It's the end of an era. The Social Media Collective is shutting down. Thanks to everyone who was a part of this crazy endeavor, but especially @nancybaym.bsky.social, Tarleton Gillespie, and @marylgray.bsky.social. I adore you all! socialmediacollective.org/2026/09/23/s...

The Social Media Collective Comes to a Close

It is with both celebration and sadness that we announce that the Social Media Collective, our research team of critical, humanistic social sciences at Microsoft Research’s New England lab, is comi…

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Apply for @snfagora.bsky.social 's Postdoctoral Fellowship by November 5. See details here! snfagora.jhu.edu/fellowships-...

Postdoctoral Fellows Program

Postdoctoral Fellows Program SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University

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AOC "knows broaching the roles of race and gender in politics can be unpopular...'If you’re asking me about the things that I weigh, of course, that’s part of what I weigh...It’s funny because it’s kind of like, everyone else is allowed to talk about it, but I’m not?' www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said.

In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.

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When I first wrote about the First Amendment and the White House press pool for the textbook about a decade ago, it was only a few grafs. Now it's a much longer passage. Here's an excerpt with my comments about the CNN/Politico/MS Now ban and lawsuit. medialawprof.medium.com/press-pools-...

Press Pools, the First Amendment, and “rogue, mooning journalists”

For our textbook “The Law of Public Communication” — 14th edition coming in 2027! — I’ve authored the “Access to Information” chapter for…

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If you graduated between Dec. 2022 and May 2026 in journalism or a related field and currently work or have previously worked full time for a news organization in Oklahoma for at least six months, please consider taking part in this study and passing it on to folks who may qualify!

The first Latina elected to U.S. Senate was just 10 years ago.

CAWP@cawp-ru.bsky.social · 2w ago

Latino history is American history — and women have helped shape both.

PhD students (& new PhDs): I'm hiring a postdoc at Cornell (Ithaca) to conduct a novel study at the intersection of political economy and tech. Applications are due Oct 16. There are a LOT more details in the job ad so make sure to read it thoroughly: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502

Every time I teach Media Literacy, I ask students what they think are the top 3-5 news stories since 2000. I usually have the top 10 but this year it is only 9 because of so little consensus. And yes, for 9, they wrote "prez elections," not any in particular, so I wasn't forcing it to be a catchall.

“Research participants reported experiencing sexism from their colleagues and sources that manifested in condescending attitudes, pseudo-protectionism and hostile sexism hindering women journalists’ ability to participate in the public debate and perform professional practices.”

Will Mari@willthewordguy.bsky.social · 3w ago

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"Naval aviators are repeatedly exposed to body-crushing forces as they catapult off aircraft carriers and pull high G-force turns in training. The Navy has never studied how those forces over time affect the human brain..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...

Navy Failed to Protect Pilots From Brain Injury, House Report Says

A scathing report issued by the House Oversight Committee blamed the Navy for repeatedly failing to act, and recommended that Congress pass legislation to study and treat aviators.

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UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.

UW-Madison students, records detail investigation of professor

Dietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one.

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PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502

Asked my undergraduate Media Literacy class if they had heard of the Meta settlement. Nope. They were pretty cynical about it resulting in much.

When political parties use AI images they need to label them, according to the EU AI Act. More fundamentally they should ask themselves if they really want to contribute to the authenticity blur. I comment on a recent case in Danish politics here @ddc-sdu.bsky.social www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...

De to unge mænd ser virkelige ud på Danmarksdemokraternes billede - problemet er, at det er de ikke

Det burde fremgå af billedet, at det er skabt af kunstig intelligens, vurderer to eksperter.

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This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

When I was a kid visiting my dad's family in Mississippi, they asked who was favorite singer was. I said, "Polly Darton," and they all laughed while I had no clue of my little slip up. Rest in power and all the good you did for this world, Dolly.

We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m...

"Patients should never feel they need to hide their emotions in order to appear agreeable, minimize their symptoms in order to be taken seriously or apologize for their pain." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...

Opinion | This Is Why Women Are Scared to Tell Their Doctors the Truth

Is it OK to raise this issue? I don’t want to be a bother.

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NYT lede: "Giorgia Meloni, daughter of the extreme right..." There's a lot in this article but I am just pausing hard on the "daughter" part. She's not the mother of it, as in wasn't the architect, but what does it mean to be the daughter of it? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/w...

Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power

In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.

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"...colleges should redouble their efforts to reach young people, educate them and assist them as they navigate the registration and voting process. They should not just teach students about their democratic rights; they should help students realize them." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/o...

Opinion | What Does the Trump Administration Have Against the 26th Amendment?

American democracy and American higher education are inextricable.

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Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle. Deadline Oct. 21. www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant

The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nearly nine months.

Trump Says USS Lincoln Hasn’t Been Deployed ‘Nearly Long Enough’—Denies Families’ Concerns

The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nearly nine months.

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We have an AI news site in Austin and you might have one too … thanks to Maggie Quinlan with @austinchronicle.bsky.social for covering this and for going “down the rabbit hole” with me … www.austinchronicle.com/news/ai-news...

AI News Lurks in Austin. Who’s Behind It? • The Austin Chronicle

AI News Lurks in Austin. Who’s Behind It?

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Given everything going on in Texas around education, glad to hear @kera.org brought on an early education reporter in July. www.keranews.org/sujata-dand-3

Lindsey Meeks@lmeeks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Looking forward to joining the @kera.org State of the Station virtual conversion today. It will cover where KERA stands one year after losing federal funding and what lies ahead. #SupportPublicMedia #SupportLocalMedia

@kera.org loss $2.8M in fed funding, had a huge surge in public donations after fed cuts and ended the 25-26FY with operating budget surplus. They are operating as though fed funding will not come back and are using the surplus to ride out potential ebbs in public donations in years 2/3 post cuts.

Lindsey Meeks@lmeeks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Looking forward to joining the @kera.org State of the Station virtual conversion today. It will cover where KERA stands one year after losing federal funding and what lies ahead. #SupportPublicMedia #SupportLocalMedia

I wanna make sure everyone understands what this means: when you pull TikTok data for the same hashtag at the same time using the official API and a scraping tool, you'll get two completely different datasets.

We got new research out today y'all--if you study TikTok, buckle up because we found something wilddddd... arxiv.org/abs/2608.09917 (accepted @ ICWSM 2027)

WhichTok? Comparing Three TikTok Data Acquisition Tools

TikTok's global growth has made it a prime platform for both entertainment and political discourse, prompting increased social science research. However, this rapidly evolving research field faces a f...

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Looking forward to joining the @kera.org State of the Station virtual conversion today. It will cover where KERA stands one year after losing federal funding and what lies ahead. #SupportPublicMedia #SupportLocalMedia