My blog post about generic memory has just been published on The Memory Palace:

Zu Gast im "Philisophischen Radio", WDR 5: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

After several years of work, the thoroughly revised English edition of my book on characters is now available via open access. You can download it for free here (or purchase a beautiful printed copy): www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... .

Characters are central to the creation and experience of films and other media. Their cultural significance is profound, but they also raise a wide range of questions. This book provides a comprehensive theory that guides the analysis and interpretation of characters. buff.ly/TZ7Limv

🎨July Visual Arts picks are here! 📘Spotlight Book: Understanding Video Activism on Social Media – now in hardback, paperback & Open Access. 📰Featured Article: Colours of Gaza – exploring how children learn through their environment. Read more here👉ow.ly/hWQM50WpauX

Our book, Understanding Video Activism on Social Media, is now available in open access. You can download it here: www.intellectbooks.com/understandin.... We hope it will be useful for researchers and democratic actors online.

The totalitarian surveillance apparatus now in place to secure the fascist coup of MAGA & the tech oligarchs has been decades in the making, with support from both parties & tacit backing from many foreign governments, which gladly made use of its intelligence 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

Ausschreibung: Promotionsstelle zur Diskurs- / Datenanalyse des gesellschaftlich engagierten Kinofilms in Deutschland, im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts „Film als Katalysator sozialer Transformation“ (Filmuniversität Babelsberg, VolkswagenStiftung): karriere.filmuniversitaet.de/jobposting/9...

NEW 🧵 The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border. Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...

The American college experience—earning a degree to join the middle class while coming of age on a pastoral campus with sororities and sports—may be over. Trump's attacks on higher ed impact much more than just Columbia or scientific research. They put the whole idea of college at risk. My story:

Meiner Ansicht nach ist es Teil des Aufklärens, auch Dinge zu benennen. Trump, Musk & Vance wollen 100% spalten, mit shiftenden Zugehörigkeiten, so dass niemand sicher ist. #Counterpunch Beispiele zeigen, wie wer wo sich der Attacke auf Demokratie widersetzt - egal aus welcher Partei/Sektor/Land.

Good overview by @karenhao.bsky.social on the risks of scientific decline in America. But here’s the thing I’m noticing, based on people I’ve spoken to and who write to me about my own reporting: The argument that all innovation started w/federal research is apparently not sufficiently persuasive.

Kommt in die Philosophie-Ausstellung im Dortmunder U! Es geht um Wahrnehmungsillusionen, implizite Vorurteile und Paradoxien des Verstehens. #philsky

Viele Versprechen der Parteien im #Bundestagswahlkampf führen die Wähler hinters Licht. Manche der Versprechen von massiven #Steuersenkungen sind gigantisch und stehen im Widerspruch zur Schuldenbremse. Die Enttäuschung der Wähler ist vorprogrammiert. Unsere Studie: www.diw.de/documents/pu...

Dear academic colleagues in US, we are reading terrible things here in Europe about the Trump administration's current attacks on universities and academic freedom. Are you also affected by this? And if yes, which forms of support and solidarity might help? Can you recommend information?

27 youth organizations in Germany are calling on the parties to implement socially just climate protection ahead of the Bundestag elections: www.dbjr.de/artikel/klim...

#Bundestagswahl #BTW2025 "Bei der Medienkompetenz liege Deutschland europaweit nur im Mittelfeld. Außerdem würden hierzulande immer mehr Menschen Informationen vor allem aus den Sozialen Medien beziehen. Einer Studie der OECD zufolge erhöht dies die Anfälligkeit für Desinformation." Leseempfehlung

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