Thrilled to see this chapter and book out in the world finally! The first edition of this book, published over a decade ago, was a pioneering collection of awesome, field-defining research and scholarship that was super important to me as I was working on my PhD.

Called it guard.io/labs/scamlex...

If it does burst, I wonder how our administrations in universities are going to justify their all-in-no-questions-asked attitude to incorporating AI into every aspect of university life, whether needed or not, whether harmful or helpful

Just got home to find the first of two books I have coming out this year (!) has arrived! This has been years in the making, dreamed up during COVID, developed under multiple governments, edited during ongoing wars, and finished after one of the editors, Geoff Hinchliffe, sadly passed away.

Under a month until the 2nd edition of the Routledge Companion of Mobile Media comes out! The 1st edition was such a brilliant collection that was a vital resource when I was doing my PhD, so it's really wild to me that a decade later I've got a chapter in this with the brilliant Crystal Abidin.

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.

These are the top replies, being financially rewarded for posting this stuff, and the explanation offered by the site’s own AI for why it’s like that. Anyway just flicking through the Sunday newspapers reading about some minor content infractions that Ofcom might look into at the BBC/Channel 4.

Very excited to see this book out in the world soon - a brilliant resource for anyone interested in youth research! Was honoured to be invited to add a small case study to this collection, and so happy to see it coming out very soon! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/researchi...

During the pandemic lockdowns, I began chatting to some of my colleagues about what an odd time the pandemic was for citizenship, and how education could respond to the uncertainty of the moment we were in. (1/4)

A very exciting day - not only did the new Madonna album drop, but (arguably more importantly) so did our Save the Date for #SMSociety 2026! come join us in Glasgow! CFP coming soon, we're really excited to see you there! socialmediaandsociety.org/2025/cmon-ta...

Excited to announce that the FULL PROGRAMME for the British Academy-funded 'Speculative Machines and Us' symposium at Lancaster University on Thursday 17th July is now available 🤖 ✨ 🧐 . Registration still open! wp.lancs.ac.uk/sciencestudi...

I see it in real time everyday. I study teenagers in particular, but we overestimate our media literacy. In some places in the US (most) we allow kids to exits k12 with nothing but a “don’t give your info to strangers” media literacy education.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Truly awful reporting here by The Guardian. The fact that 38 men in the manosphere thought that it was just banter and open debate shouldn't be reported as 'overblown fears'

“The internal documents seen by NPR show that employees were notified about the revamping not long after the company ended its fact-checking program and loosened its hate speech policies.” Worth noting they are taking a different approach in Europe due to the DSA.

I am BEYOND excited to announce my upcoming book, 'Researching Digital Society' is now available for pre-order! It's a comprehensive textbook that explores current research, methods, and theories for understanding digital technologies & their impacts on society uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/re...

If you’re into AI ethics you’re probably super excited about Andy Weir’s new novel The Last Algorithm! … if only it actually existed instead of just being yet another LLM fabrication. www.404media.co/chicago-sun-...

I'm about to head into a 3 hour advertising seminar about how to sell HE courses... So for no reason at all here's a brilliant piece about AI and universities. Everyone be nice to the Giant Plagiarism Machine www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c...

On International Worker's Day @uea-ucu.bluesky.social began 9 days of strike action to save jobs & avoid compulsory redundancy. We have already given the university considerable savings via "voluntary" measures. Now mgmt needs to do the right thing & call this off. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1400...

Management could end this. Tens of people remain at risk and are undergoing a brutal process unnecessarily. Lest you think full on strike action is excessive for a handful of people: we would go out even for a single person. We are all safe, or none of us are. #saveuea #weareuea

"The loss of knowledge and expertise when staff goes lasts not just years, it can last generations." Thank you Alice Macdonald MP for calling for jobs and students at UEA to be protected. #SaveUEA @ucu.org.uk

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Oh, hey:

Thursday is normally my first year introduction to archaeology class, which I absolutely love teaching, but instead i’ll be on the picket line with my UEA @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues, fighting compulsory redundancies. Please follow our branch account for more info!

A group of researchers at the University of Zurich have got into real trouble after subjecting a subreddit to participation in an experiment without their permission. My latest for @newscientist.com gets the university's response www.newscientist.com/article/2478...

