Richard Jean So
@richardjeanso.bsky.social
Duke English Prof, Rhodes Chair in DH
Cultural Analytics | Digital Humanities | AI Research
Book: FAST CULTURE, SLOW JUSTICE (Columbia UP, forthcoming)
New Paper: "The Social AI Author" (AI & Society, Dec 2025)
https://richardjeanso.github.io/
Cultural Analytics | Digital Humanities | AI Research
Book: FAST CULTURE, SLOW JUSTICE (Columbia UP, forthcoming)
New Paper: "The Social AI Author" (AI & Society, Dec 2025)
https://richardjeanso.github.io/
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New article in AI & Society with @richardjeanso.bsky.social and @hoytlong.bsky.social 🎉
We wanted to know how AI might affect cultural fields like literary publishing. But cultural production is complex! So we piloted a new method we call “social simulation.”
rdcu.be/eTkMy
We wanted to know how AI might affect cultural fields like literary publishing. But cultural production is complex! So we piloted a new method we call “social simulation.”
rdcu.be/eTkMy
The social AI author: modeling creativity and distinction in simulated cultural fields
rdcu.be
December 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New article in AI & Society with @richardjeanso.bsky.social and @hoytlong.bsky.social 🎉
We wanted to know how AI might affect cultural fields like literary publishing. But cultural production is complex! So we piloted a new method we call “social simulation.”
rdcu.be/eTkMy
We wanted to know how AI might affect cultural fields like literary publishing. But cultural production is complex! So we piloted a new method we call “social simulation.”
rdcu.be/eTkMy
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Modern Fiction Studies is sponsoring a conference on “Cultural AI” at Purdue, to be followed by a special issue. @aarthivadde.bsky.social, @richardjeanso.bsky.social, N Katherine Hayles, @mattwilkens.bsky.social , @mellymeldubs.bsky.social, and I will be there later this week.
Conference on Artificial Intelligence
www.cla.purdue.edu
September 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Modern Fiction Studies is sponsoring a conference on “Cultural AI” at Purdue, to be followed by a special issue. @aarthivadde.bsky.social, @richardjeanso.bsky.social, N Katherine Hayles, @mattwilkens.bsky.social , @mellymeldubs.bsky.social, and I will be there later this week.
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Web-based fandoms are intimate publics at scale. @richardjeanso.bsky.social and I use close reading/stats to study the narrative/rhetorical features of fanfic and commentary on AO3. Fandoms are part of literary history, and we show how to study these living archives of reader-response. No paywall!
Project MUSE - Fandom and Fictionality after the Social Web: A Computational Study of AO3
muse.jhu.edu
March 29, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Web-based fandoms are intimate publics at scale. @richardjeanso.bsky.social and I use close reading/stats to study the narrative/rhetorical features of fanfic and commentary on AO3. Fandoms are part of literary history, and we show how to study these living archives of reader-response. No paywall!
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I highlight recent reader/reception research on Goodreads reviews, tweets, & fanfiction
Work by @jacquesanglais.bsky.social, @andrewpiper.bsky.social, @richardjeanso.bsky.social, @alexandermanshel.bsky.social, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, @jdporter.bsky.social, @micahbateman.bsky.social, @quinnanya.me
Work by @jacquesanglais.bsky.social, @andrewpiper.bsky.social, @richardjeanso.bsky.social, @alexandermanshel.bsky.social, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, @jdporter.bsky.social, @micahbateman.bsky.social, @quinnanya.me
December 7, 2023 at 1:38 PM
I highlight recent reader/reception research on Goodreads reviews, tweets, & fanfiction
Work by @jacquesanglais.bsky.social, @andrewpiper.bsky.social, @richardjeanso.bsky.social, @alexandermanshel.bsky.social, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, @jdporter.bsky.social, @micahbateman.bsky.social, @quinnanya.me
Work by @jacquesanglais.bsky.social, @andrewpiper.bsky.social, @richardjeanso.bsky.social, @alexandermanshel.bsky.social, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, @jdporter.bsky.social, @micahbateman.bsky.social, @quinnanya.me
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Many thanks to @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, and @richardjeanso.bsky.social for inviting us to be a part of this fantastic lineup in the "Hacking the Culture Industries" series. And of course to the incredible Public Books teams for their editorial support!
November 7, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Many thanks to @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, and @richardjeanso.bsky.social for inviting us to be a part of this fantastic lineup in the "Hacking the Culture Industries" series. And of course to the incredible Public Books teams for their editorial support!
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Here's a big one! Who wins fiction prizes & why—& who judges them? (Joy Williams, esp.) What is the relationship between the race of judges and that of finalists?
Must read.
@alexandermanshel.bsky.social + @mellymeldubs.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/what-35-year...
Must read.
@alexandermanshel.bsky.social + @mellymeldubs.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/what-35-year...
What 35 Years of Data Can Tell Us about Who Will Win the National Book Award
We may never know what goes on in the rooms where literary prizes are decided, but thanks to data, we know exactly who was there.
www.publicbooks.org
November 6, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Here's a big one! Who wins fiction prizes & why—& who judges them? (Joy Williams, esp.) What is the relationship between the race of judges and that of finalists?
Must read.
@alexandermanshel.bsky.social + @mellymeldubs.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/what-35-year...
Must read.
@alexandermanshel.bsky.social + @mellymeldubs.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/what-35-year...
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This is the lead essay in the second round of the series Hacking the Culture Industries, edited by me, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social + @richardjeanso.bsky.social. We are so excited by the lineup on Netflix, TikTok, Goodreads + more from Aarthi Vadde, Hoyt Long, Jim English, Tess McNulty + others
November 6, 2023 at 8:30 PM
This is the lead essay in the second round of the series Hacking the Culture Industries, edited by me, @lbmcgrath.bsky.social + @richardjeanso.bsky.social. We are so excited by the lineup on Netflix, TikTok, Goodreads + more from Aarthi Vadde, Hoyt Long, Jim English, Tess McNulty + others
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Last year, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I teamed up with @Richardjeanso.bsky.social for @publicbooks.bsky.social to launch HACKING THE CULTURE INDUSTRIES. This week, we’re back for round 2.
November 6, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Last year, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I teamed up with @Richardjeanso.bsky.social for @publicbooks.bsky.social to launch HACKING THE CULTURE INDUSTRIES. This week, we’re back for round 2.