Overlooked films shaped 2025 culture

by Robert B. Reich Reposted by Henry Jones

Scholar power: 6.5%

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Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Robert B. Reich	1%	37	1.8%
🎓 Henry Jones	14%	11	4.6%
Total			6.5%

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

I won’t sugarcoat it: this was an exhausting, cruel, terrible year. On this week’s Coffee Klatch, Heather and I try to make sense of what the country endured in 2025 — and what lessons we can take into 2026.

Did We Learn Anything in 2025? | The Coffee Klatch with Robert Reich

Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

December 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM

by Siobhàn McHugh

31%

Scholar power: 31.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Siobhàn McHugh	35%	9	31.5%

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45.0%

11.5 h

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Siobhan McHugh

@siobhanmchugh.bsky.social

Spot on article 👏 👏

This happens to be the topic of my keynote for @meccsa.bsky.social on 13 Feb (World Radio Day!): "Viva the Narrative Podcast: The Case Against Video".

Audio's demise has been (wrongly) predicted before 😀 We are not giving up!

Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · 1d

“The absence of images isn’t some failure of technology. These mediums have grown from a deep love of sound and its imaginative possibilities. When I hear people say the future of audio is essentially television, it makes me feel they never knew what was exciting about sound in the first place…”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens

December 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM

by Constance Bantman

7%

Scholar power: 7.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

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🎓 Constance Bantman	8%	10	7.6%

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2.0 h

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0.022

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Constance Bantman

@constancebantman.bsky.social

One last (hopefully) hurrah for 2025 in France, where we’re now arguing over the death of Brigitte Bardot, once an impossibly beautiful woman and a talented artist… but also (above all?) an all-out racist and homophobe.

December 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM

by Philip N. Cohen

18%

Scholar power: 18.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Philip N. Cohen	10%	37	18.2%

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47.0%

9.3 h

5

18.2%

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0.019

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Philip N Cohen

@philipncohen.com

How I'm walking out of 2025

December 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce

1%

Scholar power: 1.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Rosemary A. Joyce	3%	34	1.7%

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51.0%

9.5 h

45

1.7%

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0.014

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Sonya Olds Som (she/her) 💃🏾💜🎶🕊️☔️🐝🖖🏾⚖️📚🍿📺

@sonyaoldssom.bsky.social

Leaving 2025: [Exit Pursued By A Bear]

Entering 2026: I am fresh of spirit and resolved to meet all perils very constantly.

#Shakespeare

Actor Kyle MacLachlan Pursued By Bear (the name of his winery)

Some days (years) the bear gets you - sometimes you get the bear!

December 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM

by Katrina Navickas

3%

Scholar power: 3.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Katrina Navickas	4%	10	3.8%

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3.5 h

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0.012

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Katrina Navickas

@katrinanavickas.bsky.social

How I'm walking out of 2025

December 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM

by Andrew Leigh

6%

Scholar power: 6.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Andrew Leigh	3%	46	6.1%

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46.0%

8.3 h

1

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0.011

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by Richard Waite

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

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🎓 Richard Waite	0%	31	0.0%

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49.0%

13.6 h

4

0.0%

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0.007

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Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

“What did 2025 feel like?”

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 13h

And we have a Pop Tarts mascot grilling Pop Tarts, must be tough to see in those things

December 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM

by Christian E. Weller

1%

Scholar power: 1.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Christian E. Weller	1%	18	1.3%

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55.0%

15.4 h

3

1.3%

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0.007

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Christian Weller

@profcew.bsky.social

2025 was a dumpster fire but also a year of very insightful and heartfelt conversations and experiences with decades-long friends. I’ll take that.

December 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM

Reposted by David Peetz

1%

Scholar power: 1.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David Peetz	3%	26	1.5%

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46.0%

8.9 h

9

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0.006

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Byron C Clark

@byroncclark.bsky.social

"far-right groups have seized on cultural production – from clothing brands to top 40 music – to normalise their ideas, in a process that researchers say has hit new heights in the age of social media."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture

Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’

www.theguardian.com

December 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM

by Brad R. Humphreys

7%

Scholar power: 7.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brad R. Humphreys	4%	43	7.9%

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys

@bradhumphreys.bsky.social

Accurate.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 19h

Here's our 20th most-read piece of 2025.

An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University

Our 20th most-read article of 2025. - - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...

buff.ly

December 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM

by James Goodwin

1%

Scholar power: 1.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 James Goodwin	1%	26	1.5%

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47.0%

14.6 h

6

1.5%

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0.005

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James Goodwin

@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social

How I’m walking out of 2025

December 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM

by Alan Richardson

1%

Scholar power: 1.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Alan Richardson	1%	21	1.4%

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15.2 h

4

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0.004

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Alan Richardson

@alanrichardson.bsky.social

How I’m walking out of 2025

December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM

by Zen Faulkes

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Zen Faulkes	0%	19	0.0%

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19.4 h

0

0.0%

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0.003

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Zen Faulkes

@doctorzen.net

Always fascinating to check in on predictions. Year 2000 predictions for 2025:

www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

25 years ago, we imagined what science would be like in 2025. What we got right — and wrong | CBC Radio

On October 14, 2000, we aired our 25th anniversary show, where we imagined what science would look like in the distant year 2025. Now, we look back and see how our predictions fared.

www.cbc.ca

December 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM

by Anna O. Law

3%

Scholar power: 3.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anna O. Law	6%	4	3.6%

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45.0%

15.1 h

36

3.6%

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0.003

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Anna O. Law

@unlawfulentries.bsky.social

I just finished a 16 year book project this year so this is how I’m walking out of 2025.

It’s toward motion so I’m not too picky.

December 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM

Reposted by Brad R. Humphreys

2%

Scholar power: 2.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Communication & Media Studies 53%, Sociology 35%, Psychology 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brad R. Humphreys	4%	43	2.6%

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51.0%

19.7 h

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2.6%

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0.002

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McSweeney's

@mcsweeneys.net

Here's our 20th most-read piece of 2025.

An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University

Our 20th most-read article of 2025. - - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...

buff.ly

December 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM

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