🪧 #CFP for the Inaugural Disability Communications and Media Preconference at #ICA2024 in a hybrid and accessible format.
The twin goals of this preconference will be (1) to spotlight emerging research at the intersections of disability and media/communications and (2) provide an avenue for mentorship.
📢 The University of Virginia is launching a fully-funded PhD in Media Studies. Applications for Fall 2024 are now open!
🔭 This interdisciplinary research degree investigates texts, audiences, industries, and tech in relation to economic, political, and social systems of power.
💸 Funding covers tuition, fees, health insurance, and an annual stipend of $30K for up to 5 years.
"Technologies are perhaps best understood, not so much as agents in their own right, but as thought-objects for the collective enactment and exploration of hopes, desires and political visions."
Tom Streeter, "The Internet as a structure of feeling: 1992–1996"
The papers are submitted to reputable journals and look good enough to be sent out for review. Without knowledge of the Russian context, a reviewer may not notice. Here are some red flags that a paper may be problematic (and, in any case, should not be published as is):
Holy sh*t, people are buying billboard space to "advertise" how #LongCovid is affecting them. Update the culture jamming & people's plague management handbooks I guess. #STS#Commodon#MedAnthro
University teachers suspended, employees sacked: in #israelPalestine, the authorities punish the slightest expression of support for Palestine on social media. In the course of a week, at least 170 people have been arrested for their online activities. https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-war-political-persecution/
As someone who has really wanted to see #journalism thrive on Mastodon, esp local, independent, & noncommercial journalism, this 🧵 is alarming. Thanks @ZekuZelalem for laying it out:
in which I narrate the weird story of Google's late-aughts entry into the radio industry and argue that the recession, on top of "traditional" media consolidation, played a decisive role in spurring the rhetorical and infrastructural separation of the streaming/platform model as a "new" medium
Klimarev bursting some bubbles on Russia's ability to fully disconnect from the global internet:
"Им (власти) нужен будет какой-то интернет всё-таки, иначе как нефтью торговать? Они нефтью в российском интернете, что ли, будут торговать? [...] Еще нужно покупать что-то на том же AliExpress."
Fully agree with Klimarev that preventing Russians from using VPNs to access restricted resources (e.g. by limiting search results or protocol-based blocking) is impossible. At the same time, Russia certainly can be successful in making it much harder for most ordinary citizens.
"As we approach the next election cycle, there are questions about how journalists can best responsibly engage political candidates who deploy disinformation, misinformation, or gaslighting techniques."
Open-Rank TT Position in Media Ethics & Law | UMass Amherst Journalism Department
Posting is flexible regarding approach to the subject matter. Please spread widely within your networks. Feel free to direct questions to me, as I'm chairing the search. I'm happy to call UMass home. I ❤️ my colleagues and students. A lovely, exciting place to work.