New paper co-written with @idilg.bsky.social out now in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social: 🫠 Degenerative AI: AI slop, brainrot, and the gimmick of generative culture doi.org/10.1177/1367...
Ludmila Lupinacci
@ludludlud.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social ✨digital tech & everyday life, experiences of liveness (whatever that means), scrolling nonsense, moods & vibes ✨ ludmilalupinacci.com
New article co-authored with Raquel Campos Valverde now out #openaccess in Convergence ✨ 🎧 Choose your appropriate ‘focus’ soundscape and enjoy the read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hey, #AoIR2026 peeps! Don't forget we can cross-post about the conference from Blacksky/ATproto to the fedi and back! I wrote about how here: fossacademic.tech/2025/09/01/a... (please boost this if you see it to spread the word)
A Guide for #AOIR2025 and Social Media
The annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers is fast approaching! Scheduled for mid-October in Brazil, hundreds of Internet scholars (like me!) will convene to do what we do: share...
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#OutNow in #iCS Looking at Spotify Wrapped as an 'Algorithmic Event,' this article explores how Brazilian users engage with datafied listening histories, turning them into fleeting performances of taste and shared recognition. doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Wrap your head around it: algorithmic self-making and performances of taste on Spotify Wrapped
This paper examines how Spotify Wrapped is perceived and understood by Brazilian users, exploring the algorithmic imaginaries (Bucher, 2017). that surround its appropriation in everyday life and ho...
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New paper out now in @icsjournal.bsky.social (w/ @vanessavaliati.bsky.social and @ludludlud.bsky.social). Part of the forthcoming @aoir.bsky.social special issue. You can read it open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tomorrow I’ll be in Cambridge for 🧠”Brain Rot, AI Slop, and the Enshittification of the Internet: A Media and Cultural Studies Symposium” 💩 (which has the best promotional material/visual ID for an academic event ever!) Join us online or IRL: www.aru.ac.uk/events/brain...
Happening now: the first edition of @leedsunimedia.bsky.social’s Media Frontiers - focusing on Creative Industries and AI, some big questions - hosted by @sophiebishop.bsky.social and Anamik Saha ✨
Just got my copy, can’t wait to read it ✨
Celebrating the publication of our very own @sophiebishop.bsky.social's first book, 'Influencer Creep'! 🎉 We are hosting a book launch on the 19th November (followed by a drinks reception), and everyone is welcome: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/events... 📚 Order the book: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
If you're in Leeds, consider joining us for our first research seminar of the term! Daniel Sheppard (Birmingham City University) will be speaking about the role women have played in the politics and ideology of slasher film. 🗓️ TODAY, 3.45pm, Clothworkers North G.12 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...
Research Seminar: ‘Slashing the Sisterhood? Women’s Authorship and the Postfeminist Politics of Early Teen Slasher’
This seminar unearths a history of women’s authorship in North American slasher film production, and examines the role women have played in the overarching politics and ideology of the slasher film
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All presentations done ✅ Had a great time discussing atmospheres, feelings, wellness and rhythms as part of my favourite conference #AoIR2025 Now hoping to enjoy Rio & Niterói 🇧🇷
This looks 🔥🔥🔥 Read the full CFP and submit your proposals here: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/raceandmedia/
🎨🎤 Excited to share the poster and confirmed keynotes for our Race & Media Conference @leedsunimedia.bsky.social next April! We are currently accepting proposals for papers, panels, and practice-based presentations. Find out more: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/raceandmedia...
I was thrilled to hear that the paper co-written with @idilg.bsky.social, 🧠 DEGENERATIVE AI: SLOP AND BRAINROT AS CREATIVE PRACTICES, has been accepted into the GenAI & Creative Practices conference! rdt.uva.nl/content/even... Looking forward to returning to Amsterdam in December 🇳🇱
Conference result days are always a mix of emotions, and we've all been in the position of receiving crazy scores or unsettling reviews. That said, I was ✨ thrilled ✨ to find out that the contributions I submitted to #AoIR2025 have been accepted for presentation – and I can't wait to be in Niterói:
What is going on with all those apps promising to be a quick-fix to all sorts of mental health issues? 🧐Also, why are they all trying to be Duolingo? 😵💫
Returning to Leeds after a few fab days in Jönköping, where I presented my work on ViBeS as part of the Media Atmospheres International Symposium ✨ Amazing talks, cute venues, lovely sunset by the lake, and fika - a very atmospheric event indeed 🇸🇪
This Friday I’ll be in Amsterdam for the ✨VIBES✨ symposium, hosted by the Terminally Online collective at UvA (thanks to @idilg.bsky.social & @ddzeeuw.bsky.social) It’s the first time I’m invited to be a keynote speaker (!), and the vibes will certainly be immaculate: voxpop.uva.nl/en/content/e...
Genuine question: how do people manage students’ requests for letters of recommendation? I would be interested in hearing about the systems and strategies academics use to navigate the multiple requests from students without going crazy. Do you use forms? Spreadsheets? A really tidy email folder?
🚨Submissions for #AoIR2025: Ruptures are DUE 1 MARCH (this Saturday)!🚨 Submission information: aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi... Call for Proposal: aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi... Submit here: www.conftool.org/aoir2025
As we approach the final hours until the submission deadline for #AoIR2025 in 🇧🇷, I thought it could be useful to share this once again in case anyone needs further motivation to finish their abstracts 😅: open.spotify.com/playlist/1rM...
Brazilian Karaoke for Gringos
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Brilliant talk by @richardstupart.com on emotions, moral injury and context switching in journalism @leedsunimedia.bsky.social
First ever AOIR in South America, in the beautiful city of Niteroi. Deadline March 1st - #CFP #AOIR2025 - aoir.org/aoir2025/aoi...
Platforms & your toxic ex: both gaslight you, but one calls it 'community guidelines'🚩 @bloggeronpole.bsky.social, Pam Briggs and I illuminate the lived experiences of creators on TikTok & Instagram, exposing how gaslighting is used as a strategy in moderation🧵👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What a timely week to be revising the syllabus for the module on critical and cultural analysis of digital platforms I teach this semester @leedsunimedia.bsky.social 🧐📝