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PhD candidate @USyd ||how Douyin destroy/reanimate films?
Add a bit of journalism, a bit of film and more of platform studies and creative industries...
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Werewolf exes and billionaire CEOs: why cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds
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Werewolf exes and billionaire CEOs: why cheesy short dramas are taking over our social media feeds
Netflix meets TikTok in the fast-paced world of vertical dramas. This billion-dollar industry is blowing up – while riding on worker exploitation.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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karenho.bsky.social
This drop in circulation is astonishing.
"According to data provided to City Paper by the Alliance for Audited Media, the Post’s paid average daily circulation is now down to just 97,000, with roughly 160,000 on Sundays. That’s a fraction of the 250,000 average daily circulation five years ago, when the Post was one of the largest newspapers in the country by circulation." From: https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/766255/washington-post-metro-sports-style-sections/
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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A major update for dating simulation game Love and Deepspace has furrowed brows – it now includes a period tracker.
Chinese dating simulator Love and Deepspace now has a period tracker – it signals a shift in mobile gaming
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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jessmaddox.bsky.social
This year, I was asked to write another @niemanlab.org prediction. In this, I say influencers will become journalists, because selling/educating people on lifestyles and feelings has become intertwined with information.

www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/infl...
Influencers become journalists
"Joe Rogan is a symptom of changing media systems, not the root cause."
www.niemanlab.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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geoffreylee.bsky.social
Presented my methods and early findings of my research on Twitch livestream humour across platforms at #aanzca24 earlier this week as part of a PhD candidate panel with Wenjia Tang, @tianyizhangshao.bsky.social, and @yiwenw.bsky.social.

More at geofflearnstobefunny.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/a...
Me standing at a lectern giving my presentation with the introduction slide behind me. The text reads, "Existing research into content creation on platforms", "Humour as a means to study cross-platform interactions", "Ethnography and analysis methods", and "early findings".
November 27, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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msteinbrg.bsky.social
Happy new year!! Just out: "Platform Capitalisms and Platform Cultures"-a short piece w/ Lin Zhang @linzhang.bsky.social & Rahul Mukherjee. Argues the importance of the State in the platform-culture-market nexus. We build on the imp work of @nsrnicek.bsky.social & others doi.org/10.1177/1367...
January 4, 2024 at 2:52 PM