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Amanda Lotz

@drtvlotz.bsky.social

Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age | Prof@QUT | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | Mostly writing on LinkedIn, glimmers of also being a human here

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Paris Marx@parismarx.com · last mo.

It’s been so inspiring to see the growth of data center opposition across the US and the wider world. Taking on the tech industry is bringing communities together — which seems like exactly what we need right now.

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · last mo.

Across the United States, communities are uniting in opposition to data centers to power generative AI. This week Saul Levin joins @parismarx.com to talk about those fights and how they center on tangible issues that bring people together. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/334_...

Amanda Lotz@drtvlotz.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm so confused by Australia's embrace of data centres. A long read by @news.abc.net.au last week noted no downside, gov't is treating the opportunity to build them as a gift? Meanwhile opposition, mostly due to toxic effects in communities with them, has managed to UNITE folks in the US.

Data for Progress@dataforprogress.org · last mo.

NEW: A majority of voters across party lines support a data center moratorium. Sixty-seven percent of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 58% of Republicans support pausing the construction of new AI data centers for at least one year.

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Support a Data Center Moratorium. Description: Some lawmakers have proposed pausing the construction of new artificial intelligence (AI) data centers for at least one year. Do you support or oppose this proposal? Response Options: A) I support this proposal. The U.S. should pause the construction of new AI data centers for at least one year. B) Don't know C) I oppose this proposal. The U.S. should continue constructing new AI data centers. All likely voters — 63% chose A, 11% chose B, 26% chose C Democrat — 67% chose A, 10% chose B, 23% chose C Independent / Third party — 66% chose A, 11% chose B, 24% chose C Republican — 58% chose A, 11% chose B, 31% chose C June 12–16, 2026 survey of 1,090 U.S. likely voters.
Amanda Lotz@drtvlotz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I feel seen. I'm not sure reading these replies makes me feel better, but it does help explain the consistent muttering of FFS and JFC. Also, this video is genius www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council

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Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol · 2mo ago

I'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.

Amanda Lotz@drtvlotz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Or maybe it is time to look back at what decades of media studies research says about watching video? Pretty big body of work would counter the framing of this as passive. Maybe a lot of 'social media' use was never 'social'? Maybe a lot is driven by our interests rather than imagined community?

Petter Törnberg@pettertornberg.com · 3mo ago

Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers

Amanda Lotz@drtvlotz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I can’t remember when I last so devoured a book. @superwuster.bsky.social's account of the economic and social problems created by ’tech companies’ is daunting but offers evidence of recovery from corporate capture and wealth gaps that leaves needed hope. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177...

The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu: 9780593321249 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025 • Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. In this new book, Tim Wu (The Attention Merchants) explains how we can reclaim control...

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Amanda Lotz@drtvlotz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Audio from a presentation of preliminary findings from interviews part of our Media Uses in the 21st Century research. I promise we are writing, sooooo much data! @glunardi.bsky.social

QUT Digital Media Research Centre@qutdmrc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For our 40th episode of the Read Them Sideways podcast, we have a recording of a panel from our recent Summer School, looking at Australian media diets and attitudes in the 21st century. Tune in to hear more about this ongoing project!

Amanda Lotz@drtvlotz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In testimony last week, Sarandos reported 86 million US Netflix subscribers. At 86m US subs, Netflix reaches 69% of US households – a lot relative to other services. But per the recent Netflix global subs numbers, that also means the US accounts for only 28% of Netflix’s subscriber base. 1/2

Amanda Lotz@drtvlotz.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This new article brings the current dynamics of the ‘creator economy’ (hosted distribution) into conversation with decades of explaining how creative autonomy is constrained in commercial mediamaking. This lets us explore how the ‘creator’ sector encompasses journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

On hosted media, simple-professional cultural production, and micro media logics in anglophone video - Amanda D. Lotz, 2025

The media sector has expanded in the 21st century to encompass a ‘hosted model’ of circulation and ‘simple-professional’ dynamic of cultural production that coe...

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