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Abel Aussant
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Doctorant entre le @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social, le @crestsociology.bsky.social et la Cour des comptes. Sociologie de la culture et du numérique.
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Abel Aussant @abelaussant.bsky.social · Sep 5
I am thrilled to share with you my first publication in a peer-reviewed journal! Thank you for everything @scoavoux.bsky.social
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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Sep 5
Do streaming platforms trap us in cultural filter bubbles? We like to think so but the evidence says otherwise. In a new paper @abelaussant.bsky.social and I find the use of streaming platform to be associated with an increase in consumption diversity. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Screenshot of the title and abstract of the article. the title is Streaming Platforms, Filter Bubbles, and Cultural Inequalities. How Online Services Increase Consumption Diversity. The abstract reads: Do digital technologies affect diversity in cultural tastes? Digital sociologists have warned of “filter bubbles,” whereas sociologists of culture have shown that diversity in consumption is valued as a marker of upper-middle-class status. We estimate the effect of using streaming platforms on the diversity of cultural consumption using a matching technique applied to 2018 survey data from France. We find a statistically significant positive effect of using streaming platforms on the diversity of cultural consumption as well as on cosmopolitanism, on three domains, music, movies, and TV shows. The magnitude of this effect is much higher for TV shows. The study brings new evidence against the filter bubble thesis; it shows that platforms do reinforce cultural inequalities by increasing the social gap in consumption diversity. It further suggests that the effect of technology on cultural consumption might mainly operate through its impact on cultural markets rather than changes in cultural experience. Main figure of the article. Difference in number of genres consumed, liked, and disliked between streaming users and non-users. Streaming users consume more genres than non-users after controlling for confounders. The difference is small for music (0.1 sd), moderate for movies (0.2 sd), and high for TV shows (0.46 sd). However, differences in number of genres liked or disliked are small or not significant. SMD before (light) and after (dark) adjustment through matching, with error bars indicating 95 percent confidence interva
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CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · Sep 8
Check out the CREST Sociology seminar program for the rest of the year: Ashley Mears, Katia Begall, @oms279.bsky.social, and Mads Meier Jæger! All in person or on-line! Starting next week with Ashley Mears!
Sociology seminar announcement poster featuring the CREST (Center for Economics and Statistics) logo at the top with a modern glass building in the background. The poster displays four upcoming seminars, each with a portrait photo of the speaker on the left and event details on the right: September 18, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Ashley Mears (University of Amsterdam) presenting "Learning to Like the Likes and the Hate: The Labor of Internet Fame in the New Attention Economy" - shown with a professional headshot of a woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a black top with knit vest. October 23, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Katia Begall (Radboud University) presenting "Of Apples and Trees: A Dyadic Approach to the Intergenerational Transmission of Household Work" - featured with a photo of a woman with glasses and hair in a bun, wearing a light blue shirt while presenting. November 27, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Oscar Stuhler (Northwestern University) presenting "Agency Expressions in Organizational Communication" - accompanied by a headshot of a young man with dark wavy hair and wire-rimmed glasses wearing a dark sweater. December 11, 2025, 12:00-13:15: Mads Meier Jæger (University of Copenhagen) presenting "Breath, Depth, or Consecration? Omnivorousness Tastes in Music and Perceptions of Status and Competence" - shown with a photo of a man with reddish hair and round glasses in an office setting with bookshelves. All seminars are noted as "in person and on-line" events.
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Abel Aussant @abelaussant.bsky.social · Sep 5
Thank you very much, sir! Sooner or later, I'll share another paper of mine that might interest you. It's about French cultural policy, but I can't say much more!
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Abel Aussant @abelaussant.bsky.social · Sep 5
I am thrilled to share with you my first publication in a peer-reviewed journal! Thank you for everything @scoavoux.bsky.social
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Samuel Coavoux @scoavoux.bsky.social · Sep 5
Do streaming platforms trap us in cultural filter bubbles? We like to think so but the evidence says otherwise. In a new paper @abelaussant.bsky.social and I find the use of streaming platform to be associated with an increase in consumption diversity. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Screenshot of the title and abstract of the article. the title is Streaming Platforms, Filter Bubbles, and Cultural Inequalities. How Online Services Increase Consumption Diversity. The abstract reads: Do digital technologies affect diversity in cultural tastes? Digital sociologists have warned of “filter bubbles,” whereas sociologists of culture have shown that diversity in consumption is valued as a marker of upper-middle-class status. We estimate the effect of using streaming platforms on the diversity of cultural consumption using a matching technique applied to 2018 survey data from France. We find a statistically significant positive effect of using streaming platforms on the diversity of cultural consumption as well as on cosmopolitanism, on three domains, music, movies, and TV shows. The magnitude of this effect is much higher for TV shows. The study brings new evidence against the filter bubble thesis; it shows that platforms do reinforce cultural inequalities by increasing the social gap in consumption diversity. It further suggests that the effect of technology on cultural consumption might mainly operate through its impact on cultural markets rather than changes in cultural experience. Main figure of the article. Difference in number of genres consumed, liked, and disliked between streaming users and non-users. Streaming users consume more genres than non-users after controlling for confounders. The difference is small for music (0.1 sd), moderate for movies (0.2 sd), and high for TV shows (0.46 sd). However, differences in number of genres liked or disliked are small or not significant. SMD before (light) and after (dark) adjustment through matching, with error bars indicating 95 percent confidence interva
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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Sep 4
Reposting with correct link! sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · Feb 12
abstract that tricks you into thinking the paper is good
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Abel Aussant @abelaussant.bsky.social · Feb 12
"Is it possible to learn this power" Starwars Anakin meme
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Abel Aussant @abelaussant.bsky.social · Dec 17
👋 J'ai participé à la rédaction du rapport de la Cour des comptes cité dans tous les articles de presse sur le sujet aujourd'hui.
Si vous voulez les analyses complètes, parfois un peu plus nuancées que dans les journaux, n'hésitez pas à lire le rapport : www.ccomptes.fr/fr/publicati...
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Mathew Clayton @mathewclayton.bsky.social · Nov 17
My favourite epigraph. From @jordanshiveley.bsky.social Hot Singles in Your Area
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Abel Aussant @abelaussant.bsky.social · Nov 23
Evidemment il fait des stats... à bon entendeur...
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Abel Aussant @abelaussant.bsky.social · Nov 21
Woah, on avait presque oublié à quoi pouvait ressembler un fil Twitter rempli d'autre chose que des reposts et autres ordures, pour le dire poliment...
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