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Ted Striphas

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Chair of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder | Author, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet (https://tinyurl.com/p8ad6suw) | Opinions my own

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Nov 15

(1/2) I had a pinned post about my latest book, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet, over on the platform-that-must-not-be-named. Figured there should be something here about the book, too:
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Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet | Columbia University Press

Today, algorithms exercise outsize influence on cultural decision-making, shaping and even reshaping the concept of culture. How were automated, computationa... | CUP

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Jul 21

"If reviewers are merely skimming papers & relying on LLMs to generate substantive reviews...it opens the door for a new cheating method...which involves inserting hidden white text... that tells AI tools to give a research paper favorable reviews."
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

AI-Enabled Cheating Points to ‘Untenable’ Peer Review System

It’s not clear how widespread the new cheating strategy is, but it’s highlighting longstanding drivers of the peer review crisis some reviewers are now trying to alleviate with AI.

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Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · May 22

One of the best written essays I've read in awhile. Clever, researched, clear. We all need well cited and insightful voices on wellness these days, especially. Follow 👀

Thewellnesstherapist @aziwankenobi.bsky.social · May 20

Cold plunges aren’t healing. They’re rebranded psychiatric punishment, sold back to us through influencer marketing and pseudoscience. The latest research says they don’t even work.

Read my full deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/azadehjo...

From Asylums to Ice Tubs: How Cold Plunges Went from Psychiatric Control to Wellness Trend & Why Science Now Says They Don’t Work

Cold water sells.

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Subjectivity Journal @j4subjectivity.bsky.social · May 14

Before and After the Internet. We have just published a review of two recent books on #AlgorithmicCulture and #PlatformCapitalism by @striphas.bsky.social and @synthesiastica.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Before and after the internet - Subjectivity

Subjectivity -

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · May 16

Thank you! Honored to see the book reviewed, and in such illustrious company, no less.

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Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · Mar 3

Rally today at NOAA building in Boulder, Colorado to stand up for federal workers, particularly scientists

Lots of people with signs rallying by street with US flag, CO flag and maybe a NOAA flag--I can't read it.

Protestors holding signs by street. One says "Bad DOGE" another "Stand up for science" another "Stop Elon's Takeover"

Protester holding sign "Save Our Science"

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Feb 25

What a compliment. Thank you! :)

Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Feb 25

*Please share widely (deadline Mar 5):*
The Dept of Media Studies at the Univ of CO Boulder is searching for 2 Assistant Teaching Profs. If you're passionate about higher-ed instruction, invested in media literacy, & have a background in global media, apply:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Feb 17

The app deadline for the Assistant Teaching Professor opening in my department (Media Studies, U of CO Boulder) is less than 2 weeks away! This is a contracted/renewable, non-tenure-track faculty line. Read on for additional information about the position:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Jan 22

PLEASE SHARE: The Dept. of Media Studies at the University of CO Boulder is hiring TWO assistant teaching professors. These are renewable, non-tenure track positions for which we're using a single job ad: lnkd.in/gHXdMqUw Deadline is February 28, 2025.

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Jan 21

Solid piece on the thinking behind the Broligarchy: “The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term,” via Vox - apple.news/A5jGJAukoSGK...

The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think. — Vox

The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump. There’s a dominant narrative in the media about why tech billionaires are sucking up to Donald Trump: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and...

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · Dec 20

At some point I would like to ignore Elon Musk. Sadly, that time is not now.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Elon Musk is the ultimate chaos agent | Siva Vaidhyanathan

With one post on X, Musk has the power to shut down the government of the most powerful nation in world history

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 17

This explains it.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Dec 16

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Tyson Cole. #NewYorkerCartoons
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An elf approaches Santa Claus in his workshop and says, “People prefer your traditional surveillance to the drones.”

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 17

Public Domain Day is coming soon. Get ready to party like it's 1929! web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law

Tweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public D...

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Media Theory @meejatheory.bsky.social · Dec 13

"The combination of Blackness and Twitter represents a paradigm shift from modernity’s materialist “existence in Black” to a Black technoculture afforded by the digital’s capacities for virtuality, simulation, and interactivity." André Brock

ANDRÉ BROCK: The Illumination of Black Twitter

The Illumination of Black Twitter: Charles Mills, Race, and Digital Media Theory ANDRÉ BROCK Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Nov 21

‘Phonetic’ is not.
‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters.
‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym.

Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 6

!!!

Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 6

Can I put this in next week's newsletter?

Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 6

So, evidently this is becoming a thing now?!?! 😕

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 6

Did y'all see this? The university of WI system is proposing a policy change so that the system would now assert and control copyright over professors' lecture notes, syllabi, articles, & more. VERY concerning: www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Wisconsin professors worry AI could replace them

Faculty say a proposed policy change could lead to AI-run classes at the Universities of Wisconsin System. University officials say their fears are overblown.

www.insidehighered.com

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Cultural Studies - Published by Routledge @culturalstudies.bsky.social · Dec 3

Cultural Studies is officially returning to Bluesky—but before we begin sharing details about our final issue of Volume 37, we first wanted to let you know that we also post on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn and wanted to invite you to follow us wherever else you might also be.

Titled "Cultural Studies: Where Else to Find Us," this graphic includes artwork from four past covers and written out information about where to find Cultural Studies on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Bluesky. All written information is also included in the caption of the post.

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 2

It used to happen like this…

Cathy Davidson @cathyndavidson.bsky.social · Dec 2

Here’s an email I sent a friend in 1994 to help them upload a file in Word Perfect. Ah, the good ol days….. lol.

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Dec 1

Oxford English Dictionary word of the year: "brain rot." Fitting… corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...

Oxford Word of the Year 2024 - Oxford University Press

Voting has closed and we'll be revealing the official Word of the Year 2024 shortly. Discover more about our shortlist and the past 20 years of Word of the Year.

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Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Nov 30

Well played!

Ted Striphas @striphas.bsky.social · Nov 29

Thank you / grazie!