Producing Value Out of the Invaluable: A Critical/Cultural Perspective on the Live Streaming Industry in China. By Sheng Zou, @Stanford. Ed.@fuchschristian
https://t.co/oKeSKVQ3o7
We need to set journalists and citizens free to hold power to account, by breaking the grip of tech giants and billionaires on our media.
#ChangeTheMedia
https://t.co/k9y5Nu0cJ0
Great news for PhD students of the future: TECHNE-2 will annually award 57 PhD scholarships. @UoW_CAMRI and @UoW_CREAM join this doctoral training partnership, which is led by @RoyalHolloway https://t.co/qd70l8SrC6
The institution that launched Britain’s first undergraduate media studies degree back in 1975 and founded @MCSjournal in 1979 has now created an entity to promote submissions to public policy inquiries in the UK and beyond. #WeAreWestminster
https://t.co/X1lY5uHhK9
Google says you can turn off its location tracking services on your phone at any time. An AP investigation has found that isn't true. https://t.co/YVaoign5nP https://t.co/5rCe1vXb8G
Can We Programme Utopia? The Influence of the Digital Neoliberal Discourse on Utopian Videogames. By Luis Navarrete-Cardero & Juan J. Vargas-Iglesias, University of Seville
https://t.co/il6IyLgMFZ
Westminster Economics graduate Alumnus Yusuf-Datti Baba-Ahmed has been announced as one of the few candidates running for the Nigerian Presidency in 2019. https://t.co/9rhnvto0ZO
Sarah Amsler, University of Nottingham, reflects on how we might organise an alternative university, for a liberatory higher education: https://t.co/k3Bj30h09Y
‘The media fail to represent the breadth of facial disfigurements but instead focus on constructing
tense ‘before and after’ stories’
New @UoW_CAMRI brief by Diana Garrisi, @Jacob_PhD & L. Janciute. https://t.co/ouNnFWmnA2
#news#Journalism#disfigurement
It's 120 years since birthday of Herbert #Marcuse!
Relevance in age of digital technology discussed in Ch. 4 'HM and Social Media' in book from @UniWestPress by @fuchschristian available here https://t.co/pf353RDiwc & via @OAPENbooks from https://t.co/cRagwoaI5E
EX-ART: Liquid Imaginary in Little Titchfield Street right now. Shezad Dawood speaking about his latest meta project, Leviathan, and how research always kicks off any artistic project of his
We still have tickets available for Friday's liquid imaginary! How can VR help us imagine the future of art, research, our oceans? You're welcome to join any part of the programme, incl 6.45 screenings. Curated by the brill @UoW_CREAM @mayadadol @nealw
https://t.co/cQJh6iIN0j
Ryan J. Phillips reviews @fuchschristian Digital Demagogue, a book that "ought to be read by any scholars, activists, or citizens interested in better understanding ... the intersections of ideology, authoritarianism, Trump, and social media." https://t.co/KPUmZqfioz