Jesse Haapoja
@jhaapj.bsky.social
Interested in relationships between humans and algorithmic systems. PhD (social psychology). Postdoc at Aalto University.
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Jesse Haapoja
@jhaapj.bsky.social
· Nov 19
New article out!
Our latest research in New Media & Society focuses on the moral judgements of "pleasing the algorithm"—how creators engage with algorithms for visibility on digital platforms. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our latest research in New Media & Society focuses on the moral judgements of "pleasing the algorithm"—how creators engage with algorithms for visibility on digital platforms. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Moral orders of pleasing the algorithm - Jesse Haapoja, Laura Savolainen, Hanna Reinikainen, Tuukka Lehtiniemi, 2024
This article examines how ‘pleasing the algorithm’, or engaging with algorithms to gain rewards such as visibility for one’s content on digital platforms, is tr...
journals.sagepub.com
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How are ideologies present in Human-Computer Interaction research? Join our #CHI2026 workshop to think about this with us!
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
CHIdeology
CHI 2026 Workshop on disentangling the fragmented politics, values and imaginaries of Human-Computer Interaction through ideologies
ideologies.digital
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 AM
How are ideologies present in Human-Computer Interaction research? Join our #CHI2026 workshop to think about this with us!
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
How are ideologies present in Human-Computer Interaction research? Join our #CHI2026 workshop to think about this with us!
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
CHIdeology
CHI 2026 Workshop on disentangling the fragmented politics, values and imaginaries of Human-Computer Interaction through ideologies
ideologies.digital
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 AM
How are ideologies present in Human-Computer Interaction research? Join our #CHI2026 workshop to think about this with us!
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
📅 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
Find more information & submission instructions here: ideologies.digital
#HCI #Design
This is still by far the greatest moment in the history of Finnish television entertainment www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iTT...
Hilarious Golden Retriever Really Wants To Race But.. First Things First.
YouTube video by Golden Retriever Lovers
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:34 PM
This is still by far the greatest moment in the history of Finnish television entertainment www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iTT...
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Interested in joining a vibrant hub for research on human and societal consequences of digital communication and datafication? We're hiring a new TT assistant professor at Center for Tracking & Society in Copenhagen: jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track...
Tenure-track assistant professorship in empirical communication research
jobportal.ku.dk
December 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Interested in joining a vibrant hub for research on human and societal consequences of digital communication and datafication? We're hiring a new TT assistant professor at Center for Tracking & Society in Copenhagen: jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track...
Something drove me to order a used copy of Identities and Interactions by McCall and Simmons (1978) from the other side of the world, despite having previously borrowed it from the library. Much of it may be attributed to how captivatingly it has been written:
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Something drove me to order a used copy of Identities and Interactions by McCall and Simmons (1978) from the other side of the world, despite having previously borrowed it from the library. Much of it may be attributed to how captivatingly it has been written:
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Problems in deploying digital materials and methods in social research should be understood as—perhaps primarily—challenges in reconciling diverging epistemic conceptions across fields and communities, suggests Juho Pääkkönen in his PhD. Read the lectio praecursoria:
rajapinta.co/2025/12/04/l...
rajapinta.co/2025/12/04/l...
Lectio Praecursoria: Credibility-building for social science big data
Problems in deploying new digital materials and methods in social research should be understood as – perhaps primarily – challenges in reconciling diverging epistemic conceptions across fields and …
rajapinta.co
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Problems in deploying digital materials and methods in social research should be understood as—perhaps primarily—challenges in reconciling diverging epistemic conceptions across fields and communities, suggests Juho Pääkkönen in his PhD. Read the lectio praecursoria:
rajapinta.co/2025/12/04/l...
rajapinta.co/2025/12/04/l...
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What a lovely #cscw2025 session of authors, papers and audience we had on "bipartisan discourse online". 😍
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What a lovely #cscw2025 session of authors, papers and audience we had on "bipartisan discourse online". 😍
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
With Pooja Casula, @richmondywong.bsky.social, Sarchin Pendse and Marina Kogan, @jhaapj.bsky.social and more...
Check out the papers: programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/my...
