My recent study (OA) found that people's perceived surveillance did not differ as a function of exposure to ad transparency info, but it was related to various cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes of personalized advertising. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“My phone must be listening!”: Peoples’ #surveillance beliefs around devices “listening” to offline conversations in the US, the Netherlands, and Poland READ MORE: doi.org/10.1177/2053... [#openaccess FREE] #commsky #advertising #smartphone #privacy

Now hiring in law & tech @ucllaws.bsky.social! Lecturer/Assoc Prof in IP & IT law: intersection of platform reg, emerging tech, copyright/designs. Join me @bernardkeenan.bsky.social Orla Lynskey @alinatrapova.bsky.social Ilanah Fhima, Matt Fisher, Robin Jacob & friends www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Read this chilling article from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Best reviewer awards could be helpful in stimulating higher quality reviews. What's often missing is information on what made the reviews of these people so good. This insight could be beneficial for improving review quality by others. Let's share best practices! 💡What would be your reviewing tip?

🚨We are looking for a new Editor for Open Science at the European Journal of Political Research! 🔥 Join our editorial team (as full Editor) to develop new Open Science initiatives, eg Registered Reports and guidelines for statistical reporting DL: 23 Feb Please repost for N and diversity! 👇👇

I think this is a first for me: One of our studies is covered in Japanese media: www.itmedia.co.jp/news/spv/241... It's about our large scale survey in the US, the Netherlands, and Poland about conversation-related advertising experiences. Link to research: doi.org/10.1177/2056...

We recently launched our bluesky account @nefcamediapsych.bsky.social ⚛️In the coming days, we will share some updates during the #Etmaal2025 conference, the latest research in media psychology, and behind-the-scenes footage of our workshop on stakeholder engagement!

The Communication and Technology (CAT) Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) seeks nominations for the Frederick Williams Prize for Contribution to the Study of Communication and Technology. Deadline: 1 Mar 2025. https://buff.ly/3MX1hGS #ICA25

Join us for - AI Hackathon: Making Local Civic Information More Accessible in Minnesota Communities When: Jan. 31 & Feb. 1 Where: Murphy Hall, UMN campus Who should attend: Anyone who cares about how communities share, access & assess information Free but please RSVP: z.umn.edu/hacks-hackers

First day of the spring semester. I'm excited for the conversations with students around the role of #algorithms and #AI in #advertising in my new class this semester. Let's go!

Apple says it does not use Siri audio for advertising therecord.media/apple-says-s...

Check out what we're building with the Local News Impact Consortium: www.localnewsimpact.org

PhD students whose work connects with Communication and Technology and/or Mobile Communication theories, methods, and topics are encouraged to apply to the Doctoral Consortium, an #ICA25 pre-conference to be held on Thurs Jun 12. https://buff.ly/3USZB4A

Welcome to the official Bluesky account of #Etmaal2025. This year's Etmaal will be organized by @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social Department of Communication Science and will take place in Bruges! Stay up to date via this page and our website etmaal2025.org

A bit more time to apply for one of these amazing PhD positions! Position #5 is co- supervised by myself, Hoster by @polcomvienna.bsky.social together with great colleagues at @compcommlab.bsky.social and @tuwieninformatics.bsky.social ! ☺️

Is there any evidence beyond people's experiences about phones listening for ad targeting? Different explanations are offered in our study including the wealth of digital traces people leave behind + psychological mechanisms such as priming and confirmation bias. Article: doi.org/10.1177/2056...

Seeing people unquestioningly repeating this and it's not true. There has never been a single bit of non-circumstantial evidence of Apple using Siri conversations for ad targeting, and the settlement is for Apple sharing recordings of accidental Siri activations with their QA subcontractors.

This 👇 The crazy amount of info we give companies is enough for ad targeting. Also, issues like device battery drainage, low sound quality, data processing costs, legal & financial liability, etc.

📢New pub! Comparing manual coding with different automated object detection methods on #eye-tracking data. TLDR; Machine learning worked best for all types of objects. Feature-based matching for static objects (image). 🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2024.2443396 #attention #commsky #ml #cssky

🎉 Happy New Year! Start 2025 strong—submit your work to #COMPTEXT2025, international conference on quantitative and computational analysis of text, image, and video as data 🚀 We can’t wait to welcome you to Vienna! ⏳Submission deadline: January 15 More here: shorturl.at/AmocX #css #commsky #polisky

⏰ FINAL CALL ⏰ Special issue CfP on disinformation and (generative) AI Editing special issue of Intl Journal of Communication with Aqsa Farooq as part of @edmo-eu.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline: December 31, 2024 #disinformation #academicsky #commsky #polcom #csssky edmo.eu/edmo-news/ca...

