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Nick Couldry
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I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook .. more

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 12d
On a weekend of atrocious news, this vision of better public spaces, closer to communities, is a much needed positive: open.substack.com/pub/newpubli...
👊💰 We need a revolution in social media business models
Deepti Doshi on the business incentives underlying social media
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12d
"For those asking the public to trust their AIs, it doesn’t help that systems based on related technology are causing harm in ways all of us hear about daily, from suicide-encouraging chatbots to image generators that devour jobs and intellectual property." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...
AI Can Make Decisions Better Than People Do. So Why Don’t We Trust It?
Machines that show their work, in ways that are impossible for humans, could overcome the public’s inherent distrust.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 15d
this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 16d
New Books Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back (University of Chicago Press, 2024)

Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi

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Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi on October 30, 2025. Ulises A. Mejias is a professor in the Communication Studies department at SUNY Oswego and a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Ex…
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 16d
a review for the LSE Review of Books is out today of my recent book on social media, The Space of the World: lnkd.in/e-Bg79H7
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 16d
Is there an alternative to Big Tech’s control of the #SocialMedia space?

The Space of the World by @couldrynick.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social offers a radical vision that counters the profit-driven space we know.

#Review by Dawa Tshering @edithcowanuni.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
Is there an alternative to Big Tech’s control of the social media space? - LSE Review of Books
Nick Couldry's The Space of the World explores Big Tech's control over social media & calls for a radical, non-commercial redesign of our shared digital spaces.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 23d
If you are interested in hearing my latest take on AI and the challenges it poses for communications research, here is a keynote I gave at ZEMKI University of Bremen in October @zemki.bsky.social

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ZeMKI @zemki.bsky.social · 27d
Prof. Dr. Nick Couldry (LSE) explores 20 years of media change through a decolonial lens, revealing persistent neocolonial dynamics and new forms of global appropriation. 👉 Full keynote on YouTube:
Nick Couldry: Media and the corporatization of everything (Keynote @ZeMKIUniBremen)
To mark its 20th anniversary, ZeMKI hosted its anniversary conference in 2025 at the new city center campus, turning Bremen into a hub for international exchange on the future of media, data, and society. With four renowned keynote speakers and numerous panels, the event showcased the full spectrum
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Nov 20
This article by @jburn-murdoch is very important
jburnmurdoch.ft.com John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · Nov 20
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.

NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.

Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · Nov 20
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.

NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.

Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · Oct 31
NEW from me:

Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.

That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 30
"Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest." Others include Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth.
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · Oct 30
“AI in the public sector must not become a Trojan horse for ideological capture or commercial favoritism,” argues Public Citizen’s J.B. Branch. He calls on OMB to halt the federal rollout of Grok AI, citing risks to fairness and neutrality that violate the Trump Administration’s own AI guidance.
The US Government’s Use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI Undermines Its Own Rules | TechPolicy.Press
Public Citizen's J.B. Branch warns federal use of Elon Musk’s Grok AI risks biasing government systems.
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 28
Interesting blog reacting to my recent LSE lecture @lsemedia.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
The space of our world: how social media broke solidarity and how we might mend it - Media@LSE
Kirti Dubey writes about Professor Nick Couldry’s public lecture at LSE where he detailed the arguments in his recent book, The Space of the World,
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 24
Am travelling now. Thanks for your email. Will reply over the weekend

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 23
for those who missed the live version of my recent talk and debate at LSE with Baroness Beeban Kidron on the future of social media, here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Fv... . For me, was an amazing evening and made the huge effort of writing the book worthwhile! @lsemedia.bsky.social
Can human solidarity survive social media and what if it can’t? | LSE Event
YouTube video by LSE
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 23
So sorry to hear this. Happy to go on talking I'd you reach out to me by email n.couldry@lse.ac.uk

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 22
I hear you and deeply sympathise. That's why I am writing a book to try and challenge this. Se ior scholars have a responsibility yo try and shape the debate, since junior scholars are put in an impossible position.

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 22
Another brave article by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social . Essential reading if you care about the harm AI celebrationism is doing!
lmesseri.bsky.social Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · Oct 21
Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 22
Resisting AI is in OUR hands!
lmesseri.bsky.social Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · Oct 21
This is the way (for me). Piloted it with my graduate seminar this semester. I've been marking reading responses by hand, returning them the following session. Unlike what i had been doing for my whole career, which was feeling like i had to mark immediately and return through Canvas.
audreytruschke.bsky.social Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · Oct 21
Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.

This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."

All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers

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Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · Oct 21
This is the way (for me). Piloted it with my graduate seminar this semester. I've been marking reading responses by hand, returning them the following session. Unlike what i had been doing for my whole career, which was feeling like i had to mark immediately and return through Canvas.
audreytruschke.bsky.social Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · Oct 21
Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.

This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."

All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 21
AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 21
Nice to be included in this company! Critics of AI are growing but certainly need to give each other support
lmesseri.bsky.social Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · Oct 21
Very grateful to fellow travelers who are trying to temper enthusiasm for AI, especially in the halls of the academy. @janerosenzweig.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @eryk.bsky.social @histoftech.bsky.social @criticalai-journal.bsky.social @jeddobson.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social and more

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 21
Thanks Lisa. I am rushing to finish first draft of a book on AI which I hope will be out by end of next year. Let me know if you'd like to know more and I'll drop you a line by email

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · Oct 21
"If 3 out of 100 flights crashed, no one would fly." #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall youtu.be/6ltU9q1pKKM?...
The Lie So Dangerous Tesla Engineers Are Quitting
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · Oct 21
Very grateful to fellow travelers who are trying to temper enthusiasm for AI, especially in the halls of the academy. @janerosenzweig.bsky.social @melhogan.bsky.social @eryk.bsky.social @histoftech.bsky.social @criticalai-journal.bsky.social @jeddobson.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social and more

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Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · Oct 21
Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 14
Very excited to announce that my paper 'Human Life as Terra Nullius' with @jcmagalhaes.bsky.social on colonial implications of Facebook's early patents is out: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Has been a privilege to work with Joao on this and develop the concept of 'socially blind engineering'
Client Challenge
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Oct 5
We had an amazing f2f and online audience of 400 pr so. I hope we can do morr events like this.
mjlira.bsky.social MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social · Oct 3
Fantastic event last night with @couldrynick.bsky.social and Baroness Kidron. A genuine exchange of ideas and concerns around policy and the core issues involved in tackling Big Tech’s business model. A sliver of hope.

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MJ Lira @mjlira.bsky.social · Oct 3
Fantastic event last night with @couldrynick.bsky.social and Baroness Kidron. A genuine exchange of ideas and concerns around policy and the core issues involved in tackling Big Tech’s business model. A sliver of hope.