conversation.

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Sankei gallery for 猫の日(Cat Day) leads with this photo. www.sankei.com/article/2025...

A cat leaps from one gatepost to the other, with a wooden torii in the background. The cat's body stretches from one pillar of the torii to the other.

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Please repost! My department -- Waseda University's Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies -- is planning to offer a tenured position to begin in 2026. We're a friendly place and we offer one of the best research environments in Japan. Application information here! Thanks for reposting, folks!

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Academic Recruitment April 2026 for the Post of Full-Time Academic Faculty

The Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) at WASEDA University is conducting a search for the following full-time academic faculty...

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Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

It's publication day for this edited collection that I've been working on with my two fabulous co-editors. Plenty of great work in here on animation, fandom and transmedia, and the general importance of this classic film 🕷🎃🎄 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nightmare...

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The Nightmare Before Christmas

This edited collection considers The Nightmare Before Christmas as a milestone in animation and film history, considering the different layers of meaning and hi…

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

New open access article! With @lucykbennett.bsky.social we explore the resurgence of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" on TikTok -- creativity, renewal and nostalgia through fandom, but also tensions between platform infrastructure, creators and audiences. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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#Runningupthathill, revival and popular music fandom on TikTok

The fourth season of Stranger Things (2022) used Kate Bush’s 1985 single ‘Running up that Hill’ for a key narrative moment, propelling the song back into the charts. This resurgence also inspired n...

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

saying "go birds" but just rooting for birds in general, hope they're having fun and not catching that flu

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Academics have always been complaining about admin duties eating into their teaching and research time

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Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Are we in a second Cold War? @iliasalami.bsky.social, @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social, @steverolf.bsky.social and @sethschindler.bsky.social argue that the current conflict focuses on controlling global economic networks rather than ideology or territory. www.tni.org/en/article/t...

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Lucy Bennett @lucykbennett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Free access music article collection! @zaborowski.bsky.social & I edited a collection of 20 music academic articles for journal @icsjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...

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Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🎶 Exciting news! Check out our latest #iCS #digitalCollection on Popular Music, featuring classic articles on streaming, devices, mediated fandom, and more! Edited by @lucykbennett.bsky.social & @zaborowski.bsky.social . Free access for a limited time! 🎉📚 www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Seriously, this has to be one of the stupidest things I've heard from a Labour MP in this parliament - and possibly ever.

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Dr Death and Bones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Me and @simoned.bsky.social are organising a pre-SCMS symposium on participatory culture, politics and reactionary fandom. Details and CFP are available at fanstudies.org/2025/02/05/c... and we'd love to see some abstracts from you!

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CFP: Participatory Culture, Politics and Reactionary Fandom

CFP: Participatory Culture, Politics and Reactionary FandomDe Paul University, 2 April 2025Fan practices and behaviours have increasingly moved beyond fan communities into the political, economic, …

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Free access! @lucykbennett.bsky.social and I curated a collection of 20 articles focusing on music and sound from the past two decades www.tandfonline.com/journals/ric...

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mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Japanese primary school children dropped from 4th to 6th in an international ranking of science education. The Ministry says this was down to a question not taught in Japan. Namely, which of the animals below live in the desert? www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

Pictures of a bear, camel, otter, tiger, lizard and scorpion.

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Agree! It’s always the wrong aspect; have it handle participant recruitment instead

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I know I’m 37 years late with this but the bosses in the original Metal Gear had the best names

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Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

👉 The Media & Communication starter pack of starter packs 📺 🎞️ 📱 💬 Internet Studies: go.bsky.app/LVrPemK Internet Studies 2: go.bsky.app/KHmxfWf Internet Studies 3: go.bsky.app/9uYafGv Media Theory: go.bsky.app/RGLr16b Audience Studies: go.bsky.app/2CKVP4u

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Rafal Zaborowski @zaborowski.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

if you find the new Signal app colour hue terrible, you can change it in settings (iOS) and go back to being angry about proper things

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

i had a look because i couldn't resist and the first "fancy woke filling" mentioned in the article is chicken

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