Alex Monea

@alexmonea
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Assistant Professor at George Mason University | Author of The Digital Closet | Researching platforms, machine learning, and big data
The Digital Closethttps://bit.ly/digitalcloset
Prison House of the Circuithttps://bit.ly/prisonhouse
Excited to host Aram Sinnreich (@aram) talking about Music, Copyright, & Technology this Sep. 21 at 4:30pm (EDT). Please come by in person or register to tune in via Zoom. More details here: https://bit.ly/45Y9mBC
Aram Sinnreich: Music, Copyright & Technology

Music, Copyright & Technology, a talk by Dr. Aram Sinnreich, Professor and Chair, Communication Studies, American University SOC

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It’s 2023. If your shitty “newsletter” platform doesn’t have content moderation — or, as we also might term it, rules for a baseline of socially acceptable behavior and ways to enforce it — the reason is because _you want_ the inevitable result of the lack of it.

Very excited that the #Toys issue of the #MCJournal that I co-edited with Lelia Green and Louise Kay was released today. It features articles looking at the internet of toys, robots, Furbys, child influencers, Barbie, bicycles, Monopoly and even generative art toys!

Check it out, here: https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/issue/view/toys

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2023): toys | M/C Journal

Anyone want to put together a panel for either #AoIR or #4S this fall or have a cool panel already put together I could join? Thinking along the lines of content moderation, platform governance, algorithmic bias, etc.?
Update: You can get 30% off with discount code RLFANDF30 if you buy direct from R&L here: https://bit.ly/3WnKMFZ
Amazon: At the Intersection of Culture and Capital

This book’s critical analyses of Amazon.com trace the political economy of the platform, the practices of resistance that laborers and activists have employed against it, the broader cultural impa...

Rowman & Littlefield
Prison House of the Circuit is on sale for #MLA23. You can get it 40% off (discount code MNMLA23) here http://z.umn.edu/mla23
Virtual Exhibit Hub: Modern Language Association 2023

Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the 2023 annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. Books on sale, info on University of Minnesota Press, and more.

University of Minnesota Press
Our amazing contributors include: Lina Khan, Ulysses Pascal, Nikolaus Poechhacker, Eva-Maria Nyckel, Alessandro Delfanti, Jamie Woodcock, Callum Cant, xtine burrough, Lilly Irani, David Arditi, Lisa Daily, Maillim Santiago, Brett Hutchins, Libby Lester, Richard Maxwell, Toby Miller, Whitney Monaghan, Emily West, Patrick Brodie, Paul O'Niell, Hiba Ali, and Nina Sarnelle
My edited collection "Amazon: At the Intersection of Culture and Capital" with Paul Smith and May Santiago arrived just in time for the holidays and we already have our first reader! Get your copy here: http://bit.ly/3WnKMFZ
Amazon: At the Intersection of Culture and Capital

This book’s critical analyses of Amazon.com trace the political economy of the platform, the practices of resistance that laborers and activists have employed against it, the broader cultural impa...

Rowman & Littlefield

@kevlin

Christine Lemmer-Webber (@cwebber) described ChatGPT as Mansplaining As A Service, and honestly I can’t think of a better description. A service that instantly generates vaguely plausible sounding yet totally fabricated and baseless lectures in an instant with unflagging confidence in its own correctness on any topic, without concern, regard or even awareness of the level of expertise of its audience.

A PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO FINDING ALGORITHMIC BIAS

Collection of resources to understand and identify #AI bias

https://www.criticalracedigitalstudies.com/peoplesguide

A People's Guide to Finding Algorithmic Bias — Center for Critical Race + Digital Studies

Center for Critical Race + Digital Studies