Hi, my name is Alex Goldman and I host the @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social I used to host the Reply All podcast, and I have found that so many people who liked Reply All have no idea Hyperfixed exists. It's super frustrating because I have no idea how to reach those people.

HUAL was the place that vibed most with my sports fandom--love watching, annoyed by most commentary, skeptical of whole enterprise. Thanks for it all @joshuablevin.bsky.social @stefanfatsis.bsky.social @joelanderson.bsky.social @alexkirshner.com @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social @benlindbergh.bsky.social

Also of note, Iowa paid Chris Rufo—perhaps the leading propagandist for the current assault on higher ed, an unqualified hack and admitted fabulist—$34,000 to speak. It's embarrassing that any higher ed institution would invite him, especially when they are cutting departmental budgets.

University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom - Oops All Republicans Edition www.thegazette.com/republicans-...

This was a wonderful essay to work on that aligns with my intentional research practices. Thank you to @ccc-journal.bsky.social's editorial team for extending kindness through the process. #academicresearch #citationalpolitics

Is there a place for (professional) news on TikTok? Based on 99 interviews w/ young people, I.Costera Meijer, @kenzalamot.bsky.social & I find that adapting to the platform risks diluting journalism’s distinctive value and blurring it with less reliable content ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard

First DDC Brown Bag Lunch talk of 2026: This Thursday (Feb 19th), @curdknupfer.bsky.social and @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social present ideas and ongoing research on "Connective Factions". If you are at SDU, grab some lunch and join us in Dynamo, at 12!

The #ICA26 CAT Travel Grant application is now open and will close on 15 March 2026. Please be sure to read the instructions closely. forms.gle/PxZqE3FFGLH6...

Iowa, we did it!

Support your local library! www.thegazette.com/state-govern...

Thrilled to have galleys of my book in hand! Final corrections & index pending. Please consider preordering, gifting, & teaching. Via the archive, interviews & more I show how the crisis we face now reflects failure to listen & act on the democracy Black folks have envisioned, but we still can.

The tens of thousands of brave and patriotic Minnesotans shame every elite who bent the knee

Out now: key data from the third wave of the Worlds of Journalism Study. 75 countries, >32,350 journalists, >300 researchers, seven years of successful collaboration. Many thanks to all who contributed to this project! www.worldsofjournalism.org/reports-wjs3/

A little ScholarOne tip for #ICA26. The review choices look like this initially:

PSA: deadline for @icahdq.bsky.social #ica26 less than 24 hrs away ⏰ Deadline is 1200 (noon) ICA Hdq time (eastern standard 🇺🇸) Good luck out there 🍀

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Introducing the editorial for the Special Issue: “A special issue on qualitative theorizing and methodological advancements”, by Kristina M. Scharp, Elizabeth A. Hintz @elizabethahintz.bsky.social and Sandra Vera Zambrano Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/...

For folks not in higher ed, PhD programs are designed to be finished in five years minimum.

Happening today! #AEJMC25

Congrats to @stephedgerly.bsky.social for being awarded a Ver Steeg Fellowship. This fellowship supports the research of a tenured faculty member whose work enhances the reputation of Northwestern and comes with a research grant of $45,000: spr.ly/63326fYwpn

Fifty free copies of my TPV article "Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent Versus Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors." In it, my deep-learning model correctly predicted violent vs. non-violent offending among extremists in 94 percent of cases. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...

SPECIAL ISSUE CfP! Submit abstracts to DJ’s latest Special Issue on "Digital Journalism in the Age of Technogarchy", edited by @curdknupfer.bsky.social, @lenafrescamente.bsky.social, @claesdevreese.bsky.social, & @gehrke.bsky.social. 🗓️Deadline: Sep 15, 2025 📷Info: drive.google.com/file/d/182p3...

Academic freedom is under threat. Senior scholars from 11 countries examine the impact of political interference, censorship, and self-censorship in journalism studies. ➡️Read the commentary: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🌍We invite you to SIGN this article here: bit.ly/afsignatory

This is such a great new piece of research by @curdknupfer.bsky.social et al. It should be mandatory reading for journalists. academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

#OutNow in #iCS What counts as algorithmic discrimination? This piece develops a grounded concept rooted in empirical cases, revealing how unequal outcomes emerge from routine design and classification practices. doi.org/10.1080/1369...

✨NEW OA CHAPTER ALERT✨ “In-Groups and Outrage: How Narratives and Affect Shape Digital Surrogate Networks and Radicalize Right-Wing Parties” @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social and I explore the case of the German party “Alternative für Deutschland” (#AfD), which has moved increasingly to the far right. 🧵⤵

Congrats to the AEJMC Tankard Book Award Winner: Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow, Gwyneth Mellinger, University of Massachusetts Press, 2024. Also congrats to the two finalists! #AEJMC25 #AejmcAwards

Way to go @bingbingzhang.bsky.social 🎉🎉

Here's the quick overview of the issue from Georgina Born and my introduction. In this introduction we also offer methodological reflections for the study of music and law, which I hope folks will find valuable. doi.org/10.1525/jpms...

🙌🙌🙌 clas.uiowa.edu/news/2025/06...

Looking forward to #ica26 in Cape Town 🇿🇦 First ICA conference in Africa 🌍

Apparently there are no more 'starter packs' on BlueSky, but I did make a #ica25 ICA Divisions and Interest Groups list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Had a wonderful time and many great conversations at our Social Media Radicalization #ica25 preconference yesterday. Thanks to all who attended!

📣 Deadline extended to August 22nd! To submit an abstract or the full CfP, check our website: edu.nl/nfd7h

Upcoming event: #Feminism #antifeminism & affective economies of rage 📌 Thurs 5 June 6.30-8pm Sarah Banet-Weiser will theorize “mirror worlds” as an apt metaphor for the contemporary political and cultural feminist landscape. 🎫 Join us in-person or online: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...

Give @rishabn.bsky.social all the awards!!

Also, ICA will provide a legal assistance hotline for #ICA25 travelers for emergency situations when they are “on the go.”

#ICA25 attendees: ICA will hold an online panel "Know Before You Go" on U.S. immigration law and related concerns for those planning to attend ICA25. Date: 2 June 2025. Time: 10AM (EDT). Registration still possible: tinyurl.com/35vjnkkk Feel free to DM any questions for the panel.

Delighted to circulate this call for grant applications in my capacity as the Senior Research Advisor of the National Recording Preservation Foundation, a charter of the 106th US Congress and a partner affiliate of the Library of Congress.

New pub in New Media & Society led by the amazing Dr. Raven Maragh-Lloyd: “They’re trying to influence me to gain the more acceptable viewpoint”: The algorithmic imaginaries of politically activated social media users. Abstract below:

We're hiring! Looking for a 1-year visiting faculty member specializing in sport media and culture. Let me know if you have any questions/interest. jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...

African workers labeling data and providing content moderation are the invisible backbone of AI development. They perform critical labor under challenging conditions, often for minimal pay, yet remain absent from our conversations about the AI value chain.

Shared a bit about our grant termination and the consequences of other canceled grants at UW-Madison. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/mi...

Labor-atories of Digital Economies: Latin America as a Site of Struggles and Experimentation. In this new article, I theorize how digital labor contexts update informality, dependency, solidarity economies in Latin America, considering data/AI work, etc ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wj...

CfP Special Issue on Cultural Workers and Generative AI for AI & Society journal, co-edited by me, Daphne Idiz and @zoeglatt.bsky.social . Deadline for sending abstracts: June 30 link.springer.com/journal/146/...

Starting now!