#commodon — Public Fediverse posts
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Here's Escoffery's new book, btw--REPARATIVE MEDIA. Should be of interest to a lot of folks here!! (open access too)
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Here's Escoffery's new book, btw--REPARATIVE MEDIA. Should be of interest to a lot of folks here!! (open access too)
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Great interview between Prof AJ Escoffery and Dr Kay Coghill, who's Community Safety and Support Steward with Blacksky Algorithms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hrPb4egyis
#Bluesky #Blacksky #SOcialMedia #AlternativeSocialMedia #Commodon #TrustAndSafety #Misogynoir #ATProto
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Great interview between Prof AJ Escoffery and Dr Kay Coghill, who's Community Safety and Support Steward with Blacksky Algorithms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hrPb4egyis
#Bluesky #Blacksky #SOcialMedia #AlternativeSocialMedia #Commodon #TrustAndSafety #Misogynoir #ATProto
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Good morning, comm folks! Headed to #aejmc26. Hoping to see many of you there.
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Good morning, comm folks! Headed to #aejmc26. Hoping to see many of you there.
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"What #publishing, our dubious white ally, does so often to marginalized creators. They want the credibility of our identities, want to market our biographies. They want to sell our suffering, smoothed down and made palatable to the white readers they prioritize. To assuage white guilt with stories that promise to make them better people, while never threatening them, not even with discomfort. They have no investment in our voices. Always, our voices are the first sacrifice at the altar of marketability.
"And excuse my language, but absolutely the fuck not."Maggie #TokudaHall: https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain
#Scholastic #books #library #racism #whiteSupremacy #whiteness #commOdon #literature #childBooks #silentiation #consistency #books #bookStodon
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"What #publishing, our dubious white ally, does so often to marginalized creators. They want the credibility of our identities, want to market our biographies. They want to sell our suffering, smoothed down and made palatable to the white readers they prioritize. To assuage white guilt with stories that promise to make them better people, while never threatening them, not even with discomfort. They have no investment in our voices. Always, our voices are the first sacrifice at the altar of marketability.
"And excuse my language, but absolutely the fuck not."Maggie #TokudaHall: https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain
#Scholastic #books #library #racism #whiteSupremacy #whiteness #commOdon #literature #childBooks #silentiation #consistency #books #bookStodon
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"Even if reparations never come, reparative practices still nourish our communities and the culture at large. This is about the daily, unglamorous, never-ending, ever-changing work of repair"
So glad AJ Escoffery's new book Reparative Media is out!! (open access)
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"Even if reparations never come, reparative practices still nourish our communities and the culture at large. This is about the daily, unglamorous, never-ending, ever-changing work of repair"
So glad AJ Escoffery's new book Reparative Media is out!! (open access)
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And now, the most important images from my time in Cape Town for #ICA26 -- the *adorable* African penguins at Boulders Beach and the beautiful sights at the Cape of Good Hope. I'm so grateful to have a job where I get to travel and talk with/learn from so many other smart people while also getting to see parts of the world that I might otherwise never see!
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And now, the most important images from my time in Cape Town for #ICA26 -- the *adorable* African penguins at Boulders Beach and the beautiful sights at the Cape of Good Hope. I'm so grateful to have a job where I get to travel and talk with/learn from so many other smart people while also getting to see parts of the world that I might otherwise never see!
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While in Cape Town for #ICA26, I noticed this interesting "storefront" near the convention center: The AWS Skills Centre, which I can really only describe as an Amazon Cloud Propaganda Department
It offers "free cloud training and interactive exhibits" -- and, of course, advertisements for AWS products. There are free classes—ranging from basic computer skills to specific sysadmin training
Very interesting to see how the tech giant curates its physical presence
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While in Cape Town for #ICA26, I noticed this interesting "storefront" near the convention center: The AWS Skills Centre, which I can really only describe as an Amazon Cloud Propaganda Department
It offers "free cloud training and interactive exhibits" -- and, of course, advertisements for AWS products. There are free classes—ranging from basic computer skills to specific sysadmin training
Very interesting to see how the tech giant curates its physical presence
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"What if we could start over and build the Internet from scratch? How could it be rebuilt or reimagined as more equitable and just? ... Paris critically examines the myriad and contradictory promises, utility, and obstacles to building a completely new Internet.
