Florence Chee
@cheeflo.bsky.social
Technocultural Ethicist | Associate Professor of Digital Communication @LoyolaChicago | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy @digethics and the Social and Interactive Media Lab @SIMLabChicago https://simlabchicago.com/?page_id=274
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Florence Chee
@cheeflo.bsky.social
· Dec 10
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Super excited to announce that the paperback edition of my book, Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play is going to be available early next year (March 2026). Direct link: www.bloomsbury.com/us/digital-g...
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This.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
The above post kinda popped off so I'm not sure I can delete it now BUT... Look, I'm never the kind to us-vs-them my fellow writers. If you're a WGA member reading this, I urge you to talk to your leadership about this - it's a solidarity issue. Game writers deserve a permanent seat at the table.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
NEW BOOK just unboxed! The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design, edited by Patrick Prax, Dr. Clayton Whittle & Trevin York in which I have a chapter co-authored with Thorsten Busch and Tanja Sihvonen! More details at Routledge:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
January 28, 2026 at 6:47 PM
NEW BOOK just unboxed! The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design, edited by Patrick Prax, Dr. Clayton Whittle & Trevin York in which I have a chapter co-authored with Thorsten Busch and Tanja Sihvonen! More details at Routledge:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
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@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026!
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026!
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
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I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
About the Conference
www.4sonline.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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Our book just published open access - research across disciplines from Global North and Global Majority World. Big thanks to NORDICOM and International Observatory on Information & Democracy & 100s who participated along the way. Download at www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati...
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our book just published open access - research across disciplines from Global North and Global Majority World. Big thanks to NORDICOM and International Observatory on Information & Democracy & 100s who participated along the way. Download at www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati...
What a delight to see you paying it forward, Rebecca! It means a lot to see the best parts of being a professor reflected in former students like you 🥰
Just submitted a grad school recommendation for a student and I am feeling super emotional. Go out and do wonderful things you amazing person!
Also makes me want to hug @cheeflo.bsky.social, who wrote one of MY grad school recommendation letters several years ago.
Also makes me want to hug @cheeflo.bsky.social, who wrote one of MY grad school recommendation letters several years ago.
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
What a delight to see you paying it forward, Rebecca! It means a lot to see the best parts of being a professor reflected in former students like you 🥰
SOON 🤓
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Super excited to announce that the paperback edition of my book, Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play is going to be available early next year (March 2026). Direct link: www.bloomsbury.com/us/digital-g...
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
SOON 🤓
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the important thing to remember about 2026 is that 2015 was still only five years ago
January 1, 2026 at 4:44 AM
the important thing to remember about 2026 is that 2015 was still only five years ago
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The entire point of writing any scholarly work is to say something that hasn’t been said before, something meaningfully (not just statistically) different, that contributes to a new understanding in the field. LLMs are very good at finding what’s in the literature, not what’s NOT there.
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The entire point of writing any scholarly work is to say something that hasn’t been said before, something meaningfully (not just statistically) different, that contributes to a new understanding in the field. LLMs are very good at finding what’s in the literature, not what’s NOT there.
When ur burger comes like this, it's Chicago 🥰
December 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
When ur burger comes like this, it's Chicago 🥰
This slide from my #AILiteracy lecture is a crowd favorite 🤓
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This slide from my #AILiteracy lecture is a crowd favorite 🤓
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Super excited to announce that the paperback edition of my book, Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play is going to be available early next year (March 2026). Direct link: www.bloomsbury.com/us/digital-g...
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Super excited to announce that the paperback edition of my book, Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play is going to be available early next year (March 2026). Direct link: www.bloomsbury.com/us/digital-g...
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Great explainer about Ford Pinto case here: www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto/
The Ford Pinto - The American Museum of Tort Law
Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 1981 The Pinto, a subcompact car made by Ford Motor Company, became infamous in the 1970s for bursting into flames if its gas tank was ruptured in a collision.
www.tortmuseum.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Great explainer about Ford Pinto case here: www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto/
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@linkletter.org: "Over 50,000 UBC students were forced to use Proctorio during the pandemic & it was really upsetting to them. They felt like they weren’t being trusted. They felt creeped out by the eye tracking & head movement tracking that it does, and they were asking for help getting rid of it."
I spoke with The Globe and Mail about the lawsuit being over and the concerns that caused me to speak out.
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4e12d7e...
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4e12d7e...
Former UBC employee and exam monitoring software company settle lawsuit
Ian Linkletter says he was trying to help students who felt ‘creeped out’ by software designed to monitor for signs of cheating
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@linkletter.org: "Over 50,000 UBC students were forced to use Proctorio during the pandemic & it was really upsetting to them. They felt like they weren’t being trusted. They felt creeped out by the eye tracking & head movement tracking that it does, and they were asking for help getting rid of it."
These little packets of pure comfort and energy. Of course with the egg butter 😋
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
These little packets of pure comfort and energy. Of course with the egg butter 😋
Healing may look different from one person to another 😏
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Healing may look different from one person to another 😏
7am at the Zürich HB
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
7am at the Zürich HB
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Of course, on the same extremely busy day in the Netherlands, an early morning visit to Micky - The Space Cat at ESA ESTEC was a key priority (Didn't want to disturb his slumber at that moment but got to say hello a little later). So grateful for this brief little snuggle in the middle of shop talk!
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Of course, on the same extremely busy day in the Netherlands, an early morning visit to Micky - The Space Cat at ESA ESTEC was a key priority (Didn't want to disturb his slumber at that moment but got to say hello a little later). So grateful for this brief little snuggle in the middle of shop talk!
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Of course, on the same extremely busy day in the Netherlands, an early morning visit to Micky - The Space Cat at ESA ESTEC was a key priority (Didn't want to disturb his slumber at that moment but got to say hello a little later). So grateful for this brief little snuggle in the middle of shop talk!
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Of course, on the same extremely busy day in the Netherlands, an early morning visit to Micky - The Space Cat at ESA ESTEC was a key priority (Didn't want to disturb his slumber at that moment but got to say hello a little later). So grateful for this brief little snuggle in the middle of shop talk!
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Sade releases her “Promise” LP 40 years ago today.
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
November 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sade releases her “Promise” LP 40 years ago today.
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
Of “Sweetest Taboo,” she said:
“.. It’s about a love that feels almost TOO good, the sort of feeling you don’t talk about because it makes you vulnerable. I like writing about that kind of emotion — the danger .. of loving someone that deeply.”
Thank you, Manchester, you've been fantastic! 👾 😘
It was a tremendous honor to be welcomed so graciously by the DISC Digital Society at Manchester Met and the Manchester Game Centre to give this public talk.
It was a tremendous honor to be welcomed so graciously by the DISC Digital Society at Manchester Met and the Manchester Game Centre to give this public talk.
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thank you, Manchester, you've been fantastic! 👾 😘
It was a tremendous honor to be welcomed so graciously by the DISC Digital Society at Manchester Met and the Manchester Game Centre to give this public talk.
It was a tremendous honor to be welcomed so graciously by the DISC Digital Society at Manchester Met and the Manchester Game Centre to give this public talk.
Ok maybe my hair likes the water in Manchester, rain and all. I seriously do nothing to it here 😲
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Ok maybe my hair likes the water in Manchester, rain and all. I seriously do nothing to it here 😲