CDCS: Center on Digital Culture and Society
@cdcspenn.bsky.social
Promoting critical scholarship on digital culture, technology, and society from Annenberg School for Communication and SAS Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/center-on-digital-culture-and-society
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🔔 Deadline Reminder: Abstracts due December 1 🔔
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is currently accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
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The Center for Digital Culture and Society is currently accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/eyyRkcvN
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Glad to see @sas.upenn.edu Omnia’s new Research Roundup captures my recent article on genre borrowing practices in Chinese digital culture, together with two other fascinating projects by @sas.upenn.edu faculty
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Research Roundup Ocean Build up Digital Culture and Birthright Citizenship
Recent work from faculty in our History, Biology, and Sociology departments.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Glad to see @sas.upenn.edu Omnia’s new Research Roundup captures my recent article on genre borrowing practices in Chinese digital culture, together with two other fascinating projects by @sas.upenn.edu faculty
omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/resear... @cdcspenn.bsky.social
omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/resear... @cdcspenn.bsky.social
🔔 Deadline Reminder: Abstracts due December 1 🔔
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is currently accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/eyyRkcvN
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is currently accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/eyyRkcvN
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November 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🔔 Deadline Reminder: Abstracts due December 1 🔔
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is currently accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/eyyRkcvN
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is currently accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/eyyRkcvN
🌟 Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium 🌟
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is now accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📝 Deadline: December 1, 2025
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
More information: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is now accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📝 Deadline: December 1, 2025
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
More information: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium
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September 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌟 Call for Abstracts: 2026 CDCS Symposium 🌟
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is now accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📝 Deadline: December 1, 2025
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
More information: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
The Center for Digital Culture and Society is now accepting abstract submissions for our upcoming symposium.
📝 Deadline: December 1, 2025
📧 Submit to: cdcs@asc.upenn.edu
More information: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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There is some talk about the revival of blogging. For starters, I've updated my Blogger site after almost three years! guobin-yang.blogspot.com
Guobin Yang's Blog
sociology, China, communication studies, journalism, digital activism, digital culture, technology, media studies
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May 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There is some talk about the revival of blogging. For starters, I've updated my Blogger site after almost three years! guobin-yang.blogspot.com
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Guobin Yang, especialista en cultura digital, nos explica el panorama del internet en China: desde su origen en los años 90 hasta la actualidad, ¿en qué consiste la plataformización y el activismo en línea?
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923...
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El internet y las redes sociales en China | Sandra Barba, Guobin Yang
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May 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Guobin Yang, especialista en cultura digital, nos explica el panorama del internet en China: desde su origen en los años 90 hasta la actualidad, ¿en qué consiste la plataformización y el activismo en línea?
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923...
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923...
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This beautiful magazine published an interview with me discussing the internet and social media in China. The best part is that it's in Spanish, though I wish it had an English edition as well:
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923... @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923... @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This beautiful magazine published an interview with me discussing the internet and social media in China. The best part is that it's in Spanish, though I wish it had an English edition as well:
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923... @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social
www.revistadelauniversidad.mx/articles/923... @asc.upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social
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I love how much focus on the autoethnographic is present today at @cdcspenn.bsky.social's symposium! We as scholars need to remember our own relationship to leisure and play as we navigate complicated and tension-filled online spaces of leisure and play.
April 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I love how much focus on the autoethnographic is present today at @cdcspenn.bsky.social's symposium! We as scholars need to remember our own relationship to leisure and play as we navigate complicated and tension-filled online spaces of leisure and play.
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#NewTalkAlert I'm thrilled to share that Prof @guobin-yang.bsky.social will be visiting Warwick AL to give a talk on #SocialMedia and #SocialRhythm. Talk will be hybrid. Please join us in person (room A0.23) or via MS Teams. Scan QR code for more. #LanguageCultureMatters
April 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#NewTalkAlert I'm thrilled to share that Prof @guobin-yang.bsky.social will be visiting Warwick AL to give a talk on #SocialMedia and #SocialRhythm. Talk will be hybrid. Please join us in person (room A0.23) or via MS Teams. Scan QR code for more. #LanguageCultureMatters
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Here is the program of our 4/25 Symposium on Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/.... @annenbergcargc.bsky.social
CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture
CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture
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March 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here is the program of our 4/25 Symposium on Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/.... @annenbergcargc.bsky.social
Join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Carolyn Biltoft's presentation on "Henri Bergson’s Turing Test for Humans." 🗓️ April 7, 12:15-1:30pm, 📍 Annenberg School, Room 300
March 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Carolyn Biltoft's presentation on "Henri Bergson’s Turing Test for Humans." 🗓️ April 7, 12:15-1:30pm, 📍 Annenberg School, Room 300
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Monday, 03/31 at 12:15pm, join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Devon Powers' presentation on "What is a Trend? Towards a Keyword for Media and Communication." Discover the significance of trends in our media, cultural, and information environment. 📍 367 McNeil Building
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March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Monday, 03/31 at 12:15pm, join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Devon Powers' presentation on "What is a Trend? Towards a Keyword for Media and Communication." Discover the significance of trends in our media, cultural, and information environment. 📍 367 McNeil Building
@asc.upenn.edu
@asc.upenn.edu
Monday, 03/31 at 12:15pm, join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Devon Powers' presentation on "What is a Trend? Towards a Keyword for Media and Communication." Discover the significance of trends in our media, cultural, and information environment. 📍 367 McNeil Building
