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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · 21d

Laura Mulvey, who recently retired from Birkbeck, to refeive a BFI Fellowship. www.bfi.org.uk/news/laura-m...

Laura Mulvey to receive a BFI Fellowship

The BFI’s highest honour recognises the huge global impact of Mulvey’s work through her groundbreaking writing and filmmaking, including her seminal essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’.

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jul 18

Some snaps from the @birmac.bsky.social / Media & Democracy / Qualitative Methods Group workshop 'Exploring Quali-Quantitative Approaches in Social Media Research', where me, @robtoes.bsky.social & participants explored methods for approaching the messy, contradictory phenomena that is social media

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jul 18

I’d like to see some mainstream journalists put a question like this to Labour ministers. It the logical question to follow.

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jul 17

Finally something to cheer

MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · Jul 17

Bring it

graph showing How Britain's age groups voted in 2024

Age was a key dividing line in the last few elections, and the same is true for 2024 with younger voters being more likely to vote Labour and older voters more likely to vote for the Conservatives. The chance of someone having voted Conservative increases gradually with age with just 8% of under 30s voting this way, increasing to 46% of 70 year olds or older. 18% of 18-24 year olds voted Green, about 2% of 70+

around the same proportion of all age groups below 50 voted for Labour (41% to 46%). For the over 50s the proportion voting Labour decreases more steeply with 34% of 50-59s backing Labour, 28% of 60-69s and just 20% of those 70 or older.

The Liberal Democrats were backed similarly across age groups, the Green Party did a lot better with younger voters while Reform UK did better amongst older voters.

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jul 9

As part of the deal, I’ll stop saying please in my prompts

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jul 9

I’ve been increasingly using ChatGPT/copilot for various little things here and there. But you know what I’d like? For it not to be so complementary. I mean, be a bit rude and tell me my prompts are terrible, if they are, please.

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jul 7

So sad to hear about the passing of my friend and former colleague Mark Saunders. Some thoughts and memories here: www.publiclysited.com/memories-of-...

Memories of Mark Saunders | Publicly Sited

www.publiclysited.com

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Cllr Liam Shrivastava @liamshrivastava.bsky.social · Jun 30

The Amiel & Melburn Annual lecture is happening this Wednesday!

A stellar lineup discussing how the Left can resist the Rise of the Radical Right, hosted at Birkbeck.

@kojokoram.bsky.social, @irrnews.bsky.social @afoggyplace.bsky.social @bethanyrielly.bsky.social @robtoes.bsky.social

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jun 19

cc. @mediacity-ecrea.bsky.social

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Jun 19

With Yu-Shan Tseng, I am co-editing a Special Issue (for Urban Studies, subject to full proposal acceptance) on 'Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities'. Read the CFP details here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Special Issue CFP: Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities.docx

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Burcu Baykurt @baykurt.bsky.social · May 27

New article out in Urban Studies! I examine Google’s urban-tech power from Fiber to Sidewalk Labs and argue that the company is less a cohesive strategist and more a shapeshifter, driven by the speculative ethos of Silicon Valley journals.sagepub.com/eprint/JIJUW...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · May 12

Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...

If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That's common sense.
So we're raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.

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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · May 13

The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone.

So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.

It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/

expertvoicestogether.org

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · May 12

I'm not 100% sure, but I was just on the phone with a UK bank and it seemed like I was speaking with some kind of automated agent. Either that, or I spoke with a human being who doesn't really seem to listen to what you are saying, and then asks generic questions as it they're a rudimentary chatbot.

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · May 8

I wonder if I should actually take that book for safekeeping.

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · May 6

Tempting

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · May 6

Sadly this is just before I will be in Copenhagen, so I can't go, but looks very useful www.ssh.aau.dk/mini-confere...

