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Blue Miaoran Dong
@bluemiaoran.bsky.social
Contract Instructor for Global Internet Policy and Governance; Data management @ https://gmicp.org/; RA for Ghost Management
📚PEC | STS | platform economy | public policy | telecom history | ghost management | Online News Act, ICA Law &Policy,PhD candidate
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@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social & I just dropped our new open access scoping review, and it’s about how researchers have been digging into internal corporate documents to find out what chemical companies don’t want us to know.
📑: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

📑: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
As always, this 300-page report has everything an internet-regulation nerd could dream of for Christmas reading 🤓😎📖

The rise of the industrial media era in the late 19th century? ✔️

A Goliath (big telecom) vs. Goliath (big tech) clash? ✔️

Bonus: A new deep dive into cloud computing!💡

Check it out!
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Hot off the press! The Canada’s Network Media Economy report is here! Sound the bell and let the huskies howl. Please help us spread the word and dig in! 🔥📖☕️
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
Thrilled to announce the release of 2 new reports today as part of the 36 country, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. The 1st examines the development & concentration conditions in German telecoms, internet & media industries. gmicp.org/media-teleco... 1/
Media, Telecommunication, and Internet Concentration in Germany 2019-2023
A report produced by the Germany research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project This report examines major structural changes in Germany’s media industries, documenting the steady e...
gmicp.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
The Canadian report was prepared by yours truly, backed by an amazing team that includes Agnes Malkinson, Guy Hoskins & @bluemiaoran.bsky.social. It covers ~2 dozen telecoms, internet, broadcasting & publishing sectors--digital and traditional. gmicp.org/canadas-netw... 3/
Canada’s Network Media Economy: Growth, Concentration and Upheaval 1984-2024
A report produced by the Canadian research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project Now drawing upon 40 years of data, this report places some of the most significant recent developmen...
gmicp.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
The US big tech lobby is gunning for Canada's Online Streaming Act and Online News Act. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Canada’s digital sovereignty is crumbling under aggressive U.S. lobbying
After years of insisting Big Tech has to support domestic content, Ottawa is in retreat
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Ghost Management Research Group’s proposed workshop on corporate power and public policy has been accepted by IWPP.

If your work explores how corporations shape knowledge, practices, or public attitudes to steer policy or influence agenda setting, we would love to hear from you. Submission🔗👇
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The US Census Bureau shows that AI adoption has been declining among companies with more than 250 employees. Resource: www.apolloacademy.com/ai-adoption-...
September 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In Shel Silverstein’s 1981 prediction about AI tools, my favorite part is the illustration of the baby doing homework inside a machine. It’s just like the 700 Indian engineers at Builder.ai pretending to be AI
June 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🎉 Heading to #ICA2025 in Denver? Join us for a fun-filled joint reception with Comm Law & Policy, Media Industry Studies, and Comm History!
📍 Earl’s Kitchen & Bar
🗓 Sunday, June 15 | ⏰ 6:30–8:30pm
Heading to Denver for #ICA2025? Come to the Comms Law and Policy joint reception with Media Industry Studies and Communication History — Sunday June 15, 6:30–8:30 at Earl's Kitchen & Bar!
May 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
Heading to Denver for #ICA2025? Come to the Comms Law and Policy joint reception with Media Industry Studies and Communication History — Sunday June 15, 6:30–8:30 at Earl's Kitchen & Bar!
May 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Check out the masterpiece by Lindsey Keene on Canada’s telecom mess for my Global Internet Policy and Governance class.

Honestly? Oscar-worthy! Drama, satire, capitalism—what more do you want?? I’m totally fine, just emotionally wrecked in the best way! 🥹❤️🤣 youtu.be/dEp55a1fHeA?...
The Game of Oligopoly
YouTube video by Lindsey Keene
youtu.be
April 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it.

Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Breaking news: My co-authored paper with @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social has skyrocketed into the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journal for 2023! 🎉 Thanks to everyone who read it, cited it, or accidentally opened it.

Hard work wins. Caffeine survives. Sleep? Still pending.
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“CLOUD Act agreement risks subordinating Canadian constitution to U.S. law”
February 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social & I just dropped our new open access scoping review, and it’s about how researchers have been digging into internal corporate documents to find out what chemical companies don’t want us to know.
📑: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

📑: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Patients prescribed biologics for chronic conditions almost exclusively receive infusions in a private, for-profit health system in Canada. @m-a-gagnon.bsky.social

Check out this new paper: canjhealthtechnol.ca/index.php/cj...
February 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
Fun fact: Americans STRONGLY oppose politicization of the civil servants, with 90% believing "Civil servants should serve the people more than any individual president." This study* from the Partnership is excellent and expands on this point (*I started).
ourpublicservice.org/publications...
January 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Blue Miaoran Dong
Researchers Ryan McGrady, Ethan Zuckerman, and Kevin Zheng argue that if we want responsible policy about social media, it begins with making it possible for American researchers to answer fundamental questions about how social media is shaping our public discourse.
AI Companies Threaten Independent Social Media Research | TechPolicy.Press
UMass Amherst researchers argue that researcher access to social media data should be one of the rare things all political factions in the US can agree on.
www.techpolicy.press
January 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
👻🔍 Exciting News!

The ghost management research group’ve teamed up with Re-Check Health Affairs to bring you something game-changing: Ghost Management at Work—a practical guide for uncovering and mapping dealings in the health world! 🕵️‍♀️🩺

carleton.ca/ghostmanagem...

#Publicpolicy #corporatecaptures
January 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Life lesson: don't be a beagle, be a husky!

Because Beagles are gentle and cute, they are the most popular subjects in clinical trials. A husky is just a husky.
January 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Meta released an anonymous survey through Politico as “advertising partners.” I don’t even want to get into the questions in the survey, but the last one was so ridiculous, it made me laugh harder than today’s Ottawa storm that nearly blew me into a backflip.
January 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Why did the chicken cross the road?

Fuzzy Transparency: The information provided does not reveal or indicate how chickens and institution of chickens actually behave.
January 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I am very happy to share a great news with you all—My new ICA paper got rejected! 🎉🎉🎉

Let’s celebrate failure just as much as success! Onward, upward, and forward!
January 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Starlink helps bridge Canada’s rural digital divide but what to do about the national sovereignty & security issues raised by US billionaire w/ close ties to the Trump Admin owning the whole vertical chain from satellite launch to the end user’s terminal? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Elon Musk’s Starlink: A lifeboat for rural Canada or a dangerous trojan horse?
A new generation of low-earth orbit satellite constellations – and Elon Musk’s Starlink specifically – is improving internet access for rural and remote communities
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM