Soma Basu

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Investigative journo turned researcher, PhDing at Tampere University. 
Researching social media for Science Po, Princeton and Columbia University's joint project – Muslims in India. 
Ex journalist fellow of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University, and ex India editor of AFP Factcheck.


📚#Misinformation #Disinformation #HateSpeech #Violence #OSINT #MediaLiteracy #Factcheck #Gamification 

🤝#Commondon #MediaStudies #Journalism #CommScholars #PolComm
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Soma BasuJun 4, 2023

My latest article on #CryingVideos of #Instagram #TikTok is published!

Read #OpenAccess: http://bit.ly/3OTyfJq

I discuss how and why users cry to 'affectuate' bonds in an attempt to build their personal brands.

The #CryingVideos have a mass appeal because of their impropriety. Their impudence challenges authoritative norms of screen performances, the dictations of what should be seen and shown and what shouldn’t.

Feedback and commments welcome!

Soma BasuApr 23, 2023
Jake_VigApr 22, 2023
The point of destroying Twitter’s verification system isn’t to make money. It’s to destabilize reporting and make it impossible to determine if sources are legitimate.
Soma BasuJan 23, 2023
Show threadMain Event Kris MastodonDec 18, 2022
@NotsoCoolMick
Show threadSoma BasuJan 13, 2023
@Chanders @jahapaula @askekammer @BritaYA @ICAHDQ OMG, I will miss meeting you! I am leaving for my fieldwork in India and will return either April end or May beginning. I am mostly in Tampere otherwise. ☺️
Show threadSoma BasuJan 13, 2023
@Chanders @jahapaula @askekammer @BritaYA @ICAHDQ Can’t agree more. I was almost peer-pressured by Twitterati to check the status on ScholarOne. I am so ignorant about the system (my first ICA) that I could only find “accepted” on my third attempt. It went worse waiting for the email, hours of uncertainty+self doubt. For all other conferences and opportunities, I apply & forget (expect the worst anyway). When I finally got the email, I boasted only to wonder why.
Soma BasuJan 13, 2023
BritaYtreArneJan 12, 2023

There is a long list of interesting pre- and post-conferences to #ica23, and some are still accepting abstracts. If I was planning to go to Toronto I would be torn between attending these two, both arranged by such nice and smart scholars:

Key themes in disconnection research - deadline Jan 20th
https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/projects/digital-disconnection/events/conferences/-ica-preconference-toronto-key-themes-in-digital-disconnection-studies.html

News avoidance, resistance, and related audience practices - deadline Jan 27th
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news-avoidance-resistance-and-related-audience-practices-definitions-predictors-and-consequences

#commodon #DigitalDisconnection #NewsAvoidance

ICA Preconference: Key themes in digital disconnection research: Authenticity, wellness, datafication and power - Department of Media and Communication

Disconnection studies has emerged as an umbrella term for investigating why and how citizens take breaks from digital communication. Following a successful ICA preconference in Paris May 2022, the preconference in Toronto explores four critical themes in this emerging area: Authenticity, wellness, datafication and power. The preconference takes place locally in Toronto the day before the main conference. Call for abstracts here. Deadline January 20th, 2023.

Soma BasuJan 12, 2023

My first-ever full paper submission to #ICA23 for Political Communication Divisions (@PolComm) has been accepted! I will be presenting on new platforms and affordances that gamify hate and violence against minorities. So chuffed and I can't keep calm. Attending Annual @ICAHDQ Conference has been a dream. Here I come, Toronto! 🍻

#communication #socialmedia #hatespeech #gamification

Soma BasuDec 23, 2022
Sojung Kim-McCarthyDec 21, 2022
Looks like it’s winter solstice again, so let me repost this Korean folktale version of the Tiger Who Came to Tea (🚨spoiler alert: Tiger wants to eat the red bean soup AND the Granny)
You can read the whole story on my Behance: https://www.behance.net/gallery/108781433/Red-Bean-Soup-Granny-Tiger
#kidlitart #kidlit #folklore #korea #wintersolstice #art #MastoArt #tiger #illustration
Red Bean Soup Granny & Tiger

Illustration,Digital Art,Digital Painting,Behance Mobile,Procreate,IPad Pro,Apple Pencil

Behance
Soma BasuDec 23, 2022
Emily Baker-WhiteDec 22, 2022

ByteDance used TikTok to track my location — and the locations of two of my colleagues — to try to find our sources. We reported on this back in October, but kept things vague to protect sources. Today ByteDance admitted it, so we can say much more:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/

EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists

ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

Forbes
Soma BasuDec 23, 2022
Jose MarichalDec 23, 2022

I have no skin in this game, but I think this is a remarkable opportunity for @sociology grad students

"The Network for a New Political Economy at UC Berkeley is hosting a week-long summer workshop for early career sociologists... to gather, share their work, and think through what political-economy might look like in contemporary sociology. "

The application website can be found here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvotoJ-mgjo3DPJZhxm01Y5xzXSmLTnE3ucQOglo93NqkVtA/viewform

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