MeCCSA @meccsa.bsky.social Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies Association
www.meccsa.org.uk
Máiréad Casey @maireadcasey.bsky.social Research interests: horror, gender, genre, sexuality onscreen, representations of sexual violence, demon possession
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Saba @paulmanneh333.bsky.social Growth is always a wonderful miracle manifested by time. It’s what represent the past and shape the future.✨🙏❤️
Burak Tekin @buraktekin.bsky.social 
Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social Irish gay guy in the East of England 🏳️🌈
In my fifties
EastEnders & Bargain Hunt fan
RIP mum 💔 2022
Worked at Cambridge University & NHS
Awful at responding to DMs
Sober a few years
Not looking for hookups or onlyfans subscriptions
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
Suay Melisa Ozkula/Oezkula/Özkula (I blame umlauts) @suayozkula.bsky.social Postdoc University of Salzburg (https://www.plus.ac.at/). Working on digital activism / visual misogyny / climate change / digital research methods / visual affordances
Sophie Bishop @sophiebishop.bsky.social She/her
Studying influencers & ‘influencer creep’ in creative industries
Associate Professor in Media & Communication, University of Leeds
Pre order Influencer Creep now: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/influencer-creep/paper
Umut @heydeadman.bsky.social Gay bir yazar
PhD in Communication Studies
Visual Communication journal @viscomjournal.bsky.social Visual Communication journal is dedicated to exploring the dynamic and interdisciplinary field of visual culture, offering cutting-edge scholarship https://journals.sagepub.com/home/VCJ |🌿
Nataliia Laba @nataliialaba.com Co-edited book: Six Critical Lenses on AI-Generated Images https://www.routledge.com/Six-Critical-Lenses-on-AI-Generated-Images/Bouko-Laba/p/book/9781041232698
w: https://www.nataliialaba.com/research/publications
Katharina Lobinger @klobinger.bsky.social Associate professor at the Institute of Digital Technologies for Communication, USI Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland. Passionate Visual Communication researcher. President of SGKM - SSCM - SACM
Justin Beevor @justinbeevor.bsky.social Post-career leisure pursuit research consultant
Check out my photography at: https://the.fotoapp.co/justinbeevor
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
🌍 https://rupertrivett.photoshelter.com 🌍
#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
📣NEW SUBSTACK 📔
👇📸👇📸👇📸👇📸
https://rupephoto.substack.com/
Gabriele Balbi @gabrielebalbi.bsky.social Media History Researcher, Prorector for Education at @Usi.ch, Committee Member @acad-euro.bsky.social. More info: http://usi.to/cyi
Resston @resston.bsky.social Brazilian photographer living in São Paulo.
Portfolio: bit.ly/3pz9cRK (look and download) or buy high-resolution, watermark-free photos directly from me at better prices via PIX or PayPal. Send me a message.
Instagram : @resston X : @RobResstonFo
Natalia Stanusch @nataliastanusch.bsky.social Researcher @AIForensics.org | Research Lead of Esoteric AI
@aixdesign.bsky.social | PhD Candidate at ASCA, University of Amsterdam | natalia.stanusch.net
Transnational Spaces in Contemporary Cinema @spacescinema.bsky.social Official account of the research project 'Performing Space / Spatializing Performance: Space and Performance in 21st Century Cinema' at the University of Zaragoza
https://transnationalspacesinthecinema.wordpress.com/
https://shorturl.at/ws9S8
Anna Jackman @ahjackman.bsky.social Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Feminist political geographer and drone researcher interested in technological visibilities, volumes, and futures.
Fabian Offert @zentralwerkstatt.org Associate Professor UC Santa Barbara | I study how machine learning models represent culture and what is at stake – aesthetically and politically – when they do.
Journal of Digital Social Research @jdsr.bsky.social Independent, interdisciplinary, open access.
jdsr.io
Giulia Giorgi (she/her) @giuliagiorgi26.bsky.social Researcher and professor at the University of Milan. Digital cultures, youth cultures, digital methods, visual research, memes.
Einar Thorsen @einarthorsen.bsky.social Professor of Journalism & Communication
Executive Dean, Faculty of Media & communication at Bournemouth University
Chair of Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA)
Trustee of the Conversation UK.
Laura @itislaura.bsky.social Living in London, PhD, interested in finance, economics, startups. Opinions are my own. Helping other to make good decisions for their financial health. This is no investment advice, always do your own research.
ReDICo @redico.eu ReDICo: Researching Digital Interculturality Co-operatively. redico.eu
An interdisciplinary project exploring intercultural practices and discourses within digital spaces and beyond.
