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Our publication '(Un)disclosed brand partnerships: How platform policies and interfaces shape commercial content for influencers' - a multidisciplinary collaboration with Laura Aade is also on Bluesky 🦋 & Catalina Goanta - is now available open access in policy repay lnkd.in/enW7BF6C ⤵️

Well, yes, I am also over at Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/silver…

Vandaag stonden we met 25.000 mensen op het Malieveld in Den Haag te demonstreren tegen de voorgenomen desastreuze bezuinigingen tegen het hoger onderwijs! #woinactie #stopdebezuinigingen

New article published in the Platforms & Society journal. The platformization of the follower factory: para-platforms, automation, and labor in the market for social media engagements, by Esther Weltevrede and Johan Lindquist Platforms & Society journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Book announcement: In/Convenience: Inhabiting the Logistical Surround is now out!!! 4 years in the making, co-edited by Joshua Neves and me, this OA volume is full of chapters that will make you rethink the meaning of convenience. Please read & circulate! networkcultures.org/blog/publicati…

. #RegainingDigitalSovereignty white paper is out!! Over 100 authors & supporters led by Cédric Durand Edemilson Paraná Paolo Gerbaudo Paris Marx & myself Download here (también en español y portugués): ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi… #AgainstBigTech #DemocraticeAI 4 key proposals 👇

Wat is de gezelligste kroeg van Amsterdam in kerstsfeer op dit moment? (liefst Centrum/Jordaan?) Dank voor eventuele tips!

Walkout demonstration against the planned budget cuts on Dutch Higher Education. Janskerkhof, Utrecht. #woinactie

"Be glad you're not a scientist, it's a shit time to be a scientist" #woinactie

Out of office

Platforms & your toxic ex: both gaslight you, but one calls it 'community guidelines'🚩Dr Carolina Are 💃🏻 bloggeronpole, 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/10.1177/29…

🧵Say hi to our brand new *open access* HUMANads_ERC edited volume on the influencer economy! Taylor Annabell, Christian Fieseler & I. Wildhaber curated incredible scholarship from both young talent and established experts from EU, UK, Australia, India & Brazil.. elgaronline.com/edcollbook-oa/…

Join us in Utrecht or online next month to discuss the ✨politicisation of influencers✨ with Johanna Arnesson and Hanna Reinikainen. Register for workshop hosted by HUMANads_ERC and Governing the Digital Society on 5 March 14:00-16:00 (CET) ⤵️ forms.office.com/e/YwHA3EB0gg

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Looking for a 2-year postdoc to join our project AIDEMOCRACY, examining Big Tech influence on AI strategy. Deadline is 28th Feb: jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/postdo…

I have a paper out! It's about how we tell supply chain histories. It's also about how software work came to be offshored. Check it out if you're interested in production networks, economic globalisation, computing history, or conjunctural analysis academic.oup.com/joeg/advance-a…

Call for Papers "Greening the Digital Society: Platforms, Sustainability & the Climate Crisis" Deadline for abstract: May 23rd, 2025. We aim to publish the special issue in Platforms & Society in winter 2026/2027. Info: journals.sagepub.com/page/pns/callf…

Applications just opened for a postdoctoral position in Digital Media Studies with Markus Krajewski and myself at the Department of Media Studies and the Digital Humanities Laboratory at the University of Basel. (1/3)

REMINDER. We have a call for papers for a special issue on "Greening the Digital Society: Platforms, Sustainability & the Climate Crisis" for Platforms & Society. Abstract deadline: May 23, 2025. We are looking forward to your contributions! Info: journals.sagepub.com/page/pns/callf…

📷📷 New OA book out now with Amsterdam University Press: Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values Edited by José van Dijck, Karin van Es, Anne Helmond, and Fernando van der Vlist | @fvandervlist.bsky.social Open Access: aup.nl/en/book/978904…