Fantastic turnout for the sunny and inspiring end-of-picket rally. We'll be back tomorrow! #ucuRISING

Our last article, by David Hesmondhalgh Bondy has left Mabu Li and myself now together in the complete special issue

University of Leeds In sum, in the rush to mitigate the boycott, students’ hard work is not being taken seriously and they, and us, cannot have confidence that they are getting the grades they deserve. This has real and long-lasting implications for Leeds students and staff #settlethedispute

Translation: 'enough with the critical thinkers; just make us some docile workers!' Also, the sheer VIOLENCE of this. 🫨🔨

I am giving a talk at the @UoAMusicDept as part of the Research Seminar series this Thurs at 1pm. Come say hi!

Big tech really has won. Google monopolized search & socials promised reams of traffic. So digital media orgs began catering to their whims; tailoring stories to SEO, pivoting to video—and letting big tech horde the ad revenue. Now we're just handing the stories directly to them

Excited to finally announce this event taking place here at Leeds Uni Media University of Leeds on Tuesday 29 Oct, 2-5pm (we might as well consider it an unofficial #AoIR2024 pre-conference seminar?): ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/3…

🚨2 new jobs to join us here at Leeds Uni Media and support the teaching and scholarship on digital & creative media practice: 👉Lecturer (T&S, 1.0 FTE, 12 months): jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… 👉Teaching Fellow (0.5FTE, ongoing): jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r… #AcademicTwitter

Delighted to announce that we are hosting the brilliant Rafael Grohmann hanne stegeman Tom Divon | توم ديفون | תום דיבון for a roundable on digital labour, platformisation, and struggle. All welcome, no registration required – Wednesday 06 November, 3.45-5pm Leeds Uni Media ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event/3…

Are you thinking of starting a PhD in media/comms in the next academic year? My employer Leeds Uni Media is offering ✨four scholarships✨ covering tuition fees + UKRI-matched maintenance stipends for 3.5 years🧵 #phdlife #phdchat #AcademicTwitter

EYUP! This week I’ll be in Sheffield for #AoIR2024 giving no less than 3 papers! Scrolling, ViBeS, and Wrapped are on the menu - check the programme and come enjoy some phenomenological babble feat. silly colourful slides💅🏼 I'm also chairing the 'Authenticity' panel on day 1! 🧵

On Fri, my talk on scrolling📱 as an ordinary practice is part of the fantastic panel on Revitalising the Concept of the Everyday, which I co-organised with David Hesmondhalgh (who will be presenting w/ Dr Raquel Campos Valverde AFHEA), and includes presentations from jeanburgess, Ignacio Siles and co-authors!

Finally, on Saturday let's talk Brazilian users' perceptions of Spotify alongside the amazing Vanessa Valiati and Felipe Soares. The panel 🎶Music Streaming also includes fellow Leeds Uni Media friends Bondy has left Dr Raquel Campos Valverde AFHEA & Wrapped experts Taylor Annabell @NinaVindum 🎧

Rise and shine #AoIR2024 🌅 at 9am (Uni central) I’ll be talking about scrolling & distracted pleasure as part of the fabulous panel Revitalising the Concept of the Everyday in Internet Research - which also includes presentations about music, generative AI, and more!

Spot-on thread on the ‘linguistic trap’ of our so-called international academia 🌎 something that all of us from non-anglophone contexts struggle with regardless of how many years of ESOL we’ve done. p.s.: believe me, I’m much funnier (and hopefully smarter) in Portuguese 😅

Are you in Paris and tired of the good life? Come check my declining French skills: culture.gouv.fr/espace-documen…

Tomorrow!