A new study by Adetobi Moses, upcoming doctoral graduate at the Annenberg School for Communication, offers a window into how communities process collective trauma and makes the case for oral histories as a powerful tool for preserving memories of the COVID-19 pandemic:

Oral Histories Help Communities Reckon with COVID-19

asc.upenn.edu

CDCS is excited to announce the 2026 Symposium: “Good Vibes Only? How Affects and Emotions Are Mediated for Justice in Digital Culture.” 👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/cdcs-2026-...

CDCS is excited to announce the 2026 Symposium: “Good Vibes Only? How Affects and Emotions Are Mediated for Justice in Digital Culture.” 👉 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/cdcs-2026-...

Glad to see @sas.upenn.edu Omnia’s new Research Roundup captures my recent article on genre borrowing practices in Chinese digital culture, together with two other fascinating projects by @sas.upenn.edu faculty omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/resear... @cdcspenn.bsky.social

Research Roundup Ocean Build up Digital Culture and Birthright Citizenship

Recent work from faculty in our History, Biology, and Sociology departments.

omnia.sas.upenn.edu

🔔 Deadline Reminder: Abstracts due December 1 🔔 The Center for Digital Culture and Society is currently accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium. 📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu 🔗 More info: lnkd.in/eyyRkcvN

🌟 Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium 🌟 The Center for Digital Culture and Society is now accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium. 📝 Deadline: December 1, 2025 📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu More information: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium

asc.upenn.edu

There is some talk about the revival of blogging. For starters, I've updated my Blogger site after almost three years! guobin-yang.blogspot.com

Guobin Yang, especialista en cultura digital, nos explica el panorama del internet en China: desde su origen en los años 90 hasta la actualidad, ¿en qué consiste la plataformización y el activismo en línea? www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923...

El internet y las redes sociales en China | Sandra Barba, Guobin Yang

revistadelauniversidad.mx

This beautiful magazine published an interview with me discussing the internet and social media in China. The best part is that it's in Spanish, though I wish it had an English edition as well: www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923... @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social

I love how much focus on the autoethnographic is present today at @cdcspenn.bsky.social's symposium! We as scholars need to remember our own relationship to leisure and play as we navigate complicated and tension-filled online spaces of leisure and play.

#NewTalkAlert I'm thrilled to share that Prof @guobin-yang.bsky.social will be visiting Warwick AL to give a talk on #SocialMedia and #SocialRhythm. Talk will be hybrid. Please join us in person (room A0.23) or via MS Teams. Scan QR code for more. #LanguageCultureMatters

Here is the program of our 4/25 Symposium on Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/.... @annenbergcargc.bsky.social

CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture

CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture

asc.upenn.edu

Join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Carolyn Biltoft's presentation on "Henri Bergson’s Turing Test for Humans." 🗓️ April 7, 12:15-1:30pm, 📍 Annenberg School, Room 300

Monday, 03/31 at 12:15pm, join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Devon Powers' presentation on "What is a Trend? Towards a Keyword for Media and Communication." Discover the significance of trends in our media, cultural, and information environment. 📍 367 McNeil Building @asc.upenn.edu

Monday, 03/31 at 12:15pm, join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Devon Powers' presentation on "What is a Trend? Towards a Keyword for Media and Communication." Discover the significance of trends in our media, cultural, and information environment. 📍 367 McNeil Building @asc.upenn.edu

This Satur 4pm at #aas2025, CDCS doctoral fellow Yingchuan Qu will be presenting her paper "Fishing for Poetry in the Digital Debris: Algorithmic Zombies and the Echoes of a Broken Language" on the panel "Apps, AI, and Bots: A New Era in Digital Technology." @asc.upenn.edu

On way to #aas2025, and a couple of talks I'll be giving before and after. Link to next week's UBC event here: greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/even... @cdcspenn.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu

Here is the program of our 4/25 Symposium on Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/.... @annenbergcargc.bsky.social

CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture

CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture

asc.upenn.edu

Applications for our @cdcspenn.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship are due on Valentine’s Day, so no one will miss it for the love of it! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026

asc.upenn.edu

Applications due in 10 days! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026

asc.upenn.edu

We are inviting postdoctoral fellowship applications. Please apply by Feb 14 www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026

asc.upenn.edu

We are inviting postdoctoral fellowship applications. Please apply by Feb 14 www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026

asc.upenn.edu

Missed our annual symposium on academic speech and social media? Read the highlights in this Q&A for Penn Today with @guobin-yang.bsky.social and Barbie Zelizer @asc.upenn.edu @upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social bit.ly/3PwQ6Fu

Addressing the ‘catch-22’ academics face on social media | Penn Today

The Annenberg School for Communication’s Center for Media at Risk and Center for Digital Culture and Society brought together scholars to analyze the interconnected benefits and risks that academics f...

bit.ly

CDCS postdoc @lumarch.bsky.social recently spoke to @teenvogue.bsky.social about the social media reactions to the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting:

What the UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Memes Tell Us

The internet has been completely obsessed with this case.

teenvogue.com

Our symposium "Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?" opens later today. Details here: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/... @ascmediarisk.bsky.social

Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?

Join the Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society for a symposium examining the relationship between social media and the academy.

asc.upenn.edu

Part 1 of our special issue "Thirty Years of the Internet in China" is out, open-access, with 10 articles & an Introduction journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctpa/9/4. The remaining 14 pieces are out OnlineFirst. Thank you to our contributors! @annenbergpenn.bsky.social @cdcspenn.bsky.social

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

Starting tomorrow! How does social media surveillance impact scholarship? How should future scholars think about their social media presence? We explore these questions and more at our annual symposium at @annenbergpenn.bsky.social c-sponsored with @cdcspenn.bsky.social https://buff.ly/410HcHh

Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?

Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society's symposium on the relationship between social media and the academy.

buff.ly

This Thursday and Friday (Dec. 5-6), join @ascmediarisk.bsky.social & @cdcspenn.bsky.social for a symposium exploring how social media impacts academic speech. Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/academe-in...

Congratulations to former CDCS doctoral fellow @zoezhao.bsky.social on receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association of Chinese Communication Studies at #nca2024 for her dissertation "The Rise of Platform Game Work in China "

@cdcspenn.bsky.social postdoc @lumarch.bsky.social spoke to @washingtonpost.com about how grieving One Direction fans are processing Liam Payne’s death online: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Grieving One Direction fans return to where they last met — online

Liam Payne’s death brought on real grief for Gen Z fans. The only ones who understand how they process it -- sometimes with dark humor -- are fellow Directioners.

washingtonpost.com