Mini Conference: How can SSH researchers use LLMs in their research

Are you curious about how AI is transforming digital literature and research practices? Join us for an engaging mini-conference where Malthe Stavning Erslev will present his pioneering research on bot mimicry and machine mimesis. Dive into exciting discussions and hands-on activities where you'll reflect on AI's use, explore its pitfalls and potential, and critically assess its role in research.

www.ssh.aau.dk

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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · May 6

CFP ‘Authoritarianism in the Digital Age’ for SI of @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social Seeking commentaries (<2,000 words) that reflect on role of digital tech in building & challenging authoritarian rule. Abstracts May 16. Details: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · May 1

The regional launch of this major new report is tonight in Leeds!

Imke Henkel @imkehenkel.bsky.social · Apr 8

Interested in the state of journalism in the UK? Especially keen to hear about local UK journalism?

Save the date - 1st May 6pm - when @leedsunimedia.bsky.social will host the regional launch for our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report.

Registration open here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

UK Journalists in the 2020s: Regional launch of major new report on the state of journalism in the UK

Join the School’s researchers and a panel of local journalists and experts to hear about the main findings from the report and for a discussion on the implications for the future of local journalism

ahc.leeds.ac.uk

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Carolyn Pedwell @carolynpedwell.bsky.social · Apr 29

✨Very excited to share details of our British Academy-funded one-day symposium at Lancaster University in July: SPECULATIVE MACHINES AND US: HISTORIES AND FUTURES OF AI. ✨💥Featuring @ohalpern.bsky.social @mbfazi.bsky.social @aleenachia.bsky.social and more💥 tinyurl.com/bde6x7ub Please share widely!

Speculative Machines and Us: Histories and Futures of AI

We warmly invite colleagues to join us for an in-person one-day symposium on Thursday 17th July 2025. To join, please register using the link below. The event is organised by the Centre for Science…

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Apr 30

Near Copenhagen 20/05/25? Interested in digital placemaking and related research methods? Come to this FREE panel where I join Anders Koed Madsen, Marie Stender, Ate Poorthuis, Andrea Ballatore and Tuuli Toivonen to discuss how digital practices are shaping urban life. www.ssh.aau.dk/mini-confere...

Mini Conference: Panel on Digital Placemaking and Soft City Sensing

Our sense of place is increasingly shaped by digital platforms and the algorithms that curate our urban experiences. We rely on online ratings to choose restaurants, share events in local Facebook gro...

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Burcu Baykurt @baykurt.bsky.social · Apr 29

I had a great time chatting with @scott-rodgers.bsky.social about Google’s expanding presence in cities and my forthcoming book on the politics of test-bed urbanism. Thanks for the thoughtful questions and fun conversation!

Mediapolis Journal @mediapolis.bsky.social · Apr 29

In the latest podcast, @baykurt.bsky.social discusses with @scott-rodgers.bsky.social her longstanding interests in Google as an increasingly influential agent in urban affairs, and her efforts to rethink ‘test-bed urbanism’ through the local.

www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/04/voic...

Voices Episode 8: Burcu Baykurt on Google Urbanism

In the latest episode of our Voices podcast series, Burcu Baykurt discusses with Scott Rodgers her longstanding interests in Google as an increasingly influential agent in urban affairs, as well as he...

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Mediapolis Journal @mediapolis.bsky.social · Apr 29

In the latest podcast, @baykurt.bsky.social discusses with @scott-rodgers.bsky.social her longstanding interests in Google as an increasingly influential agent in urban affairs, and her efforts to rethink ‘test-bed urbanism’ through the local.

www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/04/voic...

Voices Episode 8: Burcu Baykurt on Google Urbanism

In the latest episode of our Voices podcast series, Burcu Baykurt discusses with Scott Rodgers her longstanding interests in Google as an increasingly influential agent in urban affairs, as well as he...

www.mediapolisjournal.com

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Hannah Zeavin @hzeavin.bsky.social · Apr 7

My second book, MOTHER MEDIA, is out in just a few weeks from @mitpress.bsky.social. The book is about the 20th century crisis of the family, and how, from the prison to the commune to the suburban home, psychology and media each transformed our ideas of mothering.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204955...

Mother Media

From the nursery to the prison, from the clinic to the commune, Mother Media tells the story of how we arrived at our contemporary understanding of what a mo...

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Scott Rodgers @scott-rodgers.bsky.social · Apr 5

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