Blake Hallinan
@blakeplease.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Platform Studies at Aarhus University
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Blake Hallinan
@blakeplease.bsky.social
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Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards - Blake Hallinan, CJ Reynolds, Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief, Yehonatan Kuperberg, 2025
Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...
doi.org
How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...
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📚 Book Announcement
Our edited volume Global South Creator Cultures is coming soon from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - pre-order on 24 November, out on 15 December 2025! 🎉 @mediaindustries.bsky.social
Our edited volume Global South Creator Cultures is coming soon from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - pre-order on 24 November, out on 15 December 2025! 🎉 @mediaindustries.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📚 Book Announcement
Our edited volume Global South Creator Cultures is coming soon from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - pre-order on 24 November, out on 15 December 2025! 🎉 @mediaindustries.bsky.social
Our edited volume Global South Creator Cultures is coming soon from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - pre-order on 24 November, out on 15 December 2025! 🎉 @mediaindustries.bsky.social
I’m hiring for a 2.5 year postdoc position in digital methods and the creator economy, details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG525/p...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Methods and the Creator Economy at Aarhus University
Apply now for the Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Methods and the Creator Economy role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m hiring for a 2.5 year postdoc position in digital methods and the creator economy, details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG525/p...
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bluesky mentioned in academic paper about puppygirls
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
bluesky mentioned in academic paper about puppygirls
Honored to serve as the vice chair of Media Industry Studies 🫡
The results of the ICA Elections are in! 🎉 Congratulations to all newly elected individuals! A huge thank-you to all candidates and voters who participated—your engagement and support strengthen our community. 🔗 buff.ly/EVrbDcR
October 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Honored to serve as the vice chair of Media Industry Studies 🫡
How about that impact, @tomdivon.bsky.social ! Congrats 👏👏
Most cited: Playful Activism: Memetic Performances of Palestinian Resistance in TikTok #Challenges - Laura Cervi, Tom Divon, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
How about that impact, @tomdivon.bsky.social ! Congrats 👏👏
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💡 New publication alert!
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025
Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💡 New publication alert!
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“On the Controversiality of AI: The Controversy Is Not the Situation” by @noortjem.bsky.social , @ckatzenbach.bsky.social , @anderskristianm.bsky.social, and @annajobin.bsky.social is out now.
📖 Read it open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Hey #AoIR2025 catch me today at 4 pm with a wonderful group of scholars - Taylor Annabell, Diyi Liu, Thales Lelo and Tom Divon - for a roundtable on the future of tech governance research. This is going to be an open discussion, so please join and share your thoughts!
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hey #AoIR2025 catch me today at 4 pm with a wonderful group of scholars - Taylor Annabell, Diyi Liu, Thales Lelo and Tom Divon - for a roundtable on the future of tech governance research. This is going to be an open discussion, so please join and share your thoughts!
This article has some of the best screenshots I’ve seen in social media research. Really captures the kind of innovation Twitch excels at 🔥🌶️💸
🚨New publication alert! This one was a personal favorite of mine to work on, including fun facts about such topics as streamers farting into microphones for money. “Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba” is out now and open access in Platforms & Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This article has some of the best screenshots I’ve seen in social media research. Really captures the kind of innovation Twitch excels at 🔥🌶️💸
Where are you in a “paralocal” relationship with? Looking at First Amendment auditors (aka people that film the police and post it to social media), @reynoldscj.bsky.social looks at how media practices can foster these relationships and transform civic engagement.
🚨New publication from my dissertation work! Examining the clash between First Amendment auditors and the police of Leon Valley, Texas, I theorize the development of paralocal relationships as a new form of civic engagement for the social media age. #openaccess
September 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Where are you in a “paralocal” relationship with? Looking at First Amendment auditors (aka people that film the police and post it to social media), @reynoldscj.bsky.social looks at how media practices can foster these relationships and transform civic engagement.
BIG NEWS (!!) I’ve received an ERC starting grant for my project PAY4PLAY: Entrepreneurial Organizing in the Platform Society. Please prepare to hear me talking about how platforms, creators, 💸, organizing, and power for the next five years. Read more here: www.blakehallinan.com/pay4play
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September 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
BIG NEWS (!!) I’ve received an ERC starting grant for my project PAY4PLAY: Entrepreneurial Organizing in the Platform Society. Please prepare to hear me talking about how platforms, creators, 💸, organizing, and power for the next five years. Read more here: www.blakehallinan.com/pay4play
In my attempt to learn the “weeks” of the year and keep my drawing skills from getting too rusty, I’ve decided to match week numbers with Pokédex numbers and decorate my office white board. Please enjoy #35
August 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
In my attempt to learn the “weeks” of the year and keep my drawing skills from getting too rusty, I’ve decided to match week numbers with Pokédex numbers and decorate my office white board. Please enjoy #35
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Two weeks left to submit to PlatGovNet 2025!
