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AI Economics for Dummies

“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...

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I don't normally advertise each panel, but this is a special one. If you're around #ICA26 at noon today, please come join @acsj-ica.bsky.social panel on reflecting on activism/activist scholarship at ICA as a one-year-old division 🥳

I am incredibly honored to see my book recognized by the academic community that has been my academic home. Thank you for this award! #ica26

Activism Communication and Social Justice@acsj-ica.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Activism, Communication & Social Justice Outstanding Book Award 2026 to Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social (@aiasdk.bsky.social) @ucpress.bsky.social #ica26

I'm in Cape Town for #ICA26 and will be at (almost) all the @acsj-ica.bsky.social events. Come say hi!

Activism Communication and Social Justice@acsj-ica.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#ICA26 starts today! Use the ICA app for all updated information, times, and rooms. And mark your calendars for these ACSJ events ⬇️

A good time to grab a copy of my book 😉https://www.ucpress.edu/books/appropriate-negotiate-challenge/paper

Appropriate, Negotiate, Challenge by Elisabetta Ferrari - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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University of California Press@ucpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s the UC Press 40% Spring Sale! Visit ucpress.edu and use promo code SPRING40 to enjoy 40% off any UC Press book. ⁠

Finally.

NPR@npr.org · 4mo ago

Hungarian voters turned out in the greatest numbers since the 1990s to turn away from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing populist Fidesz party, putting an end to Orbán's 16 years in power. n.pr/421W9b7

Orbán took power in April 2010. We organized our first protests against him that December. I was 22, in undergrad, lucky to be in a community of students ready to resist. Looking back, no wonder this moment feels so heavy. 🧵

Writing a book is having—and forgetting—the same epiphany over and over until you die or finish the book, whichever comes first.

Here's the link to the free pdf of my new book The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet. Access is so important and I'm grateful that the press is platforming it as one file that is easy to download. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...

The Inattention Economy

Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides...

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There’s little weirder to me about this moment than seeing wired, the publication that for decades paved the road to US technofascism with their ridiculous propaganda of “tech optimism” & technolibertarianism, running articles like this. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they are—it’s just ironic as hell

The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania mourns the passing of Monroe E. Price, J.D., retired Professor of Communication and a towering figure in the field of international communication:

Professor Monroe Price, Legal and Communication Scholar Whose Work Spanned the Globe, Passes Away at 87

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Voices of Change - Next Emerging & Early Career Researchers Session! The session will address mental wellbeing, resilience, available resources for ECRs, and practical support, followed by a Q&A. 25 Feb 2026 | 10:00–11:30 CET | Zoom Register now to join the discussion! cts.ku.dk/projects/to-...

Over the past 6 years, whenever Americans have faced a crisis – from the pandemic to weather emergencies to state violence – they have turned to grassroots solidarity to help each other. From the streets of Minneapolis to each and every neighborhood, mutual aid is here to stay. #mutualaid

in a system that tells us to get ours that tells us the american dream is success for yourself that people with money are the ones who’ve won mutual aid is a rejection of the core capitalist values we were supposed to learn mutual aid is interdependence and interdependence is how we’ll survive

It’s ironic that this is framed as being about “Giving Tuesday”, when so much of mutual aid is critical of this vertical model of charity, but this is a good article, with nice stories from activists, about the power of #mutualaid in these dark times. apnews.com/article/mutu...

When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'

Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.

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I had a lot of fun talking about my @ucpress.bsky.social book on this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast! Thanks to Megan Finn for letting me chat about Silicon Valley, activism, and the book on mutual aid I'm writing now. 🎧 in your fave podcast app or here: newbooksnetwork.com/appropriate-...

Got questions about your #ICA26 reviews? We got you! We are partnering with the Global Communication and Social Change (GCSC) Division to offer an online Reviewer Workshop, where you can hear from experienced reviewers. 🗓️ Nov 20th at 2pm GMT Sign up at: docs.google.com/forms/d/1GFR...

