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J.J. Sylvia IV, PhD

@jjsylvia.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Communications Media. I teach and research posthumanism, critical data studies, disinformation, creative coding, and communication law and ethics. Covid Cautious.

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J.J. Sylvia IV, PhD@jjsylvia.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Check out my post about using a custom class instance of Mastodon to teach about the ethics of social media and moderation: www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2026/01/12/t...

Teaching Mastodon: Ethics, Moderation, and the Work of Participation

NB: This post is we hope the first of several which discusses the use of alternative social media in the classroom. In this post, ASM Research Network member JJ Sylvia IV discusses teaching Mastodon i...

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J.J. Sylvia IV, PhD@jjsylvia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My new book is out: LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage (Bloomsbury). It traces how LiveJournal became an early testing ground for influence tactics that later scaled outward. Please consider reposting to share! #misinformation #disinformation #mediastudies

LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation

In LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation, J.J. Sylvia IV analyzes the role of blogging platform LiveJournal in Russia's information warfare strategy, examining…

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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11mo ago

public goods "47% have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher ed institutions, w a net positive rating of 33—up 13 points since 2023. more confidence in higher ed than in the police (44%), the medical system (38%)+large tech companies (25%)" www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Poll: Public Confidence in Higher Ed Growing

Despite the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on colleges and universities, American confidence in higher education is growing.

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Ida Bae Wells@nhannahjones.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I meant this deeply: My work now is all dissent work. I write for a future I likely will not see.

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽@needhibhalla.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“I will end my career writing dissent, that is my future. And you understand that you’re writing for a future society. That dissents are not about today. Dissents are writing for a future society that will take that dissent, that will be ready for that dissent, & enact it” @nhannahjones.bsky.social

onion person@junlper.beer · 11mo ago

it looks like the only way to have honest media is directly support them. i currently subscribe to WIRED and rolling stone, and about to subscribe to 404 media. any other WOKE and antifa media orgs i should support?

wobblerocket 🎲🎮@wobblerocket.com · 11mo ago

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Elise Thomas@elisethomas.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Russia designated the 'LGBT Movement' as a terrorist organisation. They know there is no such group; that's the point. It means they can choose to arrest ANYONE with any association with LGBT issues and treat them as a terrorist. The fact that 'antifa' is not a group should not be a comfort here.

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keep your electric eye on me@ubisurv.net · 11mo ago

The whole discourse of digital sovereignty is massively problematic. Even as authoritarian states like Iran and China use this to create surveillable space, too many on, even on the left, seem to think digital sovereignty or nationalism is some kind of progressive answer to platform capitalism.