Blue Miaoran Dong
@bluemiaoran.bsky.social
Contract Instructor for Global Internet Policy and Governance; Data management @ https://gmicp.org/; RA for Ghost Management 📚PEC | STS | platform economy | public policy | telecom history | ghost management | Online News Act, ICA Law &Policy,PhD candidate
Super grateful to receive the Top Paper Award at @ica-clp.bsky.social!#ICA Thank you so much to our amazing chair and vice chair @aramsinn.bsky.social, Min Jiang! Thank you to all the colleagues and friends who have supported me through the downs, the ups, and all the roller coasters in between ❤️🎢
Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
"the proposed deal would result in foreign investors indirectly owning nearly 50% of Paramount equity interests" AND "Current FCC rules prohibit foreign investors from owning more than 25% of a company that holds broadcast licenses" AND Brendan Carr 🤦♂️ www.wsj.com/business/dea...?
Paramount Requests FCC Approval for Hefty Middle East Ownership
Foreign investors including Persian Gulf sovereign-wealth funds are expected to indirectly own nearly 50% of Paramount equity after the Warner deal.
wsj.com
question for *media studies* folks: what are some journals that invite short (3K word ish?) commentaries with a quick (ish) turnaround time? this would be for themes like tech, data, infrastructure, media, enviro, etc thanks!
Chuffed to see this interview about the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project out in the quarterly Intermedia journal put out by the International Institute of Communication. iicintermedia.org/vol-54-issue...
Inside the Global Media and Internet Concentration Project | Intermedia - The journal of the International Institute of Communications
Professor DWAYNE WINSECK explains how the project’s new dashboard can be an invaluable tool for policymakers
iicintermedia.org
"Our findings suggest that privacy regulation has facilitated, rather than curtailed, platform data enclosures—enabling platforms to assert de facto control over data in the public domain." ‼️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
We are holding two webinars to introduce our new dashboard for the Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. It offers a treasure trove of multisectoral, long-term data for 30 out of the 36 countries in the project. Sign up & schedule details here: lnf69.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/6rq...
Wow! My paper, Branded Public Interest, just won Top Student Paper @ica-clp.bsky.social @icahdq.bsky.social!!! I am not crying😭 Massive thanks to all of the chairs, organizers and reviewers ❤️
As always, this 300-page report has everything an internet-regulation nerd could dream of for Christmas reading 🤓😎📖 The rise of the industrial media era in the late 19th century? ✔️ A Goliath (big telecom) vs. Goliath (big tech) clash? ✔️ Bonus: A new deep dive into cloud computing!💡 Check it out!
Mediamorphis@mediamorphis.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe Canadian report was prepared by yours truly, backed by an amazing team that includes Agnes Malkinson, Guy Hoskins & @bluemiaoran.bsky.social. It covers ~2 dozen telecoms, internet, broadcasting & publishing sectors--digital and traditional. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 3/
Hot off the press! The Canada’s Network Media Economy report is here! Sound the bell and let the huskies howl. Please help us spread the word and dig in! 🔥📖☕️
Mediamorphis@mediamorphis.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe Canadian report was prepared by yours truly, backed by an amazing team that includes Agnes Malkinson, Guy Hoskins & @bluemiaoran.bsky.social. It covers ~2 dozen telecoms, internet, broadcasting & publishing sectors--digital and traditional. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 3/
Thrilled to announce the release of 2 new reports today as part of the 36 country, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. The 1st examines the development & concentration conditions in German telecoms, internet & media industries. gmicp.org/media-teleco... 1/
Media, Telecommunication, and Internet Concentration in Germany 2019-2023
A report produced by the Germany research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project This report examines major structural changes in Germany’s media industries, documenting the steady e...
gmicp.org
The Canadian report was prepared by yours truly, backed by an amazing team that includes Agnes Malkinson, Guy Hoskins & @bluemiaoran.bsky.social. It covers ~2 dozen telecoms, internet, broadcasting & publishing sectors--digital and traditional. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 3/
Canada’s Network Media Economy: Growth, Concentration and Upheaval 1984-2024
A report produced by the Canadian research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project Now drawing upon 40 years of data, this report places some of the most significant recent developmen...