📢New pub! Comparing manual coding with different automated object detection methods on #eye-tracking data. TLDR; Machine learning worked best for all types of objects. Feature-based matching for static objects (image). 🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2024.2443396 #attention #commsky #ml #cssky

Excellent post-doc opportunity

Our Department of Communication @univie.ac.at is seeking a new colleague to join us in beautiful Vienna! 🎓Tenure-track Professorship of Media & Communication History 🔗Job announcement: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... 📆Application deadline: January 10, 2025 Please share! #commsky #mediahistory

🚨My department is looking for an Assistant Professor of Communication. Please spread the word. www.csi.cuny.edu/sites/defaul... #commsky

Holiday present came early this year: A journal acceptance for a passion project w/ an amazing team✨. Teaser: we tested and compared different automated object detection methods (including machine learning) on mobile eye-tracking data. Stay tuned! #commsky #csssky #attention #eyetracking #ML

So, I created a starter pack of Minnesota journalists. It's missing a lot of people, so let me know if I should add you! go.bsky.app/PPf9kfd

#Seen 👀 ASCoR researcher and Veni awardee Joanna Strycharz explores how we are subconsciously vulnerable to online ads🤔Have a look at the full interview in the link below👇(Available in both English and Dutch) English version: www.uva.nl/en/shared-co... Dutch version: www.uva.nl/shared-conte...

I left Penn the year the Chronicle counted Black faculty nationally (2021). I was one of 21 tenured Black women. Here at Michigan, 3.2% of the faculty are Black. 4.5% of our students are Black or of African descent. Our numbers in elite institutions are *tiny.* www.chronicle.com/article/race...

Interested in AI Accountability and doing smthg about it? The @theaial.bsky.social in Dublin is hiring.

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Did you realize companies can target you with online ads for skin care products, based on signs of insecurity?😱 Communication Scientist Joanna Strycharz studies digital vulnerability and shares some tips to protect yourself⬇️ www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...

🚨Registration is now open for the AlgoSoc Conference 2025: The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society! 🗓️ April 10-11, 2025 📍Amsterdam We encourage early registration to secure your spot! conference.algosoc.org/home #AlgoSoc2025 #AI #PublicValues

WORK! We're looking for an assistant professor behavioural and social sciences to work on the interdisciplinary theme 'Communication, Information, and Social Inequality in a Digital World'. Information & application here: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️ Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile. 📆: deadline February 17! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

🚨New Pub!🚨 📖 Chilling Effects as a Result of Corporate Surveillance in Digital Communication: A Comparison Between American and Dutch Media Users. 🔍We found that chilling effects were mostly driven by privacy concerns and long term orientation. 🔗Read more: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

📢New Pub! 📖Ethical side-effect of dataveillance in advertising: Impact of data collection, trust, privacy concerns and regulatory differences on chilling effects 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jb...

Most people believe their devices spy on them to serve them contextual ads - despite no evidence showing that's the case. My latest for @newscientist.bsky.social www.newscientist.com/article/2457...

For the lovely 🦋 folks: #postdoc jobs: We have exciting post doc positions open in the U of Amsterdam's interdisciplinary research priority area "Human(e) AI". Applicants from eg communication, law, logic, and philosophy welcome! 🗓️: deadline December 13 Share 🫶 vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-...

Cure your forthcoming #nca24 hangover 🤕 with our #ica_mobile mid-year hangouts ☕ for students and early career scholars! Join us the week after next at tinyurl.com/icamobileeve... (password: ICAMOBILE)

Do you sometimes have the idea that your #smartphone is #listening to your #conversations to give your personalized #advertising? You are not alone! The majority of our respondents in the U.S.🇺🇸, the Netherlands🇳🇱, and Poland🇵🇱 report such an experience. 💡Read more: lnkd.in/gaa5-ZEy #openaccess

Academic friends who are just joining Bluesky, here's a starter pack that may be helpful (media psych folks, please let me know if you'd like to be added or have recommendations for additions): go.bsky.app/2DHceaS

I made an AI Law and Policy Starter Pack go.bsky.app/aHpf6o This is just a start - please write to be included.

PSA: You shouldn’t upload your medical images to AI chatbots

New chapter on #media #multitasking en #entertainment published in the handbook "Entertainment Media and Communication" edited by @bowmanspartan.bsky.social. 🏆This book was awarded the 2024 "Distinguished Book Award" from #NCA2024 🔗https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110792881/html

We are looking for a new lead author of the Digital News Report. See below for details. Thanks to Nic Newman who has done a fantastic job steering the report for the last 10 years.

Proud of Asma for publishing her thesis entitled "Surveillance in the #Advertising Landscape: Application of the DEAL Framework to Investigate Online Behavioral Advertising, #Surveillance, and Users’ Responses on #Instagram."👀📱 💡Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1064... DM me for access to free ePub.