Dr Raphaël Nowak
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Sociologist of cultures and media. Lecturer at the University of York.
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Romain Molina
3 days ago
Donald Trump has just implicitly threatened the Iranian football team regarding their safety if they come to the World Cup. As Infantino would say
#FootballUnitesTheWorld
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🚨 Publication alert 🚨 I just published an article in the Journal of Academic Ethics that examines how academic staff investigate and sanction suspected cases of academic misconduct.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
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The Procedures of Investigating Academic Misconduct: Perspectives from Academic Staff at a UK Russell Group University
https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10805-026-09734-3?sharing_token=d3mnqWwTsOOMvcr_dEZw2Pe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY7KTkOr20M5ThallBF0DjSxU8ii40Q5Q0-ExQBFEfu6Lh2jdtOWp1DSYDN8u9V5naOpE2IeeHKXIu778tLfG5xH_Q44-yqmCSudDIhJAv77756FQZig4oCvMk1sKcHurBE%3D
6 days ago
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Dave O'Brien
29 days ago
“Above all, it has long had Europe's biggest university campus. Everything comes back to this. The knowledge and the educated workforce are the essential raw ingredient upon which this growth has emerged.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Could Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?
With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester's economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ljgzjwjx3o
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Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/13/gender-studies-trump-epstein?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries, study suggests
Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/24/google-ai-overviews-youtube-medical-citations-study?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 2 months ago
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This is quite funny.
2 months ago
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Sociology graduation today. This time I got some blue on my gown. W.
@drfuturity.bsky.social
@deathandculture.bsky.social
2 months ago
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Management team of
@uoy-sociology.bsky.social
(minus Sarah, Katie, Mary, Gareth, James) being super cold for the whole of its Away Day.
@emmahcasey.bsky.social
@deathandculture.bsky.social
2 months ago
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Oli Mould
3 months ago
Good luck to everyone on a REF2029 panel
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I submitted 3 articles this week with the last one just now before logging off. Fingers crossed I don't come back to 3 desk rejects in early January!
3 months ago
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself?fbclid=IwdGRleAOg7odleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeL3eEFZGwlp3EOgzHhghOa-cMX7N2_0TU39NraC1oY9omEkPp74WjAH1rsLE_aem_Gab1ktd9IsZVCD53tnUd3Q&brid=flULgr-BET5KDlhocj74Jw
3 months ago
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And a happy birthday to
@rivalconsoles.bsky.social
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Fluctuations
https://open.spotify.com/track/6dtXF2zRv19yU8r5PnrznK?si=f0f77873f96c442b
4 months ago
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Oh look, it’s
@deathandculture.bsky.social
on the telly!
4 months ago
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New Futurama season delivers
4 months ago
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Today I learned that saying that 'culture has positive effects' is a banality whereas saying that 'culture reproduces inequalities' is cutting-edge scientific knowledge. The things you learn...
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5 months ago
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Autumn vibes
5 months ago
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🚨New publication alert (for those who speak French), a book on music tastes of French people 🚨 Les goûts musicaux des français par Hervé Glevarec et Raphaël A. Nowak
5 months ago
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Dr Emma Casey
5 months ago
I’m really looking forward to speaking at this event at LSE alongside Lois Shearing and chaired by Rachel O’Neill. All welcome! Link to register is below.
@lsemedia.bsky.social
@manchesterup.bsky.social
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Department of Sociology, University of York
5 months ago
Raphael Nowak (
@raphahead.bsky.social
) has co-authored and published a book titled “Music Tastes of French People: Preferences, Use Values, and Competence” with ‘Le Bord de l’Eau’.
#France
#French
#Music
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Les goûts musicaux des Français.es – Le Bord de l'Eau
Aucun produit dans le panier.
https://www.editionsbdl.com/produit/les-gouts-musicaux-des-francais-es/
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Out of the office update
6 months ago
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Why would anyone need to watch Black Mirror since we are already living in it? 'French streamer dies live online after months of apparent mistreatment'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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French streamer dies live online after months of apparent mistreatment
Jean Pormanove featured regularly in videos in which he appeared to be assaulted or humiliated as viewers watched
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/20/french-government-investigating-death-of-man-during-live-stream
7 months ago
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🚨 new publication alert 🚨 New book chapter, co-authored with Jo Haynes, 'when is a music audience?', published in Mike Dines, Shara Rambarran, and Gareth Dylan Smith's edited collection Handbook of Popular Music Methodologies.
