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11 Sep 2024
My first solo article & last PhD paper is out!
In this #OA article published in @SocialMedia_Soc, I explore how platforms engage in corporate public relations campaigns – soft forms of governance – to negotiate social and political responsibilities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Rebecca Scharlach retweeted
18 Feb 2025
It has been a privilege to get to think with the #DigitalValues crew since… 2019? The theoretical framework we present here is a proper cumulation of our work, and very relevant to anyone else interested in values, social media, and global communication.
18 Feb 2025
The power of values for understanding social media is also their curse: they are everywhere. In an #openaccess article in New Media & Society, the Digital Values team presents an analytic framework for making sense of values in digital spheres: doi.org/10.1177/146144482413…
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Rebecca Scharlach retweeted
18 Feb 2025
The power of values for understanding social media is also their curse: they are everywhere. In an #openaccess article in New Media & Society, the Digital Values team presents an analytic framework for making sense of values in digital spheres: doi.org/10.1177/146144482413…
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Rebecca Scharlach retweeted
10 Jan 2025
Sharing @rscarlets and I’s piece again given what’s going on today - such a moment of uncertainty given Trump’s explicit push for the Court to delay vs. their seeming openness to uphold the law today.
techpolicy.press/the-tiktok-…
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18 Dec 2024
🥳Check out this collaborative piece with @soc_of_internet on the TikTok Ban Paradox published at @techpolicypress
techpolicy.press/the-tiktok-…
18 Dec 2024
New piece with @rscarlets: The TikTok ban won't work—it'll create exactly what it claims to prevent. Bans don't eliminate platforms, they transform them into less governable forms. Our analysis of the paradox at the heart of platform restrictions is out in @techpolicypress now:
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Rebecca Scharlach retweeted
12 Dec 2024
!!Attention!! people who care about platforms, monetization, parasocial relationships, and/or idols: the exceptionally talented MA student Xinyue Shen and I have a paper for you #openaccess in the fresh new journal @pandsociety theorizing parasocial media journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
ALT Parasocial media: platforms that feature 1) asymmetrical relationships between different classes of users, 2) tiered access to content and/or communication, and 3) tools to directly monetize relationships.
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5 Dec 2024
Excited I get to present new (work in progress) research out of my postdoc project at the #AlgoSoc conference next year 🙃
WT “Competing Priorities: Identifying Value Gaps Between Public and Private Governance” - a collab w/ @reynoldscj & @blakeplease
Hope to see you there!
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Rebecca Scharlach retweeted
18 Nov 2024
Our publication '(Un)disclosed brand partnerships: How platform policies and interfaces shape commercial content for influencers' - a multidisciplinary collaboration with @LauraAade & @CatalinaGoanta - is now available open access in @PolicyR lnkd.in/enW7BF6C ⤵️
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14 Nov 2024
Created a little #Bluesky Starter Pack that I felt like was missing: Platform Governance Scholars
This is certainly not a complete list, ping me if you'd like me to add you 🐋
go.bsky.app/BxQhwAC
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14 Nov 2024
*inspired by @drjessmaddox & others, glad to see some more interest in creating a space outside of X 🥲
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1 Nov 2024
Really really enjoyed the “reinterpreting platform governance” panel with @hegemonyrules @kelleyhastwoes @reynoldscj & @PalomaViejo 👏 great books and papers to check out #AOIR2024
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28 Oct 2024
I'm heading to #AoIR2024 tomorrow (yay!!), ping me if you'd like to chat about platform governance, values, gen AI, and all that jazz. 🙃
I'll be more active on Mastodon during the conference. Check out the @pgmt_lab schedule here: platform-governance.org/2024…
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24 Oct 2024
Happy 1st birthday to this babe, published in @ica_jcmc.
Working on this study has made me pay attention to the invisible processes of every communication. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it (sorry not sorry).
24 Oct 2023
My 2nd PhD article, written with @blakeplease, is out in @ica_jcmc!
We developed the new concept of value affordances of social media engagement features 👇(1/10)
academic.oup.com/jcmc/articl…
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17 Oct 2024
Full circle moment! I’ve been awarded a 3-year research grant for my postdoctoral project, "Re-evaluating Governing Principles: Navigating the Integration of Generative AI in Social Media Platforms," hosted by @ckatzenbach at the @pgmt_lab. 🙃 (1/3)
platform-governance.org/2024…
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17 Oct 2024
A heartfelt thank you to the reviewers for allowing me to explore this topic over the next three years, and to those who supported me throughout this journey and provided countless feedback on my proposal (you know who you are). (2/3)
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17 Oct 2024
Feel free to reach out if you’d like to hear more and watch this space for more to come. Excited (and a little daunted) to begin this new chapter :) (3/3)
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1 Oct 2024
Hey, I'm Dr. Scharlach now! 🎉
As of yesterday, my PhD thesis was officially approved! This milestone wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible support of my advisor @limor_shifman, mentor @blakeplease, the @digital_values fam, my committee members, friends, and family.
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1 Oct 2024
Shout out to my anonymous external examiners for their highly encouraging and supportive feedback, which made me very emotional. Please also check out my acknowledgments—I would not be who I am, nor would my work be what it is without these people rebeccascharlach.com/phd-the…
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1 Oct 2024
With everything that’s happened in the world, these past 5 years have been a unique, wonderful, uplifting, painful, challenging, life-changing journey—and I’m excited for what’s next (stay tuned)! 🙃
P.S. I hope you enjoy the cheesy group pics as much as I do 🧡
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30 Sep 2024
Check out this new study by @soc_of_internet on „latent values“ in TikTok's community guidelines.
Super excited to see the concept of platform values being used and further developed!!
30 Sep 2024
Out this week in @IJCS_journal -- how do TikTok's community guidelines protect children, reflect the company's latent values, and advance its strategic priorities? Thanks to @jinlee_media @wishcrys @tamaleaver for this SI!
Key takeaways in the 🧵:
doi.org/10.1177/136787792412…
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