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Mike Adorjan
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Sociologist @ UCalgary
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Mike Adorjan @zensurfer.bsky.social · Dec 7
I don’t shine
If you don’t shine

#TheKillers Read My Mind
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Rocket 🚀 away Qian Liu, new member of the Board of Trustees, Law and Society Association- congratulations !🎉
@qianliuedu.bsky.social
@lawandsociety.bsky.social
lawandsociety.bsky.social Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 5d
Congrats LSA Class of 2028 Board of Trustees!

@monicacbell.bsky.social, @yale.edu
@meeradeo.bsky.social, Southwestern
Howard Erlanger, @law.wisc.edu
Jonathan Liljeblad, ANU
@qianliuedu.bsky.social, @ucalgary.bsky.social
OTA Shozo, Meiji Uni
Mary Rose, UTAustin
@mwyarbrough.bsky.social, CUNY
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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doi.org/10.1093/gero...
Fahimeh Mehrabi examines social robots helping to alleviate loneliness in later life! #sociology #gerontology #openaccess @itds-csa.bsky.social
Wired for Companionship: A Meta-Analysis on Social Robots Filling the Void of Loneliness in Later Life
AbstractBackground and objectives. Loneliness is a significant public health concern affecting over a quarter of older adults worldwide. Emerging research
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Trent Bax on the #algopticon under #surveillancecapitalism @itds-csa.bsky.social
#sociology
Rise of the algopticon: the algoptic gaze in the age of algorithmic governance and surveillance capitalism - AI & SOCIETY
This paper introduces the concept of an algopticon to theorize surveillance in the age of algorithmic governance and surveillance capitalism. Building on earlier surveillance models— panopticon, synop...
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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@michaelhoffman.bsky.social posted with permission
#bluejays #art
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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“They’re still losing” at the door. #halloween #bluejays
November 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
giovannamas.bsky.social
evidence is piling up that LLMs are culturally biased, since traiend on data from Western, Educated, Industrialized,
Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) countries, thus unsuitable to understand people from different regions and cultures, study finds: coevolution.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...
coevolution.fas.harvard.edu
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
csa-scs.bsky.social
Join us for the Meet the Author Series in November!
Register for each event separately.
November 5 - www.csa-scs.ca/news/meet-th...
November 21 - www.csa-scs.ca/news/meet-th...
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Same #students circulating this soon eligible to vote in #Alberta. #abpoli #ABTeachersStrike
Students circulating call to support teachers in Alberta
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Rising #sociology #cybercriminology star Mohana Mukherjee!

sociology.arizona.edu/person/mohan...
Mohana Mukherjee
sociology.arizona.edu
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
gerardomarti.bsky.social
Found on Instagram
The Instagram post shows a digitally altered image in which a large, dome-shaped structure is under construction immediately next to the White House, dwarfing the East Wing and surrounding grounds. The partially built sphere clearly resembles the Death Star from Star Wars, with detailed scaffolding visible where the structure is incomplete and a distinctive circular indentation at the top, similar to the superlaser dish on the Death Star. The massive construction dominates the scene. The accompanying caption declares: “BREAKING: areal photograph reveals Donald Trump’s new $250M ‘ballroom’ is nearing completion.” This image and caption together depict the fictional scenario of President Trump destroying and rebuilding part of the White House (specifically the East Wing) to construct a gigantic Death Star—an unmistakable reference to the iconic planet-destroying weapon and battle station from Star Wars. The visual and textual elements serve as a pointed comment on presidential power and the willingness to remake historical landmarks with grand, controversial projects by inserting a symbol of authoritarian rule and destruction into the heart of American democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Do not update #nvivo beyond 15.2.0 - figures no longer appear at all for files and coding references.
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
csa-scs.bsky.social
Don't miss our upcoming October webinars!

