Amodei, CEO of Anthropic Headline: People outside field are often surprised that we do not understand how our own AI creations work.. this lack of understanding is unprecedented in history of technology Take away: call for academic research on interpretability www.darioamodei.com/post/the-urg...

New @creativepec.bsky.social report! “HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ARTS AND CULTURE SECTORS” pec.ac.uk/wp-content/u... The report examines graduate outcomes from a range of creative subjects, looking at skills and earnings. Full summary 🧵 to come tomorrow!

I was asked by the AcSS to reflect a bit on the importance of social sciences, why it matters, and the most pressing issues of our time. Nothing too grand then! You can read my musings in response to those questions on their website: acss.org.uk/professor-ei...

The humanities matter and on our watch we’ll go big and bold to support them more, says Irene Tracey. The British Academy's Manifesto for the Humanities and Social Sciences takes up the practicalities of this call here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

It is even more humbling to see all the other outstanding Fellows announced today and those already part of the Academy! Truly a special honour.

Calling all abstracts! The @meccsa.bsky.social Postgraduate Network Conference @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social invites contributions that explore the concept of instability and its relationship with media from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective. Scan the QR code to apply....

Powerful article by Mads Nyborg Stestad (NRK) that investigates lack of robust environmental assessments (or adherence to those) for developments in Norway. Text in Norwegian, though you can pop it through browser or Google translate. Worth it.

The REF 2029 main and sub-panel recruitment is now open. ▶️ Sub-panel chair + deputy chair – deadline 6 February 2025 ▶️ Sub-panel member and other roles – deadline 28 April 2025 📝 One single form & self nomination. Full details and context on MeCCSA website: www.meccsa.org.uk/news/ref-202...

Another massive congratulations to the @thebreaker.bsky.social team @bournemouthuni.bsky.social for winning best news website at the BJCT Awards! @bjtc.bsky.social #bjtcawards See more bjtc.org.uk/awards

Congratulations Natasha Salloum from @bournemouthuni.bsky.social on winning Best TV Feature at the BJTC Journalism Awards! @thebreaker.bsky.social @bjtc.bsky.social #bjtcawards See more bjtc.org.uk/awards

Good luck everyone who has been nominated! :)

I'm very happy to say the Future of Journalism conference at Cardiff University is taking place again next September - the CfP is now out:🧵 (1/5)

Fun historical take on UK Universities, with a serious point

📣U.S. Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign🗳️ Free report featuring 88 articles from leading scholars with snap analysis and research insights on the 2024 U.S. General Election. 🔗https://www.electionanalysis.ws/us/ 📄https://bit.ly/USElectionAnalysis2024_Jackson-et_al_v1-COMPRESSED

We've created this list with some of the voices that tweet about journalism on this platform, including @richardfletcher.bsky.social @jeffjarvis.bsky.social @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @nataliaviana.bsky.social @amlwhere.bsky.social and others. Who else should we include? bsky.app/profile/did:...

And it is a wrap for the all-night coverage of the 2024 US Election. Working across five TV studios at BU and live interviews with our partners in the US, five multimedia newsrooms, live blogs and social media... it has produced some amazing content and some very tired people!

We are about to go LIVE for our Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University coverage of the 2024 US Election! Website: us2024.buprojects.uk LiveStream: youtube.com/@BULivestream

Packed event for the official BCP Film Office launch yesterday at THIS Workspace in Bournemouth. Such a brilliant show of strength for the region, our creative industries, local partnerships and of course: locations!

Great opening keynote at #MeCCSA2024 Bit more about her GLOW project here: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/glow-il...

Francesca Sobande is a writer and senior lecturer in Digital Media Studies. Her keynote is titled 'Nu-Metal, Old Politics: The Soundtracks and Stylings of a Subculture in Crisis.' Find out more about Francesca's keynote here - www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/meccs...

Graham Murdock is Emeritus Professor of Culture and Economy at Loughborough University. He will be discussing ' Confronting Catastrophe: Digitalized capitalism and the battle for a common future' at #MeCCSA2024. Find out more about Graham here - www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/meccs...

Sarah Atkinson is the Professor of Screen Media at King's College London. Her keynote is titled ' Feminist Futurism: Transcending technocratic mediocrity at #MeCCSA2024. Find out more about Sarah here - www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/meccs...

We are a few weeks away from the MeCCSA conference and we are excited to announce our keynote speakers, Professor Sarah Atkinson, Professor Graham Murdock and Dr Francesa Sobande. #MeCCSA2024 #SODA #ManMet #Manchester

Another excellent report from British Academy’s SHAPE Observatory exploring post-16 subject diversity over time. Four figures that stood out to me and you may find of interest, but do go read the full thing. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/report-...

New British Academy report with rich evidence about the importance and impact of media, screen, journalism and communication studies in British higher education. Full report here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/53...

We are GO for UK Election Analysis 2024! #GeneralElection Whilst you're waiting, take a look at the previous ones: www.electionanalysis.ws

Revised Subject Benchmark Statement for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies published today. Now available from the QAA website: www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-... Link has full statement plus a more accessible summary overview. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

Youch. Nicely designed experiment, not-so-nice results.

Stand by for action.

Call for Papers deadline for our Annual Conference has been extended to 19th February. The original CFP was posted just before the winter break and may have been missed by some. Full CFP here: www.meccsa.org.uk/events/confe... Submit abstract here: easychair.org/conferences/...

Surprising move by X ... the company has launched, with no notifications, a procedure to apply for data access on systemic risks to EU based scholars. Quiet compliance? Please share your experiences! commsky csssky polisky polcomm dsa @academic-chatter.bsky.social techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/x...

⚠️Fully funded PhD Studentship⚠️ Developing a measurement framework to represent impact of social media on organisations in crisis Supervisors: Scott Wright and Tanya Le Roux Working with partner Helpful Digital / Tim Lloyd www.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/course...

New blog post: has the cabinet moved left on economic issues? www.chrishanretty.co.uk/posts/rishi_...

I am looking for a new Deputy Dean to join the Faculty of Media & Communication at Bournemouth University to lead our education portfolio Why BU? www.bournemouth.ac.uk/why-bu/learn... Our Faculty: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/our-fa... Job details: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/about/jobs/d... #commsky 📟

Congratulations to BU students Affiong Bassey and Charlotte Albutt on winning the #CRAs23 📻 award in category of “News, Journalism & Factual Storytelling of the Year” Check out their reportage and behind the story reflections: bu-breaker.shorthandstories.com/the-hosts/in...

Enjoying these gems from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023: www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...

Trying to explain this place to a friend joining shortly: Twitter / X is like Windows 98. Mastodon is like Linux and its plethora of distributions. Bluesky is like OSX Leopard.

Always a highlight when the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition winners are announced: www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/gallery #WPY59 #WPYAwards

📢Today we (the Media Reform Coalition) have published a new edition of our flagship ‘Who Owns the UK Media?’ report. 90% of national newspaper circulation in the UK is now controlled by just 3 companies: DMG Media, News UK & Reach. More here: www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/new-rep...

Is there a way of creating feed generators with custom algorithms without setting up ATProto server? Not adverse to doing that, but it would be nice if there was a simplified way to approach it - or maybe there is and I just missed it.

Got code, got set up. Hope this seed grows.