I'm SO EXCITED that CCSN have launched a Discord!! 🤩🤩🤩 I'm sure I'm not the only person who has felt a gaping hole in my online-aca-friend communication networks since the other place went to the dogs. Let's make an awesome space together 💗 JOIN HERE: discord.gg/KkFBy9MJ

CCSN@weareccsn.bsky.social · last yr.

CCSN begins its Discord era! ✨ 🧑‍🏫 We are fortunate to be collaborating with the Discord Academic Research Community (D/ARC) to provide you a NEW means to connect with other scholars! Join us: discord.gg/KkFBy9MJ

CCSN begins its Discord era! ✨ 🧑‍🏫 We are fortunate to be collaborating with the Discord Academic Research Community (D/ARC) to provide you a NEW means to connect with other scholars! Join us: discord.gg/KkFBy9MJ

I had the pleasure of joining Leonie Smith & Clare Stainthorp at Content is Queen today for @britishacademy.bsky.social + @leverhulme.ac.uk 'Confessions of an ECR' podcast recording for the 'Networking, Mentors & Groups' episode Special shoutout to: my networks @iamcr.org @icahdq.bsky.social 1/

A functioning democracy, how novel! Whoever gets elected, it sounds like AoIR is going to have an amazing new executive committee ushered in at #AoIR2025 💖 @aoir.bsky.social

I’m quoted in the Toronto Star today to explain how digital platforms make us “height police” our 🇨🇦 politicians as if they were online celebrities or Hinge matches 🫢 How does your pick measure up? 📐

How tall is Mark Carney? Inside our secret obsession with the heights of politicians — and what it says about us

How tall you are should have no impact on your leadership potential, and yet, every election cycle, it’s a question that Canadians keep asking Google.

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I had a blast giving a guest lecture on Digital Ethnography to BA students at the University of Amsterdam yesterday about my ethnography of the London creator community-industry. Teaching ethnographic methods is always one my favourite things to do, thanks for having me @uvahumanities.bsky.social! 💗

The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪 BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...

Feminism and the Far-Right

A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.

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I'm co-editing a Special Issue for Critical Studies in Media Communication on "Games & Storage" 📦 Guided by Zoe Sofia’s articulation of “container technologies” and how systems of storage are never neutral! Let's unlid Game Studies! Full CFP in 🧵👇Abstracts due April 22! Full drafts by June!

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Are you researching the role of AI for workers in the media, arts and culture sectors? Consider submitting an abstract to our special issue for AI & Society journal on the topic. link.springer.com/collections/...

This sounds great!! ⬇️

Thomas Poell@tpoell.bsky.social · last yr.

On December 17 & 18, we are organizing a conference at the University of Amsterdam on GenAI & Creative Practices. We are very much looking forward to your proposals for papers, panels, roundtables and fishbowls!! CfP: rdt.uva.nl/genai--creat... Deadline proposals: 26 May

🔥CFP HOT OFF THE PRESS!🔥 I'm really excited to be editing this special issue on Cultural Workers and Generative AI with @grohmannrafael.bsky.social and Daphne Idiz for AI & Society. Abstract submission deadline 30th June, get in touch with questions! MORE INFO: link.springer.com/journal/146/...

AI & SOCIETY

AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication, is an International Journal publishing refereed scholarly articles, position papers, debates, short ...

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Rafael Grohmann@grohmannrafael.bsky.social · last yr.

CfP Special Issue on Cultural Workers and Generative AI for AI & Society journal, co-edited by me, Daphne Idiz and @zoeglatt.bsky.social . Deadline for sending abstracts: June 30 link.springer.com/journal/146/...

I can finally share that I've been working on a new analysis of 7 social media platforms’ policies governing s3xuality education & g3nd3r expression content focusing on young people & adolescents. I was awarded funding in September 2024 & have been leading this analysis with support from UNESCO⤵️

Join us APRIL 14TH for #CCSNChats: "Archiving the Internet?" ft. Sakyra Abbitt, Camille Lawrence, Meredith Clark & Zakiya Collier! These all-stars will discuss the practices & politics of archiving the internet in the volatile context of platforms 🔗🧵👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/ccsn-chats...

Join us for the next #CCSNChats 12pm EST, April 14th with a fabulous panel—Sakyra Abbitt, Camille Lawrence, Meredith Clark and Zakiya Collier—who will be talking about Archiving the Internet 💥 REGISTER HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/ccsn-chats...