We've got a good number of submissions already, make sure to share your extended abstract (800-1000 words) by September if you'd like to join us for this free online conference on platform governance December 1-2.
We've got a good number of submissions already, make sure to share your extended abstract (800-1000 words) by September if you'd like to join us for this free online conference on platform governance December 1-2.
Working on platform governance?
Join for PlatGovNet 2025
Free online conference Dec 1-2
Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) due Sep 2
Amazing community, opportunity to share work, get feedback, meet others working in this area.
Glad to be part of organizing it
Details: platgov.net/conferences/...
Join for PlatGovNet 2025
Free online conference Dec 1-2
Extended abstracts (800-1000 words) due Sep 2
Amazing community, opportunity to share work, get feedback, meet others working in this area.
Glad to be part of organizing it
Details: platgov.net/conferences/...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Two weeks left to submit to PlatGovNet 2025!
We've got a good number of submissions already, make sure to share your extended abstract (800-1000 words) by September if you'd like to join us for this free online conference on platform governance December 1-2.
We've got a good number of submissions already, make sure to share your extended abstract (800-1000 words) by September if you'd like to join us for this free online conference on platform governance December 1-2.
Setting up a new cloud file storage system has me getting intimate with my neglected files. I’ve discovered I have over 100 iterations of my CV saved. Do I need these? Should I purge them? What do other people’s records look like 🤔
August 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Setting up a new cloud file storage system has me getting intimate with my neglected files. I’ve discovered I have over 100 iterations of my CV saved. Do I need these? Should I purge them? What do other people’s records look like 🤔
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New special issue, "Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy," edited by #CPRN is now published in Social Media + Society!
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)
journals.sagepub.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New special issue, "Comparative Approaches to Studying Privacy," edited by #CPRN is now published in Social Media + Society!
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
w/ @lutzid.bsky.social, Lemi Baruh, Kelly Quinn, @masurphil.bsky.social, Carsten Wilhelm (comparativeprivacy.org)
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📘 New Publication: “Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards” - lead by @blakeplease.bsky.social, and in collaboration with our lab member @rscarlets.bsky.social.
👉 Read the full article #openaccess in New Media & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
👉 Read the full article #openaccess in New Media & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
📘 New Publication: “Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards” - lead by @blakeplease.bsky.social, and in collaboration with our lab member @rscarlets.bsky.social.
👉 Read the full article #openaccess in New Media & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
👉 Read the full article #openaccess in New Media & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Blake Hallinan
💥new paper out in New Media & Society💥
In this collaborative paper, led by @blakeplease.bsky.social, we compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from the Trust and Safety Professional Association to identify policy priorities and exclusions. Check out Blake’s thread for the deets👇
In this collaborative paper, led by @blakeplease.bsky.social, we compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from the Trust and Safety Professional Association to identify policy priorities and exclusions. Check out Blake’s thread for the deets👇
How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards - Blake Hallinan, CJ Reynolds, Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief, Yehonatan Kuperberg, 2025
Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...
doi.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
💥new paper out in New Media & Society💥
In this collaborative paper, led by @blakeplease.bsky.social, we compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from the Trust and Safety Professional Association to identify policy priorities and exclusions. Check out Blake’s thread for the deets👇
In this collaborative paper, led by @blakeplease.bsky.social, we compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from the Trust and Safety Professional Association to identify policy priorities and exclusions. Check out Blake’s thread for the deets👇
How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Priorities and exclusions within Trust and Safety industry standards - Blake Hallinan, CJ Reynolds, Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief, Yehonatan Kuperberg, 2025
Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...
doi.org
July 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
How does the professionalization of Trust & Safety shape global content moderation practices? We compare Community Guidelines using the typology of harms from TSPA to identify policy priorities and exclusions, available #openaccess in New Media & Society: doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Reposted by Blake Hallinan
Hey #ica25! You'll find me presenting Sunday at noon in the pre-constituted CLP panel "Platform Governance and the Tensions Between Public and Private Values" organized by @martinriedl.bsky.social & Samantha Bradshaw, w/ @robyncaplan.bsky.social & Philip Napoli. Come join us!
