🔗I’m thrilled to share my latest article for @uk.theconversation.com! In it, I explore how memes have become powerful vehicles for spreading dangerous ideas—including conspiracy theories—and what we should all consider before sharing one.

I am excited to share my latest research paper published in Social Media + Society, titled 'Internet Memes as Stabilizers of Conspiracy Culture: A Cognitive Anthropological Analysis' and co-authored with @britdavidson.bsky.social, Tim Hill, and Adam Joinson. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Ominous Russell Brand vibes here: wellness grifting and bothsidesism as the gateway to conspiracy theories www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A wonderful paper from my colleague Darja! Do go and check it out if you’re interested in all things conspiracy

Photos courtesy of living in a town prone to flooding. The river’s level is steadily falling now… I really hope the wonderful independent shops and businesses affected are able to bounce back for Christmas. 💞

Some news: amid rapid growth and some over-enforcement of its community guidelines, Bluesky trust and safety chief @aaron.bsky.team tells me the company will quadruple the size of its content moderation team www.platformer.news/bluesky-grow...

It’s so telling how they’re never writing shit like this about Rumble etc

Former Twitter researchers, and social media researchers in general, take note! 🧪 #AcademicSky

To celebrate 10k followers, I decided I would seize the opportunity to use my platform for something good. Women VS Disinfo! A huge selection of expert researchers, fact checkers, journalists, debunkers, science communicators, academics, vloggers, etc. of all things Disinfo go.bsky.app/FFCjgks

National security issues will be front and centre over the next years here are some starter packs to help you navigate them: Conspiracy Theories go.bsky.app/FP8gwWj National Security Early Career Researchers go.bsky.app/NFDzxqK Think Tank, NGOs, Research Centers go.bsky.app/12RffMS

The Call for Papers is now open for our upcoming Qualitative Research Symposium (QRS) on Transparency, Openness and Rigour in Qualitative Research! Find out more and sign up here: www.bath.ac.uk/events/qrs-2...

A heartfelt thank you also to @cbarrie.bsky.social for organising the SICSS Edinburgh summer school that sparked the ideas for this project (and the ones to come!)

1/ NEW PREPRINT: Delve into the UK's conspiracy movement with our latest dataset paper on 'The Light’, where we lay the groundwork to dissect this self-prescribed 'truthpaper's' influence on anti-mainstream discourse. Read it here: tinyurl.com/3wv6ez5w

I am SO excited by this publication. Our lead author @britdavidson.bsky.social does an excellent job of describing it in the thread below. A massive well done to the whole team, and a big thank you to #NatureHumanBehaviour!