Marcus Bösch
@boesch.bsky.social
Researcher & Consultant. Exploring Postdigital Propaganda, AI Slop & TikTok Tactics. Free Newsletter http://understanding-tiktok.com 🦑
Alt-Right Pipeline for Teen Girls
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
www.teenvogue.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Alt-Right Pipeline for Teen Girls
"while the creation of viral content based on memes and covers affords constant visibility, it does not result in the milestones that they desire, so they need to use different approaches....cannot simply rely on the tenets of optimization to be successful" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"while the creation of viral content based on memes and covers affords constant visibility, it does not result in the milestones that they desire, so they need to use different approaches....cannot simply rely on the tenets of optimization to be successful" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
"Unlike many politicians online of late, the Mamdani campaign’s official social media presence avoided AI-generated content and the focus on popular audio trends, becoming a rare source of substance in slop-filled feeds."
www.wired.com/story/zohran...
www.wired.com/story/zohran...
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"Unlike many politicians online of late, the Mamdani campaign’s official social media presence avoided AI-generated content and the focus on popular audio trends, becoming a rare source of substance in slop-filled feeds."
www.wired.com/story/zohran...
www.wired.com/story/zohran...
"An 'alienated view of the world'! Not by, like, trying to pay rent or having an insurance claim denied—no, no, it was probably the Foucault you read in 2003."
Gerade weil die NYTimes oft als Flaggschiff & Maßstab für Qualitätsjournalismus angesehen wird, lassen sich systemische Probleme in journalistischen Praktiken an ihr besonders gut zeigen.
Und genau deshalb lohnt die Lektüre von Peter Coviellos Beitrag so sehr: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Und genau deshalb lohnt die Lektüre von Peter Coviellos Beitrag so sehr: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"An 'alienated view of the world'! Not by, like, trying to pay rent or having an insurance claim denied—no, no, it was probably the Foucault you read in 2003."
"Don’t let the machine speak for you. Let it push you to do better. Don’t just accept what it gives. Improve it. Make it yours."
ia.net/topics/see-w...
ia.net/topics/see-w...
See What AI Wrote
Marking, tracking and spotting AI generated text
ia.net
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Don’t let the machine speak for you. Let it push you to do better. Don’t just accept what it gives. Improve it. Make it yours."
ia.net/topics/see-w...
ia.net/topics/see-w...
open.substack.com/pub/safeonli... “The shift happened without announcement, without disclosure, without debate. And most viewers have no idea they’re watching it.”
The Synthetic Newsroom
Part 2 of The Manufactured Reality: How AI Is Rewriting What You See
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
open.substack.com/pub/safeonli... “The shift happened without announcement, without disclosure, without debate. And most viewers have no idea they’re watching it.”
"Honey, don't forget to grab your analog bag. WW III is finally here" {me, when the time has come}
TikTokers are packing "analog bags" to curb doomscrolling. They say it's part of a wider effort to use phones and technology more intentionally.
Tired of doomscrolling? It's time to start using an 'analog bag.'
TikTokers are packing "analog bags" to curb doomscrolling. They say it's part of a wider effort to use phones and technology more intentionally.
www.businessinsider.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Honey, don't forget to grab your analog bag. WW III is finally here" {me, when the time has come}
Woke is back memes www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
Woke is back: The best memes about Zohran Mamdani’s win
The Democratic candidate is now the Mayor of New York, defying smear campaigns and billionaire funding to secure a huge victory for progressive politics. Here's everything you need to know, and what t...
www.dazeddigital.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Woke is back memes www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
Links. You know. Why not www.dwdl.de/magazin/1043...
TikTok setzt verstärkt auf Links: Ein Segen für Medienhäuser? - DWDL.de
Seit einigen Monaten dürfen ausgewählte Publisher externe Verzweigungen testen und erhalten so erstmals die Möglichkeit, das Publikum auf eigene Digitalangebote zu lenken. DWDL.de mit Insights zur bis...
www.dwdl.de
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Links. You know. Why not www.dwdl.de/magazin/1043...
