Naprosto skvělý rozhovor s @mariher.bsky.social "Za agresi je zodpovědná všudypřítomná beznaděj, za beznaděj pak společenská situace. Sociální sítě za ni ale zodpovědné nejsou, ty ji jen reflektují a nabízejí rychlá řešení." denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23795...

Za agresi může beznaděj, ne sociální sítě, říká antropoložka Heřmanová

Letošní Inspirační fórum jihlavského festivalu dokumentárních filmů se  věnuje radikalizaci. Jakou roli v tom hrají sociální sítě? Jaký mají dopad na naši schopnost porozumět si? Hovořili jsme s antro...

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V záplavě senzačních (a často fakt hloupých) hot takes typu "sociální sítě ničí děti a způsobují závislost" je tohle fakt osvěžující, nuancovaný, poučený, věcný pohled: denikn.cz/1759238/tohl...

Tohle je rozhovor o sociálních sítích, který by na sociálních sítích nezaujal

I já mám někdy pocit, že jsou dnešní děti hloupější než předchozí generace, když jen sledují krátká vida na internetu, přiznává výzkumnice a autorka knihy Hry, sítě, porno Michaela Slussareff. „Jejich...

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New publication alert: The algorithm loves the war”: ambivalent visibility in content creator practices during war" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... with the amazing duo @tomdivon.bsky.social and @moaerikssonkrut.bsky.social !! findings below >>>

“The algorithm loves the war”: ambivalent visibility in content creator practices during war

Content creators in war zones are critical in shaping global perceptions of conflict. Through social media, they document real-time events and reach audiences beyond the traditional news frameworks...

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once in a lifetime opportunity to work with the best people at @citap.bsky.social ! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...

btw tohle je akademický výsledek našeho dva roky starého výzkumu Společnost nedůvěry pro Český Rozhlas. Akademické publikování je pomalé, ale minimálně v tomto případě důkladné...

Marie Hermanova@mariher.bsky.social · last yr.

Really happy to see this in a preprint and hopefully on the way to publication!

Really happy to see this in a preprint and hopefully on the way to publication!

Matouš Pilnáček@matouspilnacek.bsky.social · last yr.

What explains the belief in conspiracy theories (BCT)? Together with amazing colleagues @mariher.bsky.social @josefslerka.bsky.social @luccej.bsky.social and P. Tabery, we explore BCT in an innovative way. Our new preprint offers an integrative approach, explaining >50% of variance in BCT. 🧵1/11

V dnešní Vinohradské na téma influencerů, mj. o kauze "Čína platí influencery" a o tom, že influenceři stejně jako každá jiná profese můžou svojí práci dělat dobře nebo taky úplně blbě, vidět je víc možná to druhé, ale těch prvních je víc:

iROZHLAS.cz@irozhlas.cz · last yr.

Bez výraznějších pravidel, zato s velkým dosahem. Jakou roli hraje důvěra v tuzemském světě influencerů? Jak velký mají vliv? A zasáhnou do předvolební kampaně? 🎧 Hostem podcastu #Vinohradska12 je digitální antropoložka Marie Heřmanová. irozhl.as/vSb

I feel like I can finally post this bc it finally feels like it's really happening?? (if the gods of Brexit allow and I get a visa) I'm moving to London this summer as MSCA/UKRI fellow at UCL Anthropology and it's both a dream come true and super stressful ✌️

Se nám vrátil vědeckej článek, který píšeme s @luccej.bsky.social @josefslerka.bsky.social @mariher.bsky.social a Paulínou Tabery, o tom, proč lidé věří konspiračním teoriím z recenzí a některý věty se čtou hezky:

I'm giving an online talk followed by Q&A tomorrow at UNC Centre for European Studies: europe.unc.edu/event/gender... The topic is a follow-up on my Fulbright project at UNC - if interested, it's on Zoom at 10:30 AM EST/4:30 PM CET (registration at the link below).

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1. I'm so tired of these hot takes. Social media is going through the same cycle as every new technology before - uncritical enthusiasm, moral panic, adaptation. Everyone always knew that looking at trees makes you feel better than looking at feed - same way we know eating fruit is better for you

Michal Berg@michalberg.cz · last yr.

“I hope we look at social media one day as we look at cigarettes now: "You still scroll? Really?? Like… don't you know how bad it is for you?" www.tommydixon.ca/p/the-end-of...

Kroky politické reprezentace USA otřásají tamní vědou. Poslední týdny probíhá nátlak na univerzity, aby se vzdaly autonomie a svobody bádání a snahu cenzurovat vědecké poznání, které se z ideologického hlediska nehodí. Ač jsme obvykle apolitičtí, sepsali jsme toto vyjádření 👇 1/3

Great essay about a very interesting paper (by @jongreen.bsky.social et al) open.substack.com/pub/kevinmun...

