Just returned from the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programme at UC Berkeley — two intellectually intense and energising weeks with PhD researchers and leading scholars from around the world. Thanks to @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for creating such a generous environment!

Early bird registration closes on 1 August! Safe your spot especially if you’re presenting or participating in the doctoral colloquium!

Such a great kick of and welcoming reception yesterday here by @oii.ox.ac.uk & @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social School of Information. It‘s great to be part of this year‘s Oxford - Berkeley Summer Doctoral Programm alongside so many dedicated doctoral candidates!

NEW: LLMs in medicine require new forms of risk management, according to @oii.ox.ac.uk researchers Dr Daria Onitiu, @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social. Read the blog post: 1/3 bit.ly/4lpzZrp

Our first panel 'Non-Human and Transgressive Bodies' explores different ideas of what our bodies can be, both online and offline, with topics ranging from online communication and veganism to recontexualising religious texts #TIS25

We are officially live! Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities conference has now kicked off with our opening remarks by conference co-chairs Dr Poppy Wilde and Dr Matt Grimes! #TIS25 @poppywilde.bsky.social Keep an eye on here to hear about the panels of our conference for the next two days!

I am officially part of @aoir.bsky.social exec!! Thank you to all who voted and @tomdivon.bsky.social for the encouragement ✨

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I‘m trying to update the age in the personal settings of a company‘s #instagram account. I received the notification that my age could not be verified and I should try it again in 3 months. Do you have similar experience and/or ideas what to do? #instagram #age #verification

Good news: I get the chance to present my research at this year’s BCMCR conference on „Transgressive Identities and Subjectivities“ in June!

Submissions are now open for #AoIR2025, taking place at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Fluminense Federal University) in Niterói, Brazil, from October 15th to 18th 2025. Submissions are due by 1st March 2025. aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...

Finally out!! This special issue features my article “1001 followers in 20 days. Framing the use of fame-enhancing bots on Instagram” investigating the practice of botting through the lens of transgressive play. @polityinstabook Open access: https://t.co/yDmLj6lnBT

Finally this thought-provoking, great article is published. Highly recommend it! 🤩 https://twitter.com/andairamf/status/1762296556592709686

Our open access book „Szenen kritischer Relationalität“ edited by @charlottebolwin, Jasmin Degeling, Gabriel Geffert, @thetousle, @gerrahn, @KatSchwerzmann and myself is out now @meson_press !! https://meson.press/books/szenen-kritischer-relationalitaet/

Cordial invitation to participate in the concluding conference "Reckoning With Everything - Mit Allem Rechnen" of the NOMIS research project "THE NEW REAL" in March 2024 in Weimar! https://t.co/hIlpL3J3u7

Look forward to presenting this Friday at the ECF conference „Growing Virtuality“ of the #SFB1567 at @ruhrunibochum. I will talk about the anthropomediality of the practice of using fame-enhancing bots on Instagram. 🤖 https://twitter.com/SFB1567/status/1721493117147197485

Back from NY and Philly where I presented my research on the bot police at AoIR 2023 ! It was a great conference and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone next year in Sheffield! #AoIR2023

Thank you @politybooks ! Looking forward to reading this 🤩 #AoIR2023

Join me for this panel tomorrow! #AoIR2023 https://twitter.com/rscarlets/status/1715416306084704400

Sharing a blog post by @snurb_dot_info about our great bot panel at #AoIR2023 https://twitter.com/snurb_dot_info_/status/1715105978432004188

Hello Philly! What a nice reception at the stadium with lovely Mexican fans and a good soccer game #AoIR2023

After a first get together in New York with some of my favourite colleagues from the #DMRC, we’re heading to Philly tomorrow. So happy and excited that #AoIR2023 is finally there! 🤩

Hello #aoir #aoir2023, I know we will be posting on mastodon but is anyone else coming to see Mexico vs. Germany in Philly on 17 Oct ? Let me know if you want to join and go there together!

