New Article by Liang Ge: “In the Name of Pro-Women”: Intra-Women Surveillance and Internalized Misogyny in Digital East Asia | Article | Media and Communication https://t.co/B5NBEdbi2w check it out! 😊
Missed last Friday’s @oiioxford's Pride Lecture? The recording of Dr Ewan Soubutts’ talk on “Twink Death” and the sociotechnical links between ageing and queerness online is now live. Watch here: https://t.co/KQOaUWapjF🏳️🌈 #PrideMonth
#ReadingofTheDay Blakaj, H., & Arnould, E. (2026). Taste making as assemblage effect: The case of electronic dance music. Journal of Consumer Culture. https://t.co/yQkaBklVsv
#ReadingofTheDay Zhou, C., & Luo, J. (2026). Digital neo-tribal formations and identity construction among Generation Z: A cyber-ethnographic analysis of China’s cotton dolls circle subculture. Journal of Consumer Culture. https://t.co/75xThOznDK
#ReadingofTheDay Ge, L. (2025). Ambivalent desiring subjects: young women, agency and post-(socialist-)feminist sensibilities in China. Feminist Theory, E-pub ahead of print. https://t.co/iK9QfMCPDv
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: The Invisible Human Workforce Behind AI, with Ayca Ergin and Ashly Jiju from the OII's @TowardsFairWork team.
Every time you use a chatbot, there are millions of humans you've never seen making it work. Learn more: https://t.co/EzkjYFPhUB
New coverage! Prof. @geoplace speaks to @Corriere on the invisible, poorly paid human labour behind AI systems.
"AI is made up of humans through and through," Prof. Graham says, yet big tech works hard to keep those workers out of sight.
https://t.co/6tTsK7xNmU
#ReadingofTheDay Nikoi, N. K. (2026). “They like using girls like me, light skin girls”: Music videos, race, and technology in Accra, Ghana. Media, Culture & Society, 0(0). https://t.co/V1YGtE5LZl
#ReadingofTheDay Ge, L., & Hu, T. (2025). Gamifying intimacy: AI-driven affective engagement and human-virtual human relationships. Media, Culture & Society, 47(6), 1265-1278. https://t.co/amVE7I1Lle
#ReadingofTheDay Chacon, A., Montecino, R., Reyes, T., & Kausel, E. E. (2026). The influence of terminology on use and preference in algorithmic systems: Beyond the hype for chatbots. Big Data & Society, 13(1). https://t.co/5RgvpF2XkG
#ReadingofTheDay Zeng, J., Mahl, D., Schäfer, M. S., Brause, S. R., & Katzenbach, C. (2026). Studying the discursive order of artificial intelligence: Cross-national media coverage in China, Germany, and the US (2012–2024). Big Data & Society, 13(1). https://t.co/YY7rqxjXK1
#ReadingofTheDay Ge, L. (2025). Spectral imaginings and sympoietic creativity: AI hallucinations and the ethics of posthuman creativity. Big Data & Society, 12(4). https://t.co/vyqswnwxdz
We’re likely among the last cohort of social scientists trained mostly prior to the AI age. This commentary by Messing and Tucker is worth a look.
https://t.co/z7wTC6NzYJ
Introducing JoC publication: “The (in)efficacy of AI personas in deception detection experiments”, by David M Markowitz @davidmmarkowitz , Timothy R Levine.
Read here: https://t.co/3qpngI7HNj
We just launched a tracker on workers' mobilization around AI in arts, culture and media. It aims to document strikes, protests, campaigns, and other mobilizations. It currently maps 107 unions, associations, collectives, across 25+ countries.
https://t.co/FY6Lzh1K02
My next book "Understanding Artificial Intelligence" @polity will be out and available later this year. It's a textbook designed specifically for students and educators in the non-STEM disciplines, aka humanities, social sciences and the arts.
https://t.co/qUfV9HikNp
#ReadingofTheDay Check out: Xu, J. and Zhang, D.G. (2026) Internet Vulgarities in China: Cultures, Governance and Politics. 1st edn. London: Routledge. Available at: https://t.co/NVsPPdTZea.
"An important and timely book, written by a gifted scientist at the cutting edge of the AI revolution." — @nature
Terrence @sejnowski's "The Deep Learning Revolution" is now available in paperback: https://t.co/Of8Eh1h3cm