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Zizi Papacharissi

@zizip.bsky.social
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UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series

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Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It's @zizip.bsky.social kicking off the conference with "30 after" looking back and forwards on digital communication research. Good to see Zizi reframe technology as architecture, broadening the perspective of afforandances. #digikomm2026 (2/x)
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berlin-news-en.bsky.social @berlin-news-en.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social ↻ strippel.bsky.social (1/2): In September, @zizip.bsky.social will be a Distinguished Fellow at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. On Wednesday, September 16th, from 6-8 pm, she
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Christian Strippel @strippel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Im September ist @zizip.bsky.social als Distinguished Fellow am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. Am Mittwoch, den 16.9., 18-20 Uhr, hält sie einen öffentlichen Abendvortrag zu „Affective AI: Dreams and Nightmares about Technology and Civic Life“. Anmeldung: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun...
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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
16 years ago, @zizip.bsky.social wrote "Privacy as a Luxury Commodity." www.firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph... The Discourse is finally catching up.
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Opinion | Taylor Swift was able to buy her privacy at MSG. What about the rest of us?
Reports that Madison Square Garden temporarily shut off its facial recognition system for Swift’s wedding expose a glaring problem with how the elite wield and control mass surveillance.
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Maxwell Foxman @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
New Book Chapter w/ @nieborg.bsky.social about early days of AI news coverage. Drawing from our book, we argue mainstreaming AI will be hard, especially given expectations for journalists to play with and understand the tech. Send me a note if you need a copy: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Mainstreaming AI | 8 | How Journalists Play with Emerging Technologies
This chapter examines the role of US-based journalists in shaping artificial intelligence (AI) discourses and imaginaries as the innovation becomes increasingly
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Axel Bruns @snurb.info · 24/04/2026
Breigha Adeyemo and @zizip.bsky.social introduce the concept of unbecoming. Twitter has now unbecome, following its conversion into X; X itself is unbecoming of a public communications infrastructure in a democratic society. Current logics of permanent growth and value extraction must be undone.
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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Anybody on here worked with the Social Media tribunal?
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Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
PhD alum Yin Yang, PhD candidate Timilehin Durotoye, and Distinguished Professor Homero Gil de Zúñiga contribute "The Impact of AI on Democracy," in the forthcoming "The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Democracy," edited by @zizip.bsky.social. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Democracy
A comprehensive collection that offers an overview of digital technologies and democratic practice, this Companion explores the topic of digital media and democracy from a historically rich and socio‑...
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Macau Mak @macaukfmak.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
New Pub @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social 📢 With multiplatform #socialmedia use on the rise, we (w/ @prowag.bsky.social ) introduce a two-step approach to investigate how networks across platforms conjointly & distinctly relate to incidental exposure. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Manuscript Monday! New on our feed📲A Complex New Media Ecology: Mapping Shifting Digital Players and Evolving Boundaries in Lifestyle Journalism - Lydia Cheng, Bunty Avieson, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky #journalismsky
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A Complex New Media Ecology: Mapping Shifting Digital Players and Evolving Boundaries in Lifestyle Journalism - Lydia Cheng, Bunty Avieson, 2025
Guided by boundary work, this study aims to investigate how lifestyle journalism’s boundaries are changing in response to the rise of creator culture. Specifica...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
New on our feed📲Why Do News Sharers Choose Not to Share News? A Self-Presentation Model of Deliberate News Withholding on Social Media - Jennifer Ihm, Eun-mee Kim, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky #journalismsky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(2/9) Black Twitter as “Master” Social Architects: Maintaining Online Community Boundaries Through the Production of Time and Place - Cynthia N. McLeod, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(3/9) Fierce Feminism or False Promises? Netizens’ Perceptions of the Party-State in Gender Controversies on Weibo - Xiaoyi Liu, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(4/9) Watch, Scroll, Repeat: How Interface Design Shapes Consumptive Curation Affordances on TikTok - Carlos Entrena-Serrano, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(5/9) Flame Badges and Virtual Pets: Gamified Sociality on Douyin - Hui Lin, Rafal Zaborowski, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(6/9) China Defenders From Abroad: Exploring Pro-China Foreign Political Influencers on X/Twitter - Leiyuan Tian, Fan Liang, Zhao Alexandre Huang, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(7/9) “Stop Being so Fkn Soft”: Masculinity, Politics, and the Acceptance of Gender-Based Online Violence Myths Among Young Canadian Men - Esteban Morales, Jaigris Hodson, Yimin Chen, Kaitlynn Mendes, George Veletsianos, Chandell Gosse, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(8/9) Knowing Your Users by Heart: A Critical Examination of the Scientific Research on Emotions Conducted by Social Media Platforms - Camille Alloing, Elsa Fortant, Julien Pierre, Fabien Richert, Rémi Palisser, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
(9/9) Social Media’s Midlife Crisis? How Public Discourse Imagines Platform Futures - Chelsea Butkowski, Frances Corry, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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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
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
(New) Manuscript Monday! Now posted on our feed📲Projecting Culture Through Hashtag Activism: The #IAmABlackMan Challenge on Instagram - Candice L. Edrington, Tara M. Mortensen, Odera Ezenna, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Manuscript Monday! More new on our feed📲Scrolling Through Chaos: The Implications of TikTok for Crisis Sensemaking - Christy Khoury, Jeff Hemsley, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Manuscript Monday! New on our feed📲 Echo Chambers of Digital Harm: Insights Into Layered Affordances From India and South Korea - Heesoo Jang, Narayanamoorthy Nanditha, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky #MeTooIndia
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Echo Chambers of Digital Harm: Insights Into Layered Affordances From India and South Korea - Heesoo Jang, Narayanamoorthy Nanditha, 2025
This article introduces the concept of layered affordances to affordance theory, providing a framework for analyzing how digital platform affordances intersect ...
