Matthew Pittman
@matthewcpittman.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Advertising, Social Media, and Fun
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The guy on the right is New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, photographed at the Kennedy Center premiere of “Melania.” #GoSeahawks!
January 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The guy on the right is New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, photographed at the Kennedy Center premiere of “Melania.” #GoSeahawks!
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January 31, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.
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It took years of corruption to get to where we are now.
Right-wing orgs spent $55M pushing Project 2025, political donors spent $15B during the 2024 campaign cycle, and then the GOP steered $170B to immigration enforcement—with many of the contractors having political connections.
Right-wing orgs spent $55M pushing Project 2025, political donors spent $15B during the 2024 campaign cycle, and then the GOP steered $170B to immigration enforcement—with many of the contractors having political connections.
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
It took years of corruption to get to where we are now.
Right-wing orgs spent $55M pushing Project 2025, political donors spent $15B during the 2024 campaign cycle, and then the GOP steered $170B to immigration enforcement—with many of the contractors having political connections.
Right-wing orgs spent $55M pushing Project 2025, political donors spent $15B during the 2024 campaign cycle, and then the GOP steered $170B to immigration enforcement—with many of the contractors having political connections.
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
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Tennessee’s special House election on Tuesday should be a GOP cakewalk — but voters are really sick of Trump
The sudden competitiveness of an election in a heavily gerrymandered Republican district could be a sign of rising political fortunes for Democrats.
The sudden competitiveness of an election in a heavily gerrymandered Republican district could be a sign of rising political fortunes for Democrats.
Opinion | Tennessee's special election should have been a GOP cakewalk — but voters are really sick of Trump
Michael A. Cohen: The sudden competitiveness of an election in a heavily gerrymandered Republican district could be a sign of rising political fortunes for Democrats.
www.ms.now
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Tennessee’s special House election on Tuesday should be a GOP cakewalk — but voters are really sick of Trump
The sudden competitiveness of an election in a heavily gerrymandered Republican district could be a sign of rising political fortunes for Democrats.
The sudden competitiveness of an election in a heavily gerrymandered Republican district could be a sign of rising political fortunes for Democrats.
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Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
What Makes You Special! I’m the Viral UTK Social Media Professor! - Joey and Nancy on WIVK
omny.fm
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I think I accidentally broke this @linkedin.com spam bot?
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I think I accidentally broke this @linkedin.com spam bot?
September 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#academicsky if you study virtual or human influencers, tourism, or material vs experiential products, you might find our latest pub interesting. We found that different influencers are better suited for different products:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IXGR9...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IXGR9...
Should travel influencers be human or virtual? Comparing effectiveness for material and experiential products
Virtual influencers (VIs) are computer-generated characters that serve as influencers and offer novel advertising strategies for travel and tourism brands. Virtual influencers are gaining prominenc...
www.tandfonline.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#academicsky if you study virtual or human influencers, tourism, or material vs experiential products, you might find our latest pub interesting. We found that different influencers are better suited for different products:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IXGR9...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IXGR9...
Hey social media scholars! I need some suggestions :) @academic-chatter.bsky.social
I'm teaching a graduate-level course on social media, technology, and society for the first time since 2022. I need some updated (or just canonical) readings(students are mostly ad, pr, comm studies, info science)
I'm teaching a graduate-level course on social media, technology, and society for the first time since 2022. I need some updated (or just canonical) readings(students are mostly ad, pr, comm studies, info science)
August 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hey social media scholars! I need some suggestions :) @academic-chatter.bsky.social
I'm teaching a graduate-level course on social media, technology, and society for the first time since 2022. I need some updated (or just canonical) readings(students are mostly ad, pr, comm studies, info science)
I'm teaching a graduate-level course on social media, technology, and society for the first time since 2022. I need some updated (or just canonical) readings(students are mostly ad, pr, comm studies, info science)
Pitch meeting is my favorite YouTube channel and their latest video making fun of #waroftheworlds it’s so freaking funny youtu.be/2fhLdREPEF4?...
War of the Worlds (2025) Pitch Meeting
YouTube video by Pitch Meeting
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August 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Pitch meeting is my favorite YouTube channel and their latest video making fun of #waroftheworlds it’s so freaking funny youtu.be/2fhLdREPEF4?...
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"Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities."
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities."
@academic-chatter.bsky.social My co-author and I decided this is the best way to announce an article on advertising fun
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@academic-chatter.bsky.social My co-author and I decided this is the best way to announce an article on advertising fun
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Are you researching social media and what makes online conversations healthy? If so, take a look at our new Civility Analyzer!
June 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Are you researching social media and what makes online conversations healthy? If so, take a look at our new Civility Analyzer!
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I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
June 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am once again pitching my romantic comedy:
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
- two academics start dating
- discover they are each other's terrible reviewer
- hijinks ensue
Working title: Love is Double-Blind
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
My wife hosted her company’s first AI podcast for #medical practitioners! No matter your field there is lots of useful tidbits about how to busy use ai tools in your field 🎉🤙🏽🤖
My wife hosted her company’s first AI podcast for #medical practitioners! No matter your field there is lots of useful tidbits about how to busy use ai tools in your field 🎉🤙🏽🤖
Practicing with AI
Education Podcast · Series · Hippo Education Presents: Practicing with AI -- conversations about medicine, AI, and the people navigating both. Join Vicky Pittman, a practicing clinician, and Rob Taves...
podcasts.apple.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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My wife hosted her company’s first AI podcast for #medical practitioners! No matter your field there is lots of useful tidbits about how to busy use ai tools in your field 🎉🤙🏽🤖
My wife hosted her company’s first AI podcast for #medical practitioners! No matter your field there is lots of useful tidbits about how to busy use ai tools in your field 🎉🤙🏽🤖
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I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
But if a few people in masks start lighting stuff on fire? Then you have news. This creates an *enormous* attentional advantage towards the most violent and chaotic kind of protest.
June 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.
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my father-in-law is a grandpa influencer, you should follow him:
youtu.be/KfUD0tm2-rg?...
youtu.be/KfUD0tm2-rg?...
A “memorable” day on Memorial Day!!!
YouTube video by GoPro Grandpa
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May 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
my father-in-law is a grandpa influencer, you should follow him:
youtu.be/KfUD0tm2-rg?...
youtu.be/KfUD0tm2-rg?...
If kids want to get famous, here is a little piece I wrote for @theconversation.com on how they can do it:
theconversation.com/how-does-a-p...
theconversation.com/how-does-a-p...
How does a person become famous when they’re just a kid?
It’s not unusual in the social media era for young people to become famous. But fame is complicated – especially when you’re still growing and forming your identity.
theconversation.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If kids want to get famous, here is a little piece I wrote for @theconversation.com on how they can do it:
theconversation.com/how-does-a-p...
theconversation.com/how-does-a-p...
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.