Nick Couldry
I teach media communications and social theory at London School of Economics. Main interests: data colonialism, AI, rebuilding social media. Links to my two new books: linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook lnk.to/DataGrabBook
- Reposted by Nick CouldrySocial media age bans are a only half-measure. Only by banning toxic business models that exploit social attention can we address the problems with social media – @couldrynick.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
- If you are interested in my take on the social media age ban debate, here it is, thanks to @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
- Social media age bans will fail because they are not radical enough. Only by banning toxic business models that exploit social attention can we address the problems with social media. ✍ @couldrynick.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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- Now published: Our analytical paper on strategic, far-right/illiberal reversal of meanings of key social & political concepts: “We put family at the centre of social life”: On Conceptual flipsiding of the “family” in discursive-political strategies of PL populist far-right" doi.org/10.1080/1035...
- On a weekend of atrocious news, this vision of better public spaces, closer to communities, is a much needed positive: open.substack.com/pub/newpubli...
- Reposted by Nick Couldry"For those asking the public to trust their AIs, it doesn’t help that systems based on related technology are causing harm in ways all of us hear about daily, from suicide-encouraging chatbots to image generators that devour jobs and intellectual property." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-d...
- this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI
- Reposted by Nick CouldryIs there an alternative to Big Tech’s control of the #SocialMedia space? The Space of the World by @couldrynick.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social offers a radical vision that counters the profit-driven space we know. #Review by Dawa Tshering @edithcowanuni.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
- a review for the LSE Review of Books is out today of my recent book on social media, The Space of the World: lnkd.in/e-Bg79H7
- If you are interested in hearing my latest take on AI and the challenges it poses for communications research, here is a keynote I gave at ZEMKI University of Bremen in October @zemki.bsky.social
- This article by @jburn-murdoch is very important
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- Reposted by Nick CouldryNEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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- Interesting blog reacting to my recent LSE lecture @lsemedia.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
- for those who missed the live version of my recent talk and debate at LSE with Baroness Beeban Kidron on the future of social media, here is the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Fv... . For me, was an amazing evening and made the huge effort of writing the book worthwhile! @lsemedia.bsky.social
- Another brave article by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social . Essential reading if you care about the harm AI celebrationism is doing!
- Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
- Resisting AI is in OUR hands!
- AI introduces entirely new definitions of 'risk management,' but we should not accept them
- Nice to be included in this company! Critics of AI are growing but certainly need to give each other support
- Very excited to announce that my paper 'Human Life as Terra Nullius' with @jcmagalhaes.bsky.social on colonial implications of Facebook's early patents is out: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Has been a privilege to work with Joao on this and develop the concept of 'socially blind engineering'
- We had an amazing f2f and online audience of 400 pr so. I hope we can do morr events like this.
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- This interview (available in English and Portuguese) with the Brazilian journal Algorithms and Society reflects on my recent work on data colonialism and social , and also my current work on AI: periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/al... @lsemedia.bsky.social
- on 2nd October I'll give an LSE lecture on the future of social media based on my recent book The Space of the World www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b.... Baroness Beeban Kidron will respond and Myria Georgiou will be chairing. Do come: there'll be a live stream too! www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-s...
- If you are in the London area, hope you can come to this!
- Reposted by Nick CouldryJournal publishers *are* bundling your papers up in "data licensing agreements" for big tech companies to use for AI model training. Our publisher, T&F, got £75m from Microsoft for that last year alone.
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- How we risk ignoring children's rights in our digital design aka trashing the future
- NEW! #ScreenDeep Host Kris Perry sits down with Sonia Livingstone, OBE, FBA, @sonialivingstone.bsky.social to explore the intersection of children’s rights, online safety, parenting around child media use, #AI design, and public #policy in the digital world. Listen NOW: bit.ly/4fnvefI
- An important battle
- This is a really important debate, more important than ever given recent US moves
- Reposted by Nick CouldryOut in the open: the US administration’s attempt to undermine the EU Digital Services Act (and other regulations) was evident. Now it has been elevated to formal policy and goal of diplomatic efforts. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
- I am thrilled too! Thanks to @lsemedia.bsky.social for all its support over the years!!
- Have a new blog for @lsemedia.bsky.social which reads Mark Zuckerberg' recent pronouncements on Meta's implications for advertising through lens of data colonialism: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202.... If you're interested in my other recent blogs, they're collected here: www.nickcouldry.org/blog-1
- I am thrilled to say that I will be one of the new British Academy fellows. I look forward to joining colleagues to continue raising the profile of critical media research in Britain and internationally @lsemedia.bsky.social
- The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed. Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
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- New article by myself and @velislavahill.bsky.social OUT TODAY with the British Journal of Sociology of Education: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lsemedia.bsky.social
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- Last month, I recorded this podcast with Prof Terry Flew of Sydney University about my recent book The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What if it Can't? Great conversation. Thanks @terryflew.bsky.social !! @politybooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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- If you want to understand the technical damage DOGE did to US government, read this masterly analysis by Bruce Schneier, delivered to congressional committee last month: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...
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- And, if you'e interested to read more about the crisis at University of Virginia and its implications for the whole US university sector: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
- Eloquent article by @sivav.bsky.social on the cultural revolution going on in US universities: newrepublic.com/article/1973...
- The signalling is not good, and signalling still matters
- Too right.
- If you are in the UK and fancy a day or two in the country, I will be speaking on #datacolonialism at the ALSO festival at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, on Saturday July 12 morning. Details here: www.also-festival.com/entities/als...
- This really IS good news for progressive politics in the US. Good news of any sort certainly needed.
- I am both deeply honored by the prize and thrilled for the first time to experience the warmth and SOLIDARITY that is UDC @uniondemcomm.bsky.social . This is the place to be and to connect!!
- Agreed. This is a fantastic conference. My first time at this great UDC conference thanks @uniondemcomm.bsky.social !!
- So the real project of GEN AI becomes clear: intensifying the neoliberalism HOLLOWING OUT of public institutions, yet Big Tech tells it is about unleashing 'our' creativity!!! www.wltx.com/article/news...
- Absolutely right. The corporatization of education is a project of extraction and conquest, not support or service!
- This is a huge honor for me, I could not be more thrilled!
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