Dragos Obreja
@dragosobreja.bsky.social
Communication & New Media Technologies: Ideology, Institutions and Practice. Teaching Assistant at University of Bucharest, Romania.
🥳I am so happy to share with you my article on Video Games as Social Institutions. I discuss key criteria for this argument: ubicuous gamification elements, gamer identity (with racial & sexual tenets), resistance, and time-oriented interactions 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
March 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🥳I am so happy to share with you my article on Video Games as Social Institutions. I discuss key criteria for this argument: ubicuous gamification elements, gamer identity (with racial & sexual tenets), resistance, and time-oriented interactions 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
🚨 TikTok knows you better than you think! 🚨
In my new research in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social , I show that understanding how algorithm works makes you more resistant to manipulative political & religious content… but also makes you like the algorithm more! 📱
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
In my new research in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social , I show that understanding how algorithm works makes you more resistant to manipulative political & religious content… but also makes you like the algorithm more! 📱
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
March 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🚨 TikTok knows you better than you think! 🚨
In my new research in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social , I show that understanding how algorithm works makes you more resistant to manipulative political & religious content… but also makes you like the algorithm more! 📱
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
In my new research in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social , I show that understanding how algorithm works makes you more resistant to manipulative political & religious content… but also makes you like the algorithm more! 📱
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
🥳I am so happy to share with you my article on Video Games as Social Institutions. I discuss key criteria for this argument: ubicuous gamification elements, gamer identity (with racial & sexual tenets), resistance, and time-oriented interactions 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
March 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🥳I am so happy to share with you my article on Video Games as Social Institutions. I discuss key criteria for this argument: ubicuous gamification elements, gamer identity (with racial & sexual tenets), resistance, and time-oriented interactions 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
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OUT NOW: in the new issue of The Sociological Review journal, we reassess Bev Skeggs' acclaimed Formations of Class and Gender.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOR/73/2/
@jolittler.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @simov.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social #OpenAccess
journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOR/73/2/
@jolittler.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @simov.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social #OpenAccess
March 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
OUT NOW: in the new issue of The Sociological Review journal, we reassess Bev Skeggs' acclaimed Formations of Class and Gender.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOR/73/2/
@jolittler.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @simov.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social #OpenAccess
journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOR/73/2/
@jolittler.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @simov.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @tellynelly.bsky.social #OpenAccess
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🥰So happy to share my dissertation chapter with you. Here I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Bridging awareness and resistance: Using algorithmic knowledge against controversial content - Dragoș M Obreja, 2024
Political and moral/religious contents are increasingly popular on TikTok, and the concerns associated with them create the premises for a re-exploration of the...
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February 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🥰So happy to share my dissertation chapter with you. Here I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
I really enjoyed this paper. If you're interested in the ideological tensions surrounding critical race theory, this is a must read!
doi.org/10.1177/0735...
doi.org/10.1177/0735...
Critical Race Theory, Marxism, and the Problem of Ideology - William Sites, 2025
Critical race theories of ideology, surprisingly, replicate key tensions in early Marxist thought. Following a selective review of several Marxist theorists, th...
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March 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I really enjoyed this paper. If you're interested in the ideological tensions surrounding critical race theory, this is a must read!
doi.org/10.1177/0735...
doi.org/10.1177/0735...
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This is the way.
February 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the way.
🥰So happy to share my dissertation chapter with you. Here I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Bridging awareness and resistance: Using algorithmic knowledge against controversial content - Dragoș M Obreja, 2024
Political and moral/religious contents are increasingly popular on TikTok, and the concerns associated with them create the premises for a re-exploration of the...
doi.org
February 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🥰So happy to share my dissertation chapter with you. Here I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. #AcademicSky
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
These are the people on whose behalf Musk is interfering in Romania's internal politics. The so-called "sovereignists" who display Russian flags. #Krasnov
February 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
These are the people on whose behalf Musk is interfering in Romania's internal politics. The so-called "sovereignists" who display Russian flags. #Krasnov
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
Very interesting how JD Vance mocks Russian interference in Romanian elections, as if the same factor didn't contribute decisively to Trump's victory in 2016 (and perhaps 2025).
February 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Very interesting how JD Vance mocks Russian interference in Romanian elections, as if the same factor didn't contribute decisively to Trump's victory in 2016 (and perhaps 2025).
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My new book from @mitpress.bsky.social, Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right, is out today! The book explores how play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms. #digitalculture #games #politics #platforms
Gaming Democracy
How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms.From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gon...
mitpress.mit.edu
October 15, 2024 at 11:31 AM
My new book from @mitpress.bsky.social, Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right, is out today! The book explores how play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms. #digitalculture #games #politics #platforms
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Really happy to share my paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social with you! I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. 🥰
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Really happy to share my paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social with you! I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. 🥰
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
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Exciting new #book in #death #studies coming out this spring, Death and Institutions: Processes, Places and the Past (Bristol University Press), edited by @katewoody.bsky.social, Helen Frisby and Bethan Michal-Fox @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
Death and Institutions
Death and Institutions - Processes, Places and the Past; Institutions play a crucial role in shaping experiences of end-of-life care, death and bereavement, yet research is often limited to specific s...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Exciting new #book in #death #studies coming out this spring, Death and Institutions: Processes, Places and the Past (Bristol University Press), edited by @katewoody.bsky.social, Helen Frisby and Bethan Michal-Fox @deathstudiespod.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
Hello, Bluesky community. Given the fact that Bluesky does not (yet) operate with algorithmic recommendations, it would be useful to like less and retweet/ share more, in order to find each other quickly. Thanks 😇
February 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hello, Bluesky community. Given the fact that Bluesky does not (yet) operate with algorithmic recommendations, it would be useful to like less and retweet/ share more, in order to find each other quickly. Thanks 😇
Really happy to share my paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social with you! I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. 🥰
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Really happy to share my paper in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social with you! I show that users’ knowledge about social media algorithms positively influence their awareness on contentious political/ religious content, and their attitudes about algorithms. 🥰
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
Reposted by Dragos Obreja
Good news everyone: you don't need to read our article on the agency of AI systems. Just listen to this 10 minute introductory podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
For a deeper dive, you find the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/0735...
For a deeper dive, you find the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/0735...
Sociological Theory - The Matrix of AI Agency: On the Demarcation Problem in Social Theory
Podcast Episode · Sage Sociology · 12/02/2024 · 11m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Good news everyone: you don't need to read our article on the agency of AI systems. Just listen to this 10 minute introductory podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
For a deeper dive, you find the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/0735...
For a deeper dive, you find the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/0735...
Reposted by Dragos Obreja
What a terrible day.
I hope people can find some peace.
I hope people can find some peace.
January 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
What a terrible day.
I hope people can find some peace.
I hope people can find some peace.
My article, Video Games as Social Institutions, has been assigned to an issue 🥰. Hope it will be of interest
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
December 30, 2024 at 10:49 AM
My article, Video Games as Social Institutions, has been assigned to an issue 🥰. Hope it will be of interest
doi.org/10.1177/1555...
doi.org/10.1177/1555...