Kirsten Drotner
@kirstendrotner.bsky.social
Professor em. @ University of Southern Denmark. Media history | audiences | digital creativity | museum communication
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A COUP is going on in real time in the heart of the US government. If only the UK press would notice, instead of focussing on the surface froth. This great piece lays out the details clearly: www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
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February 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A COUP is going on in real time in the heart of the US government. If only the UK press would notice, instead of focussing on the surface froth. This great piece lays out the details clearly: www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Trump defines a new and scary era of what I call “post propaganda”. I define what it means and how we can learn from media history to avoid it in today’s column in the Danish newspaper Politiken
December 28, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Trump defines a new and scary era of what I call “post propaganda”. I define what it means and how we can learn from media history to avoid it in today’s column in the Danish newspaper Politiken
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Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation has sparked widespread discussion, but are the data as solid as they seem? Top expert Candice Odgers offers a critical analysis of Haidt’s claims. Dive into their debate here: www.techdirt.com/2024/10/11/j...
Jonathan Haidt’s Claims On Kids & Tech Crumble Under Scrutiny From Top Expert, Candice Odgers
Jonathan Haidt’s incredibly well-timed decision to surf on the wave of a moral panic about kids and social media has made him a false hero for many parents and educators. In my review, I noted that…
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December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation has sparked widespread discussion, but are the data as solid as they seem? Top expert Candice Odgers offers a critical analysis of Haidt’s claims. Dive into their debate here: www.techdirt.com/2024/10/11/j...
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Many of the most popular benchmarks for AI models are outdated or poorly designed.
The way we measure progress in AI is terrible
Many of the most popular benchmarks for AI models are outdated or poorly designed.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Many of the most popular benchmarks for AI models are outdated or poorly designed.
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Our upcoming public panel 'What is a Public Service Media Algorithm, and Why Might We Need One?' will foreground critical discussion around automation's role in the future of public service media, featuring ADM+S AI James Meese alongside industry experts from our partner organisations ABC & Google.
November 27, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Our upcoming public panel 'What is a Public Service Media Algorithm, and Why Might We Need One?' will foreground critical discussion around automation's role in the future of public service media, featuring ADM+S AI James Meese alongside industry experts from our partner organisations ABC & Google.
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Cough, cough.
100 years ago tomorrow.
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”
November 23, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Cough, cough.
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Hello Bluesky!
Allow me to dedicate my first post here to our new book (Oct. 24), which might interest those of you engaged in children, youth, and digital media:
"Social Media Across Everyday Contexts
Digital Childhood and Youth in the Nordics"
samfundslitteratur.dk/bog/social-m...
Allow me to dedicate my first post here to our new book (Oct. 24), which might interest those of you engaged in children, youth, and digital media:
"Social Media Across Everyday Contexts
Digital Childhood and Youth in the Nordics"
samfundslitteratur.dk/bog/social-m...
November 18, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Hello Bluesky!
Allow me to dedicate my first post here to our new book (Oct. 24), which might interest those of you engaged in children, youth, and digital media:
"Social Media Across Everyday Contexts
Digital Childhood and Youth in the Nordics"
samfundslitteratur.dk/bog/social-m...
Allow me to dedicate my first post here to our new book (Oct. 24), which might interest those of you engaged in children, youth, and digital media:
"Social Media Across Everyday Contexts
Digital Childhood and Youth in the Nordics"
samfundslitteratur.dk/bog/social-m...