Nik John @ilovejazzmusic.bsky.social Internet scholar at University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk
Former Prez of @aoir.bsky.social
Pessimist
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
Crystal Lee @handle.invalid Writing about tech, power, data visualization, social media, disability. Assistant prof of computational media @ MIT. 🇹🇼
crystaljjlee.com
jocelyn ricard @jocelynricard.bsky.social neuroscience phd candidate @ stanford.
knight-hennessy, nsf graduate research fellow, quad fellow, NASEM ford fellow. formerly yale, dzne_en, and umn neuroscience.
Simon Willison @simonwillison.net Independent AI researcher, creator of datasette.io and llm.datasette.io, building open source tools for data journalism, writing about a lot of stuff at https://simonwillison.net/
Jorge Ochoa @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social Sociology PhD Student at Northwestern University studying science and technology, sexuality, health- L Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social Researcher and teacher. Writing about race, gender and internet stuff since 1995. “The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet” out from U. Minn press. Lisanakamura.net for articles if you want.
Myra Åhbeck Öhrman 🧢 @myrannosaurus.doomscroll.se Cultural critic and reluctant public intellectual. Hyperfixations include meme culture, anti-fascism, and esoteric internet lore.
Ceci n’est pas du content → doomscroll.se
Mostly 🇸🇪, occasionally unhinged.
New_ Public @newpublic.org New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online. newpublic.org
Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social Data Scientist/Musician/Participant in the General Confusion.
Oppose autocracy and research/counter disinformation. I serve the realm.
Caution: frequent cat photos.
https://conspirator0.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ItrZiqTLw
Francesca Tripodi @ftripodi.bsky.social Dr. Tripodi is a sociologist who studies the internet and how information flows online
www.spillab.com
Marion Fourcade @marionf.bsky.social 
Eden Medina @edenmedina.bsky.social Historian of tech @MITPSTS @MIT. Author Cybernetic Revolutionaries. Co-curator Cómo diseñar una revolucón // How to Design a Revolution. #sci #tech #politics #history #data #design #LatinAmerica #humanrights. Views my own.
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
Aswin Punathambekar @aswinp.bsky.social Prof., Annenberg School for Communication @Upenn; focus on media & cultural change in postcolonial & diasporic contexts; Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication. https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/aswin-punathambekar-phd
Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮ @kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy Learning about moral economies, researching media histories, imagining post-platform futures. Also, helping with moderation on aoir.social and professoring in Media […]
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xiaochang @xiaochang.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication @ Stanford. Histories of AI/ML, NLP, speech recognition, and related data practices; general tomfoolery.
Zizi Papacharissi @zizip.bsky.social UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series
Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com Tired person, fighter. Labor, data, DH, obsolete software, database history, etc. Seeing Like a Supply Chain out Oct 2026: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251449/seeing-like-a-supply-chain/. Speaking for myself, not my employer.
David Craig @producing2power.bsky.social comm, media industries, platform, social media, and creator studies scholar (aka "creator anthropologist"). In my past life, I spent decades making TV movies and "producing to power".
Lauren N. Girouard, PhD @laurengh.bsky.social NSF SBE Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard and UMich • Incoming Professor at TCNJ • Interdisciplinary researcher studying what kids think about AI • Science Communicator • R Stats nerd • Passionate about Pedagogy • FirstGen 🏳️🌈
Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social Studying the internet, technology, security, conflict, authoritarianism. Professor @thehertieschool. Consultant @hrdag. she/her.
Wrote a book on repression in the digital age: https://www.anitagohdes.net/book.html
V. (Ghost in the machine) @horrorbatsbite.bsky.social Sociologist studying the intersections of information, tech, extremism, eschatology, Very Bad Things Colliding Together + effects on society.
One of the cohosts on The Crumbling podcast.
http://thecrumbling.com
Mastodon: @horrorbatsbite@mastodon.social
Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social ✍🏽 • RACE AFTER TECHNOLOGY: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code • VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want • IMAGINATION: A Manifesto 📚www.ruhabenjamin.com
Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Author of The Black Box Society & New Laws of Robotics; law professor at Cornell Law School & Cornell Tech.
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@FrankPasquale on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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
Matthew Salganik @msalganik.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Princeton, www.princeton.edu/~mjs3
Author of Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, bitbybitbook.com
Sarah Brayne @sarahbrayne.bsky.social Sociology Professor at Stanford
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
Eszter Hargittai @eszter.com Professor of Internet Use & Society, University of Zurich
William Allan Neilson Professor, Smith College (Fall 2024)
Formerly: Northwestern U, Princeton U
eszter.com
Kevin Curry @kevincurry.bsky.social Associate Prof. - Journalism & Media Studies at Linfield U.
