Jessica Ghilani
@jesspgh.bsky.social
Comm + media studies professor focused on history, emerging tech, information integrity, telecomm policy, platforms, propaganda, and culture. From Pittsburgh.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
The whole time I was wondering "how do two journalists (one of them divorced) have the money for a 3 story house in Georgetown?" but the answer is always family money, and Lizza (who I didn't realize is decades older) seems in denial of the fact that he too served some time as Nuzzi's sugardaddy.
"Oh no, there's too much bamboo in the backyard" is a level of affluence I doubt I'll ever attain
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The whole time I was wondering "how do two journalists (one of them divorced) have the money for a 3 story house in Georgetown?" but the answer is always family money, and Lizza (who I didn't realize is decades older) seems in denial of the fact that he too served some time as Nuzzi's sugardaddy.
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Hard to resist a story chock-full of irredeemable characters, (inc the author). But Lizza’s accomplished age-appropriate ex wife eschews attention her ex & his ex court brazenly. To the DailyMail calling in 2024 for comment at the office where she works as a physician: “That is not my business.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hard to resist a story chock-full of irredeemable characters, (inc the author). But Lizza’s accomplished age-appropriate ex wife eschews attention her ex & his ex court brazenly. To the DailyMail calling in 2024 for comment at the office where she works as a physician: “That is not my business.”
If only!
I need Jess to go on talk pgh and do a two hour interview about it
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
If only!
Hard to resist a story chock-full of irredeemable characters, (inc the author). But Lizza’s accomplished age-appropriate ex wife eschews attention her ex & his ex court brazenly. To the DailyMail calling in 2024 for comment at the office where she works as a physician: “That is not my business.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hard to resist a story chock-full of irredeemable characters, (inc the author). But Lizza’s accomplished age-appropriate ex wife eschews attention her ex & his ex court brazenly. To the DailyMail calling in 2024 for comment at the office where she works as a physician: “That is not my business.”
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“He blew him, Brendan. He blew Bubba and now Putin has a picture of it. Makes sense though. If a guy sucks your dick you have to invite him to your daughter’s wedding, it’s part of the code. The brojob code, Brendan”
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
“He blew him, Brendan. He blew Bubba and now Putin has a picture of it. Makes sense though. If a guy sucks your dick you have to invite him to your daughter’s wedding, it’s part of the code. The brojob code, Brendan”
When the four gigs are unfuckwithable.
Nine Inch Nails
Pulp
Stop Making Sense in its Entirety
Sabrina Carpenter (and Olivia Dean)
Folks,,, it’s been quite a run
Pulp
Stop Making Sense in its Entirety
Sabrina Carpenter (and Olivia Dean)
Folks,,, it’s been quite a run
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When the four gigs are unfuckwithable.
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Could not be more perfect for this
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Could not be more perfect for this
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Sinkhole dump truck
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sinkhole dump truck
Ordered like five sparkly dresses for Sabrina Carpenter tonight, only to very likely default to my many years old gap sequin number. Clothes (even mall store ones) that are more than five years old are so noticeably better in quality, it is kind of astounding.
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ordered like five sparkly dresses for Sabrina Carpenter tonight, only to very likely default to my many years old gap sequin number. Clothes (even mall store ones) that are more than five years old are so noticeably better in quality, it is kind of astounding.
Thank you for the feature! Everyone should come or zoom into the event Monday evening! ❤️
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg communications professor Jessica Ghilani likens the design of social media platforms to casinos without windows.
It’s a topic Ghilani regularly discusses with students in her course on mass communication in society.
It’s a topic Ghilani regularly discusses with students in her course on mass communication in society.
Social media's impact on children topic of panel discussion on 'Anxious Generation'
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg communications professor Jessica Ghilani likens the design of social media platforms to casinos without windows. The introduction of algorithmic sorting to Faceb...
triblive.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Thank you for the feature! Everyone should come or zoom into the event Monday evening! ❤️
Aww thank you! Here we are with the kids.
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Aww thank you! Here we are with the kids.
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Happy 15th Anniversary to @jesspgh.bsky.social my beautiful and brilliant wife and amazing mom to our kids. 15 years!!!
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Happy 15th Anniversary to @jesspgh.bsky.social my beautiful and brilliant wife and amazing mom to our kids. 15 years!!!
