Hilary J. Allen @profhilaryallen.bsky.social Law professor at the American University Washington College of Law (but all views expressed here are my own); author of Fintech Dystopia and Driverless Finance; mythbusting crypto, AI, and other fintech
Internet serial: fintechdystopia.com
@chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social Architecture geek
https://chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/
Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social Writer of dictionaries and books about nerd fights at the dictionary factory (WORD BY WORD [2017]; TRUE COLOR [2026]; more TK). niila myaamia. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2106554/kory-stamper/
Princeton University @princeton.edu The official account of Princeton University. In the Nation’s Service and the Service of Humanity.
Information, Communication & Society @icsjournal.bsky.social Social Media; Communication Studies; Cyberculture; Sociology; Political Communication; Internet Studies. Published by Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rics20
Jim Jasper @jamesmjasper.bsky.social I have written about politics and culture for forty years, more recently focusing on social movements and emotions. I split my time between Asheville, NC, and Anna Maria Island, FL.
Anthony Alvarez @asalvarez.bsky.social Economic Sociologists @ CSUF
Basketball. Desserts. Tennis. Professor. Nerd. Interested in Consumer Finance, Wealth, Debt, Taxation, Inflation. And monster movies. Former Terp. Former Bruin. Current Titan.
J Dierkes @dierkes.bsky.social 🇩🇪🇨🇦 sociologist at #UniMannheim, previously #UBC
he | en/de/jp
Practices social science deanery
Posts on #Mongolia @mongoliafocus.bsky.social
Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social On a mission to save street dogs around the world. You can support here... https://www.happydoggo.com/donate
Lada Adamic @ladamic.bsky.social For now aiming to entertain people with my remodeling mistakes.
Yariv Tsfati @yarivtsfati.bsky.social Department of Communication, University of Haifa; Studies trust and other audience perceptions of media.
https://yariv.com.haifa.ac.il/
Sarah Genner @sgenner.bsky.social Digital Transformation | Strategy | New Work // Lecturer | Speaker | Board Member // GENNER.CC GMBH
Robert Wuthnow @rwuth.bsky.social Sociologist interested in the Religious Left
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social Cross-disciplinary social & behavioral science research & fellowship in service of generating knowledge, illuminating understandings, building fields, informing policy discourse, & creating an enduring scholarly community like no other | casbs.stanford.edu
Solon Barocas @s010n.bsky.social Researcher, Microsoft Research
Eunji Kim @eunjikim.bsky.social Media scholar | Assistant Professor of Political Science @Columbia | Author of The American Mirage (PUP 2025) | Host of Media Effects Empricial Workshop (MEEW)
Jakob Mökander @jakobmokander.bsky.social Director of science & tech policy at the Tony Blair Institute. International research fellow at Yale Digital Ethics Center. Views my own
Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby
Kathrin Zippel @kzippel.bsky.social Sociologist, focus on gender, science and organizations, Einstein Prof. Freie Universität Berlin
Sonia Livingstone @sonialivingstone.bsky.social LSE prof @MediaLSE | Director of #DigitalFutures4Children | Researches children's digital experiences and rights | Interested in evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at http://eepurl.com/cEUi05
Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net Professor of Journalism Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands. About me: https://damiantrilling.net . Our group is here: @journstudiesvu.bsky.social and here: https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/faculties/faculty-of-humanities/more-about/journalism
Nathaniel Poor @natpoor.bsky.social Internet sociologist, games scholar, in the non-profit sector.
