Alisa Perren
@aperren.bsky.social
Media studies prof. Director, Center for Entertainment and Media Industries at UT-Austin. Latest book: The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood. Opinions are my own.
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I was in downtown LA last night and witnessed someone honking furiously at a Waymo for not making a right on red and it felt like it really captured our moment.
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I was in downtown LA last night and witnessed someone honking furiously at a Waymo for not making a right on red and it felt like it really captured our moment.
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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November 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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A large majority of U.S. adults now get news digitally, but nondigital news consumers are less likely to say they extremely often or often encounter inaccurate news.
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
Those who report often encountering inaccurate news are more likely than those who rarely or never do to say it’s hard to know what is true (59% vs. 31%).
www.pewresearch.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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just 10 people accumulated $700 billion dollars in the last year.
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
just 10 people accumulated $700 billion dollars in the last year.
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
that's over $5k per household in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I love for everyone that this is now the baseball app
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I love for everyone that this is now the baseball app
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We do have an extra hour to work with
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We do have an extra hour to work with
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You have to be a real trashcan to use “AI” tools to make videos of cute babies and animals. If you can’t come up with an adequate supply of cute babies and animals using reality, you are, I repeat, a trashcan.
November 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You have to be a real trashcan to use “AI” tools to make videos of cute babies and animals. If you can’t come up with an adequate supply of cute babies and animals using reality, you are, I repeat, a trashcan.
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People are saying that AI will transform the way we teach and learn. It has already transformed the way students cheat and, to my surprise, how they apologize for cheating.
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
People are saying that AI will transform the way we teach and learn. It has already transformed the way students cheat and, to my surprise, how they apologize for cheating.
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Big Hollywood news: Taylor Sheridan, TV’s top creator, just got poached. All the details and the wild backstory. ⬇️⬇️ puck.news/taylor-sheri...
Taylor Sheridan Is Leaving Paramount
TV’s top creator has just closed a massive deal with a rival for when his commitments with Paramount are up. It’s a major move for the ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Landman’ creator, but perhaps an even bigger c...
puck.news
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Musk: X will delete all heuristics from its recommendation system within six weeks. ...the familiar logic of likes, replies, and reposts that shaped Twitter for years is about to disappear. In its place, Grok, the platform's in-house Al model, will read and watch more than one hundred million posts.
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Musk: X will delete all heuristics from its recommendation system within six weeks. ...the familiar logic of likes, replies, and reposts that shaped Twitter for years is about to disappear. In its place, Grok, the platform's in-house Al model, will read and watch more than one hundred million posts.
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"Cal State’s A.I. initiative was driven in part by state officials who had heard concern from leading tech companies that local students lacked the A.I. skills the companies needed."
𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤.
𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤.
October 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Cal State’s A.I. initiative was driven in part by state officials who had heard concern from leading tech companies that local students lacked the A.I. skills the companies needed."
𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤.
𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤.
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"...the university is paying OpenAI $16.9 million to provide ChatGPT Edu to more than half a million students and staff."
CSU is paying a private company so that company can access the captive market of students and faculty. Meanwhile CSU faces funding shortfalls.
CSU is paying a private company so that company can access the captive market of students and faculty. Meanwhile CSU faces funding shortfalls.
October 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"...the university is paying OpenAI $16.9 million to provide ChatGPT Edu to more than half a million students and staff."
CSU is paying a private company so that company can access the captive market of students and faculty. Meanwhile CSU faces funding shortfalls.
CSU is paying a private company so that company can access the captive market of students and faculty. Meanwhile CSU faces funding shortfalls.
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"In the end, generative AI might be a blip in tech history, over-promising and under-delivering until finally the cash runs out. But it seems it’s arrived just in time to shove universities over a cliff edge..."
defector.com/higher-eds-r...
defector.com/higher-eds-r...
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
defector.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"In the end, generative AI might be a blip in tech history, over-promising and under-delivering until finally the cash runs out. But it seems it’s arrived just in time to shove universities over a cliff edge..."
defector.com/higher-eds-r...
defector.com/higher-eds-r...
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One of the better photographs depicting modernity, I'd say:
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
One of the better photographs depicting modernity, I'd say:
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The Trump administration announced yesterday that the $100k H1B fee would only apply to workers who are not already in the US on another visa. This preserves the path to employment for people currently attending American universities.
U.S. Narrows Who Pays $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
Under the new guidance, only applicants living abroad will be subject to the fee.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Trump administration announced yesterday that the $100k H1B fee would only apply to workers who are not already in the US on another visa. This preserves the path to employment for people currently attending American universities.
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Question: Would you view a news organization as more trustworthy, with a more appealing brand, if it declared that AI would not be used in creation of its content? Also, would you be more inclined to pay for reporting and journalism that's specifically offered as human-created and human-curated?
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Whole websites and online businesses suddenly realizing what the Washington Post and the city of Venice already know: Never let Jeff Bezos be in charge of your day.
October 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Whole websites and online businesses suddenly realizing what the Washington Post and the city of Venice already know: Never let Jeff Bezos be in charge of your day.
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Great moments in redaction history.
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Great moments in redaction history.
Wonder if it will take three years?
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wonder if it will take three years?
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
TT position in East Asian Media, Visual & Popular Cultures at UT-Austin, deadline 10/24.
faculty.utexas.edu/career/168988
faculty.utexas.edu/career/168988
Faculty Careers - The University of Texas at Austin
Unleash your intellectual power by joining a world-renowned faculty that is solving the world's most urgent problems. At UT Austin, we provide you the freedom to blaze trails, follow your curiosity, e...
faculty.utexas.edu
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
TT position in East Asian Media, Visual & Popular Cultures at UT-Austin, deadline 10/24.
faculty.utexas.edu/career/168988
faculty.utexas.edu/career/168988
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Well, hey, how cool is this? 👏👏👏
I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a new report, “Roadmap to the Texas Media Industries: The Passage of the 2025 Film Incentive and Beyond.”
This report includes more than a dozen articles produced by a team of researchers from UT-Austin and beyond.
moody.utexas.edu/media/roadma...
This report includes more than a dozen articles produced by a team of researchers from UT-Austin and beyond.
moody.utexas.edu/media/roadma...
Roadmap to the Texas Media Industries
The Passage of the
moody.utexas.edu
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Well, hey, how cool is this? 👏👏👏