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Now is a really good time to start researching how #media #technology & #democracy intersect, and what it means for our shared future.

Thankfully, we have an amazing 1-year MA program on just this subject in Washington #DC. Check it out:

https://www.american.edu/soc/communication-studies/ma/ma-mtd.cfm #academia #academicchatter #highered #commodon @academicchatter @commodon


Channel.org is a service for organisations, built to help them own their social media presence.

It's still early days, but we're calling on people who work for, or have connections to, for-good organisations. We want you to spread a little decentralised chaos and push for your org on decentralised social media.

If you think you can help, please, get in touch!

#Decentralised #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #CallToAction #Charity #News #Academia #Disrupt
An armoured gauntlet holding a sword. Copy: Are you a disruptor? We need the help of FediActivists to bring more charities, academic institutions, and news publishers to decentralised social media.


Remember, your phone is a cop, and the administration is the enemy.

"Pomona College used Wi-Fi connection data to identify students involved in the Oct. 7 protest at Carnegie Hall, according to an update on the college’s website and a letter sent to banned students on Nov. 11.

"'The College’s computer and network resources are the College’s property, and students should not have any expectation of privacy when utilizing these resources.'"

https://tsl.news/pomona-letter-reveals-wi-fi-data-used-to-track-student-involvement-in-oct-7-protest/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #PomonaCollege #academia #education


Hi, #AcademicMastodon

📊First results from our #research project on the role of #Mastodon in #academia are in. n=346

1️⃣94.7% say they would increase their professional use of Mastodon if more academic peers from their field joined the platform

2️⃣71.4% report a lack of institutional support for using Mastodon

3️⃣66.1% indicate their professional Mastodon use would increase if their organizations were present on Mastodon

Stay tuned for more results.

#OpenScience #AcademicChatter #SocialMedia


We're helping important organisations move away from Big Tech platforms and towards open New Social platforms - like Mastodon!

But, we can't do it alone. We'd love to hear which organisations you think should make the move and why, so we can show them that there is a community waiting here for them.

Better yet, if you have a connection to an important organisation, we'd love to be introduced!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Help #SocialMedia #Tech #X #Twitter #Charity #Government #News #Academia
The grey and orange/red graphic shows the Newsmast Foundation logo. Copy reads: Feeling trapped? By remaining on Big Tech social platforms, many organisations force users to remain alongside them in order to stay updated. Which organisations do you wish would make the move?


Based on my experiences in academic medicine, this is painfully true

#academia #research
Comic depicting a male scientist in a white lab coat looking at a woman behind a computer at a large desk says: IT'S ALL VERY WELL “MAKING DISCOVERIES, - “SAVING LIVES" AND “IMPROVING THE WORLD," ROGER. BUT YOUR RESEARCH IS MAKING BARELY ANY IMPACT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.


An academical debate about burial mounds must be the ultimate 'hills I'd like to die on' battle.

#histodons #archaeology #academia


Inhaltswarnung: harassment


Addendum:

1. One page of academic writing often requires 5+ of those books.

2. I still buy a whole lot of books (yep) and go to a whole lot of libraries.

3. Even university libraries have budgets.

4. Copyright is obviously still a thing.

#research #InternetArchive #books #writing #academia


"Duke University has decided to close its herbarium, a collection of 825,000 specimens of plants, fungi and algae that was established more than a century ago. The collection, one of the largest and most diverse in the country, has helped scientists map the diversity of plant life and chronicle the impact of humans on the environment.

The university’s decision has left researchers reeling."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/duke-herbarium.html?_hsmi=295219570&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--49-1nkXMbh-xwvpU36ZVfMCLhO7_9YXbh3TiDO_u8FYKsy-xSY1mFj2WTFp20g_wfTIS-YGXpABnnLm2siwYodUXVFw

#science #research #academia #plants #botany #biology


I am researching a Tabwa myth about aardvarks that tunnel between our world and the otherworld.

Out: going "down a rabbit hole" for research

In: going "into the aardvark tunnels" for research

Sounds much better doesn't it

#research #mythology #academia #storytelling #aardvark #animals
Creative commons photo of an aardvark jogging along


I needed a journal article for research, and I couldn't find it anywhere. Not through libraries, not from the publisher. In the end I emailed the author, a little hesitantly. He sent me the article in 15 minutes.

Academic publishing being the mess it is, never discount the power of asking the author directly.

#academia #research #publishing


In September 2020 I started what became a long #Twitter thread on #MultilingualResearch.
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1307774697531113474

Starting today, I'm stopping it on Twitter and continuing it on #Mastodon.

Here's a rollup of the complete Twitter thread.
https://resee.it/tweet/1307774697531113474

Here's a nearly complete archived version in the @waybackmachine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220908060944/https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1307774697531113474

Watch this space for updates.

#Academia #Multilingualism
@academicchatter

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This folktale catalog I'm reading has a chapter called "Liquidation of Cosmic Lack"

And it needs to be the name or title of something...

Sound off in the comments 😄

#folklore #folktales #academia #fun


I went to the Academy of Sciences library, and found that the card catalog has been replaced by computers at last. At one of these computers sat an elegant elderly lady, sporting a Retro Academia look. As I walked past her station, she looked up and snapped:

"What the hell are you looking at?! I won't quit until I find the damn thing!!!" And kept smashing furiously at the keyboard.

I think I just encountered academic road rage.

#academia #research #library #AcademicRoadRage


I just found out that more than 6000 people have downloaded my PhD dissertation on forum-based role-playing games, and my mind is blown 🤯
(I never thought to check)

And more than 17,000 for my master's thesis on #ttrpg in the high school classroom 🤯

I read a lot of theses and dissertations when I research. It's good to see others are getting use out of what I wrote. And I'm glad it's freely available. It should be.

#RPG #gaming #games #gamer #academia #research


The future of labs may have a lot more AI and automation but I'm willing to be the same management problems will remain⁠

#AI #Automation
#cartoon #cartoons #comic #comics #instacomic #instacartoon
#academia #science #research
#errantscience