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Michael Beam

@mabeam.bsky.social

Media, tech & politics research, music enthusiast, #Crew96 fan. Prof. & Director of the School of Emerging Media & Technology at Kent State University in Ohio, USA. Producer of the Beat Oracle. https://mabeam.net/

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Heading to California for #aejmc25. Presenting research on news discussion and online sharing tomorrow morning. Friday morning I'm joining a panel on innovation and technology to share some ways we use social media analytics tool Brandwatch for research and teaching at Kent State.

06.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is new research led by my collaborator Mike Bowen, Principal Researcher at Spotify & KSU doctoral student. This is his second paper exploring technology's potential role in meditation practice. He has exciting ideas at the intersection of UX, media effects, health behavior, & psychology!

11.07.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This congressionally-mandated institution is how we know about the state of education in America. Literally turning off the lights.

12.03.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 389    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Future of Video is Here, Now A team of four EMAT students in the Interdisciplinary Projects course pioneered the use of Depthkit 3D video at Kent State and created an engaging dance video in collaboration with the School of Theat...

We're continuing the work this semester to try to use the DepthKit technology to pursue real-time dancing in 3d virtual environments using the game engine Unity. I'm very proud of our students and this collaboration! More info here: www.kent.edu/emat/news/fu...

31.01.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
DepthKit and Emerging Media and Technology
YouTube video by Kent State University College of Communication and Information DepthKit and Emerging Media and Technology

Last semester our students used volumetric 3D video recording technology to produce holograms of dance students and placed them into virtual worlds. The recordings were screened as part of a live performance directed by KSU Dance Professor Jeff Rockland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJnX...

31.01.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The fragmented social media landscape in the 2024 U.S. election - Election Analysis - United States Dr. Michael A. Beam Associate Professor and director of the School of Emerging Media and Technology at Kent State University. Email:Β mbeam6@kent.edu Dr. Myiah J. Hutchens Associate Professor and chair...

Nice to see so much conversation here without spam and junk. Is this last week an important turning point in online communities and platforms?

I wrote about social media fragmentation in this piece published yesterday as part of a collection of 88 essays about the U.S. 2024 election.

16.11.2024 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Impressive - and fast - analysis of the US elections: (social) media, voters and the campaign. 88 crisp analyses. Great lineup. Open access.

Democracy commsky polisky @polcomm.bsky.social

www.electionanalysis.ws/us/

16.11.2024 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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We're hiring an assistant prof with web skills for a joint appointment in our interdisciplinary Emerging Media & Tech program with tenure home in one of our College's 4 Schools (Comm Studies, Information, Media & Journalism, Visual Comm Design). Please share! jobslist.kent.edu/cw/en-us/job...

01.12.2023 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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