Radical Infrastructure locates and analyzes the boundaries of how people and groups imagine, build, deploy, maintain, and use the Internet as they survive—and even dare to thrive—in challenging political, economic, and environmental contexts. Ultimately, Paris encourages active reflection among scholars, policymakers, and activists and reveals more grounded imaginaries, tactics, and opportunities for future people-centered projects"
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/radical-infrastructure/paper
#OpenAccess #InternetStudies #Bookstodon #Commodon #InfrastructureStudies #RadicalInfrastructure #STS
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"What if we could start over and build the Internet from scratch? How could it be rebuilt or reimagined as more equitable and just? ... Paris critically examines the myriad and contradictory promises, utility, and obstacles to building a completely new Internet.
Radical Infrastructure locates and analyzes the boundaries of how people and groups imagine, build, deploy, maintain, and use the Internet as they survive—and even dare to thrive—in challenging political, economic, and environmental contexts. Ultimately, Paris encourages active reflection among scholars, policymakers, and activists and reveals more grounded imaginaries, tactics, and opportunities for future people-centered projects"
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/radical-infrastructure/paper
#OpenAccess #InternetStudies #Bookstodon #Commodon #InfrastructureStudies #RadicalInfrastructure #STS
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#CallForPapers: Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der DGPuK 2026
Vom 30. September bis 2. Oktober 2026 am GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften in Köln zum Thema:
Measuring Media Use and Effects: Computational Opportunities and Challenges
- Submission details: Extended Abstracts (800–1.200 Wörter) auf deutsch oder englisch
- Einreichung ab dem 1. April 2026, Deadline bis zum 15. Mai 2026 -
#CallForPapers: Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Methoden der DGPuK 2026
Vom 30. September bis 2. Oktober 2026 am GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften in Köln zum Thema:
Measuring Media Use and Effects: Computational Opportunities and Challenges
- Submission details: Extended Abstracts (800–1.200 Wörter) auf deutsch oder englisch
- Einreichung ab dem 1. April 2026, Deadline bis zum 15. Mai 2026 -
Here‘s my coeditors‘ and my introduction to the special issue: https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2026-1-3
All articles are #openaccess!
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Here‘s my coeditors‘ and my introduction to the special issue: https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2026-1-3
All articles are #openaccess!
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Really interesting new paper from some of my former @GESIS colleagues in "Big Data & Society": "From (almost) open to heavily restricted data access – The development of the Twitter/X developer policies"
https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261419333
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Really interesting new paper from some of my former @GESIS colleagues in "Big Data & Society": "From (almost) open to heavily restricted data access – The development of the Twitter/X developer policies"
https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261419333
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I published a paper from a first-person perspective about how features on #Mastodon leave enormous loopholes for harassing behavior (OA, 🔗 ⬇️ )
I came over here in the Nov22 wave & never left, but I no longer invite people to join without giving (loud) fair warning about drawbacks. I can't in good faith recommend Mdon to anyone who's more likely to be on the receiving end of harassing behavior
We have proof of concept, but the stakes are *urgent* to improve!
https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/6644
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I published a paper from a first-person perspective about how features on #Mastodon leave enormous loopholes for harassing behavior (OA, 🔗 ⬇️ )
I came over here in the Nov22 wave & never left, but I no longer invite people to join without giving (loud) fair warning about drawbacks. I can't in good faith recommend Mdon to anyone who's more likely to be on the receiving end of harassing behavior
We have proof of concept, but the stakes are *urgent* to improve!
https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/6644
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My review of @rwg's new book "Move Slowly and Build Bridges" is now published in Convergence
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13548565251409858
In my draft/notes, I had written "this book slaps and everyone should read it because what is thing I feel... hope? optimism? That's been a long time overdue"
What I actually ended up writing was: "A more just, equitable, and inclusive online world is not only possible, but it is already being created."
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My review of @rwg's new book "Move Slowly and Build Bridges" is now published in Convergence
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13548565251409858
In my draft/notes, I had written "this book slaps and everyone should read it because what is thing I feel... hope? optimism? That's been a long time overdue"
What I actually ended up writing was: "A more just, equitable, and inclusive online world is not only possible, but it is already being created."
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Aymar Jéan Escoffery's (@ajescoffery) new book, Reparative Media: Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal Our Culture, is now out! An incredibly important title that reimagines how movies, TV, and a broader array of media can be made and distributed in ways that include more people and move beyond the extractive models so common to contemporary streaming and social media. #OpenAccess
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Aymar Jéan Escoffery's (@ajescoffery) new book, Reparative Media: Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal Our Culture, is now out! An incredibly important title that reimagines how movies, TV, and a broader array of media can be made and distributed in ways that include more people and move beyond the extractive models so common to contemporary streaming and social media. #OpenAccess
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I highly recommend that university instructors (of any subject) consider trying it out in their classes:
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I highly recommend that university instructors (of any subject) consider trying it out in their classes:
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I'd been hearing about Wiki Edu and the Wikipedia Assignment on various listservs for a while, and this past semester I ran it for the first time with my "Data and Society" class, and *wow* it is so incredible! We all trained to become Wikipedia editors and students contributed to a range of articles while thinking through content gaps, representational politics, research/citation practices, and the presumed "objectivity" of data.