/ Ph.D./ Creative team: http://AngelPunkSaga.com / Host: Revisit the Moment pod/ Stalker of wary trout w/a fly.
Dawn Branley-Bell @thecyberpsyche.bsky.social Associate Professor of Cyberpsychology | Past Chair of BPS Cyberpsychology Section | Interests: Health Tech, Eating Disorders, AI, Social Media & most aspects of cyberpsych | Director of www.pactlab.co.uk | Runner, hiker, campervanner, servant to 5 dogs 🐾
Sharoni Haleva Amir @sharonhalevaamir.bsky.social Proud mom. Internet, AI and Poli-Sci Scholar, PhD in law & technology. Fond of elegant fashion, photography and cuties https://drsharonihalevaamir.blogspot.com/
Cameron Piercy @cameronpiercy.bsky.social Communication researcher, associate prof, into human-machine communication, work, and network science. Choctaw citizen, dad, partner, friend, and dog-person.
https://hmc.ku.edu/ 
Caitlin E. Lawson, PhD @caitlinlawson.bsky.social Assoc Prof of Comm & Media Studies @ Emmanuel College | researching religion, gender, & digital culture | she/her/hers | bio.site/caitlinlawson
Mylynn Felt, Ph.D. @mylynnfelt.bsky.social Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Weber State University
Social Media & Civic Advocacy Research
She/her/hers
Opinions are my own
Katy Coduto @katycoduto.bsky.social Assistant professor of media science @ Boston U. Researching sexting, swiping, + other online behaviors. Usually watching horror movies.
kdcoduto.com
David J. Roaché @davidjroache.bsky.social Assistant prof at Christopher Newport U.
Studying tech in close relationships.
Often communicates in gif form (pronounced jif).
Views/opinions my own.
he/him
David Westerman @dkwesterman.bsky.social Associate Professor at NDSU, @ndsucommdept.bsky.social. Interested in how we communicate through and with technology. Originally from NF, NY. 
Natalie Pennington @natpen.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication Studies | Friendship | Technology | Mixed Methods
I love my partner, pets, and cooking and baking, especially if it’s from Serious Eats or Smitten Kitchen!
Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social Assistant Professor of big data and diversity at University of Connecticut | PhD in Mass Comm at UW-Madison | Social activism | Digital media, politics & gender | GAI | Computational Social Science
Zach McDowell @zacharymcdowell.bsky.social Researcher and writer on Wikipedia, AI, media and tech policy, and the political economy of knowledge. Communication and information Professor @ UIC. Nerd. Editor of communication +1.
Posts are mine, reposts are interesting.
Gary Kreps @garykreps.bsky.social I study how communication and information technology can promote health, wellbeing, and social justice. I encourage cooperation and respect for all people, cultures, and nature through kindness and generosity.
Anna Wolfe @annawolfe.bsky.social Associate Professor | Department of Communication & Journalism @Texas A&M University | how do we connect across our differences? : dialogue : storytelling : conflict : collective action : organizational communication : engaged scholarship
Sarah Riddick @sarahriddick.bsky.social WPI Prof. Digital rhetorics and writing | digital media | digital cultures. #TeamRhetoric. sarahriddick.com/cv/
Dr. Mel Rozalia @drmelissameade.bsky.social Ethnographies of inequality, digital media + tech, labor, environment, economic decline, collective memory, identity.
Lorraine Kisselburgh, PhD @lkisselburgh.bsky.social Social scientist. Technologist. Tech Policy advisor.
Privacy|AI Ethics|Collabor’n|Gender|Org’zns|Leadership
Purdue University
CAIDP Board (Past Chair)
ACM Tech Policy Council (Past/Inaug Chair)
EPIC Adv Board
IEEE P2863 Org Gov AI
Taryn Gilligan @taryngilligan.bsky.social Artist, activist, professor, & researcher. Teaching all things digital narratology, digital culture, visual rhetoric, new media, social justice, and empathy studies. (she/her)
dr. evelyn runge @evisualyn.eurosky.social Digital Visual Culture, #Photojournalism & Politics. @unicologne.bsky.social ThruHiker. #Humanities #SocSci #Photography. Alumna @jungeakademie.bsky.social @journalistenschule.bsky.social #IJP.