@rscarlets.bsky.social will present the paper on policy specifications in AI governance on behalf of a team with @reynoldscj.bsky.social Vasilisa Kuznetsova @ckatzenbach.bsky.social + me in an excellent panel on platform governance from @ica-clp.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hey #ica25! You'll find me presenting Sunday at noon in the pre-constituted CLP panel "Platform Governance and the Tensions Between Public and Private Values" organized by @martinriedl.bsky.social & Samantha Bradshaw, w/ @robyncaplan.bsky.social & Philip Napoli. Come join us!
Accidentally found a data center wandering around for #ICA25 saw the beautiful exterior lights on a seeming empty building and had to know more
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Accidentally found a data center wandering around for #ICA25 saw the beautiful exterior lights on a seeming empty building and had to know more
I'm off to Colorado this week for the #DebatingCreatorCulture preconference and the International Communication Association's annual conference #ICA25 with four co-authored projects on the docket: 1) Legal Lore, 2) Policy Specifications, 3) Parasocial Media, and 4) Aspirational Platform Governance 👇
June 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I'm off to Colorado this week for the #DebatingCreatorCulture preconference and the International Communication Association's annual conference #ICA25 with four co-authored projects on the docket: 1) Legal Lore, 2) Policy Specifications, 3) Parasocial Media, and 4) Aspirational Platform Governance 👇
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📢✨ New OA book out now with Amsterdam University Press: Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values, edited by José van Dijck, @kfvanes.bsky.social, @silvertje.bsky.social, & @fvandervlist.bsky.social. Access: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Governing the Digital Society
Digital technologies have rapidly become integral to communities and societies, bringing both significant benefits and serious concerns. Issues such as misinformation, disinformation, online polarizat...
www.aup.nl
May 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📢✨ New OA book out now with Amsterdam University Press: Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, and Public Values, edited by José van Dijck, @kfvanes.bsky.social, @silvertje.bsky.social, & @fvandervlist.bsky.social. Access: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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🚨 We’re heading to Boulder! 🚨 The Content Creator Scholars Network is thrilled to host our ICA 2025 pre-conference: Debating Creator Culture, in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication and Information.
May 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨 We’re heading to Boulder! 🚨 The Content Creator Scholars Network is thrilled to host our ICA 2025 pre-conference: Debating Creator Culture, in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication and Information.
When did streaming/camming sites launch direct donations? I've been trying to put together a timeline, and these are the early examples I've found documents for:
2005 - 1958 (CN)
2007 - AfreecaTV (KR)
2009 - Video Secrets/Flirt4Free, YY (CN)
2011 - Gamma Entertainment, YouNow
What am I missing?
2005 - 1958 (CN)
2007 - AfreecaTV (KR)
2009 - Video Secrets/Flirt4Free, YY (CN)
2011 - Gamma Entertainment, YouNow
What am I missing?
May 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
When did streaming/camming sites launch direct donations? I've been trying to put together a timeline, and these are the early examples I've found documents for:
2005 - 1958 (CN)
2007 - AfreecaTV (KR)
2009 - Video Secrets/Flirt4Free, YY (CN)
2011 - Gamma Entertainment, YouNow
What am I missing?
2005 - 1958 (CN)
2007 - AfreecaTV (KR)
2009 - Video Secrets/Flirt4Free, YY (CN)
2011 - Gamma Entertainment, YouNow
What am I missing?
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New paper out: Perpetual precarity: Cycles of value extraction in the platformised multi-level marketing scheme in which
Jacob Ørmen, Andreas Gregersen,Anne Thorhauge, and Linea Petersen write about how platformized MLMs generate cycles of precarity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Jacob Ørmen, Andreas Gregersen,Anne Thorhauge, and Linea Petersen write about how platformized MLMs generate cycles of precarity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Perpetual precarity: Cycles of value extraction in the platformised multi-level marketing scheme - Jacob Ørmen, Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen, Anne Mette Thorhauge, Linea Munk Petersen, 2025
This article examines the emergence of platformised multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes as a significant, yet understudied, phenomenon in the ongoing transforma...
journals.sagepub.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New paper out: Perpetual precarity: Cycles of value extraction in the platformised multi-level marketing scheme in which
Jacob Ørmen, Andreas Gregersen,Anne Thorhauge, and Linea Petersen write about how platformized MLMs generate cycles of precarity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Jacob Ørmen, Andreas Gregersen,Anne Thorhauge, and Linea Petersen write about how platformized MLMs generate cycles of precarity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
April 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hello I've decided to use Blue Sky now. In unrelated news, my book 'Influencer Creep' will be published with University of California press in October 2025. It's about the ways influencer culture has transformed creative work.
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...
Preorder here: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...