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Nancy Baym
@nancybaym.bsky.social
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30+ years of digital media research. Wrote a few books. Dog, lake, and mountain lover, embroiderer, taker of nature snapshots, campervan enthusiast, sweet on music. She/her.

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Nancy Baym is an American scholar and senior principal research manager at Microsoft Research, formerly a professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas. She was a member of the founding board and former president of the Association of Internet Researchers, and serves on the board of several academic journals covering new media and communication. She has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of social communication, new media, and fandom. .. more

Communication & Media Studies 34%
Sociology 16%
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Dan Goldstein @dggoldst.bsky.social · 1d
Want to be an intern at Microsoft Research in the Computational Social Science group in NYC (Jake Hofman, David Rothschild, Dan Goldstein)

Follow this link and do your thing! Deadline approaching soonish!

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Research Intern - Computational Social Science | Microsoft Careers
Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Researc...
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 3d
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

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The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 10d
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.

Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com

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Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social · 12d
That Committee on Technology is looking real promising 🤩
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani​ announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com

Reposted by Nancy K. Baym, Claire Connolly

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Kylie Jarrett @kylzjarrett.bsky.social · 13d
I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!

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Senior Researcher, UCD Information&Comms Studies,Temp 56 months | University Vacancies Ireland
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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 14d
some sunrises look more apocolyptic than others #FireInTheSky
the sky looks like fire with yellow and orange and red. but really, it looks more like fire than sunrises usually do. for real.

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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 17d
Our postdoc search is open! socialmediacollective.org/2025/11/20/s...
Apply for our sociotechnical systems postdoc position, for July 2026
Microsoft Research New England is looking for a postdoctoral researcher interested in bringing sociotechnical perspectives to analyze critical issues of our time. They will join a team of social sc…
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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 18d
night visitor
grainy black and white nature cam video of a mountain lion walking up the garden steps just outside our house

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 20d
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry

Reposted by Jacob Montgomery, Nancy K. Baym, Simon Lester

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 23d
So academic. Much freedom. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com

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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 24d
Microsoft senior researcher, Advait Sarkar, recently presented at TED AI Vienna, where he spoke about AI’s role in elevating human thought.
How to stop AI from killing your critical thinking
Chatbots might help you get work done faster — but at what cost? When we outsource our reasoning to artificial intelligence, we reduce ourselves to "middle managers for our own thoughts," says AI and ...
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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 25d
Geez hardly slept because Northern Lights were so exciting and now they’re coming back tonight? I may never sleep again.
One more obligatory borealis photo, this one a big boulder in foregrounds, hill with a meadow topped with trees in background and a sky that is pink and purple and filled with stars.

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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 25d
:-(

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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 25d
Sky! Sky! Sky! 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
peachy reddish purple aurora borealis shining behind ponderosa pine trees

Reposted by Nancy K. Baym, James A. Hodges

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Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 25d
Happy publishing day to my friend and colleague Amelia Acker!

It’s a pleasure to read her scholarship, knowing how much time and dedication she’s put into crafting it.

MITP30 for 30% off today at PenguinRandomHouse.com

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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 26d
Joyce Carol Oates was way nicer to my Mom.
Neatly typed hand signed postcard written in 1982 from Joyce Carol Oates to my Mom, a professor of American literature, found in her desk that is now my desk: Dear Nina Baym: All of us here enjoyed your lecture--provocative content and thesis as well as thoroughly first-rate delivery--and I'm sorry we didn't get to speak at greater length afterward. I too spent some time reading 19th-century "romantic-sentimental" novels and while I found them negligible as "art" I think their value may well lie in isolated passages of rich, surprising, highly authentic detail--conversations between mistresses and slaves, for instance, in Mrs. Southworth. ETC...' All best wishes, Joyce Carol Oates

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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 29d
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · 29d
Not too late to apply! Wonderful faculty, beautiful campus, what’s not to love?
loriemerson.net Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · Oct 8
we, @cumediastudies.bsky.social, are still recruiting new grad students to begin fall 2026! We are also hoping to see apps for our PhD program from individuals with a secondary interest in obtaining training in digital humanities #dh. details here and pls share---> docs.google.com/document/d/1...
MDST Graduate Programs Recruitment
University of Colorado Boulder Media Studies Department Recruiting Graduate Students for Fall 2026! The Media Studies Department at the University of Colorado Boulder is now accepting applications fo...
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Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social · Nov 7
A link to my new book cover and table of contents. www.upress.umn.edu/978081669906...
The Inattention Economy
Revealing the unheralded contributions of women of color to the foundation and development of the digital economyThe Inattention Economy challenges the wides...
www.upress.umn.edu

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · Nov 6
Ellis says she is "ordering complete relief to the plaintiffs."

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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · Nov 6
♥️♥️♥️ Judge Ellis ♥️♥️♥️

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Nov 5
One minor take-away from the NYC mayor's race for those concerned with AI/synthetic media and its effects on politics and elections might be that, in this particular instance, the guy who made a malicious deepfake lost and the guy who made authentic videos won.

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SaltyBitchables @saltybitchables.bsky.social · Nov 5
Colorado approves higher taxes on the wealthy to pay for school lunches and food stamps!

#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether #Colorado
#BlueWave
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Colorado voters approve tax increase on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps
Proposition MM's passage means Colorado will be able to fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students
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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · Nov 5
Oh hi, hope, good to feel you.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · Nov 5
Huge thank you to all the amazing poll workers who are working their asses off today and tonight!

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Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social · Nov 4
I have a lot of hopes for today. One of the less important but nonetheless real is the hope that the name Winsome never again appears in my text message spam. Why me? Why?

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · Oct 31
It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

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Kevin K. Yang 楊凱筌 @kevinkaichuang.bsky.social · Oct 31
You should apply to do an internship with us!

- Make sure you attach a research statement (we don't consider anybody with no statement for interviews)
- The application site will probably go down for a day or two on Nov 17, and the link may change

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