Dr. Carrie Ann Johnson @carrieakjohnson.bsky.social Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Professional Communication. Researching Whisper Networks in Organizations. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1089335/full
Yini Zhang @yinizhang.bsky.social assistant professor, university at buffalo, social media & computational social science
Angela Aguayo @djang.bsky.social Author of Documentary Resistance (Oxford University Press), documentary maker, professor of media, communication and culture. Specialist in participatory and engaged cinema.
Adrian Meier @adrianmeier.bsky.social Professor @fau.de @fauwiso.bsky.social Social media effects | (Self-)regulation of tech | Mental health & well-being | AI & the workplace | Former Secretary of the ICA Communication & Technology division @icacat.bsky.social https://www.commsci.rw.fau.eu/
Camille François @camillefrancois.bsky.social Professor, Columbia University School of Int'l & Public Affairs. Tech Exec, previously w/ Graphika, Niantic, Google. I work on online trust, safety and innovation. I’ve been called "most optimistic person looking at the darkest corners of the Internet" :)
Dr. Mariah L Wellman @mariahlwellman.bsky.social Professor & researcher | writing a book on social media influencers and the wellness industry 
Kathryn Eccles @kathryneccles.bsky.social Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Oxford Internet Institute and Pembroke College, University of Oxford.
Interested in Digital Culture, Heritage, and Museums.
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
Marleen Stikker @marleenstikker.eurosky.social The internet is broken … but we can fix it. Waag Futurelab - waag.org - Professor of Practice at Applied University of Amsterdam. Mastodon: marleenstikker@waag.social
Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social Associate Professor at UM School of Information researching social computing, HCI, designing trans tech, social media, identity transitions, content moderation. 🏳️⚧️ he/him
Pete Etchells @peteetchells.bsky.social Professor of Psychology and Science Communication | Award-winning science writer | Screen Time | Social Media | Smartphones | Video games | https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook
Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at University of Amsterdam
Studying the intersection of AI, social media, and politics.
Polarization, misinformation, radicalization, digital platforms, social complexity.
Alex Hinck @alexhinck.bsky.social Assistant professor of interpersonal communication and technology at University of Cincinnati researching stigma, online support, and interpersonal & intergroup relationships. She/her
Anne Jonas 🌻 @annejonas.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ UM-Flint CIT. Studying digital technologies, schools, community, and power through qualitative and design-based research methods. Previously at MSU, UC Berkeley, Barnard, and Brown. she/her 🏳️🌈
Annette Markham @annettemarkham.bsky.social Social researcher focused on AI futures literacies, data/digital disruptions, algorithmic identity, human machine communication. Chair Professor at Utrecht University
A bit obsessed about methodology
More at https://annettemarkham.com
Caleb Carr @calebtcarrphd.bsky.social Professor of Communication, studying communication convergence in the form of online identity and groups. Parrothead, Peacemaker, & Spartan.
calebtcarr.com
Christian Katzenbach @ckatzenbach.bsky.social Prof in Media and Communication // Editor-In-Chief New Media &Society // Director MA Digital Media and Society // Wonderful team @pgmt.bsky.social // platform governance, AI hype, discourse
https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/person/christian-katzenbach/
Claire M. Segijn, Ph.D @segijn.bsky.social Associate Professor & Mithun Program Fellow @ HSJMC University of Minnesota (She/her) | UvA ASCoR alum
Research: multitasking, synced advertising, personalization, online surveillance, privacy & ethics #commsky
🌍https://clairesegijn.com/
Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
He/Him
Unless explicitly stated, not speaking for my employer
Dr. Kevin W. Jennings @cybercrimedoc.bsky.social PhD in criminal justice from Texas State University. Current Associate Professor with a focus on cybercrime, digital forensics, and police technology. Called a "mediocre scientist" on the hit No Such Thing as a Fish podcast!
Dylan Mulvin @dmulvin.bsky.social Associate Professor at the LSE. Histories of media and technology.
dylanmulvin.com
Esteban Morales @estebanmorales.bsky.social Assistant professor @rug.nl
Latinoamericano studying digital culture, platformized violence, and critical data studies.
Website: https://esteban-morales.com/
Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social Clinical Prof., Cornell Law School. That brown gay law prof who makes ice cream. Speech, tech, clinical legal education, and the legal profession. Not the best but pretty good. Always MI ✋🏾
Evelyn Douek @evelyndouek.bsky.social Associate Professor, Stanford Law School. Aussie struggling with °F & online speech stuff.
Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social Professor of political science at the University of Zurich • digital technology, AI & politics • resting bitch face • https://fabriziogilardi.org/
Florence Chee @cheeflo.bsky.social Technocultural Ethicist | Associate Professor of Digital Communication @LoyolaChicago | Director of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy @digethics and the Social and Interactive Media Lab @SIMLabChicago https://simlabchicago.com/?page_id=274
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 
J.D. Schnepf @jdschnepf.bsky.social Assistant Professor of American Studies. Contemporary lit and culture, US imperialism, gender, technology, digital media
Jacob T. Fisher @jacobtfisher.online Associate professor at Michigan State University studying attention, cognition, and digital media. 🔗: jacobtfisher.com
Kaarina Nikunen @kaarinan.bsky.social Professor of Media and Communication Research
Tampere University
I write about datafication and social justice, emotions, affect & traces of humanity in the digital world. Also on migration, hate and the far-right.
Book: Media Solidarities (SAGE 2019)
Jan-Philipp Stein @jpstein.de Professor of Media Psychology @TUChemnitz • Interested in digital media, social machines, and oxford commas • World's greatest fan of 'Rain, 10 hours.mp3' ☔
Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social Professor of Political Geography & Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @leverhulmecal.bsky.social
Algorithms, politics, technology, biometrics, AI, ethics
Author Cloud Ethics http://dukeupress.edu/cloud-ethics
Lynn Miller @lynncmiller.bsky.social Professor of Communication and Psychology at USC; I develop representative virtual worlds with colleagues in many fields to address research/intervention challenges. Current new focus: communication challenges (and how to address them) to enrich democracy
Philipp K. Masur @masurphil.bsky.social Associate Professor at VU Amsterdam | digital communication, privacy, social influence & media literacy | Director of the Digital Media and Behavior Lab - www.dmb-lab.nl | More on: www.philippmasur.de
Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn @sunjooahn.bsky.social Professor, University of Georgia.
Director, Center for Advanced Computer-Human Ecosystems (CACHE). https://www.ugavr.com
#VR #AR #research #behaviorchange #communication #technology #metaverse
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun @whkchun.bsky.social new media theorist and professor. director of the SFU digital democracies institute. posts reflect my own views only.
banner from Mongrel Network's 2004 Bush-Blair project. Portrait by a wonderful scms audience member—let me know if you know them!
Madison Malone Kircher @4evrmalone.bsky.social 
Stephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com Print advocate and journalist. Writing a book about the value of paper & ink for St. Martin’s Press. Rep’d by Mark Gottlieb, Trident Media Group. stephenharrison.com
Soma Basu @somabasu.com Anthropologist of outsourced selves and distributed humans.
somabasu.com
Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social Media reporter at The Washington Post. GW adjunct professor of journalism. Send tips securely on Signal: scottnover.99
Richard MacManus @ricmac.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Head of Editorial at Latent Space, a leading AI engineering publication · Internet historian at cybercultural.com · Founded ReadWriteWeb (2003–2012) · 🥝 in 🇬🇧
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@ricmac, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Richard MacManus @ricmac.org Head of Editorial at Latent Space, a leading AI engineering publication · Internet historian at cybercultural.com · Founded ReadWriteWeb (2003–2012) · 🥝 in 🇬🇧
Classic Web: https://bsky.app/profile/classicweb.site
Leaflet: https://ricmac.leaflet.pub
Dr Sanjukta Basu, PhD @sanjuktabasu.bsky.social Journalist, Researcher, Communication Specialist. PhD in Women's Studies. Research areas: Women, gender, politics, digital public space, trolling, right wing trolls. Author, Photographer. TED Fellow, TEDx Speaker. Founder, Feminist Alliance Trust, NGO.
Chase Taylor-Carter @chasecarter.bsky.social Co-owner of Rascal News. Tabletop and internet culture journalist. Avoiding unhealthy use this time around.
✉️: chase@rascal.news
https://www.rascal.news/
nadira 🙃 @calllmenadira.net staff writer @slate.com | amateur @ life
📍 philly cream cheese; ny bagel
Angela Watercutter @waterslicer.bsky.social Senior Editor, Special Projects @ WIRED
Signal: AngelaWatercutter.95
Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social Senior writer at Wired, author of ONE BAD MOTHER, debut essay collection out now. https://www.amazon.com/One-Bad-Mother-Housewives-Momfluencers/dp/1668051117
Moises Mendez II @moisesmendez2.bsky.social Culture Reporter for hire | He/Him | Words: The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and more. Seeing what all the hype is about. Formerly at TIME.