Learn more about these and additional virtual events at www.csa-scs.ca/news/webinar...
October 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
wytang.bsky.social
Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on #snapchat by
@betsymilne.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @tanyah.bsky.social & Kaitlynn Mendes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on Snapchat
Snapchat has long been a pivotal space for youth digital intimate and sexual cultures, as well as gendered and sexual risks and harms. Despite being o…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Pre-teen boys disagreeing that #kpopdemonhunters fandoms shouldn’t include boys - this is a good start to combatting wider magnets of misogyny as they get older. #masculinity #golden #algorithmliteracy
October 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

New article examining youth use of Snapchat and tech faciliated digital violence in Computers in Human Behavior!

Authored by Betsy Milne, Jessica Ringrose, Tanya Horeck and Kaitlynn Mendes

#openaccess #sociology
October 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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I can’t wait to host this!

Join @mediasmarts.bsky.social and @itds-csa.bsky.social 4 a live panel discussion ~ #MediaLiteracyWeek exploring how #AI is reshaping youth relationships, emotional connections, & digital culture!

October 30
12-1:30PM EST (recorded)

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: AI, Intimacy and Influence: Youth, Parasocial Relationships and the AI Age. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeti...
As part of MediaSmarts’ 20th annual Media Literacy Week (October 27–31, 2025), in partnership with the Internet, Technology, and Digital Sociology Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association, we ...
us02web.zoom.us
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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apnews.com/article/ai-s...

#gaggle
#ai
@diydigsafety.bsky.social
@zajko.bsky.social
@itds-csa.bsky.social
Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks
Schools are turning to AI-powered surveillance technology to monitor students on school-issued devices like laptops and tablets.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
csa-scs.bsky.social
We invite you to submit a session proposal for inclusion in the Conference Program. The session may be focused on the Conference theme or relate to other sociological areas of research.
Learn more: www.csa-scs.ca/2026-annual-...
October 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
diydigsafety.bsky.social
We are pleased to share our latest article on @theconversation.com, where we discuss the findings of our recently conducted survey with more than 1,000 teens aged 13 to 18 across Canada 🇨🇦 about tech-facilitated sexual violence.
More than a quarter of Canadian teens have experienced sexual violence online
A new survey reveals that almost a third of youth have been exposed to technology-facilitated sexual violence. Better protective and educational measures are needed.
theconversation.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
aducey.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing your research with us @raulpachecovega.bsky.social !
raulpachecovega.bsky.social Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · Oct 3
Thanks to @aducey.bsky.social Amie Kiddle, Laura Montes de Oca, the Sociology Department of @ucalgary.bsky.social and the LACS Group for hosting me today! Two talks (governance of homelessness and ethnography of climate migration) and I’m completely wiped. But grateful for feedback and questions!
October 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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www.parents.com/kids-are-wat...

@diydigsafety.bsky.social
AI-Generated Kids Videos Are Flooding YouTube—What Parents Should Know
AI generated content seems to be everywhere these days, and yes, it’s very likely in some of the videos your toddler is watching. Ahead, experts share the down-low on AI videos for kids, including how...
www.parents.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Dr Annette Tézli featured on UCalgary Faculty of Arts screens talking about online learning - article here:

arts.ucalgary.ca/news/reframing-narrative-around-online-learning
Dr Annette Tézli on UCalgary displays speaking about online learning
September 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
zensurfer.bsky.social
dana boyd’s observation tracks here - youth “lying” on SMPs may be a vie for agency in response to platform affordances, as much to do with entertainment as it may with political activism and community connection.
September 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/ai-h...

#ai @itds-csa.bsky.social
#highereducation
Canada needs a national strategy for generative AI in higher education
Canada needs a national framework and AI literacy in higher education to harness generative AI’s benefits and avoid deepening inequality.
policyoptions.irpp.org
September 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Mike Adorjan
aminghaziani.bsky.social
Congrats to my grad student @alyypatel.bsky.social on her article "Re-theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet" in Canadian Review of Sociology. How can the closet be a source of violence, esp. for multiply marginalized groups? Find out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #sociology
Re‐theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet: Evidence From Queer South Asian Women
Scholarship generally assumes the closet is a place of safety from the perceived risks associated with coming out. However, this overlooks its function as a source of violence, particularly for those...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM