Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
Communication & Media Studies
36%
Psychology
18%
Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
· May 22
Ever wondered what happens when a human telemarketer calls a bot? In this paper we explore how trust (or the illusion of it) is built with bots designed to intercept spam calls doi.org/10.1177/1750...
Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
· Feb 24
We’re holding an IPrA pre-panel conversation on agency on 3 March. If interested you can register here:http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unleashed-agency-for-social-transformation-tickets-1095375380249?aff=oddtdtcreator
Good to know what I’ve been drinking for years on a daily basis
Reposted by Rosina Márquez Reiter
eLife
@elife.bsky.social
· Feb 3
🧉 #YerbaMate makes the third most popular caffeinated drink in the world, but it’s unrelated to tea and coffee. The first reconstruction of its genome is helping us understand how multiple species have evolved to synthesise caffeine.
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global.oup.com
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Delighted to find a few copies of the volume on Morality in Discourse. Great start to 2025
Delighted to find a few copies of the volume on Morality in Discourse. Great start to 2025
Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
· Nov 27
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
qmucu.org
Shocking number of cuts at universities in the UK qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
· Nov 23
AI simulations of 1000 people accurately replicate their behaviour
Using GPT-4o, the model behind ChatGPT, researchers have replicated the personality and behaviour of more than 1000 people, in an effort to create an alternative to focus groups and polling
www.newscientist.com
Instead of focus groups?! www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
· Nov 20
They’ve done it before. Migrants are needed
Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms
www.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20... certainly not new and not the only university - have these reporters just woken up?
Rosina Marquez Reiter
@mar-8.bsky.social
· Nov 16
You say bap, I say bread cake, but do delivery apps mean regional food names are becoming a thing of the past? | Rachel Cooke
A sourdough-and-rocket monotony is spreading outwards from the M25. I worry about what we’re losing
www.theguardian.com
Lovely little piece. I for one loe the likes of Gail’s www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...