Patterns of political apathy may decrease with an increase in the memetic communication of politics and increase political participation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

„not necessarily a clear win for the principle underlying his defence, the freedom of the press.“ theguardian.com/media/article/…

Just found out that Taylor & Francis has sold access to all Routledge Books data to Microsoft to train their AI. This includes my publications. I get no payment for using my research labour, never mind the bigger problems of this energy-intensive extractivism...

Who wouldn't want to read about Instagram porn bots?! 🍑 Elena Pilipets, Ana Marta M. Flores, and I have an article out on PornStudies! Check it out here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ok enough now we've peaked

It's official: Michael Opgenhaffen and I are editing a book on Research Methods for Social Media Journalism (and that's the title right there)! The book is set to be published in 2025 within the Routledge Research in Journalism series: routledge.com/Routledge-Rese…

Yay! 🎉 looking forward to this collaboration!

Last call for the PhD position (please share with your students): "Media Capture and the Consequences for Journalistic Performance". All info available here: vacatures.uva.nl/job-invite/131… or send me an email for additional questions.

❗️Paper out in Journalism Practice ❗️ Caught between a rock and a hard place, this important work paints the story of journalists under attack on social media, and the struggle for news organizations to effectively mitigate violence. Check it out here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

"And then it happened. He dropped out. He endorsed Kamala. And the vibe, it was said, shifted. And then, of course, it turned out that vibes did not mean much." A beautiful text about brat summer, vibeocracy and –righteously – about the beauty of B2B.

The preprint of our (w/ @tomasdoddsr) two encyclopaedia entries in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication, edited by Alessandro Nai, Max Grömping and Dominique Wirz, are out! Automated journalism: arxiv.org/abs/2409.03462 Newsroom: osf.io/preprints/soca…

How are visibility and ephemerality negotiated by feminist activists in their platformed acts of engagement? Sofia P. Caldeira - @sofiapcaldeira.bsky.social writes about this in a new research article hot off the press journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29…

Chatbots for internet research? The call is out for this year's Digital Methods Winter School, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, 6-10 January 2025, digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterScho… Digital Methods

Out today (actually a couple of days ago!), our paper on Media, Culture and Society exploring the ‘domesticating’ effect produced by the circulation and consumption of TikTok videos portraying the Russo-Ukrainian conflict on young people's imaginary of war.

The entire lieutenant Dan vs. Milton saga (a guy on a boat not willing to leave) is a model example of algo-dynamics, media frenzy, the creator exploitation chain and the universal urge to make sense of the world through storytelling meta-plots (overcoming the monster).

404 Media is doing such a good job

Tomorrow I'll be presenting my working ideas on the platformisation of moods & vibes at this fantastic event on ✨atmospheres of connection and disconnection✨ organised by @anajorge_ and Sofia P. Caldeira - @sofiapcaldeira.bsky.social: eventbrite.com/e/atmospheres-…

Onder het mom van het beschermen van gebruikersdata houdt Meta de kaarten nu tegen de borst – ook al is gebrek aan transparantie een bedreiging voor de democratie. buff.ly/3NINKCd

Join us Universität Siegen for our Mixing Methods Winter School “AI Methods: From Probing to Prompting”. Registration is open until Dec 15 👉Programme & registration: u-si.de/FScqv #mixedmethods #AI #digitalmethods #probing #prompting