Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
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Created by Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) (1)
@idenarch.bsky.social
currently researching the social history of the early internet (think algorithms, architectures, and archives) currently @ stanford / prev @ northeastern first gen 🎓 | 🏳️🌈
@ftripodi.bsky.social
Dr. Tripodi is a sociologist who studies the internet and how information flows online https://ftripodi.com/
@marionf.bsky.social
@zey.bsky.social
It is said that there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all
@lainenooney.bsky.social
💾 associate prof of computers + video games @ MCC @ NYU 🕹️ managing ed of ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social https://romchip.org 🍎 The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal https://linktr.ee/lainenooney they/them
@cyberlyra.bsky.social
Princeton Sociology Prof; ethnographer of NASA; tech policy; digitalSTS; ethics and critical technical practice; mobile Linux. Conscientious objector to personal data economy. https://janet.vertesi.com https://www.optoutproject.net @cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
@aswinp.bsky.social
Prof., Annenberg School for Communication @Upenn; focus on media & cultural change in postcolonial & diasporic contexts; Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/aswin-punathambekar-phd
@kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy
Learning about moral economies, researching media histories, imagining post-platform futures. Also, helping with moderation on aoir.social and professoring in […] [bridged from https://aoir.social/@kdriscoll on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@xiaochang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Communication @ Stanford. Histories of AI/ML, NLP, speech recognition, and related data practices; general tomfoolery.
@jordanaut.bsky.social
anthropologist (emerging media & place); research director, ADL Center for Tech & Society; CITAP affiliate; she/they. Views my own. book: Mobile City (Cornell UP 2025) www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501778704/mobile-city/ www.jordankraemer.com
@miriamposner.com
Asst. prof. at UCLA Information Studies, ask me about supply chain tech! Labor, data, DH, etc. www.miriamposner.com
@biella.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/
@argohdes.bsky.social
Studying repression, the internet, and contentious politics. Professor @thehertieschool. Consultant @hrdag. she/her. Wrote a book on repression in the digital age: https://www.anitagohdes.net/book.html
@laurengh.bsky.social
NSF SBE Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan • Experimental Psychologist studying what kids think about the internet • Science Communicator • R Stats nerd • Passionate about Pedagogy • FirstGen 🏳️🌈
@horrorbatsbite.bsky.social
Sociologist studying information, tech, extremism, eschatology and Very Bad Things Colliding Together + the effects on society. AKA V on The Crumbling podcast. Mastodon: @horrorbatsbite@mastodon.social
@jamesncohen.com
Be furious and be patient. Asst Prof Media Studies CUNY QC. Head of Education at Digital Void. Phd in memes and digital culture. Critical Internet Literacies out now!
@victorpickard.bsky.social
Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
@ruha9.bsky.social
✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
@FrankPasquale.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Author of The Black Box Society & New Laws of Robotics; law professor at Cornell Law School & Cornell Tech. [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@FrankPasquale on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social
Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby
@msalganik.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Princeton, www.princeton.edu/~mjs3 Author of Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, bitbybitbook.com
@sarahbrayne.bsky.social
Sociology Professor at Stanford | Author of Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing | Founding Director of the Texas Prison Education Initiative
@penney.bsky.social
Law Prof/Social Scientist | Osgoode Hall Law School | PhD Oii@Oxford (Balliol) | Fellow/Affiliate: CitizenLab, BKCHarvard, CCRInitiative | twitter.com/@jon_penney | mastodon.social/@penney | jonpenney.com | Law, technology, and human rights
@dbh.bsky.social
Ethnography of communication. I study how and why culture and discourse move sideways. Associate Prof at CU Boulder. Parent. He/him/ő.
@doctordws.bsky.social
Boricua, assoc. prof. of communication, and Dir. of the Race & Ethnic Studies Institute at Texas A&M University. Husband, dad of 3 (2 humans, 1 dog), and bouldering enthusiast. All thoughts are my own (not my employer’s). RT ≠ endorsement. (he/him) 🇵🇷✊🏼
@mylynnfelt.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Department of Communication Weber State University Social Media & Civic Advocacy Research She/her/hers Opinions are my own
@davidjroache.bsky.social
Assistant prof at Christopher Newport U. Studying tech in close relationships. Often communicates in gif form (pronounced jif). Views/opinions my own. he/him
@dkwesterman.bsky.social
Associate Professor at NDSU, @ndsucommdept.bsky.social. Interested in how we communicate through and with technology. Originally from NF, NY.
