Ted Striphas
@striphas.bsky.social
Chair of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder | Author, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet (https://tinyurl.com/p8ad6suw) | Opinions my own
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Ted Striphas
@striphas.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet | Columbia University Press
Today, algorithms exercise outsize influence on cultural decision-making, shaping and even reshaping the concept of culture. How were automated, computationa... | CUP
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(1/2) I had a pinned post about my latest book, Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet, over on the platform-that-must-not-be-named. Figured there should be something here about the book, too:
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Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'
Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'
Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'
Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'
Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.
"If reviewers are merely skimming papers & relying on LLMs to generate substantive reviews...it opens the door for a new cheating method...which involves inserting hidden white text... that tells AI tools to give a research paper favorable reviews."
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AI-Enabled Cheating Points to ‘Untenable’ Peer Review System
It’s not clear how widespread the new cheating strategy is, but it’s highlighting longstanding drivers of the peer review crisis some reviewers are now trying to alleviate with AI.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"If reviewers are merely skimming papers & relying on LLMs to generate substantive reviews...it opens the door for a new cheating method...which involves inserting hidden white text... that tells AI tools to give a research paper favorable reviews."
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
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One of the best written essays I've read in awhile. Clever, researched, clear. We all need well cited and insightful voices on wellness these days, especially. Follow 👀
Cold plunges aren’t healing. They’re rebranded psychiatric punishment, sold back to us through influencer marketing and pseudoscience. The latest research says they don’t even work.
Read my full deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/azadehjo...
Read my full deep dive: open.substack.com/pub/azadehjo...
From Asylums to Ice Tubs: How Cold Plunges Went from Psychiatric Control to Wellness Trend & Why Science Now Says They Don’t Work
Cold water sells.
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May 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One of the best written essays I've read in awhile. Clever, researched, clear. We all need well cited and insightful voices on wellness these days, especially. Follow 👀
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Before and After the Internet. We have just published a review of two recent books on #AlgorithmicCulture and #PlatformCapitalism by @striphas.bsky.social and @synthesiastica.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Before and after the internet - Subjectivity
Subjectivity -
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May 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Before and After the Internet. We have just published a review of two recent books on #AlgorithmicCulture and #PlatformCapitalism by @striphas.bsky.social and @synthesiastica.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Rally today at NOAA building in Boulder, Colorado to stand up for federal workers, particularly scientists
March 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Rally today at NOAA building in Boulder, Colorado to stand up for federal workers, particularly scientists
*Please share widely (deadline Mar 5):*
The Dept of Media Studies at the Univ of CO Boulder is searching for 2 Assistant Teaching Profs. If you're passionate about higher-ed instruction, invested in media literacy, & have a background in global media, apply:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
The Dept of Media Studies at the Univ of CO Boulder is searching for 2 Assistant Teaching Profs. If you're passionate about higher-ed instruction, invested in media literacy, & have a background in global media, apply:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies
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February 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
*Please share widely (deadline Mar 5):*
The Dept of Media Studies at the Univ of CO Boulder is searching for 2 Assistant Teaching Profs. If you're passionate about higher-ed instruction, invested in media literacy, & have a background in global media, apply:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
The Dept of Media Studies at the Univ of CO Boulder is searching for 2 Assistant Teaching Profs. If you're passionate about higher-ed instruction, invested in media literacy, & have a background in global media, apply:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
The app deadline for the Assistant Teaching Professor opening in my department (Media Studies, U of CO Boulder) is less than 2 weeks away! This is a contracted/renewable, non-tenure-track faculty line. Read on for additional information about the position:
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Media Studies
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February 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The app deadline for the Assistant Teaching Professor opening in my department (Media Studies, U of CO Boulder) is less than 2 weeks away! This is a contracted/renewable, non-tenure-track faculty line. Read on for additional information about the position:
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PLEASE SHARE: The Dept. of Media Studies at the University of CO Boulder is hiring TWO assistant teaching professors. These are renewable, non-tenure track positions for which we're using a single job ad: lnkd.in/gHXdMqUw Deadline is February 28, 2025.
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January 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
PLEASE SHARE: The Dept. of Media Studies at the University of CO Boulder is hiring TWO assistant teaching professors. These are renewable, non-tenure track positions for which we're using a single job ad: lnkd.in/gHXdMqUw Deadline is February 28, 2025.
Solid piece on the thinking behind the Broligarchy: “The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term,” via Vox - apple.news/A5jGJAukoSGK...
The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term. It’s darker than you think. — Vox
The real reason Musk, Zuckerberg, and Bezos are supporting Trump. There’s a dominant narrative in the media about why tech billionaires are sucking up to Donald Trump: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and...
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January 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Solid piece on the thinking behind the Broligarchy: “The broligarchs have a vision for the new Trump term,” via Vox - apple.news/A5jGJAukoSGK...
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At some point I would like to ignore Elon Musk. Sadly, that time is not now.
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Elon Musk is the ultimate chaos agent | Siva Vaidhyanathan
With one post on X, Musk has the power to shut down the government of the most powerful nation in world history
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December 20, 2024 at 12:25 PM
At some point I would like to ignore Elon Musk. Sadly, that time is not now.
