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College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, UMass Amherst @sbs-umass.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations to @joncong.bsky.social, professor of communication & founding director of the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech), @umassamherst.bsky.social, for being appointed co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Cultural Studies: www.umass.edu/news/article...

Jonathan Corpus Ong Named Co-Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Cultural Studies | UMass Amherst

Ong, professor of communication and founding director of the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab at UMass Amherst, says he and his team envision the journal as a “home for bold, critical and glob...

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ijoc-usc.bsky.social @ijoc-usc.bsky.social · Jul 3

🎆🎆JUNE PUBLICATION ALERT🎆🎆

Our 18 #openaccess papers published in June are HOT to go, complete with the Special Section on "True Costs of Misinformation," guest edited by
@joncong.bsky.social and @bostonjoan.bsky.social . Read at ijoc.org

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ALT: a man is flying through the air with the words coming in hot

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ESRC Digital Good Network @digitalgoodnet.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our Internationalisation Lead, @joncong.bsky.social, has co-guest edited a Special Section on True Costs of Misinformation for the International Journal of Communication.

Read the edition here:
ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Jun 24

Work-in-progress and powering thru this Boston heat wave 😅

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Gabrielle Lim @gabriellelim.bsky.social · Jun 20

In a short span of time there has been a global rise in "fake news" laws - legislation that purports to or is designed to curb the spread of false information. @sbradshaw.bsky.social, Monzima Haque, and I wanted to understand why.

"The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws" ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

True Costs of Misinformation| The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws | Bradshaw | International Journal of Communication

True Costs of Misinformation| The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws

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College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, UMass Amherst @sbs-umass.bsky.social · Jun 18

Now available! A special section of @ijoc-usc.bsky.social, True Costs of Misinformation, co-guest edited by @joncong.bsky.social, addresses key questions in disinfo studies. Check out the Intro: ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Jun 16

Finally out! ✅ @alicetiara.bsky.social @rachelkuol.bsky.social @katherinefurl.bsky.social @dmadridm.bsky.social @tullyme.bsky.social @nicolecurato.bsky.social @sbradshaw.bsky.social @gabriellelim.bsky.social

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Jun 16

Folks at #ica25 might wanna check out @ijoc-usc.bsky.social’s Special Section on True Costs of Misinformation, guest edited by me and @bostonjoan.bsky.social. The collection critiques mainstream frameworks of disinfo studies, written during a more hopeful "peak moment": ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc

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Carnegie Democracy @carnegiedcg.bsky.social · Jun 4

🌐Counter-disinformation funding in the Global Majority is broken, @joncong.bsky.social & @dwj88.bsky.social argue.

What can be done to fix it?

Read their full piece in the new #DigitalDemocracyNetwork compendium on @carnegieendowment.org⤵️

Digital Democracy in a Divided Global Landscape

A global shift is taking place. Leaders recognize that tech innovation equals power, and they are marshaling their resources accordingly. Countries are working to create technological advantages for t...

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · Jun 12

New in academia:

We have a special issue organized by @joncong.bsky.social and me about THE TRUE COSTS OF MISINFORMATION

Incredible papers on a range of topics focused on the financial, political, social, and cultural toll of misinformation-at-scale.

Phenomenal work!

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Special Sections
True Costs of
Misinformation: 155
Special Section
True Costs of Misinformation| True Costs of Misinformation-Introduction
Jonathan Corpus Ong, Joan Donovan
True Costs of Misinformation| Mountains of Evidence: Processual "Redpilling" as a Socio-Technical Effect of Disinformation
Alice E. Marwick, Katherine Furl
True Costs of Misinformation| Political Finance and Patronage Behind Disinformation: Evidence From India's Election Campaigns
Amogh Dhar Sharma
True Costs of Misinformation| Transnational Information Networks: Methods for Cross-Diasporic Research
Rachel Kuo, Madhavi Reddi, Lan Li
True Costs of Misinformation| Exploring
Audience Agency in Countering Misinformation Dani Madrid-Morales, Melissa Tully, Kevin C.
Mudavadi, Frankline Matanji, Layire Diop
True Costs of Misinformation| Conspiracy Theories Harm Democracy
Nicole Curato, Sofia Tomacruz
True Costs of Misinformation| The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws
Samantha Bradshaw, Gabrielle Lim, Monzima Haque

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Mar 13

Joy, celebration, inspiration: the whole world is looking for these in our dark times. I’m sure this Filipino story will be a catalyst for movements elsewhere. But it’s also okay that we unshame any feelings we may have of anxiety, apprehension, or survivors’ guilt. 🙏

