Yijun Sun

Phd candidate in Communication @UMassAmherst writing about media theories and histories of technology and culture

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

Thank you, Bernie! This new paper in @Convergence_NMT talks about the invention of electronic visuality from a history of the vacuum tube—a really interesting object in the appearance of an electronic screen, the mosaic configuration, and the time manipulation in both signal 1/2

[Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan @bernardionysius]

@YijunSun3, "From glows to graphics: The invention of visuality in early electronic media systems," https://t.co/caLoR4PWbC ; Akselrad: "Visions of Control" https://t.co/8gEcoawx3R. Heads up @medieninitiativ @jacobgaboury @tvardouli @bildoperationen @HeilmannTill 2/2

[Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhd]

Berlin friends, if you are in the city for @transmediale in a couple of weeks, catch me talking about the linguistic modeling of personas and the politics of AI-inflected research (followed by a conversation with Tiara Roxanne) on Sunday, Feb 2, 2:00pm, at @HKW_Berlin. (1/2)

[Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhd]

I am hiring a postdoc! Excellent research support, minimal teaching load, and an overall wonderful set up. The research focus is flexible as long as some part of your practice involves critical making or hands-on research in some form. (1/3)

[Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhd]

Ngl I am SO excited for this roundtable with Nick Baer, Tom Gunning, Jeffrey Sconce, @yijunsun_, and @shaolingma at the upcoming @SCMStudies conference in Chicago!

[Lauren Tilton @nolauren]

Hiring in media infrastructures! The TT position is a part of @urichmond @richmondas continued growth in media studies. We are committed to interdisciplinary research (in many forms!) and high impact teaching (class size ~16). Please help spread the word!
https://t.co/TBIABKI2uR

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

@everysol_ Glad to see you here! Any recent travel plans that will bring you to Richmond?

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

Some recent transitions in my life: I defended my dissertation in August and have now started a VAP position in Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Richmond! Immensely grateful for the support from mentors, colleagues, and friends. Exciting times ahead!

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

@_nbaer_ Thank you, Nick. Hope we can meet up in Chicago soon!

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

@ranjodhd @UniBasel @DHLabBasel Amazing new!! Congrats!

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

@h_gerba @medieninitiativ Congrats!🎊

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

Excited to be part of it! @bernardionysius and I contributed the chapter “Carried Away: The Carrier Bag Theory of Media,” where we discuss Le Guin, Simondon, Serres and Kittler within a carrier bag of media technics. Thanks to @_nbaer_ and Annie for making this happen!

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

@h_gerba A beautiful weaving pattern. Would love to make a sweater out of this.

[Martin P. Rossouw @Platolanie]

Finally, the open-access link to Technics is live! Downright *terrific* stuff from @_nbaer_ and Annie vd Oever as the editors!

Available here 👇https://t.co/LkTNXGLgbS

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[Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal @ranjodhd]

Just Published: 'Neural Networks' (@UMinnPress and @meson_press), co-authored by Lucy Suchman, @theolr, and yours truly. Examining critically the figure of the neural network, the book puts the neuroscientific back into our conversations about computational neural networks. (1/n)

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

Forthcoming open-access in April!

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

An absolutely amazing opportunity for PhD candidate in the broad field of media studies, STS, etc💫 Apply today!

[Collab. Research Center 1187 Media of Cooperation @mediaofcoop]

📢 Join our international network and interdisciplinary research center: We offer 3 phd stipends between 9-12 months to promote the work of early-career researchers.

More information on our website 👉 https://t.co/MpaxKfDVGj

[Tim Hector @Tim_Moritz]

The current issue of Digital Culture & Society “Taming Digital Practices: On the Domestication of Data”, edited by David Waldecker, @enriya, Tanja Aal and me, is out now and available online and in print: https://t.co/76DdRsp7Pv

The introduction comes with cat content. 🐈

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

Our 4S panel, “Media are Models in the Making,” is about to start in an hours. See the beautiful posters from @rand0mwalk and consider tuning in✨@4sWeb #4sHonolulu

[Grace Han @gracehahahan]

this is today!

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

Aliens at ASU summarizing #SLSA2023

[Yijun Sun @yijunsun_]

Everything is a black box lol 😆