Super grateful to receive the Top Paper Award at @ica-clp.bsky.social!#ICA Thank you so much to our amazing chair and vice chair @aramsinn.bsky.social, Min Jiang! Thank you to all the colleagues and friends who have supported me through the downs, the ups, and all the roller coasters in between ❤️🎢

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

"the proposed deal would result in foreign investors indirectly owning nearly 50% of Paramount equity interests" AND "Current FCC rules prohibit foreign investors from owning more than 25% of a company that holds broadcast licenses" AND Brendan Carr 🤦‍♂️ www.wsj.com/business/dea...?

question for *media studies* folks: what are some journals that invite short (3K word ish?) commentaries with a quick (ish) turnaround time? this would be for themes like tech, data, infrastructure, media, enviro, etc thanks!

Chuffed to see this interview about the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project out in the quarterly Intermedia journal put out by the International Institute of Communication. iicintermedia.org/vol-54-issue...

"Our findings suggest that privacy regulation has facilitated, rather than curtailed, platform data enclosures—enabling platforms to assert de facto control over data in the public domain." ‼️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We are holding two webinars to introduce our new dashboard for the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. It offers a treasure trove of multisectoral, long-term data for 30 out of the 36 countries in the project. Sign up & schedule details here: lnf69.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/6rq...

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Wow! My paper, Branded Public Interest, just won Top Student Paper @ica-clp.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social!!! I am not crying😭 Massive thanks to all of the chairs, organizers and reviewers ❤️

As always, this 300-page report has everything an internet-regulation nerd could dream of for Christmas reading 🤓😎📖 The rise of the industrial media era in the late 19th century? ✔️ A Goliath (big telecom) vs. Goliath (big tech) clash? ✔️ Bonus: A new deep dive into cloud computing!💡 Check it out!

Hot off the press! The Canada’s Network Media Economy report is here! Sound the bell and let the huskies howl. Please help us spread the word and dig in! 🔥📖☕️

Thrilled to announce the release of 2 new reports today as part of the 36 country, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. The 1st examines the development & concentration conditions in German telecoms, internet & media industries. gmicp.org/media-teleco... 1/

The Canadian report was prepared by yours truly, backed by an amazing team that includes Agnes Malkinson, Guy Hoskins & @bluemiaoran.bsky.social. It covers ~2 dozen telecoms, internet, broadcasting & publishing sectors--digital and traditional. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 3/

The US big tech lobby is gunning for Canada's Online Streaming Act and Online News Act. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

The Ghost Management Research Group’s proposed workshop on corporate power and public policy has been accepted by IWPP. If your work explores how corporations shape knowledge, practices, or public attitudes to steer policy or influence agenda setting, we would love to hear from you. Submission🔗👇

The US Census Bureau shows that AI adoption has been declining among companies with more than 250 employees. Resource: www.apolloacademy.com/ai-adoption-...

In Shel Silverstein’s 1981 prediction about AI tools, my favorite part is the illustration of the baby doing homework inside a machine. It’s just like the 700 Indian engineers at Builder.ai pretending to be AI

🎉 Heading to #ICA2025 in Denver? Join us for a fun-filled joint reception with Comm Law & Policy, Media Industry Studies, and Comm History! 📍 Earl’s Kitchen & Bar 🗓 Sunday, June 15 | ⏰ 6:30–8:30pm

Heading to Denver for #ICA2025? Come to the Comms Law and Policy joint reception with Media Industry Studies and Communication History — Sunday June 15, 6:30–8:30 at Earl's Kitchen & Bar!

Check out the masterpiece by Lindsey Keene on Canada’s telecom mess for my Global Internet Policy and Governance class. Honestly? Oscar-worthy! Drama, satire, capitalism—what more do you want?? I’m totally fine, just emotionally wrecked in the best way! 🥹❤️🤣 youtu.be/dEp55a1fHeA?...

Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it. Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.

Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it. Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.

