My university does not run Canvas (we use Brightspace) so we're not affected by the hack.
Instead, a data centre is on fire and now we can't enter our university buildings or access most of our online environments. All teaching etc cancelled.
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โOur world runs on platforms.โ
'Platforms: A Critical Introduction' shows how platforms structure modern life, from communication to commerce and labour.
A new book from @silvertje.bsky.social and @fvandervlist.bsky.social is out today in the UK.
See more: politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
โจ๐ Our 3rd @appstudies.bsky.social ASI Sprint Report (w/ @esthrr.bsky.social) is out now! Building directly on previous work in this series, it explores what we call โAppification of AIโ, focusing on the embeddedness, visibility, and dependency of artificial intelligence. #AppStudies #AI
How do researchers, journalists & artists work with the Wayback Machine?
At a recent gathering in Amsterdam, we explored how web archives support digital investigations, platform research & media art โ and how we can build better tools & collaborations.
๐ www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/18/w...
๐ We just received our author copies of Platforms: A Critical Introduction!
Out 5 June in Europe (August in the US) with @politybooks.bsky.social, but already available to order with 30% off using code HVD30:
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
w/@fvandervlist.bsky.social
New book chapter! We just published 'App Ecosystem Analysis' (w/ @fvandervlist @esthr) introducing methods for analysing app ecosystems, emphasizing that apps are not stand-alone entities but exist within larger ecosystems: doi.org/10.4324/9781... (author pdf: www.annehelmond.nl/wordpress/wp...)
Over ten years ago I coined โ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ (2015) to examine how platforms expand beyond their boundaries in ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข + ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ. Invited by editor Papacharissi, I reflect on a decade of platformization ๐
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด doi.org/10.1177/2056...
@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด: ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026!
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation
Theme: "TechnoPower โข Technoscientific Futures".
Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!
Deadline: 2nd February 2026
www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
๐โโฌ 4CAT 1.50 is here! ๐โโฌ
This release brings under-the-hood improvements, a faster web interface, new processors, better LLM analyses, improved annotations, and lots of bugfixes.
๐ Full changelog: github.com/digitalmetho...
๐ How to upgrade: github.com/digitalmetho...
Anne Helmond
Guest post by Jonathan W. Y. Gray. How do researchers, journalists, and artists work with archived pages from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine? What kinds of tools, methods, and approaches do th...
The 4CAT Capture and Analysis Toolkit provides modular data capture & analysis for a variety of social media platforms. - digitalmethodsinitiative/4cat
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This chapter introduces methods for analysing app ecosystems, emphasizing that apps are not stand-alone entities but exist within larger ecosystems. It outlines
โจ๐ Out now: โAppification in the Age of AI: Exploring Exploring Embeddedness, Visibility, and Dependencyโ (ASI Sprint Report No. 3), edited by @fvandervlist.bsky.social & @esthrr.bsky.social. ๐Download/read more: appstudies.org/research-out... #AppStudies #AI