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This explains it.
December 17, 2024 at 3:36 AM
This explains it.
Public Domain Day is coming soon. Get ready to party like it's 1929! web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Public Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of Law
Tweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public D...
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December 17, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Public Domain Day is coming soon. Get ready to party like it's 1929! web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
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"The combination of Blackness and Twitter represents a paradigm shift from modernity’s materialist “existence in Black” to a Black technoculture afforded by the digital’s capacities for virtuality, simulation, and interactivity." André Brock
ANDRÉ BROCK: The Illumination of Black Twitter
The Illumination of Black Twitter: Charles Mills, Race, and Digital Media Theory ANDRÉ BROCK Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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December 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM
"The combination of Blackness and Twitter represents a paradigm shift from modernity’s materialist “existence in Black” to a Black technoculture afforded by the digital’s capacities for virtuality, simulation, and interactivity." André Brock
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‘Phonetic’ is not.
‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters.
‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym.
Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.
‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters.
‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym.
Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.
November 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM
‘Phonetic’ is not.
‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters.
‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym.
Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.
‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters.
‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym.
Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.
Did y'all see this? The university of WI system is proposing a policy change so that the system would now assert and control copyright over professors' lecture notes, syllabi, articles, & more. VERY concerning: www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
Wisconsin professors worry AI could replace them
Faculty say a proposed policy change could lead to AI-run classes at the Universities of Wisconsin System. University officials say their fears are overblown.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Did y'all see this? The university of WI system is proposing a policy change so that the system would now assert and control copyright over professors' lecture notes, syllabi, articles, & more. VERY concerning: www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
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Cultural Studies is officially returning to Bluesky—but before we begin sharing details about our final issue of Volume 37, we first wanted to let you know that we also post on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn and wanted to invite you to follow us wherever else you might also be.
December 3, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Cultural Studies is officially returning to Bluesky—but before we begin sharing details about our final issue of Volume 37, we first wanted to let you know that we also post on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn and wanted to invite you to follow us wherever else you might also be.
It used to happen like this…
Here’s an email I sent a friend in 1994 to help them upload a file in Word Perfect. Ah, the good ol days….. lol.
December 2, 2024 at 2:51 PM
It used to happen like this…
Oxford English Dictionary word of the year: "brain rot." Fitting… corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
Oxford Word of the Year 2024 - Oxford University Press
Voting has closed and we'll be revealing the official Word of the Year 2024 shortly. Discover more about our shortlist and the past 20 years of Word of the Year.
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December 1, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Oxford English Dictionary word of the year: "brain rot." Fitting… corp.oup.com/word-of-the-...
Dictionary [dot] com's word of the year is "demure." What's your pick? www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...
Dictionary.com's 2024 Word of the Year is...
Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year and short-listed nominees capture pivotal moments in language and culture. Find out which word had people searching for it 200 times more than normal on ou...
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November 27, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Dictionary [dot] com's word of the year is "demure." What's your pick? www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
(1/2) Just learned that the Italian translation of Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet was just published earlier this month by Mimesis. I knew it was in the works but wasn't aware that it was out. Exciting! 🇮🇹 www.mimesisedizioni.it/libro/979122...
La cultura algoritmica prima di Internet - Ted Striphas
La cultura algoritmica prima di Internet analizza in chiave storico-genealogica la condizione di vita umana e sociale caratterizzata dall’intreccio tra computing e cultura.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:47 PM
(1/2) Just learned that the Italian translation of Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet was just published earlier this month by Mimesis. I knew it was in the works but wasn't aware that it was out. Exciting! 🇮🇹 www.mimesisedizioni.it/libro/979122...
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Grateful to @archive.org for downloading climate & environmental data as we re-enter an era of censorship & climate denial: www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/s...
Scientists fear Trump will erase public research, here’s what they are doing | CNN
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative is working to preserve scientific data and research on public government websites amid fears that topics like climate change and green energy will be r...
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November 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Grateful to @archive.org for downloading climate & environmental data as we re-enter an era of censorship & climate denial: www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/s...
What a beautiful thing to see this community forming here. My biggest concern about leaving the-platform-that-must-not-be-named was saying goodbye to the folks I followed. Great to see so many of you here -- and so many new folks I should have known about.
November 20, 2024 at 3:07 PM
What a beautiful thing to see this community forming here. My biggest concern about leaving the-platform-that-must-not-be-named was saying goodbye to the folks I followed. Great to see so many of you here -- and so many new folks I should have known about.
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November 20, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Our Fall Sale is underway. If you are outside the US & Latin America, shop with our partners, @capacademicbooks.bsky.social and Univ. of Toronto Press for faster & cheaper shipping.
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Follow this amazing group of Media Studies colleagues from the University of Colorado Boulder!
My department just made its own Starter Pack. Of interest to those who take humanistic approaches to the study of social justice and media.
November 20, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Follow this amazing group of Media Studies colleagues from the University of Colorado Boulder!