I have an essay coming out with Internet Policy Review! Here’s the draft summary of the piece, which will be published at the end of the month (I’ll update this post with the link as […]
Tag: social media
Workshop on PublicLy Communicating Climate Science In the social media Age
Here’s a video summary of the workshop we organized as part of a team-based seed-project I’m leading at UU on the public communication of science about climate change in the era of social media’s dominance […]
Sharing research insights at RIVM Symposium on Pandemic Communication
At the end of the month, I’ll be joining other academics and policymakers at a symposium on pandemic behaviour organized by the RIVM (the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment). I’ll be […]
New Article on Overlaps between Covid-19 and Climate Science Contestation on Twitter
This article I co-authored with Dr. Ali Honari will be out soon in Public Understanding of Science. It’s about the politicisation of science on Twitter. Here’s the manuscript already.
Open access publication on “careful co-presence” in transnational families
My latest article is out in Social Media + Society. Here’s the abstract: This article investigates how migrants experience “co-presence” with their loved ones through social media. On the basis of empirical investigation, the article […]
Giving a talk at the Media and Digital Anthropology Lab at Humboldt University
In May I will be at the Media and Digital Anthropology Lab based at the Department of European Ethnology of Humboldt University in Berlin to give a seminar presentation about social media and feelings of transnational co-presence based on my fieldwork in Istanbul, Turkey.
Fieldwork blog: contesting Istanbul’s identity on social media
Artist, Burak Akbay, created and shared this piece online, saying on Twitter that he had made it as a new logo for Istanbul, since the city has a new symbol: the Arab hair transplant tourist.
Fieldwork blog: animal protection as urban solidarity
I’ve been thinking about animal rights activism in Istanbul as a form of alternative solidarity being built under polarized political circumstances, and wondering how social media might play into this.
Workshop on the Anthropology of Media in Turkey
I’m very glad to be joining the sessions of a great event at Kadir Has University in Istanbul. Coinciding with my first days of fieldwork here in the city, the workshop has brought together a […]
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