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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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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 10d
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 · 11d
"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 · 11d
“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.
www.techpolicy.press

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 13d
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,
blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 18d
Am travelling now. Thanks for your email. Will reply over the weekend

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 18d
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 · 18d
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 · 19d
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 · 19d
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 · 20d
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 · 19d
Resisting AI is in OUR hands!
lmesseri.bsky.social Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · 20d
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 · 20d
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 · 20d
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 · 20d
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 · 20d
AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 20d
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 · 20d
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 · 20d
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 · 20d
"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 · 20d
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 · 20d
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 · 27d
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
link.springer.com

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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.

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · Sep 30
🗓 Event details:
📍 In person (Old Theatre, LSE) & online
🕡 Thurs 2 Oct | 6:30–8pm (UK)
🎤 Speakers: @couldrynick.bsky.social Baroness Beeban Kidron
🎙 Chair: @myriageorgiou.bsky.social

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Sep 28
This interview (available in English and Portuguese) with the Brazilian journal Algorithms and Society reflects on my recent work on data colonialism and social , and also my current work on AI: periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/al... @lsemedia.bsky.social
Entrevista com Nick Couldry | Algoritmos & Sociedade
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Sep 23
on 2nd October I'll give an LSE lecture on the future of social media based on my recent book The Space of the World www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b.... Baroness Beeban Kidron will respond and Myria Georgiou will be chairing. Do come: there'll be a live stream too! www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-s...

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Sep 14
Great link! I have the deepest respect for Sara Ahmed's work

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Sep 14
If you are in the London area, hope you can come to this!
lsemedia.bsky.social LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · Sep 12
We’re hosting the book launch of 'The Space of the World', our first public event of the term!

🌍 Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media?
w/ @couldrynick.bsky.social, Baroness Beeban Kidron @myriageorgiou.bsky.social

🗓️ Thu 2 Oct | 6.30–8pm
📍LSE + Online

🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
The space of the world: can-human-solidarity-survive-social-media?
6.30pm Thurs 2 Oct | Nick Couldry | Ticket Required |Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk

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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · Sep 12
We’re hosting the book launch of 'The Space of the World', our first public event of the term!

🌍 Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media?
w/ @couldrynick.bsky.social, Baroness Beeban Kidron @myriageorgiou.bsky.social

🗓️ Thu 2 Oct | 6.30–8pm
📍LSE + Online

🔗 Register: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
The space of the world: can-human-solidarity-survive-social-media?
6.30pm Thurs 2 Oct | Nick Couldry | Ticket Required |Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6
Journal publishers *are* bundling your papers up in "data licensing agreements" for big tech companies to use for AI model training. Our publisher, T&F, got £75m from Microsoft for that last year alone.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Aug 17
Another day, another hackneyed eulogy for college on its death at the hands of AI.

Striking here is that these thoughts did not originate from a college freshman’s own mind. These are talking points this student has been fed for years. What freshman says this?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Like the other members of his class, Lieber did experience a bit of college life before ChatGPT appeared. Even then, he said, at the very start of his freshman year, he felt alienated from some of his introductory classes. “I would think to myself, What the hell am I doing, sitting watching this professor give the same lecture that he has given every year for the last 30 years?” But he knew the answer even then: He was there to subsidize that professor’s research. At America’s research universities, teaching is a secondary job activity, at times neglected by faculty who want to devote as much time as possible to writing grants, running labs, and publishing academic papers. The classroom experience was suffering even before AI came onto the scene.

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Aug 16
How we risk ignoring children's rights in our digital design aka trashing the future
childrenandscreens.bsky.social Children and Screens @childrenandscreens.bsky.social · Aug 6
NEW! #ScreenDeep Host Kris Perry sits down with Sonia Livingstone, OBE, FBA, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social to explore the intersection of children’s rights, online safety, parenting around child media use, #AI design, and public #policy in the digital world.

Listen NOW: bit.ly/4fnvefI

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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · Aug 14
An important battle
iansociologo.bsky.social Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Aug 14
There's an intense debate in Brazil about how tech firms & algorithms promote sexual & romantic engagement with children (adultização). Without guardrails, the big firms will absolutely pursue this practice. Lula & allies are trying to get legislation passed.

revistaforum.com.br/politica/202...