Join our research hub: hub.redico.eu
Kirsty Fife @diyarchivist.bsky.social Academic, archivist, cultural organiser. Sometimes I make zines/music/clothes. Personal account (they/them)
Alessandro Gandini @afrontiercity.bsky.social “Your favorite sociologist’s favorite sociologist” (cit). Researching platforms, work, digital cultures & methods @ University of Milan. PI of @ercresearch.bsky.social funded "CRAFTWORK" - https://craftwork.unimi.it/
Tiziano Bonini @tbonini.bsky.social Associate professor of Sociology of culture and Communication at @unisi. Co-author of Algorithms of Resistance (MIT Press 2024), available in OA, MIT press website
Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social Academic in Digital Culture, University of York, UK. Exploring digital art, literature, and storytelling; ecology, materiality, and the more-than-human. Glider pilot. https://richardacarter.com/ Note: DMs unavailable as in UK
Prof Kirsty Fairclough @profkirsty.bsky.social Prof of Screen Studies, SODA at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Music Commissioner GMCA
Series Editor-British Pop Archive
https://linktr.ee/kirstyfairclough
camilla volpe @camillavolpe.bsky.social Studying platforms & their fauna
postdoc-ing @ University of Milan
Joanna Zylinska @joannazylinska.bsky.social Media philosopher, artist, writer
Prof @ King's College London, Digital Humanities
www.joannazylinska.net
AI : nonhuman photography : perception machine : media art : ethics : counter-apocalypse
T.J. Thomson @tjthomson.bsky.social 🇦🇺🇺🇸🤓 Academic (RMIT University/ADM+S)
👀🖼️🤳 Researches visual communication & digital media
✍️📃🌏 Vice Chair of the ICA Visual Communication Studies Division
🔗 Online elsewhere at: https://linktr.ee/tjthomson
m leal causton @mlealcauston.bsky.social [researcher | data ⇆ archivist ⇆ [ ] ] info. governance + networks + accountability + transparency >>> critical-digital-methods + research @dataunion-erc.bsky.social @lsts-vub.bsky.social
brussels - berlin | [rt/post ≠ endorsement]
Asko Lehmuskallio @verlook.bsky.social Visual studies / photography / media anthropology
Co-author of Visual Studies (Routledge, 2025)
*Visual Studies Lab / **co-org Helsinki Photomedia
Maria Schreiber @perceptionalize.bsky.social GuestProf @ Zemki, Uni Bremen;
PostDoc Researcher @ Uni Salzburg, Media and Comms.
Giorgia Aiello @giorgiaaiello.bsky.social Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Milan. Visual cultures, digital media, cities.
Mirca Madianou @madianou.bsky.social Prof @Goldsmiths U of London | digital infrastructures, tech & AI in global south | New Book: 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' https://tinyurl.com/4ceyvc3s | New project: reimagining digital ID https://tinyurl.com/bdfawt64 
Kathrin Yacavone @kathrinyacavone.bsky.social Photography history and theory • Visual culture and cultural studies • Francophone literary culture and theory • Media studies @unimarburg.bsky.social
@drjamiecoates.bsky.social @drjamiecoates.bsky.social 
Visual Politics Research Program @visualpolitics.bsky.social Visual Politics Research Program at the University of Queensland. We promote creative work and interdisciplinary collaborations. https://www.rolandbleiker.com/visualpolitics
Roland Bleiker @bleiker.bsky.social Writes about the politics of images & emotions. Prof of International Relations UQ. Runs @visualpolitics.bsky.social / https://www.rolandbleiker.com
David Lee @drdavidlee.bsky.social Media academic researching television, creative labour, and cultural inequalities. Lover of documentaries, long walks, and Yorkshire tea (sometimes). https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/staff/330/dr-david-lee
Dr Anastasia Veneti @anveneti.bsky.social Associate Professor in Political Communication | Bournemouth University, UK
Co-Editor in Chief Journal of Visual Political Communication 📚📝
David M. Berry @berrydm.bsky.social Professor currently researching AI, algorithms, software and the university in a digital age. Part of a research team that recently rediscovered the original Joseph Weizenbaum ELIZA source code. 
UCU @ MMU @manmetucu.bsky.social Updates from the Manchester Metropolitan University branch of the University and College Union.
Join us today: https://join.ucu.org.uk
Website: https://mmu.web.ucu.org.uk/
Contact: ucu@mmu.ac.uk
Milovan Savic @nav0lim.bsky.social Research Fellow at Social Innovation Research Institute & ADM+S
@Swinburne University. Interested in youth, digital media, social connections, digital inclusion, privacy, AI.
Michael Richardson @richardsonma.bsky.social Associate Professor. Drones, AI, war, culture, affect, witnessing. UNSW. Media Futures Hub. ADMS Centre. He/him. Nonhuman Witnessing with @dukepress.bsky.social https://t.ly/cQW5N
Arturo Arriagada @arturoarriagada.bsky.social Associate Professor | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile) | Researching how platforms and AI affect work at Fairwork (OII) | Millennium Center on the Evolution of Work (M-NEW) | Cultura Social Media Lab. https://sites.google.com/view/arturoarriagada
Paul Reilly @pauljreilly.bsky.social Comms researcher. Social media, parades and protests, ethics, sousveillance. Views are my own (he/him)
Benjamin Hanckel @benhanckel.bsky.social Sociologist at Western Sydney University. Researching: youth studies, health & wellbeing, digital media, gender & sexuality.
