Vikki Katz 🎗️
@vikkikatz.bsky.social
Communication Prof @Chapman U | Editor, Journal of Children & Media | Studies kids, tech, digital inequality, political polarization & civil discourse | Parenting, dogs, travel, great food | 🇿🇦 to 🇺🇸
It’s been such an honor ❤️
We would like to warmly thank @vikkikatz.bsky.social as she concludes her time as editor of JOCAM. Thank you, Vikki, for your care and commitment to the journal; we are so grateful for your dedication to the community and efforts to make JOCAM more representative of the field's diverse scholarship.
June 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It’s been such an honor ❤️
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We would like to warmly thank @vikkikatz.bsky.social as she concludes her time as editor of JOCAM. Thank you, Vikki, for your care and commitment to the journal; we are so grateful for your dedication to the community and efforts to make JOCAM more representative of the field's diverse scholarship.
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We would like to warmly thank @vikkikatz.bsky.social as she concludes her time as editor of JOCAM. Thank you, Vikki, for your care and commitment to the journal; we are so grateful for your dedication to the community and efforts to make JOCAM more representative of the field's diverse scholarship.
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This isn't The Art of the Deal.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This isn't The Art of the Deal.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
It's insider trading with a bad comb-over.
Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires
Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast
Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’
Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same
Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
Abducted in broad daylight for an op-ed in Tufts’ newspaper, is a children & media scholar I know. She’s not a terror sympathizer and it should terrify us all that this happened to her.
This isn’t about combating antisemitism—it is much more sinister and dangerous
Gift article: wapo.st/3Y68yJv
This isn’t about combating antisemitism—it is much more sinister and dangerous
Gift article: wapo.st/3Y68yJv
Masked officers whisk away Tufts student from sidewalk, video shows
The widely circulated video of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest in the Boston area has sent shock waves throughout the academic community.
wapo.st
March 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Abducted in broad daylight for an op-ed in Tufts’ newspaper, is a children & media scholar I know. She’s not a terror sympathizer and it should terrify us all that this happened to her.
This isn’t about combating antisemitism—it is much more sinister and dangerous
Gift article: wapo.st/3Y68yJv
This isn’t about combating antisemitism—it is much more sinister and dangerous
Gift article: wapo.st/3Y68yJv
🚨 New pub— if you’re interested in campus life after 10/7 and what makes for meaningful, civil discourse about the I-P conflict, please read & share: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Unsettled Ground: How Jewish Undergraduates are Negotiating Identity Shifts and (Un)civil Campus Discourse after October 7
The post–October 7th period has been a period of redefinition for many Jewish American undergraduates and particularly for those who identify as politically left-of-center and who found themselves ...
www.tandfonline.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨 New pub— if you’re interested in campus life after 10/7 and what makes for meaningful, civil discourse about the I-P conflict, please read & share: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Democrats should hold 435 town halls this weekend. The ones in Republican districts hosted by local Dems or nonpartisan local officials or even ex-Republicans, with everyone, Democrats and independents and Republicans, invited.
The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm told Republican lawmakers to stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts undertaken by President Donald Trump's administration.
No more in-person town halls, NRCC chief tells House Republicans
Rep. Richard Hudson issued the edict after a spate of testy episodes.
www.politico.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Democrats should hold 435 town halls this weekend. The ones in Republican districts hosted by local Dems or nonpartisan local officials or even ex-Republicans, with everyone, Democrats and independents and Republicans, invited.
🚨 new pub: #digitalinequality explains most variance in which UGs delayed graduation after 2 yrs of pandemic learning—more than #firstgen status, #race/ethnicity or other s-d markers. Just out in @plosone.org with @abjordan.bsky.social & @ognyanova.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Digital inequalities and U.S. undergraduate outcomes over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated major and rapid changes to undergraduate student learning conditions, but the longer-term consequences of those changes have yet to be fully understood. We assess ho...
journals.plos.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🚨 new pub: #digitalinequality explains most variance in which UGs delayed graduation after 2 yrs of pandemic learning—more than #firstgen status, #race/ethnicity or other s-d markers. Just out in @plosone.org with @abjordan.bsky.social & @ognyanova.bsky.social! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.
February 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.
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Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
February 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
My thoughts on an agenda for researchers concerned about young ppl, political polarization & social media, free to access in @journalcam.bsky.social -
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Through the (distorted) looking glass: Priorities for research with young people and social media in politically polarized times
Published in Journal of Children and Media (Vol. 19, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My thoughts on an agenda for researchers concerned about young ppl, political polarization & social media, free to access in @journalcam.bsky.social -
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
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"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
January 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
@latimes.com should be ashamed of itself for not being free to view in the midst of a local disaster
January 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@latimes.com should be ashamed of itself for not being free to view in the midst of a local disaster
I am so so proud of this special issue. If kids and tech are your thing, read these 16 commentaries by brilliant scholars on where the field must go next—
🎉 The special issue celebrating JoCAM’s 18th birthday it out! The issue brings together 16 commentaries showcasing the incredible diversity and creativity of CAM research and practice from all over the world. 🔓Open access for six months! (1/3) www.tandfonline.com/journals/rch...
