We're very lucky having @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social present today at Curtin University for CCAT on Platform Epistemology: Shaping Algorithmic Knowledge in the Visibility Game, on the first leg of Kelley's Australian tour!
I will be at #CSCW2025 presenting two first-author papers! I am also on the job market, let’s have a ☕ chat! Papers: Who Is a Good Digital Activist? w/ @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social,“Whoever needs to see it, will see it” w/ @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social, @shaheenk.bsky.social, Haley McAtee & Amy Ritchart
Lawmakers’ concerns about China manipulating content purportedly motivated (in part) the law requiring TikTok’s sale to US owners. But Trump-allied investors, a US gov’t–appointed board seat, and US gov’t oversight of the algorithm rebuild raise concerns about far-right influence over the new app.
The preliminary TikTok deal announced by Trump in the last few days would create a new US-only version of the app and license the algorithm from ByteDance. I shared thoughts about what could happen in an article published in the @theconversation.com
My college wrote about my and colleagues' work for National Civic Hacking Day. The article covers NSF-funded research with @profprof.bsky.social, @kthorson.bsky.social, @ankolika.bsky.social, @afbat.bsky.social, Marialina Antolini, Benji Davis around volunteer moderators of local online groups.
And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 We are hiring at Penn State! My college (@bellisariograded.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor in Health/Science Communication (emphasis on social scientific approaches).
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
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New OA pub day! Given the dwindling of local newspapers, folks are turning to social media. Platforms are discursively constructing local community groups as a new kind of hub. But local volunteer mods are the ones who are charged to realize these visions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals" highlighting two lines in particular: "Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose "Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose
University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
More than a restriction on what can be said, this represents an effort to constrain what is known. A clear attempt to cultivate ignorance.
YES! Cannot wait to read. Congrats!! 👏🏻