Yesterday I submitted our anthology „Szenen kritischer Relationalität“ that we’re editing with @charlottebolwin, @KatSchwerzmann, Gabriel Geffert, Marting Kallmeyer, Gereon Rahmfeld, Jasmin Degeling and myself to the publisher @meson_press! So excited🤩

Early bird eh cat conference visitor 🐈 #gfm2023

Day 2 of the annual meeting of German media studies. Looking forward to the platform panel 🤩 #gfm2023 #unibonn

😃 https://twitter.com/KukiChatbotDev/status/1706091776388280541

Greetings from my late summer holiday in Croatia! Loulou knows pretty well how to put herself in the spotlight 😂☀️🏖

This great book by Bernhard Siegert (who is my phd supervisor) is also available in English! See here: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780823263783/html?lang=de https://twitter.com/algorhythmics/status/1704418285771477110

Have a look at the new publication by my brilliant colleague @KatSchwerzmann and @alexcampolo! https://twitter.com/KatSchwerzmann/status/1701892555577725299

Such an important report by @timothyjgraham and @katemfitzgerald and a must read for everyone! https://twitter.com/timothyjgraham/status/1699224354004107405

Woho so many news these days! Conference program is out for #AoIR2023 in Philadelphia 🤖😏 https://twitter.com/AoIR_org/status/1692568086920958234

Keep yourself updated via the account of this year’s GfM organisers. See you in less than a month! https://twitter.com/GfM2023Bonn/status/1692121794772090952

My genius friend @dom_carlon and Megan Rose are organizing an online bot symposium on September 13 called “Artificial companions: Fantasies, imaginaries and play”. Check this out and come along if you can! 🤖 https://events.humanitix.com/artificial-companions-fantasies-imaginaries-and-play

Spannender Auftakt mit Prof. Dr. Christiane Voss zur Tagung „Zur Frage des Prekären zwischen Kontingenz und Medialität“ (06.-08.07.) organisiert von Dr. Sebastian Lederle im Rahmen des #GRAMA an der @bauhaus_uni

Great workshop with inspiring conversations, thanks for the organisation and the welcoming atmosphere! https://twitter.com/VolpeCamilla/status/1675930474512785413

On my way to #GDC_UVA23 PhD workshop @uva_gdc! See you tomorrow 🤓

This is a great and very informative blogpost by the fantastic ⁦@dom_carlon⁩ on the Reddit blackout! „Burning the Hooks: What happens when we lose our subreddits, APIs and exchanges?“ https://t.co/VmipqlSdEs

Finally found the time to plant my name tag from the #DMRCSS2023 @qutdmrc in February. Let’s see if the lemon seeds flourish on the other side of the world 🗺️ 😌

Woop, woop 🙌 https://twitter.com/tamaleaver/status/1665718218089181187

Our panel on ELIZAs inheritors got accepted at the annual conference of @GfMedienwissen! Looking forward to present my research in Bonn together with Anne Küper and Magnus Rust. Our panel will be moderated by @janahecktor. Stay tuned! @bauhaus_uni @Das_Dok

Tolles Programm für den Workshop „Epistemologische Potentiale“ der AG Daten und Netzwerke! https://twitter.com/SFB1567/status/1656237139951259648

Listening to @TarletonG speak about contact zones and access for platform governance research as part of the talk series in Platform Governance hosted by @ckatzenbach, @PalomaViejo and JC Magalhaes. Thank you so much for the insights!

My paper on police bots on Instagram got accepted at #AoIR2023 ! I’m so excited to come to Philly and present my work 🎉

Woho, thank you for the effort!! https://twitter.com/adrishaw/status/1651259100297318400

what a great opening keynote by @nickttaylor at #nordigra23 on postdisciplinary postures!

Off to Uppsala where I’m presenting at Nordic DiGRA 2023 🤩

Kommt zahlreich und denkt und diskutiert mit! https://twitter.com/jire_g/status/1648950504204951553

Haha good old times and still I became someone! https://twitter.com/_lectorinfabula/status/1648193665485926400

Two weeks ago, I presented my PhD project on fame enhancing bots on Instagram at #DMRCSS2023. Being back in Germany now, I want to thank you #dmrc for the event and the great time of learning, thinking and connecting!