Mike Wayne
@mikewayne.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media and Creative Industries, Erasmus University Rotterdam https://eur.academia.edu/MichaelWayne
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Job going at my university in my lovely department (lovely because of amazing colleagues who are truly supportive of each other). Lecturer in Film, media and broadcast production. jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at Edge Hill University: Lecturer in Film, Media and Broadcast Production
We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.About the RoleAs Lecturer in Film, Media and Broadcast Production this is an exciting opportunity to join the department...
jobs.edgehill.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Job going at my university in my lovely department (lovely because of amazing colleagues who are truly supportive of each other). Lecturer in Film, media and broadcast production. jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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This new article brings the current dynamics of the ‘creator economy’ (hosted distribution) into conversation with decades of explaining how creative autonomy is constrained in commercial mediamaking. This lets us explore how the ‘creator’ sector encompasses journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On hosted media, simple-professional cultural production, and micro media logics in anglophone video - Amanda D. Lotz, 2025
The media sector has expanded in the 21st century to encompass a ‘hosted model’ of circulation and ‘simple-professional’ dynamic of cultural production that coe...
journals.sagepub.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This new article brings the current dynamics of the ‘creator economy’ (hosted distribution) into conversation with decades of explaining how creative autonomy is constrained in commercial mediamaking. This lets us explore how the ‘creator’ sector encompasses journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
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Everytime I read a thread critiquing the commercial LLMs that are being imbedded into *everything*, several people will jump in to say “Ahem, ChatGPT helps me write emails.” as if that’s not a totally embarrassing thing to admit.
April 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Everytime I read a thread critiquing the commercial LLMs that are being imbedded into *everything*, several people will jump in to say “Ahem, ChatGPT helps me write emails.” as if that’s not a totally embarrassing thing to admit.
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Hooray, U Amsterdam ranked as #1 in the world, again, in media and communication. Celebration time 🍾..., right?
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
QS World University Rankings for Communication & Media Studies 2025
Discover the world's top universities for Communication & Media Studies 2025. Explore the QS World University Rankings by Subject in various disciplines.
www.topuniversities.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Hooray, U Amsterdam ranked as #1 in the world, again, in media and communication. Celebration time 🍾..., right?
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
No 🟥
Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable!
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥
www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
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Lots to ponder in this reflection from @christophersmith.bsky.social. Strong agree from me on this point about the need for Phd focussed on creative industries. IME (5 yrs site director for an AHRC DTP and 8 yrs as a DGS of a small creative-industries Unit in a bigger Faculty of Arts)...
January 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lots to ponder in this reflection from @christophersmith.bsky.social. Strong agree from me on this point about the need for Phd focussed on creative industries. IME (5 yrs site director for an AHRC DTP and 8 yrs as a DGS of a small creative-industries Unit in a bigger Faculty of Arts)...
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Geert Wilders: “The biggest threat to the survival of our civilization is the current pandemic of the woke mind virus.” No wonder the unprecedented budget cuts in Dutch academia, supported by other Dutch political parties that apparently do not recognize the ideological attack on academic freedom.
Wilders schreef een soort Kerstboodschap voor de radicaalrechtse website Breitbart. Geeft wel context aan de onderwijsbezuinigingen. De beste man wil blijkbaar de pandemie van ‘het woke mind virus’ bestrijden door de instituties af te breken en opnieuw te vormen.
December 25, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Geert Wilders: “The biggest threat to the survival of our civilization is the current pandemic of the woke mind virus.” No wonder the unprecedented budget cuts in Dutch academia, supported by other Dutch political parties that apparently do not recognize the ideological attack on academic freedom.
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THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
December 19, 2024 at 9:10 PM
THREAD
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
1/31
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NECS 2025 Conference will be in Lisbon, 18-21 June. And the call for papers is out, at necs.org! Deadline for submitting papers, panels and workshops, as usual, on 31 January. Join us, and spread the word… necs.org/conference
December 8, 2024 at 12:20 PM
NECS 2025 Conference will be in Lisbon, 18-21 June. And the call for papers is out, at necs.org! Deadline for submitting papers, panels and workshops, as usual, on 31 January. Join us, and spread the word… necs.org/conference
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If your intelligence is artificial, you *should* have imposter syndrome.
December 13, 2024 at 6:55 PM
If your intelligence is artificial, you *should* have imposter syndrome.
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Does the professor own any means of production?
Yes, a pencil and a computer.
That is his means of production.
Yes, a pencil and a computer.
