Social media isn't actually ruining teenagers' lives, according to a new study analysing their DMs and asking them about their happiness. My latest for Fast Company fastcompany.com/90836189/new-s…

We're analyzing representation in #SuperBowl ads. Here's what we've found so far:

Is it "a guilty pleasure" or is it something traditionally enjoyed by women?

I wrote a piece for Data & Society Points on how TikTok users interpreted the TikTok hearing. Tl;dr: They seem to know a lot more about data security and privacy than Congress... Read it here: medium.com/datasociety-po…

New pub📣 with Rodrigo Zamith (@[email protected]) Seth C. Lewis Tow Center! We asked ~1600 people to perform the same searches on FB, Google, Google News, Twitter & YouTube. Rather than filter bubbles, we found that the recommendation algorithms homogenized their exposure to info.🧵 tandfonline.com/eprint/NFUNBEI…

Oh wow, this is big: NPR is quitting Twitter — on all 52 of its official Twitter feeds. This is in response to Twitter's (wrong) decision to label the network "state-affiliated media," a label traditionally applied to state-run media in autocratic regimes. npr.org/2023/04/12/116…

Headline: Survivor 44 does Jurassic Park Cosplay 🦕 The 3 Stooges Saga! 🦖 Thanks to Zach Martin on instagram for this! 🤣 #Survivor #Survivor44 #The3Stooges #YamYam #Tika #VaVa

For too long media coverage of tech & AI has been defined by white tech barons and their PR machines. Today I join @safiyanoble @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) Dalit Diva Nighat Dad Arzu Geybulla Nanjala Nyabola Joana Varon & others to call for a more inclusive conversation. freepress.net/sites/default/…

Most people suck at writing. But if you avoid these 10 common mistakes, I guarantee you won't: 🧵

This is huge and going to fundamentally alter child influencer work and sharenting practices in the United States. teenvogue.com/story/illinois…

How does immersion in the act of #embroidery affect the body and enable collective reflection? 🪡🧵 🎧 Catch up with ep 4 of the Oxford Anthropology Podcast: ‘How to Stitch #Ethnography’ with Tania Pérez-Bustos Universidad Nacional de Colombia Listen now! ➡️ podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-stitch-eth…

The House just passed a bill that would force TikTok’s owner to sell the app or be banned in the US — making now a good time to revisit D&S research affiliate Robyn Caplan's piece on the gap between those who seek to regulate tech and those who use it. datasociety.net/points/the-tik…

My latest, out now: The U.S. House of Representative's decision to pass legislation banning TikTok is a sign of xenophobia and technological incompetence - and is almost certainly unconstitutional. btw.beehiiv.com/p/us-speeds-to…

OUT NOW 27:3 “Freelance Feminisms” co-ed Hannah Curran-Troop, Rosalind Gill + Jo Littler A special issue examining intersecting pressures between precarity, entrepreneurialism, activism and feminism (1/14) journals.sagepub.com/toc/ECS/current

@ConsultingPutty arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…

Finalizing a syllabus in creator and/or digital culture? Check out these expert resources we've assembled for the Content Creator Scholars Network!

Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, like Ryan Murphy’s series on Andrew Cuanan and Jeffrey Dahmer, don’t adequately grapple with how true crime coverage has become more nuanced. trib.al/VWDBRtm