Update: Reddit the platform is considering legal action against the researchers, their university has stated that their ethics review did NOT actually tell them that the research was okay, and the researchers are not publishing the work. www.404media.co/reddit-issui...

This is one of the worst violations of research ethics I've ever seen. Manipulating people in online communities using deception, without consent, is not "low risk" and, as evidenced by the discourse in this Reddit post, resulted in harm. Great thread from Sarah, and I have additional thoughts. 🧵

If you haven’t made your way through The Cloud is Dead series yet, don’t miss this fantastic essay by @uilnej.bsky.social on various waves of development and resistance in Louisiana

Want to learn about a platform that claims to have “old Internet energy”? For the #britsoc25 early birds, I’ll be presenting a paper on historical social media nostalgia in the Culture, Media, Sport and Food session at 9am, Room 4.209.

The doctoral seminar I delivered for SENSS unpacking critical theoretical perspectives on AI is now live on YouTube if you want to check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxkp...

It has always been the most transparent, obviously disingenuous part of the gen AI push, "oh it's amazingly time-saving and efficient but also we refuse to be legally liable for you believing anything it says so you have to double-check what it tells you which makes it ... not at all time-saving"

This Yougov survey contains an important finding: people who rely heavily on ChatGPT rate it as being "good" at tasks that we ABSOLUTELY know for sure it is very bad at imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs yougov.co.uk/technology/a...

I've put on my hob nailed boots and given the Supreme Court decision the kicking it deserves. goodlaw.social/vd3a

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮 So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

Brilliant keynote from @elinorcarmi.bsky.social - definitely going to read the report on my way home! openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/31...

Hi all! I'm helping arrange a panel on political influencers (broadly defined) for NCA - we're looking for one or two more people to round us out. DM me if interested!

new essay with @brookeerinduffy.bsky.social out in @newsweek.com this morning! we examine the influencer industry's oft-overlooked gender politics and what this oversight means for the future of digital work. www.newsweek.com/when-social-...

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 Trustworthy Infrastructures postdoc: job-boards.greenhouse.io/datasocietyr... This is ideal for an infrastructure studies, rural studies, STS person: it's about the impact of tech industry infrastructure like data centers, amazon warehouses, semiconductor plants on local areas. Remote!

A phenomenal turnout for the UEA UCU day of action. Staff and students are making their voice heard, striving for a future for Higher Ed that doesn't look as bleak as it does right now. #SaveUEA #UKHE #StopTheCuts @ucu.org.uk

A joyful morning at the @uea-ucu.bsky.social picket line, with staff, students and pups out in support of staff at risk of redundancy. Calling for greater transparency from our executive team and good faith negotiations on mitigations to save jobs and #SaveUEA!

Out with colleagues in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, fighting against massive staff cuts here at UEA. We don't just teach education, we defend it! #SaveUEA @uea-ucu.bsky.social

A beautiful morning for a day of industrial action! Give UEA UCU a follow & support our picket @uea-ucu.bsky.social 🌹

🚩Our students get it! 🎨UEA SU are running a placard making event to support the strike! 📍11am-4pm this Mon & Tues at the Hive on campus. 👋Pop by and say hello! #SaveUEA

We're on strike tomorrow at UEA. Nearly 200 jobs are currently targeted for redundancy. Over 600 staff will have been cut since 2023 if these redundancies go ahead. Fewer staff = heavy workloads, poor morale, more stress & burnout & bigger classes. We can't do more with less @uea-ucu.bsky.social

UEA is trying to fire hundreds of my colleagues and insist that they "don't think that students and staff will notice... these are modest changes to our overall budget." I'm fighting with and for my colleagues at @uea-ucu.bsky.social to save those jobs and build a better future for HE

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

Lastly, “Liv” admits that “white” is a “neutral” identity. And again, Liv says that she sucks. And then blames it on a fictional woman with an Asian name. That’s enough today for today.

I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people. Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.

Liv, an AI bot soft launched by Meta that was aiming to be a 'proud Black queer momma' had no Black people involved in the creation and was relying on broad stereotypes to fulfill the role of sassy Black friend. edition.cnn.com/2025/01/03/b...

I've listened to nearly 800 albums this year, and it's been such a strong year! Here's my top 50 albums from the year www.albumoftheyear.org/user/harrytd...