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I'd been hearing about Wiki Edu and the Wikipedia Assignment on various listservs for a while, and this past semester I ran it for the first time with my "Data and Society" class, and *wow* it is so incredible! We all trained to become Wikipedia editors and students contributed to a range of articles while thinking through content gaps, representational politics, research/citation practices, and the presumed "objectivity" of data.
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New paper by @drfollowmario, Philipp Knöpfle, and me in the journal Media Psychology: "Contextual Changes, Credible Conclusions? A Direct and Conceptual Replication of Shen et al.'s (2019) Study on Online Image Credibility"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15213269.2025.2595452
#commodon #replication #reproducibility @communicationscholars -
New paper by @drfollowmario, Philipp Knöpfle, and me in the journal Media Psychology: "Contextual Changes, Credible Conclusions? A Direct and Conceptual Replication of Shen et al.'s (2019) Study on Online Image Credibility"
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15213269.2025.2595452
#commodon #replication #reproducibility @communicationscholars -
"Individuals trying to support themselves via subscriptions are as dependent on the whims of the marketplace as those working for large corporations, and it’s not just the lack of health care and 401ks that make the career of a patron-supported creator precarious — it’s the rawness and immediacy of the relationship."
by Ana Marie Cox: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patron-supported-journalism-cant-be-the-future-of-news
#journalism #platforms #newsletter #newsletters #inadequacy #Substack #Patreon #media #CommOdon #creating #creation #writing #patrons #investigations
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"Individuals trying to support themselves via subscriptions are as dependent on the whims of the marketplace as those working for large corporations, and it’s not just the lack of health care and 401ks that make the career of a patron-supported creator precarious — it’s the rawness and immediacy of the relationship."
by Ana Marie Cox: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patron-supported-journalism-cant-be-the-future-of-news
#journalism #platforms #newsletter #newsletters #inadequacy #Substack #Patreon #media #CommOdon #creating #creation #writing #patrons #investigations
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RE: https://fediscience.org/@JohannesBreuer/115571076834078410
Our survey on research practices in Computational Communication Science is still open for participation!
@communicationscholars #commodon -
RE: https://fediscience.org/@JohannesBreuer/115571076834078410
Our survey on research practices in Computational Communication Science is still open for participation!
@communicationscholars #commodon -
As the Academic Job Market Season™ progresses and as some lucky folks may be receiving offers and thinking through the whole negotiation process, here's some info about what I got when I was hired last year (private SLAC in Virginia):
$85,000 base salary (paid over 10 or 12 months), $6,000 guaranteed each summer for the first 2 years, $20,000 in start-up research funds.
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As the Academic Job Market Season™ progresses and as some lucky folks may be receiving offers and thinking through the whole negotiation process, here's some info about what I got when I was hired last year (private SLAC in Virginia):
$85,000 base salary (paid over 10 or 12 months), $6,000 guaranteed each summer for the first 2 years, $20,000 in start-up research funds.
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For the next conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Christian Strippel, Silke Fürst, Christian Schwarzenegger, Erik Koenen, and I are organizing a panel on "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies".
Sumissions (abstracts, 200-300 words) are possible in English and German and need to be submitted by January 19th, 2026. You can find the full CfP here: https://osf.io/ch76u/files/8u6gw
#commodon @communicationscholars -
For the next conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Christian Strippel, Silke Fürst, Christian Schwarzenegger, Erik Koenen, and I are organizing a panel on "Open Research Infrastructures and Resources for Communication and Media Studies".
