#AoIR2023 folks: 1. The conference was most excellent and I am fortunate to have met lovely people and learned about interesting research. 2. Quick plug: are you looking for something to read on your travels back home? Have you read "To know is to compare: Studying social media across nations, media and platforms" from Mora Matassi and Pablo J Boczkowski? If not, I make a case for why social media researchers should in a new book review for Convergence: https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231208150
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Blake Hallinan
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mastodon 4.7.3senior lecturer in communication at hebrew university | researching algorithms + people + power | they/them
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Looking for syllabus ✨ inspiration ✨? I've just finished updating the syllabi on my website for the three undergraduate courses (Politics of Algorithms, Media Infrastructures and Materiality, Public Speaking in English) and three graduate courses (Politics of Digital Platforms, Platform Labor, The Craft of Academic Writing and Argumentation). If you have reading recommendations for future versions, a syllabus in a related area, or questions drop them below. https://www.blakehallinan.com/teaching
Requestion: do you know of any academic discussion of Facebook's 2009 and 2012 experiments with policy change votes? Example news articles for reference - 2009 https://www.computerworld.com/article/2523925/votes-are-in----facebook-gets-new-governing-rules.html + 2012 https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/facebook-opens-vote-on-policy-changes-addresses-privacy-concerns/ 🙏
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@rwg@aoir.social @tarleton@aoir.social thanks both, and that aligns with my reading Rob, especially given the announcement and subsequent disregard of participation quotas
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@svegaard@aoir.social yes! I'm primarily interested in corporate offerings rather than fan-driven initiatives like Ao3
Today has to be the weirdest first day of school I've experienced, what with it being NYE and the middle of a war... All the same, it was good to be in the classroom and I'm excited about the courses I'm teaching this year. I've added the syllabi to my website in case any of the following is relevant to you: the politics of algorithms (BA), the politics of platforms (MA), platform labor (MA), the craft of academic writing and argumentation (MA), and public speaking (BA). https://www.blakehallinan.com/teaching
Pleased to announce my new article in Journal of Computer-Mediated communication on "value optimization" (how creators appeal to the perceived values of a platform) in YouTube review videos: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmad034
This article is my attempt to make a case for how social media content can contribute to the study of platform values and the politics of algorithms. Like the reviewers I researched, I'd love to hear what you think.
@aram@aoir.social exciting! the cover is very aesthetic.
#ICA23 feels like forever ago but I'd meant to share the opening slides from the DigitalValues team because powerpoint has been one my only creative outlets lately 😭 (and because I'm amused by the different aesthetic sensibilities of @rscarlets@aoir.social Tommaso Trillò Avisahi Green + I)
Reading recommendations on celebrity or fandom-specific platforms/apps/interactive websites? I've got some longform and video essays on the Jeremy Renner app #RIP but would be particularly interested in any academic research on this topic.