Critical Hype Studies
A place to discuss hype as a sociotechnical phenomenon from a critical perspective. Bluesky extension of an existing invisible college and growing international research network.
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@velocitygravity.bsky.social
@danishanley.bsky.social
assistant prof in philosophy @ maastricht university. thinking about ethics and politics (human factors) of new tech. critical of the hype and critical of the critics.
@louravn.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in AI, Digital Culture, and Deep Learning. @University of Amsterdam. He/him. STS | critical data/AI studies | critical hype studies | synthetic data | digital archives
@cahitakin.bsky.social
ITU Mech ‘79-94 | Bilkent TL ‘01-03 Marxism reader in TR/EN. https://linktr.ee/cahitakin
@justcode.bsky.social
Writer I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture Prof. HSTM/STS, U. of MN. Co-edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk. srs. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE
@klingebeil.bsky.social
Designer and researcher. STS & media stuff. Doing mischief @media-lab.de. Maker of zines. Optimist aus Notwehr. ✨ 🌐 johannesklingebiel.de
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social
Professor in Science and Technology Studies @stsucl.bsky.social. Science policy, responsible innovation, emerging technologies. Book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-32320-2. Responsible AI UK (www.rai.ac.uk)
@melhogan.bsky.social
Critical media scholar interested in the meanings we make of perpetual tech promises. Bilingue. Focused on the environment. I typo a lot 😷🏳️🌈 🎙️ The Data Fix thedatafix.net 📝 Heliotrope heliotropejournal.net
@matthewchalmers.bsky.social
Computer scientist into Ubicomp, HCI, theory and (a long time ago) data visualisation. Also kind of keen on mountain things, fine food things, and fine food in the mountains.
@patrickmccray.bsky.social
Professor @ UCSB => I write history stuff about science + tech + art + environment Cairn kicker 🚵 🎣 🧗♂️⛷️🏄🏼♂️🏔 living in Cali-rado; public lands in public hands, pls. #146,842 https://www.patrickmccray.com
@shreeharsh.bsky.social
Continuing Lecturer, UC-Berkeley. I study AI, algorithms, organizations, work, labor, and expertise. Writing a book about MOOCs, data, and educational expertise. Website: https://shreeharshkelkar.net Substack: https://computingandsociety.substack.com/
@leev.bsky.social
I do technology studies, make the Peoples & Things podcast, co-founded The Maintainers, and profess Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech.
@jslayyyer.bsky.social
Publishing Editor, Social Science Journals @ Sage Publishing. All posts/opinions are mine. Art, AuDHD, baking, data, decolonization, drag, ethical publishing, history, theatre, and truth-seeking. Unapologetically queer.
@miriamposner.com
Asst. prof. at UCLA Information Studies, ask me about supply chain tech! Labor, data, DH, etc. www.miriamposner.com
@danmk.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. of Sociology @ U of Haifa. Previously: Stanford, Hebrew U. Studying algorithms & culture, AI ethics, AI Hype, data infrastructures, microbiomic futures & more.
@gemmamilne.bsky.social
Writer, researcher • STS, economic sociology, political economy of deep tech • University of Glasgow & Edinburgh • Author of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’
@benjaminblackwell.bsky.social
@dominiclammar.bsky.social
Doctoral student at @TUM_STS, Technical University of Munich. Working on responsible science communciation - and what this may mean in the field of AI.
@maxrossmann.bsky.social
PostDoc at VU Amsterdam / IVM 🌍: Narratives of the Energy Crisis; Hype in Sciences & Technology; Philosophy & Sociology. Communication Theory / NLP / computational social sciences / Vision Assessment & Technology Assessment. www.techphil.de
@maitesoto-sanfiel.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Dept. of Communications and New Media. PI at Centre for Trusted Internet and Community. National University of Singapore. En excedencia de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
@neilpollock.bsky.social
Professor at Edinburgh University researching sociology of digital technology and writing book ‘After Hype: The Business of Taming the Digital Economy’, published by Cambridge University Press next year.
@vidmarmatjaz.bsky.social
#Innovation #Engineering #Futures Lecturer, Entrepreneur and Strategist Mainly in Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe Working with #AI, #OuterSpace and #Algae More info and contact at: www.blogs.ed.ac.uk/vidmar
@olamichalec.bsky.social
The absolute pinnacle of British engineering • unprofessional account of a Bristol Uni STSish researcher interested in energy innovations, cyber security and stem lords • cover by https://disect.me/
@imaginaries.bsky.social
Researching on socio-technical fictions, hype, financialisation and cyberlibertarianism Academic research at Tecnopolitica.net / IN3-UOC Just + Sustainable Transitions at Holon.cat Futures at Becoming.network Artistic research at Engineering-fiction.org
@velocitygravity.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Work, UoStirling. Researching AI/internet/digital media & expectations/expertise. Friends: BRAID UK, UoE STIS, AI Ethics & Society, Data Civics, The New Real. Associate Editor: Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. It/ve/vem👾