Prof. Lynette Ong is sharing her co-authored Cambridge Element that examines how the Chinese state outsources digital surveillance to private firms, contributing to research on digital repression and state-business relations.
Available for free download in the first two weeks: shorturl.at/lVpmw
Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Outsourcing Surveillance
Professor Tamara Kay from the University of Pittsburgh is sharing her new book
Kay, Tamara. 2025. Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships. Oxford University Press (Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics Series).
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The second edition reflects the evolving power of Big Tech firms, the proliferation of misinformation, and voices from outside the mainstream.
It also features a new chapter on generative artificial intelligence that addresses its potential to disrupt the creation, distribution, and reception of media, including by supercharging scams, deepfakes, and hate speech, or by reshaping social relationships.
Prof. Pradeep Nair is leading a project on sediment sources, erosion, and hydrologic pathways using geomorphic analysis, geospatial mapping, and community-based field data to identify areas of environmental vulnerability and runoff-related impacts.
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Coming May 18th, the 2nd Edition of Introduction to Media Sociology by Andrew Lindner (Skidmore College) and Stephen Barnard (Butler University).
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Ori Schwarz is sharing his paper, exploring why Israel needed AI for indiscriminate killing & destruction in Gaza, how it impacts our view of AI as a technology of distinction or personalization, and why it must shift critical algorithm studies' agenda beyond bias and error. doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Dr. Josiah Kidwell is currently working on the final edits of his forthcoming book exploring a Las Vegas-based megachurch through the lens of critical theory. The book is expected to be published by Bloomsbury in Fall 2026.
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Congratulations to Jun Zhou at the University of Michigan on the publication “Constructing Replaceability: Authenticity Regimes and the Automation of Emotional Labor.” A timely contribution to debates on AI, labor, authenticity, and the future of work.
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Each chapter explores pressing questions about media by synthesizing insights from classic and contemporary social scientific research, both quantitative and qualitative, with examples drawn from new and traditional media from across the globe.