He/Him 🏳️🌈
Hannah Guy @hannahvguy.bsky.social she/her | European | Postdoctoral Researcher interested in online visual cultures, AI ethics, and online disinformation/radicalisation | PhD examining visual disinformation | part-time film & video game fanatic
Katrin Tiidenberg @kattiid.bsky.social social media researcher (esp visuality, sex, small p-politics, wellbeing) professor at Tallinn University, BFM in 🇪🇪, currently working on TRAVIS project on trust and visuality.
https://katrin-tiidenberg.com/
Warren Pearce @warrenpearce.bsky.social Academic.
Digital methods.
Climate change.
Expertise.
Imagery.
Occasional music posts.
#AcademicSky #STS
Sheffield & Nottingham
https://sheffield.ac.uk/spir/people/academic/warren-pearce
Nancy Thumim @nancyt.bsky.social I teach, research and write about media, audiences, representation, and everyday life. I work at the University of Leeds. Here sporadically.
Kate Miltner @katemiltner.bsky.social Lecturer (Asst. Prof) in Data, AI & Society @ The University of Sheffield Information School. Member of the UK Young Academy.
katemiltner.com
Dr Amy Gaeta @amygaeta.bsky.social Research Associate at Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at Cambridge. Thinking about drones, militarization, surveillance, AI ethics, gender, disability, & what it means to be human today
She/They
amygaeta.com
Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social 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: https://linktr.ee/SpaceOfTheWorldBook https://lnk.to/DataGrabBook
Dr Maria Tomlinson @drmariatomlinson.bsky.social Lecturer in Public Communication and Gender
Researches impact of health communication on social inequalities
Mariatomlinson.co.uk
Thomas Poell @tpoell.bsky.social Media Studies Professor @UvA_Amsterdam | Books: The Platform Society; Platforms and Cultural Production | https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/p/o/t.poell/t.poell.html
jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social 📗 public data cultures https://jonathangray.org/publicdatacultures
🌱 codirector @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social
🫧 feminist STS, internet studies, poetic computation
Alison Powell @abpowell.bsky.social Assoc Prof at LSE | Teaches MSc in Data & Society | Feminist research praxis | AI policy making | Undoing Optimization: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300223804/
Current work on health, care and environment from NHS tech to Rewilding the Night
Elisabetta Ferrari @bettyferrari.bsky.social AIAS-AUFF Fellow @ Aarhus University (DK). Vice-chair @acsj-ica.bsky.social.
Research: social movements & digital media | mutual aid | politics of tech.
Book: https://elisabettaferrariphd.com/ancbook/
Hobbies: getting angry at the Philadelphia 76ers
Stefania Vicari @stefaniavicari.bsky.social Digital media and society at Loughborough University: social media, health, discourse, networks and participation. Principal investigator of Previvorship: www.previvorship.org.
Daniel Joseph @danjokaz00ie.bsky.social Senior Lecturer of Digital Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University
MMU UCU committee
I'm a political economist of the internet
www.danieljamesjoseph.net
Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social 🎓 Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin Uni (Boorloo/Perth West Australia);
🔎 @digitalchildau.bsky.social (GenAI & Datafication);
🐘 @tama@aoir.social; he/him.
[Views mine; RT/❤️/etc ≠ endorsement]
Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social 🎓 School of Media and Communication | We cannot fully understand modern societies without understanding media and communication | https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media | linkedin.com/company/school-of-media-and-communication🎓
MAI: Feminism & Visual Culture @maifeminism.bsky.social MAI is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication for feminist scholars, writers, artists and activists who address visual culture at large.
Dr Carolina Are / Blogger On Pole @bloggeronpole.bsky.social 📱Digital criminologist @ #LSE 💃🏻 #poledance performer 🍑 Blogger, award-winning activist 🇮🇹 LDNer (she/her) 🧛🏻♀️ Thinking about Buffy like it’s the Roman Empire. https://bloggeronpole.com/all-my-links/
Ludmila Lupinacci @ludludlud.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social ✨digital tech & everyday life, experiences of liveness (whatever that means), scrolling nonsense, moods & vibes ✨ ludmilalupinacci.com
Jonathan Corpus Ong @joncong.bsky.social Professor of Global Digital Media and Director, GloTechLab.net at UMass Amherst. #CarnegieFellows #OracleOng 🔮
ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social • qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities
• new book out with @ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE https://tinyurl.com/jv33yjaf
• words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ @glamour
• she/her
find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
Ben Litherland @benlitherland.bsky.social Popular culture and politics.
Sometimes academic who writes about those things.
Co-hosts Ill Effects, good podcast about bad media influence https://open.spotify.com/show/0QotQZhgYQOsjCvGMefNjl?si=zRsbRad6SZO
Preeti Raghunath @preetiraghunath.bsky.social I research Communication Technologies, Policies and Lived Experiences, also from a historical lens.
Lecturer in Digital Media and Society at the University of Sheffield, UK.