Annayah M.B. Prosser

Interested in the social impact of video games? Want to understand how games can make our world better? Attend this webinar at @uniofbathsom.bsky.social on 13/11! Special guests include experts @drkowert.bsky.social & @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social! Pls share www.bath.ac.uk/events/explo... #videogames

This launch seminar celebrates our recently published book the Psychgeist of the Legend of Zelda! Our book brings together twelve authors to investigate the power of the Zelda series. Available to purchase and download (for FREE) here: playstorypress.org/books/the-ps... #GamesStudies #Zelda

Interested in the social impact of video games? Want to understand how games can make our world better? Attend this webinar at @uniofbathsom.bsky.social on 13/11! Special guests include experts @drkowert.bsky.social & @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social! Pls share www.bath.ac.uk/events/explo... #videogames

Answering your scariest climate questions. Yale Climate Connections. YouTube Live. 10/31 at 12 p.m. Eastern. With Sam Harrington, audience director, and Pearl Marvell, YCC en Español editor.

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Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30 Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though the sector drives a third of global warming.

Now, with #COP30 just two weeks away, this is helpful!

Almost enough for a bingo card.

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Under the current criminalisation of protest, even the famous campaigners that we celebrate in the UK would be at risk of arrest simply for peacefully protesting.

The right to protest is a cornerstone of our democracy; we cannot allow its restriction to go unchallenged.

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This has been my unequivocal experience, as someone who has read through a great deal of marketing material.
The vendors—presumably knowledgeable about their own products—cannot point to any evidence to support them. They exclusively play on vague fears about “marketability” and “staying current.”

The government backs Heathrow expansion — but it’s not all or most of Britain that wants to fly more.

Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.

#ClimateJustice #FairTravel

Super happy to see this chapter published!

Anisha and I discuss how 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 & 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 are represented in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

Link to the book (FREE): playstorypress.org/books/the-ps...

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Thanks for this! For anyone interested, you can find the book, including a free download version here: playstorypress.org/books/the-ps... 💪

Your beautiful backdrop matches our cover!! Thanks! We really hope you enjoy it @thevideogamelibrary.org ❤️

Surprise!

I’m a writer in The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Legend of Zelda.

My chapter focuses on engaging with the world of Hyrule through the lens of of a growth mindset.

Really hope y’all enjoy it ❤️

A book called the Psychgeist of pop culture, the legend of Zelda sitting on top five other books in the same series. The background is a mountain landscape.

The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived!

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️

I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️

Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏

Who should control open access, the markets or the commons? - Impact of Social Sciences Publishing Beyond examines the ills of a marketised system of academic publishingand outlines how commons-based approaches could be an alternative.

💥New: Who should control open access, the markets or the commons?

✍️ @thomasgraves.bsky.social reviews Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons (@uofmpress.bsky.social) by @samuelmoore.org

#OpenAccess #OAWeek25 #ScholComms

What can videogames like The Legend of Zelda teach us about the world around us? 🎮🌏

Dr @annayahprosser.bsky.social, editor of new book ‘The PsychGeist of Popular Culture: The Legend of Zelda’, shares some of the series’ lessons on sustainability and the power of collective action 💚🧑‍🤝‍🧑

I grew up in Swindon and it's incredible to seeing the tide in our area shift towards more progressive and sustainable political alternatives. Folks deserve better. #VoteGreen

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🎤 Proposals for our Centre for Qualitative Research, University of Bath Qualitative Research Symposium at University of Bath School of Management are open until November 7th!
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Join Sophie Nightingale as a Senior Research Associate exploring the harms from deepfake non-consensual intimate imagery

Deadline: 3 Nov

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This is great read, from someone I count as a friend (@smhall.bsky.social), and is something that became increasingly clear - and important - to me earlier this year in the threat of redundancy.

My academic friends were, and remain, sources of (radically ordinary) care and hope - thank you!

Sarah Glozer

Hi Andy! Prof. Sarah Glozer at the University of Bath has done a lot of research on digital business ethics and is also a parent of avid Robox-players! May be worth getting in touch researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/s...

A book cover. Mountains in the background, a rocky outcrop in the foreground with a broadsword sticking out of the rock in the centre. The title reads "The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Legend of Zelda, Edited by Annayah M.B. Prosser, PhD.

🛡️ It's dangerous to go alone, take this! ⚔️
Since 2023, I've been working on a collection that explores what the Legend of Zelda video games can teach us about psychology, social science and our environment. Our collection is available open-access here: playstorypress.org/books/the-ps... #videogames

YouTube video by Psychgeist The Psychgeist of Pop Culture | The Legend of Zelda

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.

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Never dreamt that I would be able to combine two of my favourite things: The Legend of Zelda and LGBTQ+ Psychology ⚔️ 🏳️‍🌈 🧠 🎮

Thank you to @annayahprosser.bsky.social and @drkowert.bsky.social for this opportunity!

Read my chapter “Smash the pot, break the binary”: works.hcommons.org/records/z0qv...

Why do we derogate effective altruists, activists, & other radically prosocial individuals? In new work, we discuss how doing good that deviates from social norms gets stigmatized. New preprint w/ @dcameron.bsky.social @tlau.bsky.social @desmond-ong.bsky.social: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Taylor Swift’s aggressive marketing guarantees success – no matter what the music sounds like I am one of many researchers exploring the social science of Taylor Swift’s success.

Whatever you think of Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, its marketing all but guarantees its success.

To find out why, check out my article published in The Conversation: theconversation.com/taylor-swift...

Cringe to see myself in a video, but so happy to be part of this exciting research! Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...