@rohangrover.bsky.social presented a paper on "Epistemic Standards in Privacy Tech Software" and co-chaired/co-organized two panels on "Power, Responsibility and Expertise at the Expanding Table(s) of AI Design and Governance” at the 4S, Society for Social Studies of Science Conference.
13.09.2025 19:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Patricia Aufderheide was interviewed for her newest book Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy for the New Books Network podcast.
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07.09.2025 15:04 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations @paufder.bsky.social! Patricia Aufderheide was published “The Challenge of establishing and maintain ethical norms in US documentary production” in A. Pietrowska, ed., The Ethics of Documentary Film: New Approaches (Edinburgh University Press), pp. 156-72.
07.09.2025 15:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fear of ‘Black crime’ is one of America’s oldest political dog whistles. Natalie Hopkinson & Suzanne Goodney Lea break it down in the @chicago.suntimes.com, “National Guard Deployments, threats stem from vilifying people of color”
07.09.2025 14:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rohan Grover
Huge welcome to our newest faculty member @rohangrover.bsky.social. Dr. Grover explores the politics of technology policy, with a particular focus on the ethical and political dynamics of implementing data privacy law, and we are delighted to have him join us.
www.rohangrover.org
22.08.2025 18:58 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I just met with the dozen or so incoming students in our @au-mtd.bsky.social MA and PhD programs, and… WOW! These are some brilliant, ambitious, accomplished folks. Really looking forward to spending the semester talking about Media Theory with them.
22.08.2025 18:55 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Reactionary Futurism 2025 | Los Angeles Review of Books
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
Gaming Democracy is described as "the book about Gamergate we have been waiting for" in this @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social roundup of new scholarship about the alt-right. I am thrilled to be in such good company with some scholars who I very much admire.
19.06.2025 19:02 — 👍 77 🔁 31 💬 5 📌 5
Congratulations to our MA and PhD students Eric, Ashia, Tom, Fritz, and Gabriel who absolutely slayed at #ICA25
16.06.2025 19:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thomas Struett – “Scraping the Web for Democracy: Examining Common Crawl’s Purpose”
Fritz Kessler – “Building the New Herald: A Political Economy Analysis of PragerU’s role in replacing local journalism to advance hegemonic right-wing power”
Ashia Aubrey – “Pop Culture, Politics, and Platforms: The Trending Kamala Harris’s ‘Coconut Tree’ Remark and Its Impact on Public Discourse and Digital Democracy”
Audience members were invited to ask questions and provide comments following each presentation.
Our PhD students presented at the 2025 Tri-School PhD Conference at American University. They shared research on topics ranging from digital democracy to media power structures with peers across disciplines.
#PhDLife #TriSchool2025 #AUResearch #CommunicationStudies
08.05.2025 18:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Incoming Assistant Professor of AI and Media at American University SOC. Researching sociotechnical data & tech governance. Alum of USC Annenberg, NYU MCC, Penn, HuffPost, MoveOn, Planned Parenthood.
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The Media Neuroscience Lab promotes research and teaching at the intersection of media psychology, technology, and neuroscience | https://medianeuroscience.org
Media mental health researcher at the intersection of Neuroscience 🧠, Developmental Psychology 👧, & Media Communication 📱🎮
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Communication PhD candidate at American University
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📍American University, Washington, D.C.
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📜UMass, Columbia J-School, Florida State
🙋 Assistant Prof of Data, Media & Identity at American U SOC
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🧑💻 Currently writing about social media, selfhood, and politics in unsettled times
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University Professor, School of Communication, American University; Editor Emerita, In These Times; Author of books about documentary film, Kartemquin Films, the copyright doctrine of fair use and creativity, "political correctness," and more
Assoc Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.
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