Benjamin Abrams

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UCL Political Sociologist, working on Revolutions, Resistance, Social Movements, Democracy and Mobilization.

Tweets and Toots crossposted during these uncertain times.

Website:https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/dr-benjamin-abrams
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Benjamin AbramsDec 7, 2022
Benjamin AbramsDec 7, 2022
I am delighted to announce that I'll be joining the Editorial Board of Sociology, the British Sociological Association's flagship journal, in January 2023!
Benjamin AbramsNov 21, 2022
Graham ScamblerNov 21, 2022
As the days go by the future of Twitter seems more and more uncertain. It seems sensible therefore to build a strong global network of sociologists via Mastodon. I think we’ve made a good start! #sociology #socialtheory #politicalsociology #medicalsociology #sportsociology
Benjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022
Show threadDavid AdlerNov 19, 2022

Ve Mastodon üzerine biraz daha sosyolog …
And some #NewSociologists on Mastodon …

@jdierkes (Julian Dierkes)
@[email protected] (Ruth Manstetten)
@jonathancoley (Jonathan Coley)
@bekado (Benjamin Doubali)
@bdmabrams (Benjamin Abrams)
@UCLSociology (UCL Sociology Network)
@jlkucinskas (Jaime Kucinskas)

For the complete list: https://trutzig89182.github.io/Mastodon-Sociologists/

If you want to be on the list or be removed from it, just let me know.

@sociology #sociodon #sociology

Sociologists on Mastodon

A list of sociologists in the Fediverse

Benjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022
I've been trying that elephant website everyone is talking about and it's really good. 🐘
Show threadBenjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022
@haphazardsoc this is brilliant Neal! Between this and your transcription AI, you've really been doing a service to the field!
Show threadBenjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022

@laurence

To be fair, Ye Olde Twitter of Arab Spring fame was like that too, before the attention economy (or perhaps attention-industrial complex!) really got into gear. Facebook, too, for that matter.

Show threadBenjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022
Feature request for @debirdify and @moaparty - would youguys be able to collab on cross-tagging? I.e. bring debirdify's tech to Moa's bridging function?
Show threadBenjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022

@JADPhD I said yes, but should clarify that it wasn't an upsetting reply, just unsavoury.

As to why academics are migrating? I think for a lot of us, it's about being able to speak to each other in an immersive fashion.Twitter used to allow this but polluted feeds with clickbait, drama, news and big personalities, even when we didn't subscribe to that.

For me? Well, I like the modularity. Even if Twitter doesn't die, it's not ever going to be the same again.

Show threadBenjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022
@Gargron I guess you can still link to toots if you really want to. A bit of friction in that process isn't a bad thing.
Show threadBenjamin AbramsNov 19, 2022
@laurence I think the quality of engagement is much higher, even if it's lower quantity. These two are also related!