“CLOUD Act agreement risks subordinating Canadian constitution to U.S. law”

@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social & I just dropped our new open access scoping review, and it’s about how researchers have been digging into internal corporate documents to find out what chemical companies don’t want us to know. 📑: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 📑: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Patients prescribed biologics for chronic conditions almost exclusively receive infusions in a private, for-profit health system in Canada. @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social Check out this new paper: canjhealthtechnol.ca/index.php/cj...

Fun fact: Americans STRONGLY oppose politicization of the civil servants, with 90% believing "Civil servants should serve the people more than any individual president." This study* from the Partnership is excellent and expands on this point (*I started). ourpublicservice.org/publications...

Researchers Ryan McGrady, Ethan Zuckerman, and Kevin Zheng argue that if we want responsible policy about social media, it begins with making it possible for American researchers to answer fundamental questions about how social media is shaping our public discourse.

👻🔍 Exciting News！ The ghost management research group’ve teamed up with Re-Check Health Affairs to bring you something game-changing: Ghost Management at Work—a practical guide for uncovering and mapping dealings in the health world! 🕵️‍♀️🩺 carleton.ca/ghostmanagem... #Publicpolicy #corporatecaptures

Life lesson: don't be a beagle, be a husky! Because Beagles are gentle and cute, they are the most popular subjects in clinical trials. A husky is just a husky.

Meta released an anonymous survey through Politico as “advertising partners.” I don’t even want to get into the questions in the survey, but the last one was so ridiculous, it made me laugh harder than today’s Ottawa storm that nearly blew me into a backflip.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Fuzzy Transparency: The information provided does not reveal or indicate how chickens and institution of chickens actually behave.

I am very happy to share a great news with you all—My new ICA paper got rejected! 🎉🎉🎉 Let’s celebrate failure just as much as success! Onward, upward, and forward!

Starlink helps bridge Canada’s rural digital divide but what to do about the national sovereignty & security issues raised by US billionaire w/ close ties to the Trump Admin owning the whole vertical chain from satellite launch to the end user’s terminal? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

In case you’re interested in the weeds of how bad this is, this is a redline version of Meta’s formerly Hateful SPEECH now Hateful CONDUCT rule.

The 2024 edition of "Canada's Network Media Economy: Growth, Concentration & Upheaval, 1984-2023" was released today. It's part of the 38 country, SSHRC-supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 1/

I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...

Today at 5:30 pm ET, @benjaminwittes.bsky.social will talk to @qjurecic.bsky.social, @noupside.bsky.social, @daphnek.bsky.social, @dwillner.bsky.social, and @klonick.bsky.social about Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking program.

I wrote about how the Trumplican court attack on net neutrality is about way more than just "net neutrality" It's about completely dismantling whatever's left of already feckless U.S. corporate oversight and consumer protection

@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social & I just dropped our new open access scoping review, and it’s about how researchers have been digging into internal corporate documents to find out what chemical companies don’t want us to know. 📑: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 📑: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Very excited to share my draft syllabi for the two courses I'm teaching at Duke this semester. 1) Communicating Science and Tech Policy: My D&S style workshop-based course, where students learn theories of sci communication, produce a white paper, and then adapt it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My latest paper with @bluemiaoran.bsky.social, a scoping review revealing the secrets of the #chemicalindustry. In order to increase earning capacity, pervasive conflicts of interests and the systematic production of ignorance are central strategies for this sector. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

A new year, a new hope: Revisiting things that were envisioned to save journalism over the last 15 years 🧵 We're starting off hopeful in 2009 with Silicon Valley, blogs, broadband internet, and news cabals 🤞

📢 Filmmakers: Our Public Domain Remix Contest is open! 🎥 Create a short film using public domain material from 1929. 🔜 Deadline: Jan 17 🥇 $1,500 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2025-public-domain-day-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you/

“bad harmonics” techcrunch.com/2024/12/29/a...

Please spread the word: Asst Prof of Communication(open to PhDs and MFAs) www.academicdiversitysearch.com/job/college-...

In the last two weeks, the SSHRC-supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project has released two fabulous new reports on the telecoms-internet access, digital markets, broadcasting & publishing markets in Canada & Spain, respectively. Check them out. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 1/