In 2018, Mary Savigar and I bet that #AI was going to be crucial to educating next-gen journalists and media professionals. That wager materialized in "An Introduction to Communication and #AI" jose gonzalez oregel And now there is this item in the #UNESCO ethics of #AI

Don't miss the online launch of the book Platforms and Cultural Production by Thomas Poell, @nieborg.bsky.social & Dr. Brooke Erin Duffy (ft speakers Anne Helmond & jeroendekloet) this afternoon (Dec. 17.00-18.30 CET) spui25.nl/programma/how-…

2021= the year of the hat trick! With huge gratitude to my coauthors Eugenia Mitchelstein Barbie Zelizer chander mohan sharma, my editors Angela Chnapko Gita Manaktala Mary Savigar, my publishers Oxford Academic The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Polity, and my family, friends and colleagues who supported me.

I just pressed send on the proofs and index of the Digital Labor book. Thanks to everyone at Polity, esp. Mary Savigar, for having faith I'd eventually figure out an argument! If you need me in the next while, I'll be over here in an exhausted heap. #DigitalLabor #DigitalLabour

Look what just arrived! #Believability by the wonderful Sarah Banet-Weiser sarah banet-weiser & Kat Higgins Kat Higgins (aka Kathryn Claire) OUT TODAY!

Deadline fast approaching for the Digital Methods Summer School, 1-12 July 2024, Amsterdam, on Visual Methods for Digital Research, launching the book published by Polity by Sabine Niederer and Gabriele Colombo. Keynote by Lev Manovich. Registration info: digitalmethods.net

🔖 Well, it's done! I have just RELEASED A BOOK, the most up-to-date academic overview of Twitch there is, and the first ever summation of a full decade of Twitch research 🗓️. I'm incredibly proud of it! And, also, exhausted. You can check it out here: politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

Thanks to everyone who came to yesterday's lecture and book launch for 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' LSE Media & Communications LSE Events The recording of the talk is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=2aoqK9… and the book: tinyurl.com/4ceyvc3s Polity

Writing is a fundamental problem for Western philosophy. And this is precisely why writing machines--especially #LLMs and #GenAI--disrupt and deconstruct everything. COMING SOON - tinyurl.com/mtzkme4n/

Digital Storytelling: An Introduction (Polity) is almost out, and pre-orders are open! I loved writing this book, and am so looking forward to the discussions that it prompts. 💕 💻 🤓 politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

The world increasingly appears afflicted by “us-them” divides that breed anger, resentment, and violence. But across the globe small local groups are mounting a thoughtful resistance against polarization and hate. journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusi…

My latest book is now out (in the UK - Americans/e-book readers will need to wait until November)! 🎉 _Digital Storytelling: An Introduction_ is my effort to historicise and expand the field. I'd love to chat with y'all about it. politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo… Polity UQ News

‘A lucid guide to what is at stake when we engage with digital #storytelling. It offers valuable critical tools, and its historically informed and intellectually rigorous yet accessible approach is much needed.’ Hanna Meretoja Digital Storytelling by Dr Leah Henrickson is out now!

When you hear the word ‘storytelling’, what do you think of? politybooks.com/blog-detail/wh…