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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Aug 19

End of iconic era 🎓✨🦁

So grateful for everything that my chapter at @bellisariograded.bsky.social contributed, more specifically the amazing people who made that possible 🙏🏻

@sydneyforde.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social @christopherali.bsky.social

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · Aug 17

A stellar team of grads!!

Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congrats to the PhD grads who participated in Commencement: Jiaqi (Agnes) Bao, @erikasolis.bsky.social , @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social, Lana Medina, @sydneyforde.bsky.social; & their advisors: @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social, Patrick Plaisance, @christopherali.bsky.social, @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social.

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Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · Aug 17

Congrats to the PhD grads who participated in Commencement: Jiaqi (Agnes) Bao, @erikasolis.bsky.social , @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social, Lana Medina, @sydneyforde.bsky.social; & their advisors: @jessgallmyrick.bsky.social, Patrick Plaisance, @christopherali.bsky.social, @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social.

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Aug 17

That’s a wrap!

So much growth in five (very long) short years.

Honoured to be a @bellisariograded.bsky.social alum 🎓 Special thanks for making yesterday so special: @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social @christopherali.bsky.social

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Jun 25

It was such an amazing time at #UDC2025 last week! I got to meet and reconnect with amazing people!

Also presented part of my dissertation where I offer adopting the term “memesque” to address the commodification practices targeting memes and meme culture.

@uniondemcomm.bsky.social

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Jun 22

Unsurprisingly, #UDC2025 was an absolute blast.

It was a huge honour to win the Brian Murphy award this year - it will forever live on my bookshelf with pride!

Already counting down the 18 months until the next one @uniondemcomm.bsky.social @miccenter.bsky.social @bellisariograded.bsky.social

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Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · Jun 22

Bellisario at #UDC2025! @uniondemcomm.bsky.social @iamapghfan.bsky.social @tccorrigan1.bsky.social @aaronhere.bsky.social @abbysimmerman.bsky.social @ryanlizardi.bsky.social @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @sydneyforde.bsky.social

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Saeed Dabbour @saeeddabbour.bsky.social · Jun 21

#ICA25 highlights! Denver was great, I got to work with amazing scholars and make new friends.

cc:
@yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @combatwombat1.bsky.social @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social @mkraidy.bsky.social @safaedaoudi.bsky.social

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Jun 8

Honoured to win this year’s Brian Murphy Student Paper award from @uniondemcomm.bsky.social for my paper “The Dialectics of Broadband” where I breakdown the contradictions between normative CPEC critiques of broadband access & infrastructure vs exploitation of users via bigtech &data commodification

Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · Jun 8

Congrats to soon-to-be-official PhD @sydneyforde.bsky.social for being recognized with the @uniondemcomm.bsky.social Brian Murphy Student Paper Award for 2025! Her paper is "The Dialectics of Broadband." The UDC conference will be June 19-22 at UW Tacoma. www.democraticcomm.org/brian-murphy

Brian Murphy Award — Union for Democratic Communications

www.democraticcomm.org

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The Media, Inequality & Change Center @miccenter.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today at @uniondemcomm.bsky.social's 2025 conference at 9:30am:

@sydneyforde.bsky.social @abbysimmerman.bsky.social @christopherali.bsky.social‬ present "The Voldemort of Broadband Policy: The discursive dismissal of 'rate regulation'" in Cherry Parkes 106.

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · May 19

Important Scholarship!

Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · May 19

Faculty Stephanie Madden and PhD alum @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social are the coauthors of "'You’re Dealing With Kids': Trauma-Informed Communicative Resilience Within School Public Relationshttps," in JMCQ! ://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10776990251336382

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · May 19

Thanks, Matt!!

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · May 19

Very happy to see that this piece is finally out, so proud of it!

Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · May 19

Faculty Stephanie Madden and PhD alum @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social are the coauthors of "'You’re Dealing With Kids': Trauma-Informed Communicative Resilience Within School Public Relationshttps," in JMCQ! ://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10776990251336382

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · May 9

Amazing work, Dr. @erikasolis.bsky.social 🤩🤩

Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · May 9

CONGRATS to Dr. @erikasolis.bsky.social who defended their dissertation today: a critical political economic & multi-textual analysis of microtransactions in video games. W/ co-chairs @christopherali.bsky.social & @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social & committee members Mike Schmierbach & Andrea Miller.

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Apr 19

Congrats to new Dr. in the house; Dr. @sydneyforde.bsky.social 🤩 so proud of you queen!!

Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · Apr 18

Congrats to Dr. @sydneyforde.bsky.social, who passed her dissertation defense! She's pictured here with her committee: Krishna Jayakar, @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social, special member Victor Pickard (from UPenn), @mattjord.bsky.social and @christopherali.bsky.social.

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Feb 14

Congratulations queen!! 🤩🤩 so proud of you!

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Feb 13

Beyond excited to officially share that i'll be starting a postdoc fellowship at Annenberg's MIC Center this June with Victor Pickard, where I will continue my work focusing on the Critical Political Economy of Communications 🎉 @victorpickard.bsky.social @miccenter.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · Feb 4

Impactful Scholarship!!

Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Feb 4

It was an honor to participate in such important hearing and share our work on the political economy of advertising targeting children with Quebec’s National Assembly 👩🏼‍💻🇨🇦 @sydneyforde.bsky.social

Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Feb 4

Participated in a lively special consultation for the Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Networks on Youth Health and Development with Quebec’s National Assembly this morning and preached the political economy of advertising to kids online 💻👾🇨🇦 @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Feb 4

It was an honor to participate in such important hearing and share our work on the political economy of advertising targeting children with Quebec’s National Assembly 👩🏼‍💻🇨🇦 @sydneyforde.bsky.social

Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Feb 4

Participated in a lively special consultation for the Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Networks on Youth Health and Development with Quebec’s National Assembly this morning and preached the political economy of advertising to kids online 💻👾🇨🇦 @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Jan 6

Honoured that @erikasolis.bsky.social @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social and I have been invited to participate in a provincial hearing in Quebec via the Special Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Networks on the Health and Development of Young Ppl, where we’ll discuss the harms of advertising🤸🏼‍♀️

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Nov 25

Had a fantastic time at #NCA24 in New Orleans catching up with old friends and making some new ones ⚜️📿🎷

@yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @marandagoke.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @clctroy.bsky.social @saeeddabbour.bsky.social @v2902s.bsky.social #NCA2024

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Nov 24

It was lovely to meet @saeeddabbour.bsky.social and @v2902s.bsky.social and cannot wait to get together again in future conferences!

@sydneyforde.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social

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Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social · Nov 24

End of #NCA24 - I am very happy that I got to watch these smart colleagues’ presentations, catch up with old friends, and meet new amazing scholars!

@clctroy.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social @marandagoke.bsky.social @annieannie.bsky.social

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Nov 22

Interesting high-density panel in the Game Studies division moderated by @erikasolis.bsky.social at #NCA24
#NCA2024

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Sydney L Forde @sydneyforde.bsky.social · Nov 22

Watch out #NCA24 here we come @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social @erikasolis.bsky.social #NCA2024

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