Coming of age with children and media: Journal of Children and Media at 18
Explore the article collection: Coming of age with children and media: Journal of Children and Media at 18. Published in Journal of Children and Media.
www.tandfonline.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I am so so proud of this special issue. If kids and tech are your thing, read these 16 commentaries by brilliant scholars on where the field must go next—
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🎉 The special issue celebrating JoCAM’s 18th birthday it out! The issue brings together 16 commentaries showcasing the incredible diversity and creativity of CAM research and practice from all over the world. 🔓Open access for six months! (1/3) www.tandfonline.com/journals/rch...
Coming of age with children and media: Journal of Children and Media at 18
Explore the article collection: Coming of age with children and media: Journal of Children and Media at 18. Published in Journal of Children and Media.
www.tandfonline.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🎉 The special issue celebrating JoCAM’s 18th birthday it out! The issue brings together 16 commentaries showcasing the incredible diversity and creativity of CAM research and practice from all over the world. 🔓Open access for six months! (1/3) www.tandfonline.com/journals/rch...
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I really don't understand the insistence of some people to that Israel was founded solely a colonial project. This is just erasure of history.
You can denounce Israel occupation and crimes against Palestinians, while recognizing it was founded as a refugee state. Not mutually exclusive.
You can denounce Israel occupation and crimes against Palestinians, while recognizing it was founded as a refugee state. Not mutually exclusive.
January 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I really don't understand the insistence of some people to that Israel was founded solely a colonial project. This is just erasure of history.
You can denounce Israel occupation and crimes against Palestinians, while recognizing it was founded as a refugee state. Not mutually exclusive.
You can denounce Israel occupation and crimes against Palestinians, while recognizing it was founded as a refugee state. Not mutually exclusive.
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A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
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This analysis concludes that in 2024 “voters […] opted for greater freedom and closer ties with the West and rejected attempts at intimidation, manipulation and disinformation”.
Largely true. But the same “West” made a number of largely opposite choices.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Largely true. But the same “West” made a number of largely opposite choices.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Democracy in 2024 was noisy and chaotic. It was also resilient.
Democracy in 2024 worked as it always has. It was messy and noisy and produced muddled results. .
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:06 AM
This analysis concludes that in 2024 “voters […] opted for greater freedom and closer ties with the West and rejected attempts at intimidation, manipulation and disinformation”.
Largely true. But the same “West” made a number of largely opposite choices.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Largely true. But the same “West” made a number of largely opposite choices.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
December 28, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
December holidays & the Pacific
December 22, 2024 at 5:53 AM
December holidays & the Pacific
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🤖 What @Roblox's safety updates mean for its users
🆕Read Sara M. Grimes’ post for the #Parenting4DigitalFuture blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
#gamedesign #ROBLOX #microsoftxbox
🆕Read Sara M. Grimes’ post for the #Parenting4DigitalFuture blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
#gamedesign #ROBLOX #microsoftxbox
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digi…
December 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM
🤖 What @Roblox's safety updates mean for its users
🆕Read Sara M. Grimes’ post for the #Parenting4DigitalFuture blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
#gamedesign #ROBLOX #microsoftxbox
🆕Read Sara M. Grimes’ post for the #Parenting4DigitalFuture blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
#gamedesign #ROBLOX #microsoftxbox
I always refer to EM as South Africa’s (my home country’s) worst export
Trying to imagine pitching this movie 50 years ago:
“So this guy from apartheid goes to America and cons his way to collecting half a trillion dollars and buys a President with it. Then he starts to order Congress around from his computer which is actually a portable telephone.”
“So this guy from apartheid goes to America and cons his way to collecting half a trillion dollars and buys a President with it. Then he starts to order Congress around from his computer which is actually a portable telephone.”
December 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM
I always refer to EM as South Africa’s (my home country’s) worst export
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Last year, Lake Forest, Illinois displayed a menorah for the 8 nights of Hanukkah.
This year, the city has decided to only display the menorah for a few hours.
Removing the menorah, a symbol of hope and resilience, sends a bad message: that Jewishness is something to be hidden away.
This year, the city has decided to only display the menorah for a few hours.
Removing the menorah, a symbol of hope and resilience, sends a bad message: that Jewishness is something to be hidden away.
December 20, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Last year, Lake Forest, Illinois displayed a menorah for the 8 nights of Hanukkah.
This year, the city has decided to only display the menorah for a few hours.
Removing the menorah, a symbol of hope and resilience, sends a bad message: that Jewishness is something to be hidden away.
This year, the city has decided to only display the menorah for a few hours.
Removing the menorah, a symbol of hope and resilience, sends a bad message: that Jewishness is something to be hidden away.