Devon Powers
@devonjp.bsky.social
Professor at University of Michigan. Metafuturist. Music nerd. Karaoke enthusiast. Fun at meetings, boring at parties.
Sharing my latest publication, “What is a trend?” in the Journal of Communication. It speaks to how the trend is a central concept of our era and deserves much more scholarly attention. academic.oup.com/joc/article-...
What is a trend?
Abstract . Trends are a common feature in the contemporary media and cultural environment as well as media and communication research. Yet trends remain un
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July 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Sharing my latest publication, “What is a trend?” in the Journal of Communication. It speaks to how the trend is a central concept of our era and deserves much more scholarly attention. academic.oup.com/joc/article-...
Huh. I haven’t been here in a long time. Should I be?
June 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Huh. I haven’t been here in a long time. Should I be?
<awakens from social media nap, looks around>
What did I miss?
What did I miss?
November 17, 2024 at 9:56 PM
<awakens from social media nap, looks around>
What did I miss?
What did I miss?
I recently learned that a bunch of my family members don’t like Beyoncé, either. Nature is healing.
February 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I recently learned that a bunch of my family members don’t like Beyoncé, either. Nature is healing.
Is anyone—anyone at all—actually looking forward to the US presidential election this year?
January 10, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Is anyone—anyone at all—actually looking forward to the US presidential election this year?
Gotta love it when the NYT lets their movie critic write about higher ed.
January 3, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Gotta love it when the NYT lets their movie critic write about higher ed.
Does anybody still use Microsoft Teams?
December 19, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Does anybody still use Microsoft Teams?
I wish people would stop being themselves sometimes.
December 14, 2023 at 4:01 PM
I wish people would stop being themselves sometimes.
How I fold a fitted sheet
November 17, 2023 at 3:07 AM
How I fold a fitted sheet
Today I showed my class what a data center looked like and one student’s mouth literally dropped open. “That’s where the stuff you store in the cloud goes,” I said. She was speechless.
November 14, 2023 at 3:21 AM
Today I showed my class what a data center looked like and one student’s mouth literally dropped open. “That’s where the stuff you store in the cloud goes,” I said. She was speechless.
Today in bogus social science: just learned about a study (commissioned by the Louisiana Fish Fry Co.) that supposedly 80% of adults crave fries chicken monthly. I have so many questions
www.prnewswire.com/news-release....
www.prnewswire.com/news-release....
November 10, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Today in bogus social science: just learned about a study (commissioned by the Louisiana Fish Fry Co.) that supposedly 80% of adults crave fries chicken monthly. I have so many questions
www.prnewswire.com/news-release....
www.prnewswire.com/news-release....
I’m at the “I’m out of candy - how would you like garbanzo beans from the back of the pantry” stage of the evening. #Halloween
October 31, 2023 at 11:23 PM
I’m at the “I’m out of candy - how would you like garbanzo beans from the back of the pantry” stage of the evening. #Halloween
Kid trick or treating just totally deconstructed big box store capitalism’s impact on Halloween with one biting dig at my candy selection. “We have exactly the same stuff at my house,” she said disapprovingly.
October 31, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Kid trick or treating just totally deconstructed big box store capitalism’s impact on Halloween with one biting dig at my candy selection. “We have exactly the same stuff at my house,” she said disapprovingly.
It’s very sad that Matthew Perry died - he seemed like a nice guy and a tragic figure. But my god, wtf is up with this revisionist 90s TV history? For the record, NO, everyone did not like Friends.
October 31, 2023 at 1:55 AM
It’s very sad that Matthew Perry died - he seemed like a nice guy and a tragic figure. But my god, wtf is up with this revisionist 90s TV history? For the record, NO, everyone did not like Friends.
I haven’t figured out how to integrate this app into my media routine, and I think that’s probably a good thing.
October 18, 2023 at 1:26 AM
I haven’t figured out how to integrate this app into my media routine, and I think that’s probably a good thing.
Reposted by Devon Powers
@espiers.bsky.social: It discourages shutting up and listening and letting the voices that matter the most be heard over the din. It implies it’s not OK to have any uncertainty."
I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/o...
I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/o...
Opinion | I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You.
The pressure to make simplistic declarations about the Israel-Gaza war is not helping anyone.
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2023 at 10:02 AM
@espiers.bsky.social: It discourages shutting up and listening and letting the voices that matter the most be heard over the din. It implies it’s not OK to have any uncertainty."
I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/o...
I Don’t Have to Post About My Outrage. Neither Do You. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/o...
Spotted in a home decor store. This is neither home, nor decor
September 20, 2023 at 11:39 PM
Spotted in a home decor store. This is neither home, nor decor
Was recently reminded that many people who have hard jobs or whose job it is to execute difficult things often feel bad when doing so. For a paycheck, people act of behalf of systems they disagree with (in whole or part) all the time. What does this mean? I honestly don’t know.
September 4, 2023 at 7:24 PM
Was recently reminded that many people who have hard jobs or whose job it is to execute difficult things often feel bad when doing so. For a paycheck, people act of behalf of systems they disagree with (in whole or part) all the time. What does this mean? I honestly don’t know.
I made a baby. A Dutch baby.
September 3, 2023 at 11:32 PM
I made a baby. A Dutch baby.
A friend gave me an invite so here I am. Waiting to be dazzled.
September 2, 2023 at 6:41 PM
A friend gave me an invite so here I am. Waiting to be dazzled.