Kelley Cotter
@kelleyhas2es.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Penn State | Digital and algorithmic literacies and inequalities, technocultural discourses and imaginaries, tech ethics and governance.
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We're very lucky having @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social present today at Curtin University for CCAT on Platform Epistemology: Shaping Algorithmic Knowledge in the Visibility Game, on the first leg of Kelley's Australian tour!
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We're very lucky having @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social present today at Curtin University for CCAT on Platform Epistemology: Shaping Algorithmic Knowledge in the Visibility Game, on the first leg of Kelley's Australian tour!
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I will be at #CSCW2025 presenting two first-author papers! I am also on the job market, let’s have a ☕ chat! Papers: Who Is a Good Digital Activist? w/ @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social,“Whoever needs to see it, will see it” w/ @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social, @shaheenk.bsky.social, Haley McAtee & Amy Ritchart
October 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I will be at #CSCW2025 presenting two first-author papers! I am also on the job market, let’s have a ☕ chat! Papers: Who Is a Good Digital Activist? w/ @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social,“Whoever needs to see it, will see it” w/ @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social, @shaheenk.bsky.social, Haley McAtee & Amy Ritchart
The preliminary TikTok deal announced by Trump in the last few days would create a new US-only version of the app and license the algorithm from ByteDance. I shared thoughts about what could happen in an article published in the @theconversation.com
TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store
With a change of ownership in the works, the fate of TikTok’s algorithm – the secret sauce of its success – is up in the air. Whatever happens, changes to the video sharing app are coming.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The preliminary TikTok deal announced by Trump in the last few days would create a new US-only version of the app and license the algorithm from ByteDance. I shared thoughts about what could happen in an article published in the @theconversation.com
My college wrote about my and colleagues' work for National Civic Hacking Day. The article covers NSF-funded research with @profprof.bsky.social, @kthorson.bsky.social, @ankolika.bsky.social, @afbat.bsky.social, Marialina Antolini, Benji Davis around volunteer moderators of local online groups.
National Day of Civic Hacking is Sept. 18 | Penn State University
The National Day of Civic Hacking is Sept. 18. Many researchers in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology work on advancing technology for social good.
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September 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My college wrote about my and colleagues' work for National Civic Hacking Day. The article covers NSF-funded research with @profprof.bsky.social, @kthorson.bsky.social, @ankolika.bsky.social, @afbat.bsky.social, Marialina Antolini, Benji Davis around volunteer moderators of local online groups.
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And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
And another gem from the summer: Nicholas Proferes @kelleyhas2es.bsky.social @kthorson.bsky.social @ankolika.bsky.social Chia-Fang Chang and Ava Francesca Battocchio write about the rhetoric of localism in platform content moderation. Read more here journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨 We are hiring at Penn State! My college (@bellisariograded.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor in Health/Science Communication (emphasis on social scientific approaches).
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Assistant Professor in Media Studies
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July 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🚨 We are hiring at Penn State! My college (@bellisariograded.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor in Health/Science Communication (emphasis on social scientific approaches).
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
I'm leading the search, so feel free to reach out with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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New OA pub day! Given the dwindling of local newspapers, folks are turning to social media. Platforms are discursively constructing local community groups as a new kind of hub. But local volunteer mods are the ones who are charged to realize these visions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Local platformized utopias? corporate discourse, community groups, and volunteer moderation on Facebook, Reddit, and NextDoor
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July 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New OA pub day! Given the dwindling of local newspapers, folks are turning to social media. Platforms are discursively constructing local community groups as a new kind of hub. But local volunteer mods are the ones who are charged to realize these visions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
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The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
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April 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
More than a restriction on what can be said, this represents an effort to constrain what is known. A clear attempt to cultivate ignorance.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
More than a restriction on what can be said, this represents an effort to constrain what is known. A clear attempt to cultivate ignorance.