Josh Lauer
Media studies prof | History of communication tech, surveillance & information | Author of CREDITWORTHY, co-editor of SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM IN AMERICA
@schock.cc
Head of Research at OneProject.org. Author, Design Justice (https://design-justice.pubpub.org) + Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets. #FreePalestine. Trans agenda. She/they/ella/elle. More: https://www.schock.cc
@pkrugman.bsky.social
@profferguson.bsky.social
Law Prof. AUWCL, Tech & Justice. Author: “The Rise of Big Data Policing,” “Why Jury Duty Matters,” and “The Law of Law School.”
@matthiasleese.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of Technology and Governance @ethzurich.bsky.social ¦ PI @curateproject.bsky.social ¦ Editor-in-chief @jird-jour.bsky.social https://matthiasleese.com
@bcnewell.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Oregon. Author of "Police Visibility": https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520382909/police-visibility | Dialogue Editor, Surveillance & Society | Co-Director, Surveillance Studies Network (SSN)
@wewatchwatchers.bsky.social
@joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social
Author POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT (Oct. 2025) on civil rights activists vs. state violence, surveillance | Historian, University of Baltimore | Bylines at The Nation, Jacobin, Slate
@bernarddionysius.bsky.social
teacher, writer, curator media, cybernetics, HCI, environmental humanities, digital images, AI
@gtconway.bsky.social
Recovering lawyer who may relapse at any moment. President, Society for the Rule of Law. Co-host of the “George Conway Explains It All” podcast on The Bulwark.
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Read me: HamiltonNolan.com My book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamilton-nolan/the-hammer/9780306830921/
@disquiet.bsky.social
Disquiet.com since 1996: ambient/electronic music, field recordings, sound studies. I moderate the Disquiet Junto community of weekly music projects. I've written for The Wire, Pitchfork and Nature. I publish ThisWeekInSound.disquiet.com. Offline weekends.
@jordicalbad.bsky.social
Sr. Fellow, The Future of Free Speech @ Vanderbilt University | Fmr. OECD Official & Internet Society Fellow | Harvard MPA & College of Europe LLM Reposts are not endorsements
@petefussey.bsky.social
Prof @ University of Southampton ~ Surveillance, tech, rights, security, criminology. Musician & @SxSW performing artist
@ameliaivance.bsky.social
Child & student privacy geek, founder of @pipcprivacy.bsky.social, teach privacy and data protection at William & Mary Law School. Mostly sharing news on privacy, tech, civil rights, & things that make me smile.
@survstudiesnet.bsky.social
The global network for surveillance studies research. Surveillance & Society journal https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society, conferences, workshops, mentoring, prizes & more. Join us here: https://surveillance-studies.net
@terrifriedline.bsky.social
I’m not disengaged, I’m trying to practice better labor politics | Opinions my own
@beccalew.bsky.social
Postdoctoral scholar @ Stanford. I research the history of the right in Silicon Valley and online. Email me at beccalewis@protonmail.com. She/her
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
author of Blood in the Machine, tech writer, luddite newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/ cohost, System Crash: https://systemcrash.info/
@techwontsave.us
A left-wing podcast for a better world and better tech. Hosted by @parismarx.com. Made in partnership with @thenation.com. https://techwontsave.us/
@parismarx.com
i criticize the tech industry 🎙️ @techwontsave.us & @systemcrash.info 📬 https://disconnect.blog 📖 https://roadtonowherebook.com
@aronczyk.bsky.social
Media Studies Professor @ Rutgers Adjunct Research Professor @ Carleton New book with M Espinoza: A Strategic Nature: Public Relations & the Politics of U.S. Environmentalism (Oxford UP 2022) Pubs and media @ melissaaronczyk.com
@caetlin.bsky.social
Professor of English and Film & Media Studies, marathon runner, shih tzu fanatic. If you're looking for more info, check me out at www.benson-allott.com
@scmstudies.bsky.social
The Official Blue Sky account for SCMS https://www.cmstudies.org/
@danguad.bsky.social
Historian of marketing and culture / asst prof at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, information & Technology
@christopherali.bsky.social
Pioneers Chair & Professor in Telecommunications @ Penn State Bellisario College of Communications. Researcher of all things broadband. Author of Farm Fresh Broadband: The Politics of Rural Connectivity. Husband, dog dad, Murder She Wrote groupie. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
@joshbraun.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UMass Amherst studying the civic impacts of media distribution. I work in our Journalism Department and also co-edit the Distribution Matters series for The MIT Press. Opinions mine. Mastodon: @josh@sciences.social
@misig-scms.bsky.social
The account for SCMS's Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group
@tpoell.bsky.social
Media Studies Professor @UvA_Amsterdam | Books: The Platform Society; Platforms and Cultural Production | https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/p/o/t.poell/t.poell.html
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@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/ ]
@ntnsndr.in
Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
@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.
@melanienewport.bsky.social
US carceral and urban history, jail and policing. AAUP, abolition, working mom in CT, personal account.
@zgtcooper.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Digital Media & Film at St. Lawrence University | Affiliate @datasociety.bsky.social (Climate, Technology, and Justice group). Internet infrastructure and sustainability researcher. www.zanegriffintalleycooper.com
@aramsinn.bsky.social
SFF/Nonfiction Author Media Prof at American U Bassist/Producer (jazz, reggae, worldbeat) 💙📚THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA 💿 OUT OF OUR CELLS: Songs by Incarcerated Musicians in DC sinnreich.com https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/ linktree.com/wassako
@karppi.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UofT Author of Disconnect. Facebook’s Affective Bonds.
@adrishaw.bsky.social
Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive, professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
@devonjp.bsky.social
Professor at University of Michigan. Metafuturist. Music nerd. Karaoke enthusiast. Fun at meetings, boring at parties.
@sunhahong.bsky.social
Wrote Technologies of Speculation (NYUP, 2020). Writing Predictions Without Futures. right now: Stanford Humanities Centre Fellow, soon: UNC Chapel Hill.
@drtvlotz.bsky.social
Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age | Prof@QUT | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | Mostly writing on LinkedIn, glimmers of also being a human here
@lnakamura.bsky.social
Researcher and prof. Writing about race, gender and internet stuff since 1995. New book on women of color and the internet in the pipe. Lisanakamura.net for articles if you want.
@paullangley.bsky.social
Professor of Economic Geography, Durham, UK. Managing Editor @econsocjournal.bsky.social Finance, money, FinTech, and more. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/paul-langley/
@zizip.bsky.social
UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series
@nsrnicek.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Digital Economy at KCL. New book out in 2025: 'Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI'.
@tamaleaver.bsky.social
🎓 Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin Uni (Boorloo/Perth West Australia); 🌏 Past Prez @AoIR.bsky.social; 🔎 @digitalchildau.bsky.social (AI & Datafication); 🐘 @tama@aoir.social; he/him. [Views mine; RT/❤️/etc ≠ endorsement]
@ericara.bsky.social
professor of media, culture, and communication. editor, public culture. organizer, oikos working group on kinship/economy. enthusiast. (@fstflofscholars over yonder)
@dmgreene.bsky.social
Futures of work. Writing, researching, teaching, lefting. Ruthless everything, existing. http://dmgreene.net