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New post: Exploring AI in Media: A Thematic Class Approach https://jjsylvia.com/exploring-ai-in-media-a-thematic-class-approach/

J.J. Sylvia IV: Exploring AI in Media: A Thematic Class Approach

Last year, in my Media Criticism class, I tried adding a theme (AI) to our viewing selections for the first time. Overall, I’m relatively happy with how this process went, and we created an e…

J.J. Sylvia IV

Double J Mar 2

A peer-reviewed open-access anthology of original #MediaCriticism produced by my students! Each chapter applies critical methods to analyze how film, TV, and video games reflect, reinforce, or resist cultural anxieties about #ArtificialIntelligence. Students engaged in a full academic publishing cycle including formal proposals, anonymous peer review, and revision. #StudentScholarship #OER https://openbooks.fitchburgstate.edu/critiquingaimedia/

Critiquing AI in Media

Students explore how AI is presented in film, TV, and video games.

Critiquing AI in Media

Double J Feb 18

My kiddos will be playing and selling their softball showdown game at the Indie #boardgame Showcase in #boston this Saturday. Come play with us! Use the code “softball” for 10% off tickets. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indie-board-game-showcase-in-boston-tickets-1978640384654

Indie Board Game Showcase in Boston!

Come play different games built by local Boston-area designers and meet the brilliant minds who created them.

Eventbrite

Double J Feb 9

New post: Middle School Film Course https://jjsylvia.com/middle-school-film-course/

J.J. Sylvia IV: Middle School Film Course

Each semester my kids select a special topic area they want to explore in detail. This semester, they decided they wanted to learn more about film, with a particular emphasis on learning how to mak…

J.J. Sylvia IV

Double J Jan 24

rra Jan 14

Seen in a post by @[email protected]

(comment on LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation)

Double J Jan 19

Euclid Jerome Darlings Jan 19

Cory Doctorow is featured in the Guardian with a lengthy essay on AI. It summarizes much of what he's been saying for a while now. Great that he's reaching a wider audience! #AI #enshittification @pluralistic

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage

AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

The Guardian

Double J Jan 13

RE: https://sciences.social/@altsocialmedianet/115888227913946469

Please check out my post about teaching with Mastodon on the Alternative Social Media Researchers Blog! I cover how I approached it incorporating a class instance in my ethics class as a way to discuss moderation, as well as takeaways and lessons learned for others who might be interested in trying something similar.

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Double J Dec 12

I'm also happy to offer talks or teaching related to the book if you'd like to have me.

Double J Dec 12

My new book is out with Bloomsbury: LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage. It uses LiveJournal as an early case of how platform affordances were weaponized and develops a framework (“epistemic sabotage”) for knowledge-system destabilization. If you want access without the academic price tag, please request it through your library. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/livejournal-and-russian-disinformation-9781666954555/ #disinformation #platformstudies #mediastudies #libraries #digitalhumanities #Bookstodon

Double J Nov 24

Nathan Schneider Nov 3

Over the past year, my lab has hosted a cohort of people from around the world who are trying to move their communities to online tools under their control. OUT TODAY: Learn about their thinking and doing in our collectively authored Open Social Network Cookbook. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2025/11/03/open-social-network-cookbook

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OER Book: Introduction to Communication and Media Studies	https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/comm-media-studies/
OER Book: The Data Renaissance: Analyzing the Disciplinary Effects of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Beyond	https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/datarenaissance/