David Elliot Berman
@davidberman.bsky.social
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A professor. Enjoyer/spreader of misinformation. Platforms, policy, political economy of the media.
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Aaron Shapiro
about 1 month ago
Looks awesome
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The network dialectic: the digital divide and the contradictions of Philadelphia's digital equity strategy
This study examines the political economy, discursive legitimations, and effectiveness of the primary U.S. policy response to narrowing the digital divide: public subsidies for internet service. Us...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2561026#abstract
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Victor Pickard
about 1 month ago
Important new research into the contradictions of US broadband policy by two leading political economists.
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Pawel Popiel
about 1 month ago
🚨 New article out, great colab w/
@davidberman.bsky.social
, assessing the primary U.S. response to the digital divide: the corporate subsidy. Using mixed methods, we show how networked "digital equity" reinforces network monopoly.
@miccenter.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2BPFG...
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Scott Ashworth
about 1 month ago
I agree with one caveat: once you go down the strategic route, it is 100% in bounds for your interlocutors to be suspicious of your motives when you are trying to tell the truth. This is becoming a problem for the abundance program I think.
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Pawel Popiel
3 months ago
New piece from me and
@davidberman.bsky.social
, previewing our research on the rollout, implementation, and experience of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) before and after its end
www.benton.org/blog/lived-b...
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Lived Broadband Policy: Experiencing the Affordable Connectivity Program
Quantitative data gleaned from surveys and other sources can illuminate how connectivity initiatives perform
https://www.benton.org/blog/lived-broadband-policy-experiencing-affordable-connectivity-program
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jamelle
3 months ago
the same administration screaming at universities about “merit” is also elevating unqualified hacks to critical positions, which makes you wonder about what they mean by “merit”
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Dominique Baker
4 months ago
If you won't believe me, here's Paul
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Thrilled that my article “On Optimization: Cultural Labor in Platform Capitalism” has just been published in New Media & Society.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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David Elliot Berman
Pawel Popiel
9 months ago
New piece out with
@davidberman.bsky.social
giving a preview of our study of post-pandemic efforts to address the digital divide in Philadelphia, especially Comcast's central role in it
www.benton.org/content/digi...
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The Digital Divide in Comcast Town
First post from Philadelphia Equitable Broadband project
https://www.benton.org/content/digital-divide-comcast-town
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David Elliot Berman
Sydney L Forde
10 months ago
So proud of the big things happening at our Pennsylvania Broadband Research (PBR) Institute!
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Penn State professors partner on digital equity grant to benefit Philadelphia | Penn State University
Two Penn State faculty members recognized for their expertise in broadband and digital access helped shape an effort that secured a five-year, $11.9 million grant that will benefit residents of the ci...
https://www.psu.edu/news/bellisario-college-communications/story/penn-state-professors-partner-digital-equity-grant-benefit
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