Dragos Obreja

🥳I am so happy to share with you my article on Video Games as Social Institutions. I discuss key criteria for this argument: ubicuous gamification elements, gamer identity (with racial & sexual tenets), resistance, and time-oriented interactions 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1555...

🚨 TikTok knows you better than you think! 🚨
In my new research in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social , I show that understanding how algorithm works makes you more resistant to manipulative political & religious content… but also makes you like the algorithm more! 📱
doi.org/10.1177/2053...

🥳I am so happy to share with you my article on Video Games as Social Institutions. I discuss key criteria for this argument: ubicuous gamification elements, gamer identity (with racial & sexual tenets), resistance, and time-oriented interactions 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1555...

OUT NOW: in the new issue of The Sociological Review journal, we reassess Bev Skeggs' acclaimed Formations of Class and Gender.

journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOR/73/2/

@jolittler.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @simov.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Those that state we need to go in as much detail as possible. Or, in Healy's words "fuck nuance" 😁

Bridging awareness and resistance: Using algorithmic knowledge against controversial content - Dragoș M Obreja, 2024 Political and moral/religious contents are increasingly popular on TikTok, and the concerns associated with them create the premises for a re-exploration of the...

🥰So happy to share my dissertation chapter with you. Here I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Critical Race Theory, Marxism, and the Problem of Ideology - William Sites, 2025 Critical race theories of ideology, surprisingly, replicate key tensions in early Marxist thought. Following a selective review of several Marxist theorists, th...

I really enjoyed this paper. If you're interested in the ideological tensions surrounding critical race theory, this is a must read!
doi.org/10.1177/0735...

This is the way.

Thank you for sharing! I am grateful!

Bridging awareness and resistance: Using algorithmic knowledge against controversial content - Dragoș M Obreja, 2024 Political and moral/religious contents are increasingly popular on TikTok, and the concerns associated with them create the premises for a re-exploration of the...

🥰So happy to share my dissertation chapter with you. Here I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.1177/2053...

These are the people on whose behalf Musk is interfering in Romania's internal politics. The so-called "sovereignists" who display Russian flags. #Krasnov

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

Very interesting how JD Vance mocks Russian interference in Romanian elections, as if the same factor didn't contribute decisively to Trump's victory in 2016 (and perhaps 2025).

Gaming Democracy How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms.From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gon...

My new book from @mitpress.bsky.social, Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right, is out today! The book explores how play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms. #digitalculture #games #politics #platforms

Really happy to share my paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social with you! I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. 🥰
doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Death and Institutions Death and Institutions - Processes, Places and the Past; Institutions play a crucial role in shaping experiences of end-of-life care, death and bereavement, yet research is often limited to specific s...

Exciting new #book in #death #studies coming out this spring, Death and Institutions: Processes, Places and the Past (Bristol University Press), edited by @katewoody.bsky.social, Helen Frisby and Bethan Michal-Fox @deathstudiespod.bsky.social

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...

Hello, Bluesky community. Given the fact that Bluesky does not (yet) operate with algorithmic recommendations, it would be useful to like less and retweet/ share more, in order to find each other quickly. Thanks 😇

Really happy to share my paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social with you! I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. 🥰
doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Sociological Theory - The Matrix of AI Agency: On the Demarcation Problem in Social Theory Podcast Episode · Sage Sociology · 12/02/2024 · 11m

Good news everyone: you don't need to read our article on the agency of AI systems. Just listen to this 10 minute introductory podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

For a deeper dive, you find the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/0735...

As a straight person who is LGBTQ+ friendly, I would definitely avoid going to the US, even for conferences.

What a terrible day.

I hope people can find some peace.

My article, Video Games as Social Institutions, has been assigned to an issue 🥰. Hope it will be of interest
doi.org/10.1177/1555...