nessakeddo.bsky.social
@nessakeddo.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Media, Diversity and Technology at King’s College London
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · Jun 20
This is on Monday, central London, free, drinks reception included — do sign up and join us! Will also be online.
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11
WOKE?! Come to our panel on Digital Futures of Diversity on 23 June at King's College London as part of @kings-dfi.bsky.social 'Living Well with Technology' series, with @birgitneunews.bsky.social , @lewisiwu.bsky.social, & @nessakeddo.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelan.
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Digital Futures of Diversity
How can we design and implement digital systems that genuinely enhance diversity rather than simply digitising existing inequalities?
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Tam @tamdent.bsky.social · Jun 13
See link to the Women and Equalities Committee's recent report on Paternity leave which includes evidence submitted from our research on care leave in creative/cultural organisations conducted with @saradeb.bsky.social and Natalie Wreyford committees.parliament.uk/publications...
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · Jun 11
WOKE?! Come to our panel on Digital Futures of Diversity on 23 June at King's College London as part of @kings-dfi.bsky.social 'Living Well with Technology' series, with @birgitneunews.bsky.social , @lewisiwu.bsky.social, & @nessakeddo.bsky.social and Elisabeth Kelan.
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Digital Futures of Diversity
How can we design and implement digital systems that genuinely enhance diversity rather than simply digitising existing inequalities?
www.kcl.ac.uk
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Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · Jun 12
🧩 What role do digital technologies play in advancing – or hindering – diversity efforts?

On 23 June, @birgitneunews.bsky.social, ‪@lewisiwu.bsky.social, Elisabeth Kelan and @nessakeddo.bsky.social ‬will examine how education, media and businesses can foster inclusion through digital innovation 🔽
Digital Futures of Diversity
How can we design and implement digital systems that genuinely enhance diversity rather than simply digitising existing inequalities?
www.kcl.ac.uk
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Apr 28
My latest article in @mcsjournal.bsky.social explores how the experience of racism for practitioners of colour in the UK and US advertising industries has changed over the past decade journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · Mar 26
Applications are now open for 20 interdisciplinary jobs in AI at King’s College London: King’s AI+ Academic Fellowships, advancing AI across *all* disciplines (yes, inc. Arts & Hums — come and work with me!). www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...
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King's AI+ Academic Fellowships (leading to an open-ended academic post)
King’s is making a major strategic investment into driving AI activity across our nine academic Faculties. Our ambition is to accelerate growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven research...
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · Jan 15
✨call for papers✨ @aoir.bsky.social symposium "From Platform Governance to Generative AI: Concepts, Methods, and Data for Studying Tech Governance" with @pgmt.bsky.social @zemki.bsky.social @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Daria Dergacheva @redeker.bsky.social: platform-governance.org/aoir-flashpo...
AoIR Flashpoint Symposium 2025 – Lab Platform Governance, Media and Technology (PGMT)
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Dr Lauren Cantillon @lmcantillon.bsky.social · Jan 15
Colleagues! I am putting together a small panel for a Challenging Research Network meeting on the theme of hope - could you or someone you know share some insights on doing such research (broadly defined) & holding hope close? Is hope a helpful lens for such work? Please reply/DM me names, TIA 🌱
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King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence @aiatkings.bsky.social · Dec 11
Dr Hye-Kyung Lee (@kingsartshums.bsky.social) will be discussing creative precarity in the time of generative AI at 2pm today, Wednesday 11 December. There's still time to register to attend, either in-person (Bush House, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) or online ⬇️
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Creative precarity in the time of generative AI
A seminar on creative precarity in the time of generative AI.
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Dec 6
Glad these stories are now reaching mainstream news platforms
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Critical Digital Media @digital.therourke.net · Dec 3
Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies
Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies
Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they're fighting back.
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Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · Dec 6
#TheWeekinData: Unable to produce a response
* Bias in fraud detection AI
* David who?
* AI inspiration
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Dec 6
Do we at least pretend to be surprised? 🤷🏽‍♀️
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The Media, Inequality & Change Center @miccenter.bsky.social · Dec 4
MIC is hiring! We are starting a research program aimed at the ways in which corporations are shaping AI governance agendas in 3 national contexts. If you are a critical data/AI studies researcher, please check out the call for applications! Deadline is Dec 25.
Opportunities
Join the MIC Center's mission to create more democratic media systems that serve community needs.
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Dec 4
This combo right here 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Dec 3
Looking forward to this!
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Future Narratives Lab @fnlab.bsky.social · Dec 3
Dr. Nessa Keddo (@nessakeddo.bsky.social), Senior Lecturer at KCL, is the guest speaker for our upcoming workshop, Translating Complex Research into Powerful Stories. With 10+ years in research, she blends industry expertise & academic insight.
Register now to reserve your spot!
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Tom Rouse @tomrouse.bsky.social · Dec 2
Hey marketing friends - am doing a lecture on social media trends for 2025 for my third year students next week. So it's not just my views - what do you think are the key trends to watch for? (which aren't AI)....
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Dec 2
Looking forward speaking at this online event on Wednesday, talking about different methods and tools for synthesising big data into clear narratives. Link to sign up below!
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Future Narratives Lab @fnlab.bsky.social · Dec 2
This Weds 4th Dec: Translating Complex Research into Powerful Stories - the second workshop in our series on Effective Narratives & Messaging for Coalitions

Don’t miss how you can use research to build inspiring stories to shift public discourse.

Register now to reserve your spot!
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Translating Complex Research into Powerful Stories · Zoom · Luma
Many coalitions and campaigns produce in-depth research and evidence to help make the case for their cause. But turning this into accessible and persuasive…
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Dec 2
Definitely using it more… but admittedly because of the boost in Google’s organic search results
Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK | Reddit | The Guardian
Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Nov 29
Digital colonialism is real and rife!
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Nov 28
Australia bans social media for under 16s. Opponents’ position that there’s a risk of being cut off from the internet is the weakest argument yet
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Reuters @reuters.com · Nov 28
🔊 ICYMI: 'The government says it's trying to protect children... opponents argue that it's actually risking cutting children off from the Internet.' Reuters World News podcast explains Australia's ban of social media for under 16s reut.rs/4g2GPjk
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Nov 27
Looking forward to reading this, which looks at the platformisation of colonial practices such as extraction and control in multiple global contexts
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Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social · Nov 27
My new book ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’ is published in the UK / EU this month @politybooks.bsky.social and in the US in a few weeks. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @mediacomgold.bsky.social 🧵1/6
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Nov 26
This entire thread goes to show how easily businesses can and will manipulate employees with the capabilities of this tech
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Digital Humanities @ King's College London @kingsdh.bsky.social · Nov 25
Can we imagine better futures with and around digital technology? Please join us for a symposium on Imaginative Digital Futures with
@joannazylinska.bsky.social @giotita.bsky.social & others on 27 November kingsdh.net/2024/11/25/i... #digitaltechnology #digitalmedia #AI #digitalhumanities
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nessakeddo.bsky.social @nessakeddo.bsky.social · Nov 24
The removal of affirmative action is now seeing institutional discourse being replaced with more fluid terms such as ‘opportunity’ and ‘access’, and is also snowballing into wider public and commercial firms
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Meanwhile in Higher Education @meanwhileinhe.bsky.social · Nov 22
Meanwhile in Mississippi...

The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, which oversees of public universities in the state, removed "diversity", "diverse", & "inclusive" from policy documents. This includes requirements to review diversity outcomes.

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IHL deletes the word 'diversity' from its policies
Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees , which oversees the state's public universities, voted Thursday to delete the word “diversity” from several policies.
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