Take a peek👀at the Top 10 "Most Read" on our site these past 6mos:
(1/10) Bhandari, A., & Bimo, S. (2022). Why’s Everyone on TikTok Now? The Algorithmized Self and the Future of Self-Making on Social Media. doi.org/10.1177/2056...

#academicsky #socialmediasky

🗞️ Neighbors, friends and family are still the go-to source for local news over TV or newspapers.

Tell me you’re a Xennial PhD student without telling me you’re a Xennial PhD student…prelim exam style edition!!! 🤣
Glad to put this behind me before my 4?th birthday this weekend! #bindersfullofnostalgia #phdmama

Brings me back to my undergrad days studying international trade policy. This is 101 of trade policy. There is no “winning” here with tariffs and trade wars. It wasn’t even presented as a matter of academic debate. Ugh!! 🤪

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

“US Intellectuals a century ago imagined and admired a Soviet Union that never existed — a country of equality, of development, of arts and freedom. Today, the US extreme right imagines a Russia that doesn’t exist, a place that is conservative, upholds family values and liberties.” - in @wsj.com.

🚨 "Move fast and break things" sounds great—until it’s your Social Security check that’s missing or your healthcare application that’s glitched. Government must prioritize stability over speed.

Here’s why: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/move-f...

#SaveOurServices #altgov #altUSDS #DefendDemocracy

A new report suggests journalism support orgs, funders, and local newsrooms unite around four goals. These four, specifically:

🗣️ Bridging Divides on Social Media

Not all online conversations fuel division—some build connection. A new study identifies connective language: phrases like “I see your point” or “That’s an interesting perspective” that foster understanding.

mediaengagement.org/research/soc...

Headed to Medieval Times with my daughter’s Girl Scout troop…we are all earning our “Playing the Past” badge these days. At least it’s on point for my prelim exam topic this week: political nostalgia.

Everyone concerned about data loss right now should learn about the End of Term Web Archive, which I believe has been working on preserving federal websites for the past 8 months. The dataset you fear has been lost may well be here

Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved

These are very practical pieces of advice that anyone can do at just about any time and some are good for the timid since nobody can be blamed for losing a piece of paper or being slow getting some process done at work. That’s just called being a worker.

It doesn’t take two decades of working in PR to see through this propaganda stunt. Let’s hope the American public agrees.

In the case of Russia, TikTok twisted itself like a 🥨 to be able to maintain a present in Russia. TikTok users in Russia can see only old Russian-made content and all new content from Russia, along with live streaming and new non-Russian content are blocked.

The company you keep ... Here is a list of other countries where TikTok is also banned: Afghanistan, India, Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia (partial ban) , Senegal, Somalia, Uzbekistan, and China... Yes, China.

It’s gone. I spent the final hours listening to #nostalgia creators that I follow LIVE reflect on their own experiences and nostalgia for TikTok. It was beautiful. I couldn’t leave. This place meant something.

Try 2. A longish video on what's so compelling about tiktok www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FQexAP/