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What Socialbots Tell Us about Social Media Apr 2, 2013

The last tweet you got may have been from a robot. A socialbot, to be exact. Like some neo-Asimovian science fiction story, networks of socialbots are beginning to spread across social media, liking, Tweeting, and friending unsuspecting humans, biding their … Continue reading →

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Podcast and Dialogue: With Alice Marwick and Brooke Duffy Mar 26, 2013

The Podcast Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Dialogue Brooke Erin Duffy and Alice Marwick gave a Plenary Panel Lecture at Temple University. Following up on their panel on “Fashion and Celebrity 2.0: Reconciling Discourses of Authenticity … Continue reading →

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Announcement: new article by Lee Humphreys, “Connecting, Coordinating, Cataloguing: Communicative Practices on Mobile Social Networks” Dec 14, 2012

Lee Humphreys has a new essay in the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, called “Connecting, Coordinating, Cataloguing: Communicative Practices on Mobile Social Networks.” This piece will be of great interest to the Culture Digitally crowd, especially those drawn to … Continue reading →

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Announcement: Without You, I’m nothing: Performances of the Self on Twitter (Zizi Papacharissi) Sep 13, 2012

Zizi Papacharissi just published a new article in the International Journal of Communication. Her article, Without You, I’m nothing: Performances of the Self on Twitter is open access and available for immediate download. Online social platforms collapse or converge public and private boundaries, … Continue reading →

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How About Some Open Peer Review? Jun 5, 2012

My friend and colleague Mark Hayward and I have been working on an essay entitled “Working Papers in Cultural Studies, or, the Virtues of Gray Literature,” which we’ll be presenting at the upcoming Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference in Paris. … Continue reading →

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