JOURNALISM 101 RULE: If someone says it’s raining, and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out of the fucking window and find out which is true. — Now more than ever.
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🚨📣 I'm thrilled to share that today is the official pub date for my book, WHEN RAPE GOES VIRAL. In the book, I examine how gender norms, sexual ethics, and digital practices intersect for today's teens, & the social & legal consequences of such behavior.
I hope you'll buy it, read it, discuss it, and teach with this book. Please share widely!
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520391048/when-rape-goes-viral
@sociology @bookstodon @academicchatter #reading #teaching #sociology #gender #techabuse #books #youth #vawg
🚨📣 I'm thrilled to share that today is the official pub date for my book, WHEN RAPE GOES VIRAL. In the book, I examine how gender norms, sexual ethics, and digital practices intersect for today's teens, & the social & legal consequences of such behavior.
I hope you'll buy it, read it, discuss it, and teach with this book. Please share widely!
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520391048/when-rape-goes-viral
@sociology @bookstodon @academicchatter #reading #teaching #sociology #gender #techabuse #books #youth #vawg
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When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.
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“There is now an adage … that everyone thinks Musk is a genius until you hear him talk about a subject you know something about.”
Musk “is an actor playing a smart person, and like all good entertainers, he’s good at making his fans feel entertained.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bkv4/cybertrucks-launch-is-already-an-exhausting-joke
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I spent a week at a summer camp in Katy, TX where they teach thousands of kids to become YouTubers. It's just one of countless camps and summer programs like this across the country https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/07/kids-youtuber-influencer-camps-creators-learn-how/
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@SarahDelahunty @Droid41 @pluralistic Close it! Make sure you have them delete your data too; Consumer Reports has a great app that streamlines the process called Permission Slip, makes it much easier https://permissionslipcr.com
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How do our current definitions of digital literacy shape our sexual health? What are the implications & is there a better way to think about data & 'the digital'? Find out more in this seminar on Tues 21 Nov, drawing on Stage 1 of my ARC Future Fellowship:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/re-framing-digital-sexual-health-tickets-740615339417?aff=oddtdtcreator
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The public is skeptical of tech and its potential dangers to humanity—but to assuage that—let’s have our Apple guy explain new chips by tenting his fingers in Dr. Frankenstein’s murder laboratory situated on a volcanic island only accessible by helicopter
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“Eisen was fired after retweeting an article from the Onion entitled: “Dying Gazans Criticized for Not Using Last Words to Condemn Hamas”.
Eisen, who is Jewish and has family from Israel, praised the Onion as having “more courage, insight and moral clarity” than the “leaders of every academic institution put together”.”
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Amazon’s Alexa has been telling people the 2020 presidential election was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud.”
The voice assistant cites Rumble as its source. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/07/amazon-alexa-news-2020-election-misinformation/
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We are jazzed to be celebrating so many #IoFAuthors at #AoIR2023. Check out our conference hub to learn more about the latest digital studies, internet studies, and media studies books we've edited and indexed and to book a free manuscript consult for your project! https://ideasonfire.net/aoir/
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My friend Apryl Williams has a new book on racism in online dating coming out in February and it's available for pre-order! I've read the whole thing and let me tell you, it's spicy! 🌶️ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/not-my-type-apryl-williams/1143054243?ean=9781503635050
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Completely insane. We are all doomed. Wonder if they do a module in creating disinformation for profit with #AI…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c03e8478plzo #socialmedia #influencers
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We are looking for 12 contributors to write entries (between 1200 and 2100 words) on moments of queer resistance!
We define “queer resistance” very broadly and are open for entries on queer moments of joy and community, as well as direct action relating to sex worker advocacy, black liberation, etc. and more. 3/?
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I've been getting a lot of messages asking for help on PhD applications. I don't do consulting, in part because I get so many such requests that it would become my full-time job and in part because when it comes to a specific feedback, you'd be better off getting help from someone in their field. But that's why I have put so much of my advice (hours and hours!) on YouTube - please pass this on to anyone who might benefit from general advice on PhD applications! https://cfiesler.medium.com/phd-admissions-advice-b7a44f97417a
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I'm a few paragraphs in on that Black women+menopause article and already I want to slap the medical profession.
Medical folks really cling to their racism and sexism, don't they? Like, they hold them close like a lover.
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OMFG THIS IS SO HUGE!!!
WHAT THIS MEANS: If a company attempts to dissuade their workers from forming a union...
THE UNION IS AUTOMATICALLY FORMED WITH OR WITHOUT A FORMAL VOTE AND THE COMPANY MUST IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE IT.
Jumping up and down because OMFG THIS IS BIG!!!
https://newrepublic.com/post/175207/national-labor-relations-board-nlrb-rules-companies-union-bust
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A newly released collection of maps show how much land in US cities is used as parking lots.
According to The Parking Reform Network, Wichita KS is 35% parking lot while Las Vegas, NV is 32% and San Bernadino, CA is a brain-melting 49% parking lot.
Imagine the possibilities if people decided to take back most of that land from empty parked cars and use it for housing and green space instead? 🌳 🚶♀️ 🚴 👨👩👦 🌲
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