PhD alum @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social presenting at #SCMS26!

Presenting at #SCMS26 for the first time! If anyone is interested in seeing Abby and I talk about Netflix's Love on the Spectrum, we're on Saturday 2:15-4:00 @abbysimmerman.bsky.social

Another conference that I came back to Bluesky for and this time it is for my first #scms26. I had a great time yesterday presenting my work on meme-inspired micro-transactions in video games and chairing the panel! Thanks to all who attended, really enjoyed all the presentations and discussion!

End of iconic era 🎓✨🦁 So grateful for everything that my chapter at @bellisariograded.bsky.social contributed, more specifically the amazing people who made that possible 🙏🏻 @sydneyforde.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social @christopherali.bsky.social

A stellar team of grads!!

Congrats to the PhD grads who participated in Commencement: Jiaqi (Agnes) Bao, @erikasolis.bsky.social , @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social, Lana Medina, @sydneyforde.bsky.social; & their advisors: @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social, Patrick Plaisance, @christopherali.bsky.social, @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social.

That’s a wrap! So much growth in five (very long) short years. Honoured to be a @bellisariograded.bsky.social alum 🎓 Special thanks for making yesterday so special: @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social @christopherali.bsky.social

It was such an amazing time at #UDC2025 last week! I got to meet and reconnect with amazing people! Also presented part of my dissertation where I offer adopting the term “memesque” to address the commodification practices targeting memes and meme culture. @uniondemcomm.bsky.social

Unsurprisingly, #UDC2025 was an absolute blast. It was a huge honour to win the Brian Murphy award this year - it will forever live on my bookshelf with pride! Already counting down the 18 months until the next one @uniondemcomm.bsky.social @miccenter.bsky.social @bellisariograded.bsky.social

Bellisario at #UDC2025! @uniondemcomm.bsky.social @iamapghfan.bsky.social @tccorrigan1.bsky.social @aaronhere.bsky.social @abbysimmerman.bsky.social @ryanlizardi.bsky.social @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @sydneyforde.bsky.social

#ICA25 highlights! Denver was great, I got to work with amazing scholars and make new friends. cc: @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @combatwombat1.bsky.social @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social @mkraidy.bsky.social @safaedaoudi.bsky.social

Honoured to win this year’s Brian Murphy Student Paper award from @uniondemcomm.bsky.social for my paper “The Dialectics of Broadband” where I breakdown the contradictions between normative CPEC critiques of broadband access & infrastructure vs exploitation of users via bigtech &data commodification

Today at @uniondemcomm.bsky.social's 2025 conference at 9:30am: @sydneyforde.bsky.social @abbysimmerman.bsky.social @christopherali.bsky.social‬ present "The Voldemort of Broadband Policy: The discursive dismissal of 'rate regulation'" in Cherry Parkes 106.

Important Scholarship!

Very happy to see that this piece is finally out, so proud of it!

Amazing work, Dr. @erikasolis.bsky.social 🤩🤩

Congrats to new Dr. in the house; Dr. @sydneyforde.bsky.social 🤩 so proud of you queen!!

Beyond excited to officially share that i'll be starting a postdoc fellowship at Annenberg's MIC Center this June with Victor Pickard, where I will continue my work focusing on the Critical Political Economy of Communications 🎉 @victorpickard.bsky.social @miccenter.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu

Impactful Scholarship!!

It was an honor to participate in such important hearing and share our work on the political economy of advertising targeting children with Quebec’s National Assembly 👩🏼‍💻🇨🇦 @sydneyforde.bsky.social

Honoured that @erikasolis.bsky.social @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social and I have been invited to participate in a provincial hearing in Quebec via the Special Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Networks on the Health and Development of Young Ppl, where we’ll discuss the harms of advertising🤸🏼‍♀️

Had a fantastic time at #NCA24 in New Orleans catching up with old friends and making some new ones ⚜️📿🎷 @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @marandagoke.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @clctroy.bsky.social @saeeddabbour.bsky.social @v2902s.bsky.social #NCA2024

End of #NCA24 - I am very happy that I got to watch these smart colleagues’ presentations, catch up with old friends, and meet new amazing scholars! @clctroy.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @marandagoke.bsky.social @annieannie.bsky.social

Interesting high-density panel in the Game Studies division moderated by @erikasolis.bsky.social at #NCA24 #NCA2024

Watch out #NCA24 here we come @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social #NCA2024

I need suggestions for this.

Calling all CPEC Scholars! [Please comment suggestions/self nominate below to be added folks] go.bsky.app/FXVfoLf

Welcome to all the new folks incoming. I hope this means people are cutting The Bad Place loose. I've got a starter pack for folks either in journalism/mass comm academia or who are adjacent to it. Some great folks here, and if you'd like to be included please @ me!

So many new followers!! Hello everyone 👋🏻 I have not been active here as much but hoping to become active again! I am Yas, Visiting Asst. Prof. at Marist College - recently finished my PhD at Penn State. I study memes, critical advertising, political economy of media, and popular culture 👩🏼‍💻

Looking to follow smart people studying the internet? I created a starter pack to get you going. Let me know if you want to be added or removed! go.bsky.app/LVrPemK

I had a great time discussing mine and @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social work, thank you everyone who attended our presentation yesterday! #ica24

Estatic to announce the article I wrote with Sydney Forde and Yasmin Beykont is finally out!! The paper looks at how video game microtransactions are overlooked within Québec's current advertising legislation. t.co/c4HeCCl2C1 @sydneyforde.bsky.social @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social

Really honoured to receive a top paper panel award from the Economics, Communication and Society Division at #NCA2023

Collegial 🎃 @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social

Excited for my first #AoIR2023 conference and doctoral colloquium experience!! @aoir.bsky.social

Finished up my first #UDC2023 conference strong debuting the Pennsylvania Broadband Research (PBR) Institute with @christopherali.bsky.social Victor Pickard, David Berman and Sascha Meinrath 🛜 Check out our PSU/UPENN collaborative institute website! www.asc.upenn.edu/research/cen...

My first Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) is over, so happy to get to present two works in front of brilliant scholars this weekend in Philly! Especially one with the dream team Matt McAllister and @sydneyforde.bsky.social 🤩