Mark Graham @geoplace.bsky.social Prof at the Oxford Internet Institute
Director of @towardsfairwork.bsky.social
Publications: www.markgraham.space
Studies: Digital Economies, Digital Geographies, Economic Geography, Gig Economy, Data Work, AI Production Networks, Cities
Eat the rich
Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com Politics Prof @powimz.bsky.social | parties, elections, attitudes, behaviour | right-wing extremism/populism/radicalism https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/
Daniel Vogler @dnvglr.bsky.social Co-Director fög UZH www.foeg.uzh.ch / Researcher IKMZ UZH / Media & Communication / PR / Journalism / Crisis Communication / CCS / Loud Guitars and Sports
Christin Scholz @cscholz.bsky.social Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
Communication and Social Neuroscience
ACHC Communication, Brain, and Society Lab (www.cobras-lab.com)
Research Priority Area Polarisation
Neta Kligler-Vilenchik @netakv.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
New book: *Not Your Parents' Politics: Understanding Young People's Political Expression on Social Media* w/ Ioana Literat
Leticia Bode @leticiabode.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown, research director at KGI. Studying information, politics, health, etc. Also cats, Badgers, Astros, food, gardening.
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social writer/blogger, formerly journalist at WSJ, Dow Jones, Reuters, others. #economics #markets, #music, #philosophy, #books, #technology, #photos, etc. (ie hopelessly eclectic) Toronto. May not respond to DMs. Blog at: https://doncurren.blogspot.com
Hannah Overbye-Thompson @overbye.bsky.social Incoming Assistant Professor at MSU ComArtSci AD + PR | I study how people detect, perceive & respond to AI/algorithmic bias
https://www.hannahoverbye.com/
Meryl Alper @merylalper.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication Studies @ Northeastern. Technology, kids, disability, mental health. BOOKS: Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT 2014) Giving Voice (MIT 2017), Kids Across the Spectrums (MIT 2023) https://bit.ly/kidsacrossthespectrums
Daniel Romero @danielmromero.bsky.social Associate Professor at UMSI, UMICHCS, and UMICHCSE working on Computational Social Science, Network Science, Science of Science, Complex Systems, and Social Media. 🇨🇴🇺🇸 dromero.org
jimi adams @jimiadams.bsky.social https://jimiadams.github.io/ • sociologist • social network researcher • still not quite sure which way is up • tsundoku enthusiast • cyclist/swimmer • quick block trigger • no, I will not subscribe to your substack
June Ahn @ahnjune.bsky.social Learning Sciences, HCI, design, technology, research practice partnerships, improvement science, practical measures, analytics, data use. Director of https://www.daplab.education.uci.edu
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch @anneo.bsky.social Comm tech & social media research professor by day, symphony violinist by night, outside as much as possible otherwise. German/American Pacific Northwestern New Englander, #firstgen academic, she/her, 🏳️🌈
https://anne-oeldorf-hirsch.uconn.edu
Amy Bruckman @asbruckman.bsky.social I study online communities, content moderation, and social movements.
Eric Gilbert @eegilbert.org Professor at Michigan. On sabbatical at the Berkman Klein Center. http://eegilbert.org
Nick Diakopoulos @ndiakopoulos.bsky.social Northwestern University Professor. Computational Journalism; AI & Society. https://www.nickdiakopoulos.com. Writing https://www.ai-accountability-review.com/
Karrie Karahalios @kkarahal.bsky.social
J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social I work with communities on citizen science for safer, fairer digital environments. Founder: Citizens & Technology Lab. Assoc Prof, Communication, Cornell · Guatemalan-American · Ultracyclist
🐘@natematias@social.coop
natematias.com
citizensandtech.org
Cody Buntain @cbuntain.bsky.social Asst Professor @iSchoolUMD | associate @CSMaP | DCer | 💻 🏍️ 👨🏻🍼
Studying online behavior around crises and political discourse, manipulation, and information quality
Alex Leavitt, PhD (they/them) @alexleavitt.bsky.social Principal researcher for Trust & Safety @Roblox & Visiting Fellow @CHAI_Berkeley. 🏳️🌈🐈⬛🏳️⚧️ Ex-@Meta, PhD @USCAnnenberg. 日本語でOK!
