Ben Lyall

👨‍💻 digital sociologist ~~~ catch me at:

🦋 [email protected] (bluesky);
🐘 [email protected] (mastodon); and maybe even
🧵 ben_lyal (threads)

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

Glad to finally share this work, just published open-access 🔓 in @policyinternet:

As a lockdown side-project, @PatrickMarple and I dug into 2020-21 parliamentary e-petitions to explore conspiracism in relation to pandemic governing. Link below ⤵️

https://t.co/pHRAwNHEqP

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

@ArionMiitoons @JBurgmannMilner 👀

[Christopher O'Neill @internet_chris]

Excited to be speaking at the ‘Instruments of Surveillance’ launch at the new National Communication Museum on November 14! Congrats @tynedaile and @ncm_melbourne 🙌

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

Really great to work with @fakaviani @SjaanKoppel, who have done loads of great work to understand risk taking behaviours with devices 🤳

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

With #AR 🕶️ glasses being hyped again, we discuss public perceptions of the tech. Views on acceptable use differ between users and non-users. A few generations into the big-name glass-game, we still lack firm governance (both softer social contracts and harder regulations).
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[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

@MarioBrothBlog @Dsafunky1 did your girl dirty

[Tyne Daile Sumner @tynedaile]

Book launch & panel: Instruments of Surveillance!

🕵️‍♀️⭐️📚📢

14th Nov @ncm_melbourne. I'll be in conversation with 3 brilliant panelists to discuss cybersecurity, AI, biometrics, art, cultural representation & all things surveillance.

Tickets & details: https://t.co/cxV7KVS9tZ

[Olivia Inwood @olivia_inwood]

🥳 New article published with @M_Zappavigna!

Inwood, O., & Zappavigna, M. (2024). The legitimation of screenshots as visual evidence in social media: YouTube videos spreading misinformation and disinformation. Visual Communication. https://t.co/lqRiQ6rNkm

[Memory, Mind & Media @MMMJournal]

Wonderful interdisciplinary research on

Sharing and scaffolding intergenerational memory

@Penny_VB @TanyaEvans14 @celia_harris @lizbranagh_ Patricia Macabulos and @profajbarnier

Latest agenda-setting article in @MMMJournal

https://t.co/kXWeg7hKoj

[Andrew Hoskins @andrewhoskins]

WELCOME TO THE DEADBOT SOCIETY

**AI and MEMORY**

New Gold Open Access Original Article

in Agenda Setting Cambridge @MMMJournal

https://t.co/s7w2g3tBRb

[kate mannell @KateMannell]

New pub! This was an absurdly ambitious piece of work that nearly drowned me BUT it’s ended up saying some important things about research on digital tech use by families with very young children. 🧵https://t.co/mTrMYmGi7G

[Law & Social Justice @LivUniSLSJ]

Join us on Fri 6 Sept for the launch of "Destabilising Masculinism: Men's Friendships & Social Change" by SLSJ's Dr Brittany Ralph (@brittanylralph). Featuring a panel discussion with guest gender scholars @SteveRoberts_, @saba_m_h & @craigh_.

👉Register:https://t.co/EwAnyAMKaU

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

@relaxfelax @DeAnthrax @JBurgmannMilner mad tekkas

[Ash Watson @awtsn]

A new edition of So Fi Zine is out now! Featuring 15 new works of sociological fiction, poetry and visual art by amazing contributors from around the world. Check out edition 15 and the whole back catalogue at https://t.co/O9GzHR7Pgw #sofizine

[Monash Arts @Monash_Arts]

Dating apps have redefined romance for an entire generation of Australians. A/Prof @bradyjay & PhD candidate @joshua_thorburn spoke to WA Today about their specific research focuses, incl. demographics, commodification & safety.
Click, don't swipe, here: https://t.co/ol0LWm1I14

[Hannah McCann @binarythis]

So proud of @s_xuechen for writing these reflections on beauty and diaspora. It's been amazing to have Shirley working on the DECRA project and I am always grateful for their insights

https://t.co/v2KfwX5l17

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

@Cartoonbrains @JBurgmannMilner

[Prof Steve Roberts @SteveRoberts_]

Re our ARC project on men working in the care sector: We now would like to interview people in *supervisory* or shift or site manager positions in the disability or aged care sector. $50 Gift card in return for 30 mins interview.
Pls share widely #research #men #carework

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

@ClareSoutherton i've brought shame upon the timeline 😬🥺

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

reminder: you're living in a world where linkedin has games

[Ben Lyall @benlyal]

@Focke_3 @JBurgmannMilner