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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Jul 4

🚨 Academic Position Alert 🚨 I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at SFU in Metro Vancouver. The candidate will work on a project studying the (un)intended consequences of platform regulations for journalism.
The position is funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant.
www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

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sfucmns @sfucmns.bsky.social · Jul 4

We're hiring! Postdoctoral position at the SFU School of Communication in the area of Journalism and Platforms. Work with professor Sarah Ganter at the intersection of journalism, policy and platform studies.

Apply by August 15th: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · May 21

Wonderful edited volume on Cosmopolitan Communication Studies out. It's edited by a group of scholars, headed by Carola Richter (FU Berlin) and comes with a chapter of yours truly where I use cosmopolitan critique to dissect media to AI governance studies:

www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/e4...

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AUSSDA @aussda.bsky.social · Mar 24

Welche Sprache(n) spricht die Wissenschaft? Max Haller, @dimitriprandner.bsky.social und @alicevadrot.bsky.social stellen diese Woche ihr neues Buch an der @oeaw.bsky.social vor:

📅Donnerstag, 27. März, 18 bis 19:30 Uhr
ℹ️Infos & Anmeldung: 👇
verlag.oeaw.ac.at/veranstaltun...

Buchpräsentation | Die Sprache(n) der Wissenschaft - Wien - undefined | Verlag der ÖAW

BUCHPRÄSENTATION PROGRAMM Kurzvorstellung der wichtigsten Thesen und Befunde: Em. Univ.Prof. Dr. Max Haller, Karl Franzens-Universi..

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Mar 18

Adding materials and a lecture discussing the rise of Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural Industries into CMNS230 B100. (Cultural Industries in Canada: Global Content). @sfucmns.bsky.social

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Mar 14

Great to see Canadian Tri-Agencies FINALLY include foreign PhD students into their funding schemes!
Up to 15% of all doctoral awards is not much, but it's a start towards acknowledging international students have financial needs, too. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D... @sfucmns.bsky.social

NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs

As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Mar 11

Who is going to attend APSA in Vancouver? Reach out if you are coming and want to come to SFU or meet up to chat.

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Feb 26

After the federal election in Germany, everyone is speaking about "winners" and "losers". Let me be clear, an election in which over 20% chose a far-right political party has no winners! #bundestagswahl #Germany #election

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Feb 18

There is an upcoming election in Germany. I live in Vancouver. I tried everything to be able to vote. My local election office sent the election ballot on February 3rd as priority mail. So far, nothing has arrived. Many others are affected, too. What is about our right to vote? #Bundestagswahlen

Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Feb 12

There are two days left to apply for our MA in Communication at SFU. If you are interested in studying journalism I do have an open fellowship to support an incoming MA student with our Team studying independent journalism! Make sure to apply!!
www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
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Masters Admissions

We offer graduate students rigorous training in the critical foundation of Communication theory, political economy, policy, the study of culture and media, and technology and data studies.

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sfucmns @sfucmns.bsky.social · Feb 3

Are you looking to study independent journalisms? We’re calling for applications for a ‘Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow’ (MA student position).

More information at: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

@sarahsoutlook.bsky.social

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Jan 30

Discussed interesting study by @hiigberlin.bsky.social in my course 'Platform Power and Counter Power' at @sfucmns.bsky.social to illustrate the impact of some platforms' obvious move to the far-right: Musk's support of Weidel increases her follower base on X noticeably. www.hiig.de/musk-x-und-a...

Musk, X und die AfD: Profitiert Alice Weidel? – Digital Society Blog

Wir analysieren den plötzlichen Anstieg von Alice Weidels Reichweite auf X und den möglichen Einfluss von Elon Musk.

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Jan 22

My newest publication:

'Working in Several Languages as a Media and Communication Scholar: The Need to Reframe Multilingualism as a Political Act'

As part of the book "Die Sprache(n) der Wissenschaften" ("The language(s) of sciences" by Haller, Prandner & Vadrot)

www.austriaca.at?arp=0x003fd192

Die Sprache(n) der Wissenschaft

Welche Sprache spricht die österreichische Wissenschaft? Ist Englisch die neue lingua franca? Oder ist Mehrsprachigkeit für Forschung und Lehre immer noch notwendig?Der Band geht diesen Fragen nach un...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jan 20

Le Monde quits Twitter.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · Jan 21

I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.

I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jan 7

The European Fact-Checking Standards Network responds to Meta slashing fact-checking:

“Fact-checking is not censorship, far from that, fact-checking adds speech to public debates, it provides context and facts for every citizen to make up their own mind”

Full statement ⬇️

efcsn.com/news/2025-01...

EFCSN disappointed by end to Meta’s Third Party Fact-Checking Program in the US; Condemns statements linking fact-checking to censorship – European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN)

7 January 2025 – The European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) is disappointed by Meta’s decision to end its Third Party...

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Dec 11

Now advertising for the second position (MA student) in my research team that will study Epistemologies of Independent Journalism. Please apply as soon as possible to become a Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow, as we accept applications on a rolling basis: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Dec 5

I just handed in my ICA reviews! There were some excellent papers, and I learned something new when reviewing them. I probably never before had reviewed a bunch of papers for the ICA that were all at a consistently good level. 👍

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Nov 28

The application deadline for the Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow to study independent journalisms is on December 2. Make sure to hand in your applications!

Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Oct 18

Come, work and study with me!
I am looking for a "Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow" to join me in studying independent journalisms at SFU's School of Communication.
Read about the position here:
www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

Please, circulate widely!

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Aske Kammer @askekammer.dk · Nov 21

“the big question is whether journalists will actually leave X, or divide their attention between both platforms.”

Happy to contribute to @sarahgrevy.bsky.social's story in @columjournreview.bsky.social about journalists on Bluesky, alongside @dankennedy-nu.bsky.social.

www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Journalists Are Leaving X for Bluesky. Will They Stay There?

This isn’t the first time that members of the media have pledged to quit Elon Musk

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Nov 19

The RISJ is looking for a new lead-author for their Digital News Report.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reuters...

The Reuters Institute is seeking a new lead author for the Digital News Report

Next year’s edition will be the last one led by Nic Newman, who launched the report in 2012. Here’s what the role requires and how to apply.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Jaz @jazco.dev · Oct 20

Wild to realize Bluesky has more than doubled its user count in <2 months to 12.5M users.

Growth is kinda crazy, the spikes are significantly larger now and despite having 6M users 2 months ago we're still capable of this kind of massive growth in such a short time.

Glad to have you all here.

Users over time chart for the past 60 days starting at 6.22M users on August 22nd, jumping sharply at the end of august, then steadily increasing up until 3 days ago where we have another sharp jump.

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Oct 21

The Trans Mountain Corporation has captured the city of Burnaby which signed a $20.1-million deal "that prohibits the municipality and company from communicating unfavourably about each other to the public." This is what resignation looks like.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Burnaby is where we live.

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Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Oct 18

Come, work and study with me!
I am looking for a "Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow" to join me in studying independent journalisms at SFU's School of Communication.
Read about the position here:
www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

Please, circulate widely!

Sarah Anne Ganter @sarahsoutlook.bsky.social · Oct 17

New publication from my pandemic work:

"Young adults’ perceptions of entertainment consumption in their everyday lives during the COVID-19 pandemic: Negotiating versatility, emotions, and agency in times of limited choice."
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