Michael Bernstein @mbernst.bsky.social CS Professor at Stanford
Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social Dir. of Global Partnerships, Inst. for Information, the Internet & Democracy, NEU | Union of Concerned Scientists 2024 Defender of Science |
Co-founder: https://researchersupport.org/
https://expertvoicestogether.org/
https://independenttechresearch.org/
Ryan J. Gallagher @ryanjgallag.com Applied scientist trying to make the internet a little better. PhD. Trust & safety, networks, fingerstyle guitar. I use my hair to express myself. They/he
Cliff Lampe @clifflampe.bsky.social
Andrea Forte @andiiicat.bsky.social researcher of online collaboration, privacy, misinformation. lover of cats, plants, new places and things. chronically auditioning new hobbies.
Katy Pearce @katypearce.bsky.social Associate Prof @uwcomm. I study tech & inequality in 🇦🇲 & 🇦🇿. Posts research & pop culture & parenting. She/her.
Nicole Ellison @nellison.bsky.social I study technology and relationships, most recently in the algorithmic/AI space. I’m the Karl E Weick Collegiate Professor of Information at the University of Michigan School of Information.
Kelly Quinn @kelly-quinn.bsky.social contemplates all things new media, comm geek, thinks about #privacy, loves mountains
Anatoliy Gruzd @gruzd.ca Canada Research Chair, Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University & co-director & researcher at @socialmedialab.ca | Social Media and Network Scholar | My opinions are my own
Airi Lampinen @airilampinen.bsky.social Associate Professor in Human–Computer Interaction at Stockholm University. Docent in Social Psychology at University of Helsinki. Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Shared Uses of Technology. Intimate Technology.
Jessica Vitak @vitak.bsky.social She/her. Professor at University of Maryland's iSchool. Former director of HCIL. Steering Committee Chair-Elect for CSCW. Research: privacy, surveillance, data ethics. https://jessicavitak.com
Come for the academic expertise. Stay for the cookie content.
@jesscollett.bsky.social @jesscollett.bsky.social
Orestis Papakyriakopoulos @sciorestis.bsky.social Ass. Professor of Societal Computing @TU_Munich
🌐🤖
PI of the Civic Machines Lab @TUMThinkTank
he/him
@bhargittai.bsky.social @bhargittai.bsky.social
Christian Pieter Hoffmann @cphoffmann.bsky.social Prof @ University of Leipzig, Institute for Communication and Media Studies & Institute for Political Science (Private account & personal opinions, of course.)
Shelley Boulianne @shelleyboulianne.bsky.social R. Klein Chair in Communication Studies at @mountroyalu.bsky.social 🇨🇦
North American Editor @icsjournal.bsky.social & Associate Editor @sscratsage.bsky.social
Research fellow at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🇩🇪 &
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social 🇩🇰
Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social digital // political // mobile comm scholar, head of ‘Digital News Dynamics’ research group at Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social Political Scientist and social media addict
Niki Kittur @nkittur.bsky.social Professor of HCI @ Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science. Accelerating knowledge and creativity with AI.
https://kittur.org/
Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social Princeton Sociology Prof; NASA ethnography; tech policy; digitalSTS; critical technical practice; mobile Linux. Conscientious objector to surveillance capitalism.
https://janet.vertesi.com
https://www.optoutproject.net
@cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social Sociologist, feminist, would rather be outdoors. More info at pennyedgell.com
Ulrike Klinger @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social Professor of Political Communication and Journalism at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR, Associated Researcher at Weizenbaum Institute Berlin. Technology & Democracy. Foodie. Traveller. Views are my own.
Caleb Carr @calebtcarrphd.bsky.social Professor of Communication, studying communication convergence in the form of online identity and groups. Parrothead, Peacemaker, & Spartan.
calebtcarr.com
Aaron Shaw @aaronshaw.bsky.social Usually professoring, parenting, running, etc. Social science and design of digital public goods in online communities. Northwestern University, Chicagoland. https://communitydata.science
Marion Fourcade @marionf.bsky.social
Prof. Ifeoma Ajunwa, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. @iajunwa.bsky.social Writer. Professor of Law. Director, A.I. and the Future of Work Program, Author of The Quantified Worker. Order here: https://a.co/d/bfdTUj5 #AI #Ethics #Law
#Chocophile
#Filmophile
#Igbophile
#Francophile (mostly)
#Bibliophile
#musicophile
#Afrofuturist
Joris van Hoboken @jvh.bsky.social (he/him) antifascist, law prof in Amsterdam (IViR); platform regulation, law and digital infrastructure, quantum technology, fundamental rights.