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Manuscript Monday! New on our feed📲Social Processes in the Intensification of Online Hate: The Effects of Verbal Replies to Anti-Muslim and Anti-Jewish Posts Following 7 October 2023 - Zachary P. Rosen, Joseph B. Walther, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Manuscript Monday! Check out what's new on our feed 📲 How do Healthy Political Discussions Invigorate Online Participation? Evidence from 17 European Countries - Laia Castro et al, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky #polisky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Manuscript Monday! New on our feed📲 State Interests, Global Platforms: How Chinese Journalists Use American Platforms at Work - Tucker Wang-Hai, Bibo Lin, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Manuscript Monday! New on our feed📲 Sad Dating Apps: Emotional Technological Determinism and Agency in Late Modernity - Łukasz Szulc, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Manuscript Monday! More new on our feed 📲 From Politics to Entertainment: Exploring “News Finds Me” Perceptions Across News Topics - Afrooz Mosallaei, Luxuan Wang, Katherine Ognyanova, 2025 doi.org/10.1177/2056... #academicsky #polisky
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Introduction to 2K Special Issue on “Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific Region” - Crystal Abidin, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
“When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Vlogger”: Child Influencers in the Philippines - Samuel I. Cabbuag, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Family, Parenting, and Kid Influencers in Thailand: Balance Among Family Values, Cultures, and Child Development - Vimviriya Limkangvanmongkol, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Korean Toddlers at Play or at Work? Commodifiable Authenticity of Sponsored Child-Rearing Vlogs - Hanwool Choe, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Kidfluencers in India: Commodification, Consumption, and Perpetuation of Dominant Culture - Devina Sarwatay, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Young People on Social Media: The Implications of Child Influencers in Vietnam - Nguyen Do Doan Hanh, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Performing Girlhood and Sisterhood in China: Chinese International Student Influencers’ Everyday Self-Presentation on RedNote - Wenxiang Zeng, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Negotiating Gender, Race, and Nationhood in Parenting on Douyin: White Mummy Bloggers in Chinese-Foreign Marriages in China - Xinxin Jiang, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Tahfiz-Tok: Malaysian Muslim Religious Schools’ Platform Vernaculars - Emma Baulch, Benjamin Y. H. Loh, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Growing Up Online Through Divorce: Child Influencers and Family Change in Indonesia - Ariane Utomo, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The Price of Virality and the Imperative for (Self) Regulation of Child Social Media Influencers in Taiwan - Yavor A. Kostadinov, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The Regulation of Child Influencers in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region - Crystal Abidin, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #child_influencers #2K_Special_Issue
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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New 2K Special Issue alert, edited by the one and only Crystal Abidin 2K: Child Influencers in the Asia Pacific journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec... #child_influencers
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Dr Caitlin McGrane @caitlinaithne.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Yay new publication day! Last year, Larissa Hjorth, Peta Murray and I looked into older adults' animal pet image sharing practices. We found while there are myriad reasons, many of them revolve around kinship. Paper is open access so please share and cite widely: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sophia Knight @sophiaaknight.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🟡 My report on Public Service Media and Democracy in the Digital Age, ft. insights from leading thinkers @ethanz.bsky.social @idpiumass.bsky.social @publicspaces.net @angelquicksey.bsky.social @newpublic.org @vpro.nl @felixsimon.bsky.social @reutersinstitute.bsky.social @zizip.bsky.social 🟡
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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
We are here now 👋🫶🏝️
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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I finally get to speak to the UN Libya mission tomorrow, including local journalists and news folk (via zoom). My talk was postponed three times due to political turmoil. Here’s a couple of my va slides that they translated for tomorrow - excited!
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Lamprini Rori @lamprinirori.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Tην Παρασκευή 06.06 οργανώνουμε τη 2η διαδικτυακή συζήτηση του Εργαστηρίου Πολιτικής Επικοινωνίας και Μέσων Πληροφόρησης. Θα έχουμε τη χαρά να συζητήσουμε με την @zizip.bsky.social και τους Νικόλα Βουλέλη και Νίκο Κωνσταντάρα εάν η άνοδος του πολιτικού αυταρχισμού σχετίζεται με τα μέσα πληροφόρησης.
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Francesco Bailo @francescobailo.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
🚨 New research! With Milly Stilinovic & @dhutchman.bsky.social, we explore how AI is being creatively misused in experimental online spaces we call Underspheres — and why current regulation can’t keep up. New Media & Society doi.org/10.1177/1461... Conversation theconversation.com/ai-is-moving...
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AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check
Existing efforts to regulate AI share a limitation: they’re built around intended use, not the messy, creative and often unintended ways it is actually being used.
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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Thank you to the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy and the luminous Gina Neff at the U of Cambridge for hosting me, along with featured speakers and longtime thinking pals Safiya Noble and Audrey Tang. Here’s my keynote on What AI Can and Cannot Do for Democracy: youtu.be/xw7XN-lh0rk?...
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Spotlight Speech: What AI Can and Cannot Do for Democracy, with Zizi Papacharissi
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Like all information technology, AI: - does not democratize, it pluralizes - does not equalize, it amplifies @zizip.bsky.social
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