Renyi Hong

writing on plasticity, ecologies, and labor in "bearable media." author of "passionate work." media prof. silly parent. handstand aspirant.

[Renyi Hong @HongRenyi]

Really excited that Passionate Work is out!😍

In short: this book theorizes passionate work as a worldmaking project, a way of organizing work to produce endurance under conditions of economic uncertainty.

You can find the intro @DukePress.

Some questions I ask within:

[NUS Communications and New Media @CNMnus]

Find out in the upcoming book talk by 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at Yale University!

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[Weiyu Zhang @WeiyuZ]

JOB alert!!! My department has two prestigious President's Young Professor positions this year. One is in computational comm and one is in critical AI. Deadline is very close - Sept 30, 2025. Apply now!

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[Duke University Press @DukePress]

In "Brutal Fantasies," Christine Kim examines how cultural representations of North Korea coalesce around Western fantasies of the inhuman. Read the intro for free now: https://t.co/5T3ngeD09e

[Renyi Hong @HongRenyi]

They are oppositional at first glance. The books take up two issues—poverty and inequality—and explain how one is overemphasized over the other. The fact that I’m convinced by the importance of both, however, suggests how these two issues remain oversimplified.

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[Renyi Hong @HongRenyi]

If you have time this summer, I recommend reading Lennard J. Davis’s 𝘗𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 and David L. Williams’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 together.

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[Renyi Hong @HongRenyi]

8/ These points are developed in the article. Special thanks to editors @LinZhang9 and Elaine Yuan, and to my co-author Victor Zhuang. My next article looks into workplace injury, compensation, and the Platform Workers Bill.

[Renyi Hong @HongRenyi]

How do dashcams extract value from injury?
The first article of a 2-part series examines how work injury is commodified through dashcams. I look into the curious history of dashcams in Singapore and explore how their value is built on worker injury. A🧵
https://t.co/xkVsWXeF5p

[Renyi Hong @HongRenyi]

7/ What does this say about injury? First, it generates value. Second, workers’ power is tied up in the commercialization of injury. Their difficulty in accessing or controlling footage fuels a system where vulnerable workers become easy targets for content.

[Duke University Press @DukePress]

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[Duke University Press @DukePress]

We are mourning the loss of Jonathan Sterne: author, editor, contributor, mentor, and friend.
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[Michelle Ho (she/her) @michellehsho.bsky.social @michellehsho]

📚I'm not at #AAS2025 this year, but you can still purchase my book #EmergentGenders through this discount code!

Thank you for your support 🙏

[Renyi Hong @HongRenyi]

@Evaneyf Oh wow! Please send lonce our regards

[Michelle Ho (she/her) @michellehsho.bsky.social @michellehsho]

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📖🐾model credit: @dog_tormarley (IG)🐶labor paid for in treats

[Weiyu Zhang @WeiyuZ]

Ready to challenge digital colonialism? Submit (1) your abstract to @IAMCRtweets 2025 conference by 7 February 2025 & (2) your full paper to the Decolonising the Digital Award 2025 by 24 March 2025. Join the #south2south conversation! #iamcr2025 #iamcr25
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[Weiyu Zhang @WeiyuZ]

Job season! @CNMnus we are looking for outstanding young colleagues to join us as prestigious PYP (Assistant Prof). Areas: Media Studies, Visual Communication, Science Communication, Cultural Studies, Computational Communication. Deadline: Nov 30 2024.
https://t.co/XJAXqZ5j5K