I'm so happy to see this article out in the world! An important piece. It's in the forthcoming 'Algorithms for Her' special issue for the Journal of Gender Studies, that I co-edited with Zeena Feldman, Kate Miltner, Sophie Bishop and Ysabel Gerrard 💖 READ HERE: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

jess rauchberg@jessrauchberg.bsky.social · last yr.

Really excited to share my latest article, "Articulating algorithmic ableism: The suppression and surveillance of disabled TikTok creators," is now published in Journal of Gender Studies! A beautiful conversation between disability + creator studies. Read here ↪️ shorturl.at/ft5

Thrilled that we received so many amazing submissions for our CCSN pre-conference! 🕺🏻💃

CCSN@weareccsn.bsky.social · last yr.

CHECK YOUR INBOX 📥💌 Decision emails for our "Debating Creator Culture" ICA Pre-Conference are now OUT 🥳 A huge thanks to the 100+ folks who submitted! It was highly competitive cohort. Please REGISTER for the pre-conference by April 13th to ensure that we'll see you in Colorado on June 11th🪩👇

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨 The Creator Culture Study Network (CCSN) is launching a Discord! We’re building a dynamic community hub for researchers, scholars, and professionals interested in Creator Studies—a space to network, collaborate, and stay informed on the latest in the field.

Coming out of my work social media hibernation to say it's #AoIR2025 deadline day tomorrow!! 🇧🇷 Really excited to be collaborating with awesome colleagues on 2 submissions and a preconference on GenAI & Creative Labour 💗🔥 Now I just need to get a job so I actually have the funding to go fmllll 🥲

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Ludmila Lupinacci@ludludlud.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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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Really looking forward to talking Platforms, Algorithms & Social Justice at this MIT workshop on Feb 21st alongside the wonderful @norasuren.bsky.social and @tomdivon.bsky.social!! ✨️✊️ If you're in Cambridge (the new one, not the old one) then you can register HERE: www.norasuren.com/workshopform

Nora Suren, PhD@norasuren.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Join us at MIT on February 21, 2025 for Platforms, Algorithms & Social Justice, a thought-provoking workshop exploring the evolving intersections of technology, equity, and creative labor! 🚀

Excited to be speaking in this timely event at MIT on Platforms & Justice with the brill @zoeglatt.bsky.social, @norasuren.bsky.social & @joncong.bsky.social; I'll bring the experiences of Palestinian and Jewish creators being culturally misread, flagged & muted—by both algorithms & humans; Join!👇🔥

Nora Suren, PhD@norasuren.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Join us at MIT on February 21, 2025 for Platforms, Algorithms & Social Justice, a thought-provoking workshop exploring the evolving intersections of technology, equity, and creative labor! 🚀

Deadline extension!! Come join us!! 💃🕺

CCSN@weareccsn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Deadline extension alert 🚨 Take until Monday, February 3 at 12PM (EST)! We know that extra time can make all the difference in refining and perfecting submissions 😊 So take a deep breath this weekend. Looking forward to seeing your work!

Deadline extension alert 🚨 Take until Monday, February 3 at 12PM (EST)! We know that extra time can make all the difference in refining and perfecting submissions 😊 So take a deep breath this weekend. Looking forward to seeing your work!

CCSN@weareccsn.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 The CCSN is coming to ICA! 🚨 If you're exploring creator culture, don't forget to submit your work and join us (due - Jan 31) for our full-day pre-conf packed with insightful speakers, workshops & research talks. Check out the full CFP on our website and follow our newsletter! 👇 ccsn.site/ica

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/...

Americans being forced off of TikTok because of the US Government's sinophobia only to flock to an even more Chinese social media app is so funny to me

The TikTok --> RedNote migration is really reminding me why I love the internet so much <3

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I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE. 🧵

Summarising some thoughts for my book conclusion 😆

Join us in Boulder for our ICA preconference 'Debating Creator Culture'!! Deadline for submissions is January 31st, all info linked below 👇🏃‍♀️💗

CCSN@weareccsn.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 The CCSN is coming to ICA! 🚨 If you're exploring creator culture, don't forget to submit your work and join us (due - Jan 31) for our full-day pre-conf packed with insightful speakers, workshops & research talks. Check out the full CFP on our website and follow our newsletter! 👇 ccsn.site/ica

Check out the first CCSN publication - drive.google.com/file/d/10U4p... - sparked by a summit on GenAI and the creator economy at Microsoft Research New England. While we're not affiliated with Microsoft, this gathering inspired the creation of this network as a much-needed hub for diverse scholars👇