The cover for my book is now live! LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage releases on December 11th!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/livejourn...

Wired interview with BlueSky CEO. Monetization is coming. Enshittification likely won’t be far behind.

Student post for #MediaCrit: Hatsune Miku is a Japanese vocaloid that has gained the most popularity out of all the vocaloids by far.

Student Post #MediaCrit: In The Social Dilemma, a mother buys a lock box to try to minimize phone use and make the most of family time. It cannot be opened until that time has passed. Would you try this? What kind of boundaries do you think are necessary for parents to set regarding screen time?

Learning from WW2 Italian Era Anti-Fascist Rhetoric in the Age of Social Media
Virtual Event with Dr. J.J. Sylvia IV

📅 April 7, 2025
🕧 12:30 pm eastern

🔗 jjsylvia.link/talk

FSU Speakers Series

(With logos for Community Read and Fitchburg State University - Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library)

Looking forward to my @aacu.org presentations at #AACUFDI this week! @fsucommmedia.bsky.social

but in Miley’s case the industry packaged up and distributed just the rebellion aspect of her life to commercialize and reshape her brand. How much of the real-life music industry does this episode of Black Mirror accurately reflect? #BlackMirror #HannahMontana #AshleyO #MileyCyrus

Student post for #MediaCrit: Ashley O’s persona wasn’t just in the episode of Black Mirror, they marketed her to us IRL! Miley Cyrus released “On a Roll” … and it’s on YouTube under the name Ashley O. #BlackMirror #AshleyO #MileyCyrus #OnARoll

Going back to Star Trek: The Next Generation: “The Measure of a Man”. Another thing I was stuck on was the way that Bruce Maddox would refer to Data. He would refer to Data as “It”. Unlike Picard who would call Data “he or him”.

Student post for #MediaCrit: Just watched #StarTrek: The Next Generation: “The Measure of a Man” Season 2, Episode 9 and it was fun! Personally I have never watched anything Star Trek before so to watch it for the first time was interesting. 1/

Today I’m digitizing some #phonograph records for the Fitchburg Historical Society. They appear to be in #publicdomain based on my research so far. This one is Sureva by Elli Suokas from 1917. @susannavarre.bsky.social

Introduction to Communication and Media Studies is another OER text I published this year. Based on some older materials, but I added two new chapters and my original photography throughout. Students also helped update it. #academicsky rotel.pressbooks.pub/comm-media-s...

I’ve been teaching my kids rhetoric using Jennifer Fletcher’s book, Teaching Arguments. It features a lesson on Singleton’s painting, Boy with a Flying Squirrel. We finally got to see it in person last week. Book here: amzn.to/3OJG7fh

In honor of the 61st anniversary of #DoctorWho we are starting from the beginning with our kids!

Seeing Justice Jackson and Kate McKinnon at #NCTE was a blast! It was also a pleasure to present with colleagues on the #wickedproblem of teaching in the age of #ChatGPT