Sumissions (abstracts, 200-300 words) are possible in English and German and need to be submitted by January 19th, 2026. You can find the full CfP here: https://osf.io/ch76u/files/8u6gw
#commodon @communicationscholars -
Within our project on research practices in Computational Communication Science (CCS), we are conducting a survey among CCS researchers. We would be grateful if you could participate (takes 10 to 15 minutes) and/or share the link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/AutoFrontCCS/
#commodon @communicationscholars -
Within our project on research practices in Computational Communication Science (CCS), we are conducting a survey among CCS researchers. We would be grateful if you could participate (takes 10 to 15 minutes) and/or share the link: https://www.soscisurvey.de/AutoFrontCCS/
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Recently had Infrastructure Week™ in my Critical Internet Studies class -- I sent students to walk around campus and identify the various infrastructure and utilities that often go unnoticed
Student quote: "They're not actually hidden that well, but I'm a little embarrassed by just how much I never noticed"
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Recently had Infrastructure Week™ in my Critical Internet Studies class -- I sent students to walk around campus and identify the various infrastructure and utilities that often go unnoticed
Student quote: "They're not actually hidden that well, but I'm a little embarrassed by just how much I never noticed"
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About news bulk payout: “This whole thing has been a huge gift for foreign-owned legacy media and a spit in the face of small outlets like ours and Indigenous-owned outlets. This whole system was designed for the big players and the papers who are dying and whose business model is failing”
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-googles-funding-canadian-news-publishers-split-and-who-benefits-most via @fifilamoura
#news #media #study #report #journalism #journalists #reporting #communication #commOdon #Canada #CdnMedia #CanPoli #publishing #Montreal #socialMedia #subsidies
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About news bulk payout: “This whole thing has been a huge gift for foreign-owned legacy media and a spit in the face of small outlets like ours and Indigenous-owned outlets. This whole system was designed for the big players and the papers who are dying and whose business model is failing”
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-googles-funding-canadian-news-publishers-split-and-who-benefits-most via @fifilamoura
#news #media #study #report #journalism #journalists #reporting #communication #commOdon #Canada #CdnMedia #CanPoli #publishing #Montreal #socialMedia #subsidies
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Hello Fediverse!
I’m studying how communication and media scholars think about Twitter/X and its recent whirlwind of changes. If this sounds like you (communication/media scholar, currently or previously used twitter, 18+ years), please take this survey and share your thoughts.
And please share/circulate to help this reach the right people!
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Hello Fediverse!
I’m studying how communication and media scholars think about Twitter/X and its recent whirlwind of changes. If this sounds like you (communication/media scholar, currently or previously used twitter, 18+ years), please take this survey and share your thoughts.
And please share/circulate to help this reach the right people!
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Oh, the paper link one more time!
"Pin the tail on the researcher: From distributed to meshy accountability in decentralized social media"
https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/6644
(ETA: Oh, and sincere thanks to everyone who's both lent moral support & helped me navigate this situation, including offering insights about network architecture & features. I say that in the paper but I should post it here too 💛)
#Commodon #FLOSS #Mastodon #STS #MeshyAccountability #LocatedAccountability #FeministSTS
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Oh, the paper link one more time!
"Pin the tail on the researcher: From distributed to meshy accountability in decentralized social media"
https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/6644
(ETA: Oh, and sincere thanks to everyone who's both lent moral support & helped me navigate this situation, including offering insights about network architecture & features. I say that in the paper but I should post it here too 💛)
#Commodon #FLOSS #Mastodon #STS #MeshyAccountability #LocatedAccountability #FeministSTS
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""'The screenshot’s capacity to make seemingly ephemeral moments permanent [revealed and violated] existing media ideologies that assumed some measure of ephemerality in digital spaces... we can see how screenshots bring normative boundaries to the fore precisely because of their violation""
Just bumped into this paper on screenshotting and public shame (by a former student); sharing for no reason at all
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""'The screenshot’s capacity to make seemingly ephemeral moments permanent [revealed and violated] existing media ideologies that assumed some measure of ephemerality in digital spaces... we can see how screenshots bring normative boundaries to the fore precisely because of their violation""
Just bumped into this paper on screenshotting and public shame (by a former student); sharing for no reason at all
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Each year, when I teach Media, Technology & Culture, students select a book for their final project from a list of relevant titles. I always have a great time assembling the list and discovering cool new work. It's also fun to share the result.
So here it is, the 2025 book list!The pic is of my favorite cover from this years additions, which belongs to Seth Long's "The Last Mixtape."
cc #academicchatter #commodon #mediaStudies @communicationscholars @academicchatter
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Each year, when I teach Media, Technology & Culture, students select a book for their final project from a list of relevant titles. I always have a great time assembling the list and discovering cool new work. It's also fun to share the result.
So here it is, the 2025 book list!The pic is of my favorite cover from this years additions, which belongs to Seth Long's "The Last Mixtape."
cc #academicchatter #commodon #mediaStudies @communicationscholars @academicchatter
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New tutorial in the KODAQS Toolbox on procesing YouTube data with our tubecleanR mini-package by Julian Kohne and me: https://kodaqs-toolbox.gesis.org/github.com/gesiscss/tubecleanr_tool/index/
#computationalsocialscience @communicationscholars #commodon -
New tutorial in the KODAQS Toolbox on procesing YouTube data with our tubecleanR mini-package by Julian Kohne and me: https://kodaqs-toolbox.gesis.org/github.com/gesiscss/tubecleanr_tool/index/
#computationalsocialscience @communicationscholars #commodon