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Mar 13

It is ironic and discomforting that a perpetrator of corruption and abuses could also be essential to such a rare and precious event for international human rights. This theme of "imperfect allies" is difficult to process. 4/5

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Mar 13

While human rights advocates have full agency and deserve recognition, this moment of justice required collusion (or alignment) with Marcos Jr motivated by his own family agenda for redemption and whitewashing — including at the international scene. 3/5

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Mar 13

Indeed this is a victory hard won for the witnesses, whistleblowers, legal strategists, human rights workers, and coalition-builders who worked tirelessly on community projects. Activist burnout is real from the lethal combo of state harassment + community disillusionment. 2/5

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Mar 13

Some colleagues are processing Duterte's arrest with anxiety and ambivalence. I don’t think that we should shame folks working thru these emotions. 1/5

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Mar 3

Cited in this @gqmagazine.bsky.social piece on Chaotic Twinks as the Archetype of the Moment. Proud to show interdisciplinarity and impact to opine on unshaming our kinks to burn it all down in public and private lives. My Dean will be thrilled. 😘

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Tom Divon | توم ديفون | תום דיבון @tomdivon.bsky.social · Feb 5

Excited to be speaking in this timely event at MIT on Platforms & Justice with the brill @zoeglatt.bsky.social, @norasuren.bsky.social & @joncong.bsky.social; I'll bring the experiences of Palestinian and Jewish creators being culturally misread, flagged & muted—by both algorithms & humans; Join!👇🔥

Nora Suren, PhD @norasuren.bsky.social · Feb 5

📢 Join us at MIT on February 21, 2025 for Platforms, Algorithms & Social Justice, a thought-provoking workshop exploring the evolving intersections of technology, equity, and creative labor! 🚀

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Tom Divon | توم ديفون | תום דיבון @tomdivon.bsky.social · Feb 4

📢📢📢 My brilliant friend @danijaradent.bsky.social and I have released a report (from our TCRN event) shedding light on the structural inequalities that shape the experiences of Latin American creators on TikTok. Their reality is one of constant struggle; see 🧵 tiktokcultures.com/latam-report/

Latin American Cultures on TikTok

Download the report (PDF). About ‘Latin American Cultures on TikTok’ collects and expands on some of the main takeaways from the Latin American Cultures on TikTok event, which took place on N…

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Nadia Jude @nadiajude.bsky.social · Feb 4

Thank you Tom ☺️ We felt our research really spoke to the global tech justice piece you wrote with @joncong.bsky.social on the impact of Meta's decisions for marginalised communities + regions grappling with deep-seated conflicts. CN is not designed to address harm + its ethos will likely sow harm.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jan 21

It's going to take a lot courage but courage is contagious. Refusing to live in fear is freedom in a fascist state. That doesn't mean you can't feel afraid, but it means overcoming it. It means putting your job, your livelihood, your comfort on the line. Solidarity for others is paramount.

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Jan 21

It is precisely the Global Majority’s aversion to techno-legal fixes that gives rise to the creativity of its civil society. The world should take note.

https://buff.ly/3E0Dunu

@joncong.bsky.social & #GloTechLab advance a Global Majority-driven agenda on disinformation.

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Tom Divon | توم ديفون | תום דיבון @tomdivon.bsky.social · Jan 19

Trump nationalizing TikTok should light up a big, flashy neon sign ✨Platform Opportunism✨ It shows how quickly demonized platforms turn into tools of power when conditions align. As @jessmaddox.bsky.social points, we must confront these shifts with nuance and resist the lure of saviorism👇

Jess Maddox @jessmaddox.bsky.social · Jan 19

Now that I've slept on it, let's discuss the TikTok ban.

The message popping up on everyone's app is propaganda, plain and simple. And having propaganda involved in something as precarious at the creator economy is very, very dangerous.

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Nicole Curato @nicolecurato.bsky.social · Dec 10

🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩

A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.

Grants available for students with limited institutional support.

www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...

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Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social · Jan 17

What does a Global Majority agenda look like for tech and democracy? It's one that is civil society-driven and not dependent on techno-legal solutions from Washington DC or Brussels. @dwj88.bsky.social and I discuss GloTech Lab's South-to-South study for @ssrc.org👇 mediawell.ssrc.org/articles/the...

The Global Majority Has its Own Counter-Disinformation Agenda – MediaWell

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ssrcmtp.bsky.social @ssrcmtp.bsky.social · Jan 15

Civil society in the Global Majority is leading bold new approaches to counter-disinformation, prioritizing resilience, accountability, and creativity. Learn more in this article by @joncong.bsky.social and @dwj88.bsky.social : mediawell.ssrc.org/articles/the...

The Global Majority Has its Own Counter-Disinformation Agenda – MediaWell

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