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Riccardo Ferrigato

@riccardoferrigato.bsky.social

Media, History, and all.

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Hans Rausing Scholarship 2026/2027 | KingsCHoSTM Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM

πŸ’‘ Call for applications to our Hans Rausing scholarship is open until 17 April. Contact a prospective supervisor before applying to one of @kingshistory.bsky.social programmes.

πŸ›ŽοΈ First round of applications to the MAs closes 9 March!

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#histsci #histtech #histstm

20.02.2026 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

sigh

11.02.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10533    πŸ” 2580    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 36
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Many thanks to all participants for a very stimulating discussion on @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900. And special thanks to Jean-Baptiste Fressoz for coming to comment all the way from Paris.
#econhist #histstm

04.02.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).

#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm

@kingshistory.bsky.social

03.02.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Come and work for a PhD with us with our full Hans Rausing scholarships for students from anywhere in the world...

09.12.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Creative destruction got a Nobel.
We are definitely heading back to the 1930s.

This is. so. frightening.

14.10.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Save the date:
9-11 October 2025c
Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg)

14.10.2024 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies - Riccardo Ferrigato, Gabriele Balbi, 2025 This paper introduces and discusses a theoretical approach for media scholars: the media maintenance approach (MEMA). Maintenance is not a new subject of study ...

"Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies” written by @riccardoferrigato.bsky.social and myself

Maintenance is not (only) about technology and can be helpulf to different media scholars. Agree?

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03.10.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies - Riccardo Ferrigato, Gabriele Balbi, 2025 This paper introduces and discusses a theoretical approach for media scholars: the media maintenance approach (MEMA). Maintenance is not a new subject of study ...

I never use social media, but.
It's now out an article by @gabrielebalbi.bsky.social and myself, and published by "Media, Culture & Society".

"Toward a media maintenance approach (MEMA): Maintenance as a theoretical tool for media studies" is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

03.10.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New publication alert just in time for #ICA25 panels on the "Global Media and Internet Concentration Project" #GMICP

Change and resilience in Swiss newspapers and broadcasting, 2002 and 2022: Towards a critique of media concentration indices

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@icahdq.bsky.social

16.06.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”΄ SΓ‘nchez recuerda al ΓΊltimo hospital del norte de Gaza desmantelado: "Cientos de mΓ©dicos y enfermeras han muerto por no dejar atrΓ‘s a sus pacientes". Y apela a las palabras del Papa: "Por humanidad, por decencia, por justicia hay que parar esta barbarie" social.elpais.com/nph1e7

02.06.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Video. Lake Constance water level hits historic lows amid drought Video. Due to prolonged drought and reduced Alpine meltwater, Lake Constance’s water levels have dropped drastically, leaving harbours dry and boating nearly impossible.

Lago di Costanza ai minimi a causa della siccitΓ  e dello scarso apporto di neve fusa.

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08.04.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.

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05.04.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stop calling the Web the Internet: CERN’s tactics to fight β€˜brand confusion’ in the mid-1990s

Why do we confuse the "Internet" with the "Web"? And how was this confusion addressed at @cern.bsky.social ?

Paper co-authored with the #WWWHistory Project @snf-fns-ch.bsky.social team: Deborah Barcella, @fandomistheanswer.bsky.social, and Martin Fomasi.

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03.04.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This month episode of β€œOvernight” is a conversation with @danmcquillan.bsky.social about AI resistance in times of fascism and what β€œAI” actually is. Listen here, on Radio Raheem: www.radioraheem.it/overnight/ov...

02.04.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello darkness my old friend …

23.03.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 13022    πŸ” 2039    πŸ’¬ 2181    πŸ“Œ 467
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mlrzdozyljvf.i.optimole.com/cb:PZNR.4155...

20.03.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.

We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.

Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

28.02.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 19344    πŸ” 5608    πŸ’¬ 671    πŸ“Œ 521

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been elected as the new director of the Institute of Media and Journalism at my university. It’s a pleasure to take on this role in an institute that’s not only a hub of academic excellence, but also a community of exceptional people, and I’m grateful to be part of it

21.02.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn't work like this.

21.01.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A joypad melting in your hand, clearly a not violent quote of Videodrome. Clearly.

16.12.2024 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Abstracts - STS Italia Join the 10th Biennial STS Italia Conference, 'Technoscience for Good,' on 11-13 June 2025 at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Explore cutting-edge discussions on ethical, social, and political di...

πŸ‘ΎFresh Call for Abstracts!πŸ‘οΈ Come visit #STSItalia in Milan this summer to share your research at our panel on Critical Hype Studies exploring the many sociopsychotechnoenvironmental faces of hype. Deadline: Feb 3. @imaginaries.bsky.social

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13.12.2024 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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White House official: 8 US telecom providers hacked by Chinese | CNN Politics US officials believe Chinese hackers breached at least eight US telecommunications providers in their quest to spy on top US political figures as part of a hacking campaign that has affected dozens of...

When "8" stands for "all".
And when "Chineses" stands for "also Chineses".

If the door is open, well, it's open.

www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/p...

12.12.2024 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Communication, maintenance and sustainability: a European dialogue in Airolo On 4 and 5 December 2024 , the workshop on "Maintenance and Sustainability Two Keywords for Past and Future of Communication Studies?" was held in Airolo at the House of Sustainability. The event was ...

Last week: small Swiss village, big ideas! πŸŒπŸ’‘ Great discussions on maintenance and sustainabilityβ€”thanks to Gabriele Balbi, Roberto Leggero, and @Riccardo Ferrigato for the inspiring experience! πŸš€ #Sustainability #Maintenance #Airolo2024
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11.12.2024 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't forget: the government spent a decade warning us against encryption.

Demonizing & gaslighting privacy advocates.

Now, this catastrophic breach is the predictable result of prioritizing government access to private communications over everything else.

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