That is his means of production.
December 8, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Does the professor own any means of production?
Yes, a pencil and a computer.
That is his means of production.
Yes, a pencil and a computer.
That is his means of production.
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Wrote about what’s behind conservatives watching movies and shows warning about the dangers of fascism and somehow coming away thinking the fascists are the good guys, and they should follow their example www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Republicans Are Confused About the Concept of Bad Guys
Some conservatives are embracing the villains in what are supposed to be cautionary tales.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Wrote about what’s behind conservatives watching movies and shows warning about the dangers of fascism and somehow coming away thinking the fascists are the good guys, and they should follow their example www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Americans vastly overestimate the size of different minority groups! For example, Americans estimated 21% of the country is transgender, but the true proportion is just 1%.
November 25, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Americans vastly overestimate the size of different minority groups! For example, Americans estimated 21% of the country is transgender, but the true proportion is just 1%.
very interesting piece re FX's place within Disney
How ‘Shogun’ Helped FX Find Its Footing as a Streaming Empire
The Japanese-language 'Shogun' may have seemed like a risky bet for FX, but the Emmy-winning series has brought Disney into the global streaming age.
variety.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:29 PM
very interesting piece re FX's place within Disney
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'Zou het zin hebben om leerlingen massaal naar Auschwitz te sturen? Je kunt ook over de concentratiekampen lezen, maar de ervaring is vele malen sterker.'
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...
Het kan niet druk genoeg zijn in Auschwitz - reportage - Jonet.nl
Het kan niet druk genoeg zijn in Auschwitz - reportage - Lees dit artikel op Jonet.nl
jonet.nl
November 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM
'Zou het zin hebben om leerlingen massaal naar Auschwitz te sturen? Je kunt ook over de concentratiekampen lezen, maar de ervaring is vele malen sterker.'
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...
jonet.nl/het-kan-niet...
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🎶 So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Yippee kiyay, motherfucker. Now I have a machine gun. 🎶
November 26, 2024 at 12:40 PM
🎶 So this is Christmas, and what have you done? Yippee kiyay, motherfucker. Now I have a machine gun. 🎶
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The CFP is out for next year's Critical Studies in Television conference - returning to Manchester to mark the 20th anniversary of the journal's founding. Full details and the link to the submission portal (deadline 17th Jan) can be found here: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/tvresearchgr...
November 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
The CFP is out for next year's Critical Studies in Television conference - returning to Manchester to mark the 20th anniversary of the journal's founding. Full details and the link to the submission portal (deadline 17th Jan) can be found here: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/tvresearchgr...
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People (especially pundits) assume universities have way more influence over politics and culture than they do and grant way too little credit for the essential, basic knowledge we produce (climate science, cancer research, AI, ethics, etc.)
November 16, 2024 at 8:45 PM
People (especially pundits) assume universities have way more influence over politics and culture than they do and grant way too little credit for the essential, basic knowledge we produce (climate science, cancer research, AI, ethics, etc.)
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On Xodus to 🦋 by @snurb.bsky.social :
“It’s become a refuge for people who want to have the kind of social media experience that Twitter used to provide, but without all the far-right activism, the misinformation, the hate speech, the bots and everything else”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“It’s become a refuge for people who want to have the kind of social media experience that Twitter used to provide, but without all the far-right activism, the misinformation, the hate speech, the bots and everything else”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:00 AM
On Xodus to 🦋 by @snurb.bsky.social :
“It’s become a refuge for people who want to have the kind of social media experience that Twitter used to provide, but without all the far-right activism, the misinformation, the hate speech, the bots and everything else”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“It’s become a refuge for people who want to have the kind of social media experience that Twitter used to provide, but without all the far-right activism, the misinformation, the hate speech, the bots and everything else”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Made a starter pack of media industry scholars: go.bsky.app/61pDASR
Please let me know if you want to be added (or removed)!
Please let me know if you want to be added (or removed)!
November 10, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Made a starter pack of media industry scholars: go.bsky.app/61pDASR
Please let me know if you want to be added (or removed)!
Please let me know if you want to be added (or removed)!
about time :)
It sounds like the amazing Homicide: Life on the Street is on the verge of losing its title as The Best TV Show That You Can't Stream:
‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Is About to Find New Life on the Streamers
The iconic Nineties crime procedural, based on a book by David Simon, has been stuck in limbo over music rights, but Simon says a deal is imminent.
www.rollingstone.com
June 19, 2024 at 8:44 AM
about time :)