Lecturer in Media and Sociology at University of Glasgow; PhD in media studies (2013-2018) at University of Groningen, NL.

Joined September 2013
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11 Jan 2025
'The University of Glasgow is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Asian History (c. 1500-2000), focussing on either East Asian History/History of China or History of the Indian Ocean World (Research & Teaching Track) within the School of Humanities.' jobs.ac.uk/job/DLJ502/lectur…

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Do more publications mean more knowledge? Do universities’ ranking pursuits clash with scholars’ goals for quality research? Grateful to the JOC editors for inviting me to reflect on these questions, alongside other amazing colleagues👉academic.oup.com/joc/article…
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JOB Institution: University of Pennsylvania Rank: Post-Doctoral Researcher Area: 'Big Tech', AI, & Democracy Deadline: January 10, 2025 Link: buff.ly/3Da9Vz6

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Call for Papers #CfP: Weizenbaum Conference 2025 "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies", Berlin, June 4-5, 2025. #WIConf25 Submit your paper by February 15, 2025 📌 More: weizenbaum-conference.de/
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9 Dec 2024
Going to join the discussion about “datafication and China’s social governance” at the Media China Lunch Seminars hosted by Center for Cultural Studies on Science and Technology in China at TU Berlin. Welcome to drop by the online Zoom session, today 11:15-12:45am (UK time).
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You've got one more day to get your tickets for the @glasgowfilm event, Bethlehem Cultural Festival: Palestine Short Films Q&A at 1400 tomorrow. With 5 award-winning films and the chance to hear from Dr Abdelfattah Abusrour @aabusrour and Dr Cairsti Russell @Crstiyy!
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again, 愿勇敢者得自由
韩国12.4政变当晚的一些细节图片和故事。/1
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20 Nov 2024
9 days to go! If the QR code doesn’t work, try this link: cts.ku.dk/projects/to-use-or… or the new one 👉 Co-org by @icahdq @AcsjIca @ComDem_ECREA @ECREA_eu w. @Beijing_Yu @UCPH_Research @koebenhavns_uni
🚀@ComDem_ECREA & @AcsjIca are co-organizing "Voices of Change: Activism Democracy & #SocialJustice" talk series 📆Nov 29 ⌛️10am CET First talk to feature @anne_kaun @icahdq award-winning book 'Prison Media' 👇sign up here & find out more about the series cts.ku.dk/projects/to-use-or…
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What an effort! Please dig in and share widely ! 88 articles by leading experts published in 10 days. #AcademicTwitter #uspresidentialelection2024 #PhDResearch
📣U.S. Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign🗳️ Free report featuring 88 articles from leading scholars with snap analysis and research insights on the 2024 U.S. General Election. 🔗electionanalysis.ws/us/ 📄bit.ly/USElectionAnalysis202…
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🚀@ComDem_ECREA & @AcsjIca are co-organizing "Voices of Change: Activism Democracy & #SocialJustice" talk series 📆Nov 29 ⌛️10am CET First talk to feature @anne_kaun @icahdq award-winning book 'Prison Media' 👇sign up here & find out more about the series cts.ku.dk/projects/to-use-or…
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11 Nov 2024
Very much looking forward to the launch of “Voices of Change” talk series and our keynote talk on Prison Media. This will be a Webinar, welcome to join us no matter where you are.
11 Nov 2024
Excited to the launch of "Voices of Change" talk series, co-orgzed by @AcsjIca and @ECREA_eu @ComDem_ECREA! We will have @anne_kaun @Mkv_Sodertorn to talk about the @icahdq award-winning book Prison Media on Zoom, Nov. 29, btw 10:00-11:30 (CET)! W/ @Beijing_Yu @UofGSPS
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🚨 Job alert: At @UOsojc, we're hiring for an Assistant Professor of Media Law and Technology with expertise in areas such as generative AI, immersive media (VR/AR/XR), digital/social platforms, and games. 📣 Please help us spread the word! careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/jo… FYI #AEJMC24

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Interested in expanding your research skills? I'm offering a week-long, virtual course in "Creative Research Methods" at the @ECPR Methods School, July 22-26 2024. It will be interactive, practical and fun! To find out more about the course and register: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDe…
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13 May 2024
It will be online too. Good opportunity for people who can’t travel.
#MeToo  #ChineseMeToo Just learned that Xianzi will be giving a talk at @uniofwarwick next week.
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📺 Media images that are used to portray poverty play a powerful part in perpetuating poverty stigma and are ethically problematic. 📸 JRF worked with a subgroup of the Stigma Free Futures Design Team, to co-produce stigma-free images for our website. 🧵(1/5)
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10 May 2024
The conference program looks really cool. Looking forward to attending the conference. Finally can join ICA in person again since 2020🤞
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Great opportunity to learn how to do textual analysis with the assistance of AI.
The 2nd annual BU Summer School in Digital Methods 1-5 Jul. Scraping. AI. Content analysis. SNA. APIs, predictive modelling. Event is free, catering provided and some funding for PGR expenses. #phdchatter #AcademicTwitter bournemouth.ac.uk/events/dig…
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📈 Rising wealth inequality is causing social and environmental harm but political action is not keeping pace. Could changing the way we talk about wealth inequality drive political action? A new JRF report by @LSEInequalities' researchers explores 📒 🔽 jrf.org.uk/wealth-funding-an….
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📣New! Edited by Ranjit Singh, @jennaburrell, and @patrickdavison, “Keywords of the Datafied State” is a collection of essays on concepts that are central to understanding the relationship between the government, technology, and data. 1/6 datasociety.net/library/keyw…
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23 Apr 2024
Welcome to visiting Glasgow @ichbinwill Looking forward to this wonderful talk tomorrow.
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