@asc.upenn.edu
@asc.upenn.edu
March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Monday, 03/31 at 12:15pm, join us at the CDCS Colloquium for Professor Devon Powers' presentation on "What is a Trend? Towards a Keyword for Media and Communication." Discover the significance of trends in our media, cultural, and information environment. 📍 367 McNeil Building
@asc.upenn.edu
@asc.upenn.edu
This Satur 4pm at #aas2025, CDCS doctoral fellow Yingchuan Qu will be presenting her paper "Fishing for Poetry in the Digital Debris: Algorithmic Zombies and the Echoes of a Broken Language" on the panel "Apps, AI, and Bots: A New Era in Digital Technology." @asc.upenn.edu
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This Satur 4pm at #aas2025, CDCS doctoral fellow Yingchuan Qu will be presenting her paper "Fishing for Poetry in the Digital Debris: Algorithmic Zombies and the Echoes of a Broken Language" on the panel "Apps, AI, and Bots: A New Era in Digital Technology." @asc.upenn.edu
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On way to #aas2025, and a couple of talks I'll be giving before and after. Link to next week's UBC event here:
greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/even... @cdcspenn.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu
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March 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
On way to #aas2025, and a couple of talks I'll be giving before and after. Link to next week's UBC event here:
greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/even... @cdcspenn.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu
greencollege.ubc.ca/civicrm/even... @cdcspenn.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu
Here is the program of our 4/25 Symposium on Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/.... @annenbergcargc.bsky.social
CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture
CDCS Symposium: Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture
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March 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here is the program of our 4/25 Symposium on Reframing Leisure, Humor, and Play in Global Digital Culture www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/.... @annenbergcargc.bsky.social
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Applications for our @cdcspenn.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship are due on Valentine’s Day, so no one will miss it for the love of it! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026
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February 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Applications for our @cdcspenn.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship are due on Valentine’s Day, so no one will miss it for the love of it! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Applications due in 10 days! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026
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February 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Applications due in 10 days! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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We are inviting postdoctoral fellowship applications. Please apply by Feb 14 www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026
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January 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We are inviting postdoctoral fellowship applications. Please apply by Feb 14 www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
We are inviting postdoctoral fellowship applications. Please apply by Feb 14 www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
Center on Digital Culture and Society Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026
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January 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We are inviting postdoctoral fellowship applications. Please apply by Feb 14 www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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Missed our annual symposium on academic speech and social media? Read the highlights in this Q&A for Penn Today with @guobin-yang.bsky.social and Barbie Zelizer @asc.upenn.edu @upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social bit.ly/3PwQ6Fu
Addressing the ‘catch-22’ academics face on social media | Penn Today
The Annenberg School for Communication’s Center for Media at Risk and Center for Digital Culture and Society brought together scholars to analyze the interconnected benefits and risks that academics f...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Missed our annual symposium on academic speech and social media? Read the highlights in this Q&A for Penn Today with @guobin-yang.bsky.social and Barbie Zelizer @asc.upenn.edu @upenn.edu @cdcspenn.bsky.social bit.ly/3PwQ6Fu
CDCS postdoc @lumarch.bsky.social recently spoke to @teenvogue.bsky.social about the social media reactions to the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting:
What the UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Memes Tell Us
The internet has been completely obsessed with this case.
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December 17, 2024 at 7:03 PM
CDCS postdoc @lumarch.bsky.social recently spoke to @teenvogue.bsky.social about the social media reactions to the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting:
Our symposium "Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?" opens later today. Details here: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/... @ascmediarisk.bsky.social
Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?
Join the Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society for a symposium examining the relationship between social media and the academy.
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December 5, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Our symposium "Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?" opens later today. Details here: www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/... @ascmediarisk.bsky.social
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Part 1 of our special issue "Thirty Years of the Internet in China" is out, open-access, with 10 articles & an Introduction
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctpa/9/4. The remaining 14 pieces are out OnlineFirst. Thank you to our contributors! @annenbergpenn.bsky.social @cdcspenn.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctpa/9/4. The remaining 14 pieces are out OnlineFirst. Thank you to our contributors! @annenbergpenn.bsky.social @cdcspenn.bsky.social
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December 4, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Part 1 of our special issue "Thirty Years of the Internet in China" is out, open-access, with 10 articles & an Introduction
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctpa/9/4. The remaining 14 pieces are out OnlineFirst. Thank you to our contributors! @annenbergpenn.bsky.social @cdcspenn.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctpa/9/4. The remaining 14 pieces are out OnlineFirst. Thank you to our contributors! @annenbergpenn.bsky.social @cdcspenn.bsky.social
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Starting tomorrow! How does social media surveillance impact scholarship? How should future scholars think about their social media presence? We explore these questions and more at our annual symposium at @annenbergpenn.bsky.social c-sponsored with @cdcspenn.bsky.social https://buff.ly/410HcHh
Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?
Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society's symposium on the relationship between social media and the academy.
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December 4, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Starting tomorrow! How does social media surveillance impact scholarship? How should future scholars think about their social media presence? We explore these questions and more at our annual symposium at @annenbergpenn.bsky.social c-sponsored with @cdcspenn.bsky.social https://buff.ly/410HcHh
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This Thursday and Friday (Dec. 5-6), join @ascmediarisk.bsky.social & @cdcspenn.bsky.social for a symposium exploring how social media impacts academic speech. Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/academe-in...
Academe in the Age of Social Media: Scholarly Inquiry at Risk?
Center for Media at Risk and the Center on Digital Culture and Society's symposium on the relationship between social media and the academy.
www.eventbrite.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:52 PM
This Thursday and Friday (Dec. 5-6), join @ascmediarisk.bsky.social & @cdcspenn.bsky.social for a symposium exploring how social media impacts academic speech. Learn more and register: www.eventbrite.com/e/academe-in...