@jiyoun-suk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of big data and diversity at University of Connecticut | PhD in Mass Comm at UW-Madison | Social activism | Digital media, politics & gender | Mis/disinformation | Computational Social Science
@zacharymcdowell.bsky.social
Communication and information professor at UIC. Editor of communication +1. Nerd. Wikipedian. Open access advocate.
@garykreps.bsky.social
I study how communication and information technology can promote health, wellbeing, and social justice. I encourage cooperation and respect for all people, cultures, and nature through kindness and generosity.
@annawolfe.bsky.social
Associate Professor | Department of Communication & Journalism @Texas A&M University | how do we connect across our differences? : dialogue : storytelling : conflict : collective action : organizational communication : engaged scholarship
@sarahriddick.bsky.social
WPI Prof. Digital rhetorics and writing | digital media | digital cultures. #TeamRhetoric. sarahriddick.com/cv/
@drmelissameade.bsky.social
Ethnographies of inequality, digital media + tech, labor, environment, economic decline, collective trauma + memory, identity. Assistant professor of communication.
@lkisselburgh.bsky.social
Social scientist. Technologist. Tech Policy advisor. Privacy|AI Ethics|Collabor’n|Gender|Org’zns|Leadership Purdue University CAIDP Board (Past Chair) ACM Tech Policy Council (Past/Inaug Chair) EPIC Adv Board IEEE P2863 Org Gov AI
@carrieakjohnson.bsky.social
Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Professional Communication. Researching Whisper Networks in Organizations. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1089335/full
@yinizhang.bsky.social
assistant professor, university at buffalo, social media & computational social science
@djang.bsky.social
Author of Documentary Resistance (Oxford University Press), documentary maker, professor of media, communication and culture. Specialist in participatory and engaged cinema.
@klonick.bsky.social
Law professor & journalist researching internet law, online speech governance, AI. Dallying in consumer protection. For sporadic writings on these things see: https://klonick.substack.com/ For more info and full bio see: www.kateklonick.com
@camillefrancois.bsky.social
Professor, Columbia University School of Int'l & Public Affairs. Tech Exec, previously w/ Graphika, Niantic, Google. I work on online trust, safety and innovation. I’ve been called "most optimistic person looking at the darkest corners of the Internet" :)
@kathryneccles.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Oxford Internet Institute and Pembroke College, University of Oxford. Interested in Digital Culture, Heritage, and Museums.
@geoplace.bsky.social
Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute Director of @towardsfairwork.bsky.social Publications: www.markgraham.space Studies: Digital Economies, Digital Geographies, Economic Geography, Gig Economy, Data Work, AI Production Networks, Cities
@marleenstikker.bsky.social
The internet is broken … but we can fix it. Waag Futurelab - waag.org - Professor of Practice at Applied University of Amsterdam. Not particularly happy with Bluesky, a crypto/VC run company. Please join Mastodon: marleenstikker@waag.social
@haimson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UM School of Information researching social computing, HCI, designing trans tech, social media, identity transitions, content moderation. he/him
@peteetchells.bsky.social
Professor of Psychology and Science Communication | Award-winning science writer | Screen Time | Social Media | Smartphones | Video games | https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook
@pettertornberg.com
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics. Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
@alexhinck.bsky.social
Assistant professor of interpersonal communication and technology at San Francisco State University researching stigma, online support, and interpersonal & intergroup relationships. She/her
@annejonas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ UM-Flint CIT. Studying digital technologies, schools, community, and power through qualitative and design-based research methods. Previously at MSU, UC Berkeley, Barnard, and Brown. she/her 🏳️🌈
@calebtcarrphd.bsky.social
Professor of Communication, studying communication convergence in the form of online identity and groups. Parrothead, Peacemaker, & Spartan. calebtcarr.com