Benjamin Detenber
@detenber.bsky.social
University professor in Singapore studying media and public opinion.
Drinks with friends at sunset on Phuket is hard to beat.
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Drinks with friends at sunset on Phuket is hard to beat.
On this day, 27 years ago, we relocated from the US to Singapore. We thought it would be a fun and relatively brief adventure (I was given a three-year contract), but it turned out to be so much more than that. Thanksgiving may have passed, but I am still grateful for the opportunity of a lifetime.
December 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
On this day, 27 years ago, we relocated from the US to Singapore. We thought it would be a fun and relatively brief adventure (I was given a three-year contract), but it turned out to be so much more than that. Thanksgiving may have passed, but I am still grateful for the opportunity of a lifetime.
No, it does not. It's literally titled a Reaction Paper. Here is the assignment. Unless you are a tertiary-level educator, maybe take a step back.
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
No, it does not. It's literally titled a Reaction Paper. Here is the assignment. Unless you are a tertiary-level educator, maybe take a step back.
Happy Thanksgiving from The Ad Council!
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from The Ad Council!
May your Thanksgiving be not like this.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
May your Thanksgiving be not like this.
I would like to go to Galway next July, and I have a couple of ideas for papers. Anyone else going to #IAMCR2026 ? iamcr.org/galway2026/cfp
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I would like to go to Galway next July, and I have a couple of ideas for papers. Anyone else going to #IAMCR2026 ? iamcr.org/galway2026/cfp
They walked it back.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
They walked it back.
More news of the deplorable.
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
More news of the deplorable.
I'm listening to the complete discography of Justin Townes Earle while working today. Yesterday it was Nanci Griffith. Two great American songwriters gone too soon.
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I'm listening to the complete discography of Justin Townes Earle while working today. Yesterday it was Nanci Griffith. Two great American songwriters gone too soon.
Even in the rain, the parakeets gather at dusk before heading to their nighttime roosts. Sound up.
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Even in the rain, the parakeets gather at dusk before heading to their nighttime roosts. Sound up.
Thanks to @dahlialithwick.bsky.social for this.
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thanks to @dahlialithwick.bsky.social for this.
When you live outside the US, things are different.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
When you live outside the US, things are different.
The WaPo editorial board has moved so far to the right and protective of the monied classes under Bezos that it is almost unrecognizable from its former self.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The WaPo editorial board has moved so far to the right and protective of the monied classes under Bezos that it is almost unrecognizable from its former self.
I am so glad I cancelled my subscription to the WaPo. While there are still pockets of adequate journalism, it has largely been hollowed out, and the editorial side has become a joke. The latest piece on the ACA is perfect example. No mention of the trillion $+ tax cut for billionaires like Bezos.
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I am so glad I cancelled my subscription to the WaPo. While there are still pockets of adequate journalism, it has largely been hollowed out, and the editorial side has become a joke. The latest piece on the ACA is perfect example. No mention of the trillion $+ tax cut for billionaires like Bezos.
MS Office dumpster diving in my junk mail folder to find "relevant" messages for a meeting with one of my doctoral students. Just another example of enshittifcation, I guess.
October 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
MS Office dumpster diving in my junk mail folder to find "relevant" messages for a meeting with one of my doctoral students. Just another example of enshittifcation, I guess.
Like clockwork, the parrots gather to roost in this tree across from apartment at dusk. They stay for 10-20 minutes and then fly off to their nighttime roosts. Sound up.
October 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Like clockwork, the parrots gather to roost in this tree across from apartment at dusk. They stay for 10-20 minutes and then fly off to their nighttime roosts. Sound up.
The faux sociability echoes that of its CEO.
September 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The faux sociability echoes that of its CEO.
The FCC is an independent agency, right? RIGHT?!?
September 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The FCC is an independent agency, right? RIGHT?!?
That time when I asked an usher to take a picture of me and my friends at the ballpark, and this photo was amongst them.
August 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That time when I asked an usher to take a picture of me and my friends at the ballpark, and this photo was amongst them.
Why feature these racists this way? Why feature them at all? C'mon @nytimes.com, do better.
August 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Why feature these racists this way? Why feature them at all? C'mon @nytimes.com, do better.
The media really need to frame this properly, as @marcelias.bsky.social does. Do you think they will? Not at the #failingNYT.
August 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The media really need to frame this properly, as @marcelias.bsky.social does. Do you think they will? Not at the #failingNYT.