@ivir-uva.bsky.social
James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social I’m a professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School.
One of "a number of very informative people." -WSJ
Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.com
Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu Computational Communication Scientist #rstats | Postdoc Researcher | University of Amsterdam | @ascor.bsky.social | @algosoc.org | Blog: favstats.eu | Running on plant-based fuel 🌱 | he/him
Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social The University of Chicago Press is one of the oldest and largest university presses in the United States and a distinguished publisher of trade and scholarly books and journals. Refining minds since 1891!
jenniferathome @jenniferathome.bsky.social Proud museum person. Trying to be a good human and make the world lovelier in all the ways. Mom, partner, knitter, Italophile. Pro-peace, pro-choice. No effs left.
Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc Head of Research at OneProject.org. Author, Design Justice (https://design-justice.pubpub.org) + Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets. #FreePalestine. Trans agenda. She/they/ella/elle. More: https://www.schock.cc
Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social Sociology & communication prof at Penn researching: Internet, activism, digital media & technology, narrative, emotion, sinology. All views my own. Website: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/guobin-yang-phd
Dawn Gilpin @drgilpin.bsky.social Associate dean for research & PhD director at ASU's Cronkite School. I study complex mediated social systems, from organizations to (sub)cultures. Also: semipro cat herder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer expert, perfume aficionado, and shoe lover. She/her
Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social Tufts professor of Political Science and Philosophy & Tisch College Associate Dean. Blogging since 2003 at peterlevine.ws
Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social I teach comparative politics at the University of Bremen, Alumnus @jungeakademie.bsky.social, Autor: "Stadt, Land, Frust. Eine politische Vermessung"
Marc Steinberg @msteinbrg.bsky.social Writing about platforms capitalisms, super apps, convenience stores in Japan and Asia. Director of The Platform Lab.Books: In/Convenience (http://bit.ly/3Vcs4m4); The Platform Economy; Anime's Media Mix.
Holly Kruse @hollykruse.bsky.social Media studies
–Gender & tech (Polity https://t.ly/LhLoK)
–Synth-pop (Bloomsbury https://t.ly/IUZHv)
–Networks & horse racing (MIT Press ebook https://t.ly/CJvI2)
–Music scenes (Peter Lang https://t.ly/aI__X)
Irish setters+horse+rescue dog. Iowan 4ever
Daniela Jaramillo-Dent @danijaradent.bsky.social Senior Research and Teaching Associate
at the Media Change and Innovation Division at the Department of Media and Communication Research at the University of Zurich. Internet scholar focusing on diaspora and inequality.
Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom.
I make bad jokes sometimes.
Nina Bandelj @ninabandelj.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine — economic sociology, culture, emotions, work & organizations, comparative political economy — new book, "Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Parening" (Princeton University Press, 2026)
Susan Herring @herringsc.bsky.social Professor of Information Science and Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington. CMC and social media researcher.
Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social Professor @bdfi.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social and Sociology. Bristol, UK. Researcher in Residence (2023-2025) @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social
Digital media and culture, futures and presents, affect, interdisciplinary methods.
Rachel Plotnick @rachelplotnick.bsky.social Associate Prof, IU Media School. Hist of tech, interfaces, wearables, media tech and everyday life. Books: Power Button (MIT) bit.ly/2xMlmsr and License to Spill (MIT, out now!) https://shorturl.at/Yl1DP
ProfJSG @profjsg.bsky.social Professor. Constitution hugger. Worried for democracy.
Daniel Kreiss @dkreiss.bsky.social Prof, researcher UNC CITAP, Tech + Politics.
Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social Cornell Tech professor (information science, AI-mediated Communication, trustworthiness of our information ecosystem). New York City. Taller in person. Opinions my own.
#TenureTrackHustle @meredithdclark.bsky.social I escaped the Upside Down, but I still visit