Simon Lindgren

Johannes Klenell: Moderaternas nya signalord används bara om djur och invandrare Vad är egentligen ett ”dominansbeteende” Majoritetssamhällets fördomar exploateras i högerns hårdare tag-retorik, skriver Johannes Klenell.

Detta var välskrivet och väl sammanfattat av @johannesklenell.bsky.social: www.dn.se/kultur/johan...

We seek a new PhD student to join our research group, studying how digital technologies – social media and AI – affect political communication, mobilisation and power. The position is within the @digsum.bsky.social research centre at Umeå University.

Deadline July 21 --> www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Out now: 3rd Edition of Digital Media & Society!
A privilege to revisit and update it over the years. New in this edition:

• Non-progressive digital activism (radicalization, hate)
• Post-pandemic/post-truth media, disinfo & propaganda
• Generative AI, LLMs, deepfakes
• Expanded learning features

The différance is strong with this one #AcademicSky

Wow! Thank you so much for the super kind words! Glad you like it!

A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION

IBM (1979)

We draw from & build on pioneering research by @snurb.info @jeanburgess.bsky.social @ryangallagher.bsky.social @paologerbaudo.bsky.social @emilianotrere.com @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social @sjjphd.bsky.social @foucaultwelles.bsky.social @dkreiss.bsky.social @simonlindgren.bsky.social and many others 👇🏽

Very excited about the (Un)stable Diffusions @jdsr.bsky.social special issue by Fenwick McKelvey, Joanna Redden, Jonathan Roberge & @lukestark.bsky.social questioning how Critical AI Studies can attend to publics, publicities, and publicizations of #generativeAI: publicera.kb.se/jdsr/issue/v...

The 3rd edition of Digital Media & Society will be out in May, updated and revised throughout and with new bits about data, (gen)AI, synthetic media, and more. Lovely cover art by franciskenney.net

Glad you like it! 😎

Updated Keywords for Media, Culture & Information textaural.com/keywords/ with Resistance Stefania Milan; Programmable politics @simonlindgren.bsky.social en.bsky.social @annekaun.bsky.social sky.social; Convenience @msteinbrg.bsky.social brg.bsky.social @joshua-neves.bsky.social eves.bsky.social

AI is not the answer, until we know the question — DIGSUM DIGSUM Director and Professor Simon Lindgren was the lead author of a debate piece, published at the WASP-HS blog. Lindgren, together with Jason Tucker and Virginia Dignum, argue that the Swedish AI C...

The Swedish #AI roadmap risks forgetting about the critical role of social sciences and humanities research

Check out our paper on how we now live in an age of Programmable Politics #programmablepolitics @annekaun.bsky.social

Me and @annekaun.bsky.social have published a piece introducing the notion of "Programmable Politics" as an emerging keyword that highlights the impact of platform architectures, algorithms, AI, and non-human agency on the political landscape 🤖 doi.org/10.1177/0163...

Cool to see my notion of ”bias bias” turn up in this article on AI and stochastic remembering @riksmit.bsky.social @socmerrill.bsky.social

Stochastic Remembering and Distributed Mnemonic Agency Recalling Twentieth Century Activists with ChatGPT Rik Smit,

Okay wow this is an *excellent* new paper on distributed agency, stochastic remembering, and human-LLM assemblages brill.com/view/journal...

Ft. @emilymbender.bsky.social, Latour, STS, mnemotechnology, and more

Also has an excellent description of training, RLHF & human-machine feedback loops

14 months in with an Elsevier review process now. Never again. 🐬

Hollywood ditching X

www.reddit.com/r/entertainm...

Reddit - Dive into anything Subreddit dedicated to the news and discussions about the creation and use of technology and its surrounding issues.

News media leaving X

www.reddit.com/r/technology...

Something is happening here on BlueSky. When the madman bought Twitter, I left immediately and set up Mastodon and Bluesky accounts. Activity has been moderate but now exploding post-election. Hopeful.

Guys, get the fuck off Twitter.

In this new article, Agnes Liminga and I explored data activism discourses revealing two distinct strands: social justice advocates vs. established elites. This division raises questions about who is truly driving the data justice agenda https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241266416

The first day of our symposium on digital research methods, mess, myths, and madness is underway! We are enjoying cozy workshops and thought-provoking talks #digitalmethods

Our new article shows that Critical AI Studies address race and gender more than class and capitalism. It stresses the need for integrating political economy critiques into AI research for a fuller understanding of its socio-economic, ecological, and political effects.

Don’t miss this postdoc opportunity with us at @digsum.bsky.social

Great opportunity to join a cool research group and our project on digital propaganda! PhD in sociology or equiv. and an interest in combining computional methods and critical interpretive approaches wanted!

Published today: @socmerrill.bsky.social's, Mattias Gardell's and my article on how 'the left' meme, focusing on the intriguing realm of r/DankLeft. We have analysed ~400 memes to uncover the themes, the role of taboo, and the emotional responses they provoke doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Postdoc position to study digital disinformation — DIGSUM We have an open position for a postdoc to come work with us at Umeå University to study how disinformation and misinformation are created and spread through digital platforms, and how they may affec...

We are looking for a postdoc for our research group in digital sociology within DIGSUM. The research is about how false information is created and spread across digital platforms, and how it can affect public opinion and undermine democracy. Spread the word! www.digsum.org/digsum-feed/...

Hello BS:ers! We are the Journal of Digital Social Research, recently migrated from the total shitshow formerly known as twitter. Our journal is part of @digsum.bsky.social and is now in its 6th year. Check us out at jdsr.io