7 months ago
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Getting there
7 months ago
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Mehdi Hasan Breaks Down the Trump-Epstein Friendship, With All the Receipts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAE4...
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Mehdi Breaks Down the Trump-Epstein Friendship, With All the Receipts
YouTube video by Zeteo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAE4si7CoNk
8 months ago
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Research Professional News
8 months ago
Universities urged to hasten ‘quiet retreat’ from X after Grok outcry. Fresh analysis shows increasing numbers of UK universities going silent on Elon Musk’s platform.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Universities urged to hasten ‘quiet retreat’ from X after Grok outcry - Research Professional News
Fresh analysis shows increasing numbers of UK universities going silent on Elon Musk’s platform
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-7-universities-urged-to-hasten-quiet-retreat-from-x-after-grok-outcry/
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Remembering 1985 - The Year of Live Aid, EastEnders, Madonna, Whitney, Back to the Future, The Sinclair C5, and much more!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
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BBC - Remembering 1985 - The Year of Live Aid, EastEnders, Madonna, Whitney, Back to the Future, The Sinclair C5, and much more!
Radio 2 looks back at memorable moments of 1985
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5g4RC43bXFWqVLD9RCcqCYW/remembering-1985-the-year-of-live-aid-eastenders-madonna-whitney-back-to-the-future-the-sinclair-c5-and-much-more
8 months ago
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'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
archive.md/UJIGh#select...
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8 months ago
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Today in AI world... 'He Had a Mental Breakdown Talking to ChatGPT. Then Police Killed Him'
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9 months ago
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Dr Raphaël Nowak
Department of Sociology, University of York
10 months ago
MA Social Research gives you the ideal platform to showcase your capabilities to future employers and PhD programmes alike – so you can break new ground in the worlds of professional and academic research. Want to know more?
buff.ly/wLQF0zR
#UoY
#Sociology
#Research
#Postgraduate
#SocialScience
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MA Social Research
Develop the skills and knowledge to become a highly skilled social science researcher.
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Department of Sociology, University of York
11 months ago
The Department of Sociology is turning 60 years old! 🎉 Join us on the 18th June for lively discussions and conversation on Sociology past, present and future, as we celebrate 60 years of legacies and sociological ideas at York. Sign up and schedule here 👉
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#UoY
#Sociology
#60years
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Celebrating 60 Years of Sociology at York
Please join us at the University of York as the Department of Sociology turns 60 years old!
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Dr Emma Casey
over 1 year ago
My book The Return of the Housewife is now available to pre-order, has an appropriately angry front cover and some lovely early endorsements
@manchesterup.bsky.social
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Manchester University Press - The return of the housewife
The return of the housewife - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The return of the housewife by Emma Casey
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170972/
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Dr Bethan Jones (she/her)
10 months ago
Look what arrived today! Super pleased to see this in print. I think it's a really timely and important collection and I'm so proud of my fellow editors
@simoned.bsky.social
and
@benlitherland.bsky.social
as well as our amazing contributors for all of the work they put into it.
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Department of Sociology, University of York
10 months ago
The MA Global Culture & Society combines classical theories with cutting-edge research practice. You'll acquire first-hand experience of social scientific research alongside a range of transferable skills useful for academia, the market, and industry. 🔗
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#UoY
#Sociology
#Postgraduate
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Department of Sociology, University of York
10 months ago
Want to design tech that makes a difference? At York, our MSc Social Media and Interactive Technologies bridges sociology and computer science, so you can create digital experiences that put people first.
