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Zizi Papacharissi

@zizip.bsky.social

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UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series

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Zizi Papacharissi is a Greek-American social scientist and professor. She is a UIC Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois Chicago. She also serves as the editor-in-chief of the journal Social Media + Society. .. more

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Aug 23

We are here now 👋🫶🏝️

Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hello world

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Social Media + Society @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hello world

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jun 3

I finally get to speak to the UN Libya mission tomorrow, including local journalists and news folk (via zoom). My talk was postponed three times due to political turmoil. Here’s a couple of my va slides that they translated for tomorrow - excited!

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Lamprini Rori @lamprinirori.bsky.social · Jun 3

Tην Παρασκευή 06.06 οργανώνουμε τη 2η διαδικτυακή συζήτηση του Εργαστηρίου Πολιτικής Επικοινωνίας και Μέσων Πληροφόρησης. Θα έχουμε τη χαρά να συζητήσουμε με την @zizip.bsky.social και τους Νικόλα Βουλέλη και Νίκο Κωνσταντάρα εάν η άνοδος του πολιτικού αυταρχισμού σχετίζεται με τα μέσα πληροφόρησης.

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Francesco Bailo @francescobailo.bsky.social · May 18

🚨 New research! With Milly Stilinovic & @dhutchman.bsky.social, we explore how AI is being creatively misused in experimental online spaces we call Underspheres — and why current regulation can’t keep up.

New Media & Society
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Conversation
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AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check

Existing efforts to regulate AI share a limitation: they’re built around intended use, not the messy, creative and often unintended ways it is actually being used.

theconversation.com

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Apr 13

Thank you to the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy and the luminous Gina Neff at the U of Cambridge for hosting me, along with featured speakers and longtime thinking pals Safiya Noble and Audrey Tang. Here’s my keynote on What AI Can and Cannot Do for Democracy:

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Spotlight Speech: What AI Can and Cannot Do for Democracy, with Zizi Papacharissi

YouTube video by Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy

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Dr Nayana Prakash @nayanaprakash.bsky.social · Mar 24

Super punchy start to @mctd.bsky.social Technology and Democracy Conference by @ginasue.bsky.social, followed by @zizip.bsky.social. Can’t wait for the next two days here in beautiful Cambridge—

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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · Mar 24

Like all information technology, AI:
- does not democratize, it pluralizes
- does not equalize, it amplifies

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Feb 27

Performative politics:

If it doesn’t play in TV, it did not happen.

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Feb 9

It is all public theater. There are 3 congressional seats up on special elections this year, and they can decide majority leadership. It’s only a slim majority lead in House. It’s drama; designed as a play for these votes. The media are falling for it, because drama is the top news value.

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 29

It’s all political theater.

Still, for the sake of argument and assuming Trump takes away all the federal dollars in the name of efficiency: Where does he plan to deposit it? Other people’s pockets? His own?

A question for all the startled reporters to press on.

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 28

Always make playlists to match projects I am working on- here’s PLAY:

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PLAY

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 25

There’s not fully developed AI, there’s AI claiming to be generative but not really, and there is dumb AI.

Grok is next level dumb.

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 24

What happens when you collect all the Kevin Costner bot accounts on Bluesky?

Fun answers only, obvs

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 24

Dems. I donated. At a moment of weakness and despite the fact that I am against political donations.

I did not sign away my cute iPhone mini life rights to receive frantic, desperately worded messages in all caps.

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 24

I said it before, I will say it as often as I need to.

What bullies hate the most is being ignored, then laughed at.

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 23

Day 1: Vivek’s out.

Who’s next in the broligarch-hood?