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I presented our work yesterday at #CSCW2025 extending the algorithmic crystal framework to the social self to account for the increasingly socially-infused nature of personalized algorithms...🧬🔮✨
If you missed it, you can check out our paper here:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
If you missed it, you can check out our paper here:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Not Just 'For You': How the Algorithmic Crystal Mediates Communication and Identity Work on TikTok's FYP | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Personalized algorithms are central to how people discover information and engage
with media online. Drawing on interviews and screen-sharing sessions with TikTok users
(N=27), we extend the algorithm...
dl.acm.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I presented our work yesterday at #CSCW2025 extending the algorithmic crystal framework to the social self to account for the increasingly socially-infused nature of personalized algorithms...🧬🔮✨
If you missed it, you can check out our paper here:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
If you missed it, you can check out our paper here:
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Back from my hiatus on here to announce our first study on Digital Ideologies. With @jhaapj.bsky.social and @matnel.bsky.social we explored connections between the affordances of social media and political ideologies.
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Affordances and Design Principles of The Political Left and Right | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Like any form of technology, social media services embed values. To examine how societal
values may be present in these systems, we focus on exploring political ideology as
a value system. We organise...
dl.acm.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Back from my hiatus on here to announce our first study on Digital Ideologies. With @jhaapj.bsky.social and @matnel.bsky.social we explored connections between the affordances of social media and political ideologies.
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
There are differences… 🧵
📄 Get the #CSCW paper at dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
New article out, just in time before #CSCW2025!
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
Affordances and Design Principles of The Political Left and Right | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Like any form of technology, social media services embed values. To examine how societal
values may be present in these systems, we focus on exploring political ideology as
a value system. We organise...
dl.acm.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New article out, just in time before #CSCW2025!
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
This piece, by @eppfel.bsky.social, me and @matnel.bsky.social, looks at what happens if we ask politicians with different ideological leanings and party affiliations to design social media services.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
#hcisky #hci #CSCW
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🚨New publication alert! This one was a personal favorite of mine to work on, including fun facts about such topics as streamers farting into microphones for money. “Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba” is out now and open access in Platforms & Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🚨New publication alert! This one was a personal favorite of mine to work on, including fun facts about such topics as streamers farting into microphones for money. “Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba” is out now and open access in Platforms & Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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📚 New paper alert! 🌎 "Platform power and climate responsibility: A longitudinal view on digital platform companies’ environmental discourse" was just published in Platforms & Society, a new-ish journal focused on critical social science and humanities research on platforms and platformization. (1/x)
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
📚 New paper alert! 🌎 "Platform power and climate responsibility: A longitudinal view on digital platform companies’ environmental discourse" was just published in Platforms & Society, a new-ish journal focused on critical social science and humanities research on platforms and platformization. (1/x)
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Jos käyttäjät saisivat päättää, minkälainen olisi ihanteellinen poliittisen sosiaalisen median keskustelun osallistuja? Tätä selvittivät @jhaapj.bsky.social ja kollegat tuoreessa artikkelissaan. Tuloksissa korostuvat muun muassa pätevyys ja vastuullisuus.
rajapinta.co/2025/09/22/m...
rajapinta.co/2025/09/22/m...
Millainen on ihanteellinen poliittisen sosiaalisen median keskustelun osallistuja?
Sosiaalisen median poliittisilla keskusteluilla on huono maine. Tuoreen artikkelimme mukaan ihanteellista verkkokeskustelun osallistujaa määrittää pätevyys, vastuullisuus ja vilpittömyys, sekä sito…
rajapinta.co
September 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Jos käyttäjät saisivat päättää, minkälainen olisi ihanteellinen poliittisen sosiaalisen median keskustelun osallistuja? Tätä selvittivät @jhaapj.bsky.social ja kollegat tuoreessa artikkelissaan. Tuloksissa korostuvat muun muassa pätevyys ja vastuullisuus.
rajapinta.co/2025/09/22/m...
rajapinta.co/2025/09/22/m...
We had a paper on ideal participants for social media political discussions in #dis2025. While it is a bit late to advertise that paper, I did write a short post about the paper to our research group's substack: sociallycompute.substack.com/p/what-makes...
What makes an ideal participant of social media political discussions?