Squeezed in between Sophie Bishop and Pierre Bourdieu together with Tom. That is how imagine my family grave to be. #FindMeInTheReferences
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Squeezed in between Sophie Bishop and Pierre Bourdieu together with Tom. That is how imagine my family grave to be. #FindMeInTheReferences
"Social-Media-Algorithmen haben Parteien an den Rändern vor der BTW25 in den Feeds junger Menschen bevorzugt, sagt eine Studie der Bertelsmann-Stiftung." Algorithmische Empfehlungssysteme basieren auf Interaktionen von Nutzer:innen. Das Fazit greift zu kurz und ignoriert partizipative Propaganda.
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"Social-Media-Algorithmen haben Parteien an den Rändern vor der BTW25 in den Feeds junger Menschen bevorzugt, sagt eine Studie der Bertelsmann-Stiftung." Algorithmische Empfehlungssysteme basieren auf Interaktionen von Nutzer:innen. Das Fazit greift zu kurz und ignoriert partizipative Propaganda.
MAGA Swifties vs. CDU Swifties
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
MAGA Swifties vs. CDU Swifties
Algorithmic folklore medium.com/datasociety-...
Strategic Knowledge
Teens use “algorithmic folklore” to crack TikTok’s black box
medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Algorithmic folklore medium.com/datasociety-...
Ambient Propaganda impakt.nl/events/2025/...
Ambient Propaganda | IMPAKT
Critical and creative views on media culture
impakt.nl
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ambient Propaganda impakt.nl/events/2025/...
The End is always imminent but never here.
This is incredibly good & ties together so much that I’ve been thinking about lately.
From “AGI is perpetually just around the corner” to Thiel’s fixation w/the Antichrist, Tech has completely assimilated Christian eschatology: specifically the belief that The End is always imminent but never here.
From “AGI is perpetually just around the corner” to Thiel’s fixation w/the Antichrist, Tech has completely assimilated Christian eschatology: specifically the belief that The End is always imminent but never here.
Superintelligence as conspiracy theory or how Silicon Valley got AGI-pilled
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The End is always imminent but never here.
The week that AI deepfakes hit Europe’s elections www.politico.eu/article/elec...
The week that AI deepfakes hit Europe’s elections
Dutch and Irish elections show voters now have to worry if the political content they consume is real.
www.politico.eu
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The week that AI deepfakes hit Europe’s elections www.politico.eu/article/elec...
Die Kommunikationswissenschaft
am Wendepunkt? Wie KI die akademische Welt auf den Kopf stellt www.dgpuk.de/sites/defaul...
am Wendepunkt? Wie KI die akademische Welt auf den Kopf stellt www.dgpuk.de/sites/defaul...
www.dgpuk.de
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Die Kommunikationswissenschaft
am Wendepunkt? Wie KI die akademische Welt auf den Kopf stellt www.dgpuk.de/sites/defaul...
am Wendepunkt? Wie KI die akademische Welt auf den Kopf stellt www.dgpuk.de/sites/defaul...
A New Level of Dehumanization
thank you to @mikesenters.bsky.social for being so succinct and clear about why this latest wave of Trump branded Halo memes feels so horrifying
Trump Admin’s Racist Halo Memes Are ‘A New Level of Dehumanization of Immigrants’
'The White House just marked the end of the console wars; DHS is posting deep fried Halo memes. We are somewhere else entirely.'
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A New Level of Dehumanization
Far-Right Protests: The Use of A.I. for Radicalisation www.campaigntracker.nl/posts/protes...
Dashboard - Far-Right Protests: The Use of A.I. for Radicalisation
How generative A.I. imagery is weaponised to mobilise far-right anti-immigration protests in the Netherlands
www.campaigntracker.nl
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Far-Right Protests: The Use of A.I. for Radicalisation www.campaigntracker.nl/posts/protes...
TikTok Won’t Say If It’s Giving ICE Your Data www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
TikTok Won’t Say If It’s Giving ICE Your Data
Changes to TikTok's policies make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with governments. TikTok did not respond to questions about the changes.
www.forbes.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
TikTok Won’t Say If It’s Giving ICE Your Data www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...
"The White House Wades Into the Console Wars, Releases AI Image of Donald Trump as Master Chief Saluting in Front of an American Flag That Contains a Big Mistake" Just another headline. Just another use of A.I. Propaganda. Just another day.
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"The White House Wades Into the Console Wars, Releases AI Image of Donald Trump as Master Chief Saluting in Front of an American Flag That Contains a Big Mistake" Just another headline. Just another use of A.I. Propaganda. Just another day.