Ozlem Demirkol Tonnesen

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πŸ“š Postdoctoral Fellow @UiB
🌐Grad Student rep @AoIR_org
✨Dissident political talk on Turkish Twitter + microcelebrity + digital cultures.
πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄ Bergen/Norway
She/Her
MINE Research Program - NEWS

New postdoc position on the PROMPT project

An old preverb says the best news arrives just as you are about to close your laptop. 🀩🀩🀩🀩🀩 We will be at the ICA πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ @Prof_figtree and Xin Zhao ❀️❀️
It seems to me like a ploy to shift the responsibility of unethical trading of personal data to the users. By giving us a "choice", they try to appease those who are most concerned with the ins and outs of social media business models, while for many paying remains unreasonable πŸ™„ 4/4
I am not saying that these platforms absolutely shouldn't be subscription based, maybe that is the only answer to safeguard users in the lack of public social media. But it shouldn't be presented as a choice in exchange for making profit from data many don't fully grasp. And with absolutely no added value that could make paying the fee make sense. 3/4
You may say, "well, it seems like the value is 149kr" but is it? A fixed amount is too arbitrary to give anyone any indication of ad revenue which fluctuates based on user behaviour. Many users won't see the point in paying for something they don't truly understand. 2/4
Meta is now asking me to either pay 149kr per month ($14) or continue using its apps for free in exchange for them using my info to show me Ads. This is not a fair exchange, because it assumes that I know the exact value of the good I'm trading in exchange for free access. 1/4

My full length article on 'Influencer Creep' in art worlds came out today (open access) in New Media and Society!

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448231206090

It is nice to come back from the US and find that despite the weather is in the "I can see my breath" territory, I can still wow at how beautiful Bergen is ❀️

I am finally on the last vehicle of transport I need to take to get home from #AoIR2023 it has been 22hrs which makes me think only one thought: How do Australians do it? πŸ‘€

Seriously, I have a new found level of respect for all the Australia/NZ based people I met over last week. 😱

posting again. it's not too late to join me!
#AoIR2023 I've booked a Lyft from the Sonesta to Newark Airport leaving at 9am Sunday morning. If anyone would like to share the ride (and the $170 cost), lmk. If 2 anyones would like to join me, that's even better!