gmicp.org
The US big tech lobby is gunning for Canada's Online Streaming Act and Online News Act. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Canada’s digital sovereignty is crumbling under aggressive U.S. lobbying
After years of insisting Big Tech has to support domestic content, Ottawa is in retreat
theglobeandmail.com
The Ghost Management Research Group’s proposed workshop on corporate power and public policy has been accepted by IWPP. If your work explores how corporations shape knowledge, practices, or public attitudes to steer policy or influence agenda setting, we would love to hear from you. Submission🔗👇
The US Census Bureau shows that AI adoption has been declining among companies with more than 250 employees. Resource: www.apolloacademy.com/ai-adoption-...
In Shel Silverstein’s 1981 prediction about AI tools, my favorite part is the illustration of the baby doing homework inside a machine. It’s just like the 700 Indian engineers at Builder.ai pretending to be AI
🎉 Heading to #ICA2025 in Denver? Join us for a fun-filled joint reception with Comm Law & Policy, Media Industry Studies, and Comm History! 📍 Earl’s Kitchen & Bar 🗓 Sunday, June 15 | ⏰ 6:30–8:30pm
ICA Communication Law and Policy Division@ica-clp.bsky.social · last yr.Heading to Denver for #ICA2025? Come to the Comms Law and Policy joint reception with Media Industry Studies and Communication History — Sunday June 15, 6:30–8:30 at Earl's Kitchen & Bar!
Heading to Denver for #ICA2025? Come to the Comms Law and Policy joint reception with Media Industry Studies and Communication History — Sunday June 15, 6:30–8:30 at Earl's Kitchen & Bar!
Check out the masterpiece by Lindsey Keene on Canada’s telecom mess for my Global Internet Policy and Governance class. Honestly? Oscar-worthy! Drama, satire, capitalism—what more do you want?? I’m totally fine, just emotionally wrecked in the best way! 🥹❤️🤣 youtu.be/dEp55a1fHeA?...
The Game of Oligopoly
YouTube video by Lindsey Keene
youtu.be
Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it. Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.
Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it. Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.
“CLOUD Act agreement risks subordinating Canadian constitution to U.S. law”
Cynthia Khoo@cyn-k.bsky.social · last yr.Today @citizenlab.ca publishes a new, short commentary piece co-authored by @kate-ro.bsky.social and myself, highlighting grave constitutional and human rights issues that would arise with a Canada-USA CLOUD Act agreement, which the two governments have been negotiating since 2022. 🧵
@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social & I just dropped our new open access scoping review, and it’s about how researchers have been digging into internal corporate documents to find out what chemical companies don’t want us to know. 📑: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 📑: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Patients prescribed biologics for chronic conditions almost exclusively receive infusions in a private, for-profit health system in Canada. @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social Check out this new paper: canjhealthtechnol.ca/index.php/cj...
Fun fact: Americans STRONGLY oppose politicization of the civil servants, with 90% believing "Civil servants should serve the people more than any individual president." This study* from the Partnership is excellent and expands on this point (*I started). ourpublicservice.org/publications...
Researchers Ryan McGrady, Ethan Zuckerman, and Kevin Zheng argue that if we want responsible policy about social media, it begins with making it possible for American researchers to answer fundamental questions about how social media is shaping our public discourse.
AI Companies Threaten Independent Social Media Research | TechPolicy.Press
UMass Amherst researchers argue that researcher access to social media data should be one of the rare things all political factions in the US can agree on.
techpolicy.press
👻🔍 Exciting News！ The ghost management research group’ve teamed up with Re-Check Health Affairs to bring you something game-changing: Ghost Management at Work—a practical guide for uncovering and mapping dealings in the health world! 🕵️♀️🩺 carleton.ca/ghostmanagem... #Publicpolicy #corporatecaptures