Unbundling and Abundance

on the (high) dimensionality of 21st century ideology

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Lidi, se kterými jsem byla v USA minulý semestr, už jsou někteří bez stipendia (netýká se to - zatím - lidí z ČR, protože stipendia vyplácí Fulbrightova komise v Praze). Neumím si představit, jak stresující je tam najednou zůstat bez prostředků, spousta lidí si nemůže jen tak koupit letenku domů.

Just out! My exploration of a) why we have conspiracy theories references in pop songs and b) if we have tradwifes in Central/Eastern Europe. So happy to see this published. Open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“All the sisters of the world”: pan-Slavic conspiracies and the weaponization of womanhood

The article looks at the development of the idea of pan-Slavism, historically dating back to the 19th century, and its reincarnation across Czech and Slovak online conspiracy spaces, particularly T...

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There's at least one thing you can do besides feeling horrified, powerless and exhausted and that is to support Ukraine financially: u24.gov.ua (this is the official fundraising campaign, there are many int and local NGOs working in Ukraine in need of support)

UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine

UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Today is a reminder of Zelensky's superhuman stamina and strength. He deflected deeply unfair vile attacks in his 3rd language and kept it together while two bullies threatened his country's existence and repeated the tired but infuriating propaganda tropes of the aggressor.

Despite people's impressions of the tech world and religion being quite separate spheres, this has been brewing for a long time. We will only see more of this as tech leaders seek some sort of cosmic moral framework to justify their actions and deflect criticism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...

Silicon Valley is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel)

When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.

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No matter how enshitted you think it is, social media is more popular and more influential than it's ever been. It's also now an inherently right-wing space. And telling people to "log off" cannot fix that. www.garbageday.email/p/so-based

o YouTube ještě v češtině - teď vyšel tenhle seriál na ČRo Vltava, kde občas taky něco říkám, je to dlouhé a důkladné: vltava.rozhlas.cz/fenomen-yout...

Fenomén YouTube

Publicistická série Fenomén YouTube mapuje dvě dekády virální revoluce, která navždy změnila způsob, jakým se díváme na svět. V pěti dílech pokryjeme zásadní fenomény, které YouTube přinesl – od vzest...

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Marie Hermanova@mariher.bsky.social · last yr.

"Most of us imagine YouTube as this place where millionaires give away prizes in a Squid-Game-style contest, but when you want to have a conversation about YouTube and its place in our society, we need to look at the ways it's used, not just the ways it's consumed." www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

"Most of us imagine YouTube as this place where millionaires give away prizes in a Squid-Game-style contest, but when you want to have a conversation about YouTube and its place in our society, we need to look at the ways it's used, not just the ways it's consumed." www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

How a computer that 'drunk dials' videos is exposing YouTube's secrets

YouTube is about to turn 20. An unusual research method is unveiling statistics about the platform that Google would rather keep hidden.

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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · last yr.

Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.

I am a big fan of 404 Media, but this is misleading at best. You can't post your way out of fascism, but you can and should organize, meet people and learn important info via social media. Doomscrolling is not activism, but activism can be done online and social media can be useful.

404 Media@404media.co · last yr.

You can’t post your way out of fascism Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them 🔗 www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...

Same. As ECR, all my research is funded by grants. I wouldn't be able to pay for groceries if this happened to me. It's so scary. (And of course, we need publicly funded research to understand why this is happening, why democracy loses against authoritarianism. They don't want us to know).

David Barnard-Wills@dbarnardwills.bsky.social · 2y ago

www.nature.com/articles/d41... if this had happened in the EU/UK, I don't think I'd have got any research funded, ever.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher

Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

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This is one last (unplanned) result of my Fulbright fellowship at CITAP. If you feel like reading a thorough analysis of how authoritarian tendencies overcome our democracies and what the US can learn from Central and Eastern Europe, click below (featuring among others, @ivan-kalmar.bsky.social)

Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life@citap.bsky.social · 2y ago

CITAP, in collaboration with Marie Heřmanová (@mariher.bsky.social) & Kristóf Szombati, presents a very timely and important reading list: "Authoritarian Politics: How to Understand It and How to Resist It." ...🧵 citap.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

The reason “cute winter boots” is taking off isn’t because it’s some secret code (the code has already been revealed and all of MAGA tiktok has made videos on it) it’s bc using product-focused language allows users to circumvent algorithmic downranking. They’re hijacking TikTok’s e-commerce push.

TikTok's 'cute winter boots' trend explained

As the U.S. government seeks to enact stricter controls over online speech, TikTok users are adopting more coded 'algospeak' to criticize and resist the government

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Speaking of sdílení práce, poslechněte si poslední díl Pulsu s @mariher.bsky.social o odloženém a dost debatovaném zákazu TikToku v USA 🔥 www.voxpot.cz/podcasty/pul...

PULS | TikTok v USA: Ohrožení bezpečnosti, nebo politická hra? - VOXPOT: reportáže, které spojují Česko se světem

Trvalo to jenom chvíli, přesto šlo o důležitý moment. V neděli v USA nefungoval několik hodin TikTok, síť ale ještě téhož dne společnost ByteDance opět spustila. Debata o zákazu Tiktoku se ve Spojenýc...

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