George Pearson, PhD
@gdhpearson.bsky.social
Researcher studying digital media and tech in relation to tobacco and nicotine. Here for the latest tech and tobacco research and the odd smattering of cricket news. All views my own.
Delighted to have been invited to write a piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social's and KGI's series on the necessity of platform data. In it, I discuss how I and other researchers have used platform data to help research important public health topics.
www.techpolicy.press/why-platform...
www.techpolicy.press/why-platform...
Why Platform Data is Essential to Public Health Efforts in Tobacco Control | TechPolicy.Press
Social media platforms are a key avenue for tobacco control research, but as George Pearson argues data access barriers hinder efforts to monitor impacts.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Delighted to have been invited to write a piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social's and KGI's series on the necessity of platform data. In it, I discuss how I and other researchers have used platform data to help research important public health topics.
www.techpolicy.press/why-platform...
www.techpolicy.press/why-platform...
Academic hivemind. Am I losing my mind or was there at one point an official dataset FB created of posts by public officials/accounts of public interest?
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Academic hivemind. Am I losing my mind or was there at one point an official dataset FB created of posts by public officials/accounts of public interest?
AI companies: "These tools won't just be used to help students cheat on homework and ruin their education."
Meanwhile, AI ads on Instagram.
Meanwhile, AI ads on Instagram.
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
AI companies: "These tools won't just be used to help students cheat on homework and ruin their education."
Meanwhile, AI ads on Instagram.
Meanwhile, AI ads on Instagram.
"We are in one of the most perilous times for public health. What is also true, we are all in this room, 1600 of this, ready for this fight, we are not going back."
These words by Yolonda Richardson of CTFK at #NCTOH seemed like the best way to start off using BlueSky.
These words by Yolonda Richardson of CTFK at #NCTOH seemed like the best way to start off using BlueSky.
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"We are in one of the most perilous times for public health. What is also true, we are all in this room, 1600 of this, ready for this fight, we are not going back."
These words by Yolonda Richardson of CTFK at #NCTOH seemed like the best way to start off using BlueSky.
These words by Yolonda Richardson of CTFK at #NCTOH seemed like the best way to start off using BlueSky.