#uoy
#uoysociology
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Dr Raphaël Nowak
Department of Sociology, University of York
11 months ago
Are you interested in pursuing your studies and graduating with a Masters Degree? Our MSc Social Media and Management at York empowers you to lead organisations through digital transformation. More info
buff.ly/780rB5z
#UoY
#Sociology
#Masters
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Dr Raphaël Nowak
Department of Sociology, University of York
11 months ago
Interested in earning a Masters degree? 🎓 Our MA Criminology will give an in-depth understanding of the key issues in criminology. You will develop your knowledge, and we'll equip you to conduct your own research.
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#UoY
#Sociology
#Criminology
#Postgraduate
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MA Criminology
Gain an in-depth understanding of key issues, debates and theoretical perspectives in criminology and the skills to research crime.
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Bylines Network
11 months ago
Toilet segregation: an issue for everyone The UK’s EHRC has advised that toilet access should be restricted by sex, but in practice this means problems, and not just for trans people By Jennie Kermode
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Toilet segregation: an issue for everyone
The UK’s EHRC has advised that toilet access should be restricted by sex, but in practice this means problems, and not just for trans people
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/toilet-segregation-an-issue-for-everyone/
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Oli Mould
11 months ago
It's also the same reason as to why more men voted for Donald Trump. Men are more likely to like fascism.
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Climatologist49
11 months ago
🚨🔥🚨 Europe just had their warmest March on record.
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'but he hasn't even been potter of the week yet!' is the kind of things I now say.
#middleclassmuch
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12 months ago
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« Une corruption d’une intensité jamais atteinte » : la charge des parties civiles au procès Sarkozy-Kadhafi
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
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« Une corruption d’une intensité jamais atteinte » : la charge des parties civiles au procès Sarkozy-Kadhafi
Les avocates et avocats d’associations anticorruptions et des familles de victimes de l’attentat contre le DC-10 d’UTA ont plaidé lundi, au procès des financements libyens, devant la chaise vide de N…
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/250325/une-corruption-d-une-intensite-jamais-atteinte-la-charge-des-parties-civiles-au-proces-sarkozy-kadhafi
12 months ago
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Spotted in Amsterdam
12 months ago
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Nous resterons debout !
Un rassemblement d'un millier de chercheuses, de chercheurs, d'étudiantes et d'étudiants s'est réuni à Marseille le 07 mars dernier. J'y ai prononcé un discours sur l'importance de la résistance du m…
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/thomas-vaisse/blog/130325/nous-resterons-debout
about 1 year ago
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Alina Poliakova 🇺🇦
about 1 year ago
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History Workshop
about 1 year ago
UK universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock (@davehitchcock.bsky.social) on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be approached as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop....
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A Decade of Crisis
The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-decade-of-crisis/
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Mediapart
about 1 year ago
Manifestations devant les concessionnaires et les bornes de chargement, voitures endommagées, campagnes de désinvestissement : la résistance économique contre Elon Musk se structure. Avec un certain succès. Par Alexis Buisson
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Aux États-Unis, Tesla dans le collimateur de la « résistance » anti-Trump
Manifestations devant les concessionnaires et les bornes de chargement, voitures endommagées, campagnes de désinvestissement : la résistance économique contre Elon Musk se structure. Avec un certain succès.
https://l.mediapart.fr/ntz
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Karen Gregory
about 1 year ago
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Byline Times
about 1 year ago
🔴UK Taxpayers’ Cash Is Funding an Arms Firm Whose Biggest Shareholder Is Now Bankrolling Nigel Farage’s Reform UK The UK Government’s big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK’s biggest donor bylinetimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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UK Taxpayers' Cash Is Funding an Arms Firm Whose Biggest Shareholder Is Now Bankrolling Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
The UK Government's big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK's biggest donor
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/28/uk-taxpayers-cash-is-funding-an-arms-firm-whose-biggest-shareholder-is-now-bankrolling-nigel-farages-reform-uk/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1740993272
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WIRED
about 1 year ago
A WIRED investigation reveals that billion-dollar scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands are enslaved—are using Starlink, the satellite internet service from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to stay online and keep their operations running.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
https://buff.ly/3QE00FD
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