Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his
@bowmanspartan.bsky.social
STL native, UM-St. Louis x Michigan State alum. (Full) Prof at Newhouse School (Syracuse U, USA) studying gaming + emerging media. Launch Editor, Global Perspectives of Communication (Oxford x ICA).
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It should be obvious to those without malintent, but views here represent my own as a unique human and not those of my employers.
Truth, y'all. If something is broken, there's a fair chance I broke it.
A quick note that we're having some server issues that are delaying our ability to process manuscripts. All should be sorted out soon, but if you've been experiencing delays ... it's probably us, not you. We blame @bowmanspartan.bsky.social for mucking about. =)
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Truth, y'all. If something is broken, there's a fair chance I broke it.
Very much dig this. There is a surprisingly amount of resistance between "camps" at recognizing how similar sports and esports scholarship is.
I love this study because it highlights two things:
1) Esports are like regular sports: you’re mostly watching other people play; and
2) not everyone who enjoys watching Esports is necessarily a player of those same games
Normalizing Esports as just another sport opens up more research! #commsky
1) Esports are like regular sports: you’re mostly watching other people play; and
2) not everyone who enjoys watching Esports is necessarily a player of those same games
Normalizing Esports as just another sport opens up more research! #commsky
Paying, Playing, and Spectating: Relationships Between Digital Game Play and Spectating Esports - Joseph Macey, Topias Mattinen, Juho Hamari, 2025
The association between playing digital games and watching esports has, to date, been an explicit assumption of many works, specifically that there is a strong ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Very much dig this. There is a surprisingly amount of resistance between "camps" at recognizing how similar sports and esports scholarship is.
No pics of my greasy hands, but Live Achievement today: learning what it means to adjust the Pict 34 for "winter jets." That and some anti-corrosion spray = a wee bit of winter motoring. =)
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
No pics of my greasy hands, but Live Achievement today: learning what it means to adjust the Pict 34 for "winter jets." That and some anti-corrosion spray = a wee bit of winter motoring. =)
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We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness.
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
A rebuttal to NIH leadership's screed against pandemic preparedness.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins Inside Medicine for a tag-team response to a poorly reasoned essay by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his deputy, Dr. Matthew Memoli.
insidemedicine.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We've got a MASSIVE DEEP-DIVE rebuttal to the NIH leadership’s recent essay. They're arguing for a head-in-the-sand approach to pandemic preparedness.
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
The great @angierasmussen.bsky.social joins me in an extraordinarily detailed, line-by-line fact check.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/a-rebuttal...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Rather than giving the funds directly insurance companies to ensure coverage at cut rates, we'd instead rather give the money to people so that they can be either (a) denied coverage or (b) drastically over-charged and they we can shrug our shoulders and say "we never saw this coming."
The Republicans don't believe any of this bullshit. They know how insurance works. They've been bribed by the insurance industry for their entire careers. This is just a lame attempt to hide the fact that they want to deny health care to millions of Americans.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Rather than giving the funds directly insurance companies to ensure coverage at cut rates, we'd instead rather give the money to people so that they can be either (a) denied coverage or (b) drastically over-charged and they we can shrug our shoulders and say "we never saw this coming."
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In some instances, it could be that people are emulating the formats that they see other people using in public communication—which, yes, have evolved to be such as they are because the internet and algorithms reward forms that drive self-promotion.
November 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In some instances, it could be that people are emulating the formats that they see other people using in public communication—which, yes, have evolved to be such as they are because the internet and algorithms reward forms that drive self-promotion.
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I think emulation is a big part of it. It is a public service IMO to demystify surveillance, tech, and data privacy, but people have learned from YouTube and other platforms where length of views = $ and the TEDx culture of "everyone has a story" to make it a long winding narrative or something...
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I think emulation is a big part of it. It is a public service IMO to demystify surveillance, tech, and data privacy, but people have learned from YouTube and other platforms where length of views = $ and the TEDx culture of "everyone has a story" to make it a long winding narrative or something...
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I'm actually shocked. Good on Dana Bash for asking the question, and I genuinely would not have expected Greene to answer the way she did.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm actually shocked. Good on Dana Bash for asking the question, and I genuinely would not have expected Greene to answer the way she did.
"founder and fixer"
I don't actually do the fixing. But I ask others where said things can be fixed. I have skills, dammit!
I don't actually do the fixing. But I ask others where said things can be fixed. I have skills, dammit!
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"founder and fixer"
I don't actually do the fixing. But I ask others where said things can be fixed. I have skills, dammit!
I don't actually do the fixing. But I ask others where said things can be fixed. I have skills, dammit!
When you have to go hunting for "violent criminals" and your dragnet turns up mostly construction workers, migrant labor & families - the issue is immigration reform, not crime.
The party of small government seems to favor a large and roving police state ... just so long as we're policing "them."
The party of small government seems to favor a large and roving police state ... just so long as we're policing "them."
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
When you have to go hunting for "violent criminals" and your dragnet turns up mostly construction workers, migrant labor & families - the issue is immigration reform, not crime.
The party of small government seems to favor a large and roving police state ... just so long as we're policing "them."
The party of small government seems to favor a large and roving police state ... just so long as we're policing "them."