I am hiring for two postdocs in the creator economy, hosted at Aarhus University. One is on monetization and governance with flexible methods and area focus: www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #commsky #academicchatter #polisky

Postdoctoral Researcher in Monetisation, Governance, and the Creator Economy at the Department of Media and Journalism Studies - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet

Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Afdeling for Medievidenskab og Journalistik, Aarhus Universitet

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Founding director, @sristovska.bsky.social, and advisory board member, @riana.bsky.social, discussed the legal issues that AI and deepfakes pose in The Nation. Read more about the implications of this technology for justice, civil rights, and human rights here: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here

A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.

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Very excited to be part of this fun and engaged group of researchers for the next three years! ✨

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)@friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 10mo ago

✨With our newly established Young Academy for Cultures and Societies Research (YAC), FRIAS is creating a space for new perspectives on what a good life and a good society might mean today. Stay tuned for updates!✨ uni-freiburg.de/frias/resear...

Universities: - Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers - stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research - stop pretending AI usage is inevitable. I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.

Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“university leaders … must act to help us collectively turn back the tide of garbage software, which fuels harmful tropes (e.g. so-called lazy students) and false frames (e.g. so-called efficiency or inevitability) to obtain market penetration and increase technological dependency” 3/🧵

🌟 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

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Call for Papers: Control, Survival, Struggle: Rethinking and Renewing Vincent Mosco’s Political Economy of Communication. A special issue of Work Organisation, Labour & Globalization I'm co-editing w/ @ursulahuws.bsky.social, Leslie Shade, and Catherine McKercher wolg.wordpress.com/special-issu...

Call for papers: special issue on the legacy of Vincent Mosco

Special issue of Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation on Control, Survival, Struggle: Rethinking and Renewing Vincent Mosco’s Political Economy of Communication The theme When…

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📣 Final Reminder: Call for Papers! Deadline Soon! ACTIVATE's next hybrid seminar explores Alternative Media Archives and the long-term challenges of preserving media activism. 📅 Oct 23–24 | CEU Vienna + Online 📢 CFP open until Aug 31 📩 archivum@ceu.edu #MediaActivism #Archives #ACTIVATEproject

New call out for the fellowship I'm currently doing. Highly recommended - Aarhus is lovely, @aiasdk.bsky.social folks are wonderful and Aarhus University is a great place to work on your research. Apply! ✨

Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS)@aiasdk.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🔊Up to 10 individual AIAS-AUFF FELLOWSHIPS are open for application by curiosity-driven and talented researchers from all over the world, from any research discipline & with 2-10 years of experience after completion of their PhD. 📆APPLY by: 28 October at 12:00 (noon, CET) aias.au.dk/events/show/...

The ICA Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division (@acsj-ica.bsky.social) is looking for a new Secretary and a new International Liaison (both in office 2026-2028). Could that be you? More info about the roles: www.icahdq.org/page/div-ig-...

Division & Interest Group: Information for election candidates

Leadership at ICA comprises a robust group of ICA members bringing together varied professional methodologies, expertise, unique talents, and diverse cultural influences, from around the globe. With a Board of Directors of fifty individuals, five elected leadership roles per thirty-three divisions and interest groups, and a number of standing committees and task forces, our association is truly member driven. We are guided by, and grateful for, those who contribute to the association’s success through service.

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The ICA Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division (@acsj-ica.bsky.social) is looking for a new Secretary and a new International Liaison (both in office 2026-2028). Could that be you? More info about the roles: www.icahdq.org/page/div-ig-...

Division & Interest Group: Information for election candidates

Leadership at ICA comprises a robust group of ICA members bringing together varied professional methodologies, expertise, unique talents, and diverse cultural influences, from around the globe. With a Board of Directors of fifty individuals, five elected leadership roles per thirty-three divisions and interest groups, and a number of standing committees and task forces, our association is truly member driven. We are guided by, and grateful for, those who contribute to the association’s success through service.

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Yesterday, at the wonderful @aiasdk.bsky.social Summer Gathering, we opened an exhibit of images that bridge science and art. My contribution is a composite of different drawings from my visual focus groups w activists, researchers and techies. Read more about this work here: tinyurl.com/5bdb7upn

Hey #ica25, at 3pm I'm presenting some of my work on mutual aid activism in an @acsj-ica.bsky.social session titled "Activism, Technology, Hybridity and Social Media". Join us! We are at the Grand Hyatt, room Mt. Blue Sky (in the other building, across from valet parking).