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Lilie Chouliaraki @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social · Jan 22

Hi friends! Now that the inauguration and its theatre of power, privilege and white supremacy is over, @kat-hig.bsky.social and I wrote something on Trump’s victimhood politics in his era of absolute power. @lseblogs.bsky.social and @lsemedia.bsky.social

LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · Jan 22

#DonaldTrump rode pain and #victimhood back to the White House, but grievance may not be an effective basis for governing the country, argue @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social and @katthrynClaireHiggins @mediacomgold.bsky.social for the LSE United States Phelan Centre blog 👇

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 21

Reliance and LVMH in the house also

www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

Trump’s Surprise Billionaire Guests: Bernard Arnault And Mukesh Ambani Attend Inauguration Events

Arnault is the world’s fifth wealthiest person while Ambani is the eighteenth richest.

www.forbes.com

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 21

My inclination is to think that he is a little less worried about venture capital threats to his stock prospects

Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 21

Just noting that Bill Gates managed to survive and stay out of the broligarch group on the platform yesterday.

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Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social · Jan 21

www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sen-joh...

Oh come on.

Sen. John Fetterman wears shorts and a hoodie to Trump inauguration

While the presidential inauguration was moved inside Monday due to the bitter cold outside, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) didn’t let the cold bother him. Fetterman arrived to the U.S. Capitol for the sw...

www.nbcnewyork.com

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Lilie Chouliaraki @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social · Jan 14

Victimhood politics is top of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s agenda. They are not interested in victims but in power. And victimhood creates “good us” and “bad them”, moral outrage against “them” and support for “our” strongman. That’s the far-right playbook right there👇 @lsemedia.bsky.social

LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · Jan 14

Musk's interest in UK politics started during the summer riots, when Musk promoted the idea of "two-tier policing". @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social and Katherine Higgins argue that this claim is part of a communication strategy of reverse victimization by the far right. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The truth about “two-tier policing”

Rioters, far right activists, as well as owner of X Elon Musk, have been propagating the idea of “two-tier policing”. The claim is that police is overly lenient towards protesters of progressive ca…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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The Red Line Project @redlineproject.bsky.social · Dec 14

Teen birth rates increasing in several U.S. states

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Map: Teen Birth Rates Increasing in Several U.S. States

Data show that states with low socioeconomic status are significant contributors to higher teen birth rates. Education plays a key role as well.

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The Red Line Project @redlineproject.bsky.social · Dec 14

#Measles cases are rising in the U.S. How has it spread in Illinois?

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Measles Cases in the U.S. – and Illinois – Are on the Rise

Measles cases are rising in the U.S. as a result of fewer parents getting their children vaccinated. It can lead to more serious health issues, such as pneumonia.

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Matt Hindman @matthindman.bsky.social · Dec 13

For example, videos on BLM protests focused on news events. But commenters added entirely new associations-- "antifa," "marxist," etc.--the videos never mentioned.

There is also a big Trump effect: he becomes the central node in comment networks despite a modest presence in the original coverage.

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Matt Hindman @matthindman.bsky.social · Dec 13

Our results look much more like the networked framing story.

While media outlets set the broad agenda (COVID, BLM, election), commenters consistently introduce conspiracy theories and emotional rhetoric absent from the original videos.

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Matt Hindman @matthindman.bsky.social · Dec 13

Networked framing research (e.g. Meraz & @zizip.bsky.social) has argued that user discussion on social media actively transforms frames in news coverage. By contrast, network agenda setting argues that the media transfers bundles of associations more-or-less unchanged.

Which do we find?

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Matt Hindman @matthindman.bsky.social · Dec 13

Where does extreme right-wing rhetoric come from?

In a new article in Communication Research, Yuan Hsiao and I analyze 19K videos & 661M comments on conservative YouTube channels to trace how extreme rhetoric forms.
BLUF: it comes mostly from users themselves.
doi.org/10.1177/0093...

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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · Nov 28

This is a really great issue, and I'd encourage folks have a look at the 'artificial' issue of the M/C Journal: journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...

(Yes, I've got a co-authored paper in it and think it's worth your time, but even if I didn't there's quite a few real gems to be found!)

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