MegDunk
@megdunk.bsky.social
Journalism professor in the School of Comm at Virginia Tech, studying political news audiences and social media use. Side quests about sports data journalism and sports media and gender.
Relatedly, we might adopt a strategy of going to someone’s website to find the authentic Bluesky accounts - but that ignores our cognitive and clickative miser tendencies. It doesn’t seem like a realistic way to teach media literacy on here.
Meanwhile, Rep. Beyer's home page now features a Bluesky icon next to the other social-media icons--which is apparently a Web-development task so difficult that it's eluded the grasp of the VC firm that led Bluesky's $15m round and is putting a partner on Bluesky's board.
December 2, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Relatedly, we might adopt a strategy of going to someone’s website to find the authentic Bluesky accounts - but that ignores our cognitive and clickative miser tendencies. It doesn’t seem like a realistic way to teach media literacy on here.
With a keen eye, I’ve been watching for impersonation and how audiences adopt new credibility cues on Bluesky. (That was the topic of my diss!) And, it’s notable that the NYT didn’t set up its own domain for its reporters to signal authenticity of the accounts.
Hi! We compiled a list of our journalists in our starter pack here:
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You can also add them to your feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
go.bsky.app/HxQY3Ba
You can also add them to your feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 2, 2024 at 9:59 PM
With a keen eye, I’ve been watching for impersonation and how audiences adopt new credibility cues on Bluesky. (That was the topic of my diss!) And, it’s notable that the NYT didn’t set up its own domain for its reporters to signal authenticity of the accounts.
Seems appropriate my first skeet is me sharing my thoughts on Bluesky and credibility.
www.govtech.com/biz/is-blues...
www.govtech.com/biz/is-blues...
Is Bluesky Worth It for State and Local Governments?
The social media network has been the coolest kid in school since the election, with some big public agencies joining. But they must consider emergency management, tech and even fraud before befriendi...
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November 23, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Seems appropriate my first skeet is me sharing my thoughts on Bluesky and credibility.
www.govtech.com/biz/is-blues...
www.govtech.com/biz/is-blues...