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$2 billion could be the cost of the name change, but an official name change can only done by US Congress #USA www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
$2 billion could be the cost of the name change, but an official name change can only done by US Congress #USA www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Whirlwind week in Seoul with a pair of talks at the International Metaverse Conference/Korea Metaverse Festival and an invited lecture at Ewha Womans University. A few quick pics, here.
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Whirlwind week in Seoul with a pair of talks at the International Metaverse Conference/Korea Metaverse Festival and an invited lecture at Ewha Womans University. A few quick pics, here.
Up and off to the Korea Metaverse Festival/International Metaverse Association to present our teams' scholarship on Sense of Place, and where GenAI could hasten or hinder it! docs.google.com/presentation...
IMA | Sense of Place
Can AI Make This Matter? GenAI and Sense of Place in Digital Worlds ND Bowman | Syracuse University 12 November 2025 @bowmanspartan.bsky.social
docs.google.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Up and off to the Korea Metaverse Festival/International Metaverse Association to present our teams' scholarship on Sense of Place, and where GenAI could hasten or hinder it! docs.google.com/presentation...
Self portrait, after two days' travel.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Self portrait, after two days' travel.
OH United, today is not the day for this. =/
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
OH United, today is not the day for this. =/
... and after the IMA event? On Friday, I'll be visiting 이화여자대학교 Ewha Womans University to speak about some of the broader findings on "sense of place" as applied to digital worlds, sharing from a trio of studies with @amperjay.bsky.social - Early draft: docs.google.com/presentation...
Ehwa | Sense of Place
Ego, Emotion, and The Psychology of “Sense of Place” in Digital Worlds ND Bowman | Syracuse University 14 November 2025 @bowmanspartan.bsky.social
docs.google.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
... and after the IMA event? On Friday, I'll be visiting 이화여자대학교 Ewha Womans University to speak about some of the broader findings on "sense of place" as applied to digital worlds, sharing from a trio of studies with @amperjay.bsky.social - Early draft: docs.google.com/presentation...
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🚨 Big reveal! New year, new logo, same event! 🚨
Join us for some fun at the 2026 ICA pre-conference hackathon in Stellenbosch, June 3-4. Stay tuned!
Join us for some fun at the 2026 ICA pre-conference hackathon in Stellenbosch, June 3-4. Stay tuned!
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🚨 Big reveal! New year, new logo, same event! 🚨
Join us for some fun at the 2026 ICA pre-conference hackathon in Stellenbosch, June 3-4. Stay tuned!
Join us for some fun at the 2026 ICA pre-conference hackathon in Stellenbosch, June 3-4. Stay tuned!
Still sorting some details, but early draft of my talk on the potential role of Generative AI in fostering Sense of Place in Metaverse Realities, for the International Metaverse Association event in Seoul next week!
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
IMA | Sense of Place
Can AI Make This Matter? GenAI and Sense of Place in Digital Worlds ND Bowman | Syracuse University 12 November 2025 @bowmanspartan.bsky.social
docs.google.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Still sorting some details, but early draft of my talk on the potential role of Generative AI in fostering Sense of Place in Metaverse Realities, for the International Metaverse Association event in Seoul next week!
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
It turns out that air-cooled vehicles really don't like cold and wet weather (Central NY), especially when you're running an aftermarket carburetor. Mechanic suggested a pre-filter and showed me how to tune it to the weather, and we're back on the road. 🧡
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It turns out that air-cooled vehicles really don't like cold and wet weather (Central NY), especially when you're running an aftermarket carburetor. Mechanic suggested a pre-filter and showed me how to tune it to the weather, and we're back on the road. 🧡
Johnson, on Trump: "He wants SNAP to be done but he doesn’t see the mechanism to do it."
Same President who figured out how to send the military on his own cities and tear down 1/3 of the White House suddenly can't figure SNAP out?
...
Same President who figured out how to send the military on his own cities and tear down 1/3 of the White House suddenly can't figure SNAP out?
...
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Johnson, on Trump: "He wants SNAP to be done but he doesn’t see the mechanism to do it."
Same President who figured out how to send the military on his own cities and tear down 1/3 of the White House suddenly can't figure SNAP out?
...
Same President who figured out how to send the military on his own cities and tear down 1/3 of the White House suddenly can't figure SNAP out?
...
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ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
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🧵 What does it take to build a small, scrappy, and successful communication neuroscience lab? Our lab, @gongxuanjun.bsky.social, @rachaelkee.bsky.social, Allyson Snyder, Ziyu Zhao, and I put out heads together to answer this question. Here's what we came up with: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧵 What does it take to build a small, scrappy, and successful communication neuroscience lab? Our lab, @gongxuanjun.bsky.social, @rachaelkee.bsky.social, Allyson Snyder, Ziyu Zhao, and I put out heads together to answer this question. Here's what we came up with: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Imagine how quickly this shutdown could end if Congress worked with each other & stopped taking their marching orders from others?
This Congress has done so much to cede its own authority and really, this needs to be a time where the Legislative ... legislates. Stop bowing to the other branches.
This Congress has done so much to cede its own authority and really, this needs to be a time where the Legislative ... legislates. Stop bowing to the other branches.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Imagine how quickly this shutdown could end if Congress worked with each other & stopped taking their marching orders from others?
This Congress has done so much to cede its own authority and really, this needs to be a time where the Legislative ... legislates. Stop bowing to the other branches.
This Congress has done so much to cede its own authority and really, this needs to be a time where the Legislative ... legislates. Stop bowing to the other branches.