One only needs to log in to services such as X or BlueSky to see that one prominent way of using social media is to discuss politics with peers.
sociallycompute.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We had a paper on ideal participants for social media political discussions in #dis2025. While it is a bit late to advertise that paper, I did write a short post about the paper to our research group's substack: sociallycompute.substack.com/p/what-makes...
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Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist
October 18, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist
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DL just around the corner! Apply by May 15 if you're interested in advancing research on theory translation and games
Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Postdoc positions in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a Postdoc position in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
candidate.hr-manager.net
May 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
DL just around the corner! Apply by May 15 if you're interested in advancing research on theory translation and games
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Time to wipe your Soundcloud, y'all. Anything on there can be used for AI training per the new Terms and Conditions.
ok then... deleted all our songs that we uploaded to Soundcloud and now closing account:
soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
(open the link and search for the word "train")
soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
(open the link and search for the word "train")
Terms of Use - Listen to music
soundcloud.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Time to wipe your Soundcloud, y'all. Anything on there can be used for AI training per the new Terms and Conditions.
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CFP ‘Authoritarianism in the Digital Age’ for SI of @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social Seeking commentaries (<2,000 words) that reflect on role of digital tech in building & challenging authoritarian rule. Abstracts May 16. Details: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...
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May 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
CFP ‘Authoritarianism in the Digital Age’ for SI of @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social Seeking commentaries (<2,000 words) that reflect on role of digital tech in building & challenging authoritarian rule. Abstracts May 16. Details: journals.sagepub.com/page/dds/cal...
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Feminists’ attitudes towards men – Six studies, in the most systematic examination yet of feminists’ actual and perceived attitudes toward men, find that feminists’ attitudes toward men are broadly positive and broadly similar to other people’s attitudes toward men.
Findings:
1/4
Findings:
1/4
April 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Feminists’ attitudes towards men – Six studies, in the most systematic examination yet of feminists’ actual and perceived attitudes toward men, find that feminists’ attitudes toward men are broadly positive and broadly similar to other people’s attitudes toward men.
Findings:
1/4
Findings:
1/4
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What a nightmare. Credit to Deezer for going public about the extent of the problem.
Deezer says ~18% of songs uploaded to the service are AI-generated; 20K AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, nearly twice the number reported four months ago (Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
April 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What a nightmare. Credit to Deezer for going public about the extent of the problem.
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What do creators do when they feel that social media platforms aren’t treating them fairly? Our study of a controversy about racism and bias on YouTube, out now #openaccess in @policyr.bsky.social, offers a new answer: they participate in aspirational platform governance doi.org/10.14763/202...
April 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What do creators do when they feel that social media platforms aren’t treating them fairly? Our study of a controversy about racism and bias on YouTube, out now #openaccess in @policyr.bsky.social, offers a new answer: they participate in aspirational platform governance doi.org/10.14763/202...
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🔥CFP HOT OFF THE PRESS!🔥 I'm really excited to be editing this special issue on Cultural Workers and Generative AI with @grohmannrafael.bsky.social and Daphne Idiz for AI & Society. Abstract submission deadline 30th June, get in touch with questions!
MORE INFO: link.springer.com/journal/146/...
MORE INFO: link.springer.com/journal/146/...
April 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🔥CFP HOT OFF THE PRESS!🔥 I'm really excited to be editing this special issue on Cultural Workers and Generative AI with @grohmannrafael.bsky.social and Daphne Idiz for AI & Society. Abstract submission deadline 30th June, get in touch with questions!
MORE INFO: link.springer.com/journal/146/...
MORE INFO: link.springer.com/journal/146/...
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Disney's Action Game Featuring Disney's Hercules
April 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Disney's Action Game Featuring Disney's Hercules
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Interested content creators? Gossip about YouTube's algorithm? Academic articles with unnecessary long titles?
"Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit - John R. Gallagher, Antonia Pecoraro Hernandez, 2025
This paper examines how aspirational content creators (ACCs) on the r/NewTubers subreddit forum understand and discuss YouTube’s algorithm. This study employs t...
journals.sagepub.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Interested content creators? Gossip about YouTube's algorithm? Academic articles with unnecessary long titles?
"Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Algorithmic Anthropomorphizing, Platform Gossip, and Backlashes: Aspirational Content Creators’ Narratives About YouTube’s Algorithm on Reddit"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...