It’s been 15 years since @someclevername.bsky.social & my wedding day & it was a Pittsburgh day much like today. Bright, sun shining, blue skies (a little warmer). When I reflect on it, I recall feeling like the luckiest lady in the world. When I think about the 15 years since, I still do. ❤️🥂🫶🏼
October 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It’s been 15 years since @someclevername.bsky.social & my wedding day & it was a Pittsburgh day much like today. Bright, sun shining, blue skies (a little warmer). When I reflect on it, I recall feeling like the luckiest lady in the world. When I think about the 15 years since, I still do. ❤️🥂🫶🏼
Super insightful work that sheds light on the cultivation of habit formation via algorithmic short form video platforms. I wonder how/whether things shift if the plan to bring its ownership into compliance with US law happens.
🤳EXCLUSIVE: We analyzed real data from over 800 U.S. TikTok users to reveal how the app transforms casual users into power users.
Extremely proud of this one, over a year in the making w/ @richardsima.bsky.social Leslie Shapiro @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social
wapo.st/4obueib
Extremely proud of this one, over a year in the making w/ @richardsima.bsky.social Leslie Shapiro @asteckelberg.bsky.social @ence.bsky.social
wapo.st/4obueib
Here’s how TikTok ‘power users’ end up scrolling 4 hours a day or more
Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.
wapo.st
October 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Super insightful work that sheds light on the cultivation of habit formation via algorithmic short form video platforms. I wonder how/whether things shift if the plan to bring its ownership into compliance with US law happens.
A short write up about and on the occasion of the last day of AOL Dial Up Internet Service open.substack.com/pub/mediahis...
Goodbye the AOL Dial Up Internet Service
The end of an era
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A short write up about and on the occasion of the last day of AOL Dial Up Internet Service open.substack.com/pub/mediahis...
Folks don't realize the change is only from 31st to 22nd St which if you are regularly in that stretch isn't even the most congested, business clustered part of the Strip. When people think of it, they assume below 22nd until around 16th. This isn't gonna change the Penn Mac corridor calm down!
September 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Folks don't realize the change is only from 31st to 22nd St which if you are regularly in that stretch isn't even the most congested, business clustered part of the Strip. When people think of it, they assume below 22nd until around 16th. This isn't gonna change the Penn Mac corridor calm down!
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We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Thanks so much for your reporting on this, Ben. I just got an email from my campus's IT office triumphantly advertising free student access to four different AI models -- at the same time as we have a hiring freeze, caps on grad enrollment, and a 7% budget cut -- and wanted to scream.
September 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Thank you to @triblive.bsky.social for featuring me in your article about shifting tides of social media use among young folks. It was a thrill to see in the printed Sunday paper. triblive.com/local/region...
September 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Thank you to @triblive.bsky.social for featuring me in your article about shifting tides of social media use among young folks. It was a thrill to see in the printed Sunday paper. triblive.com/local/region...
Thank you to @triblive.bsky.social for featuring me in your article about shifting tides of social media use among young folks. It was a thrill to see in the printed Sunday paper. triblive.com/local/region...
September 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Thank you to @triblive.bsky.social for featuring me in your article about shifting tides of social media use among young folks. It was a thrill to see in the printed Sunday paper. triblive.com/local/region...
At least half of my media studies lectures:
September 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
At least half of my media studies lectures:
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While people are suddenly and uncharacteristically paying attention to media regulation, please take a moment to notice all the massive harm Brendan Carr has done to consumer protection and public safety as well
me, back in April:
me, back in April:
Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
The White House’s personal censor.
www.theverge.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
While people are suddenly and uncharacteristically paying attention to media regulation, please take a moment to notice all the massive harm Brendan Carr has done to consumer protection and public safety as well
me, back in April:
me, back in April:
My intro media studies class units on the telecom act of 1996 always hit hard because of the enduring influence of deregulation on our mass media environment, but it really feels helpful to be discussing it with 18-24 year olds this and next week. I wish there were less plentiful examples from news.
September 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My intro media studies class units on the telecom act of 1996 always hit hard because of the enduring influence of deregulation on our mass media environment, but it really feels helpful to be discussing it with 18-24 year olds this and next week. I wish there were less plentiful examples from news.
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This could not be more correct. It's easier to censor media that is consolidated. Repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Monopoly and fascism go hand in hand. We aren't free if our public discourse is controlled by authoritarians and oligarchs that bend the knee to them
It’s time to break up Sinclair, Nexstar, and big media companies. And repeal the ’96 Telecom Act that let these companies merge
It’s time to break up Sinclair, Nexstar, and big media companies. And repeal the ’96 Telecom Act that let these companies merge
NEW: ABC puts JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE on hiatus after conservative backlash, station group and FCC chair pressure network over Kirk comment. Details at @vulture: www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
September 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This could not be more correct. It's easier to censor media that is consolidated. Repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996.