BSA Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Study Group @bsa-asmr.bsky.social The Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Group of @britsoci.bsky.social. See our website to join: https://www.britsoc.co.uk/groups/study-groups/activism-social-movements-and-revolutions-study-group/about/ #Sociology
Tamara Kneese @tamigraph.bsky.social Climate/AI/labor/death researcher in Oakland. Luddite
I wrote a book about how techno-solutionism fails us in this life + beyond https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300248272/death-glitch/
www.tamarakneese.com
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
Dr Carolina Are / Blogger On Pole @bloggeronpole.bsky.social ๐ฑDigital criminologist @ #LSE ๐๐ป #poledance performer ๐ Blogger, award-winning activist ๐ฎ๐น LDNer (she/her) ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ Thinking about Buffy like itโs the Roman Empire. https://bloggeronpole.com/all-my-links/
Harry Dyer @harrytdyer.bsky.social Digital sociologist and Associate Professor in Education, interested in identity, social media, & LGBTQ youth. Co-lead and Chair of SMSociety
You can find other papers I've written here https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=770gzPq
Dr Brandon Harris @drbrandonharris.bsky.social Husband + cat dad + Prof in AL studying: twitch, gaming, platforms, media industries, labor, & content creators one unhinged study at a time.
Sara Reinis @sarareinis.bsky.social researching internet culture, algorithms, self-help, spirituality, and assorted rabbit holes that strike my fancy | currently: PhD student at Penn Annenberg
Samuel Cabbuag @samcabbuag.bsky.social Donut lover ๐ฉ | PhD candidate in Sociology at HKBU | Asst Prof of Sociology, UP Diliman | digital sociology, influencer cultures, digital cultures, social media platforms
Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social ๐ Feminist Senior Lecturer in data politics and social justice at City st. George's, Uni of London, UK. She/her.
https://elinorcarmi.com/
Working on data&AI governance/data&AI literacies/data justice/digital rights/ad tech industry/surveillance.
jess rauchberg @jessrauchberg.bsky.social creator culture expert @LeedsUniMedia.bsky.social
Assoc. editor, CREATOR & INFLUENCER STUDIES
Writing PLATFORM HYGIENE (Duke UP)
Repped by Aevitas Creative Management
Hot takes are my own!
www.jessrauchberg.com
Pranav @pranavm.bsky.social 
Tom Divon | ุชูู
ุฏูููู | ืชืื ืืืืื @tomdivon.bsky.social Social Media Explorer ๐ฆ
PhDing; Communication; HebrewU
Founding Member @weareccsn.bsky.social
๐คณ๐ฝ Content Creators
๐งฒ Audiovisual Memes
๐งจ Algos and Hate
๐ต Tech Appropriation
๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ค TikTok Cultures
Dr. Will X. Uly @wellactually.bsky.social rhetoric sun. media rising. gender moon. assistant professor of communication studies, recovering marketer, and award-winning drag king. thinking about neoliberalism & gender performance in consumer culture. they/them.
the views expressed here are my own.
Cara Hawkins-Jedlicka @carabyrd.bsky.social Assistant professor of practice at the Edward R. Murrow College of Comm. Research in the intersection of womenโs sport, social media & branding.Cofounder of Starting Line 1928. #commsky
PB Berge ๐ @persephone.blue ๐ฅ ludoarsonist
๐น๏ธ media scholar
๐ฎ game breaker
๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ is out!!!
Assistant Professor of Experimental Game Design @UAlberta. ๐ trans play ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ TTRPGs ๐ฒ extremism ๐ & the โจunplayableโจ
๐ https://persephone.blue ๐ฒ https://gravesnail.itch.io/next-week
Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social professor + expert on platforms, care, & digital culture
writing AND HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? [ @uc_press ]
my curated life | thoughts mine
Tim Highfield @timhighfield.bsky.social Internet researcher and Associate Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick.
Dr. Errol Salamon @errolsalamon.bsky.social Program Director, MSc Media Management & Senior Lecturer in Media Production, University of @Stir.ac.uk | Research: work, labour, and organizations in digital journalism and media industries | PI: Creator Labour project | https://linktr.ee/errolsalamon
Matthew ์ ์ Howard, Ph.D. (he/him/his) @drgyopophd.bsky.social Green-Cheeked Conure and (former) Pug Dad; Begrudgingly-Tolerated Cat Step Dad | Asian/American Media Histories of Race and Empire via Hallyu | Asst. Prof., Loyola University Chicago School of Communication
Opinions are my own and not my institution's.
Yasemin Beykont @yaseminbeykont.bsky.social Visiting Asst. Prof. At Marist University, PhD from Penn State, UWM & Istanbul Bilgi University alum, memes + critical advertising + political economy + popular culture, she/her
yaseminbeykont.com
Dr. Kate Stewart @thekatestewart.bsky.social ๐AL | Assistant Prof of PR at JSU ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ซ Ph.D. from USC, B.A. + M.A. from Auburn ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ #WarEagle | #swiftie ๐ซถ๐ผ social media researcher ๐คณ๐ผ
Dr. Mariah L Wellman @mariahlwellman.bsky.social Professor & researcher | writing a book on social media influencers and the wellness industry 
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
CoโDirector: @miccenter.bsky.social
Safiya Umoja Noble, PhD @safiyanoble.bsky.social Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. #MacFellow
Writer, professor. Comedian.
Author, โAlgorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,โ which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding todayโs LLMs and AI.
safiyaunoble.com
Deen Freelon @dfreelon.bsky.social Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. + Presidential Prof. + Director: Politics, Identities, & Communication Lab (PICL) @asc.upenn.edu. More fun than I look.
Robyn Caplan @robyncaplan.bsky.social Assistant professor at Duke University. Tech policy, platform governance, mom.
I make bad jokes sometimes.
Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social information science professor (tech ethics + internet stuff)
kind of a content creator (elsewhere also @professorcasey)
though not influencing anyone to do anything except maybe learn things
she/her
more: casey.prof
Daniel Kreiss @dkreiss.bsky.social Prof, researcher UNC CITAP, Tech + Politics.
alice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social Dir of Research, Data & Society. Academic. Studies tech & society, far-right disinfo. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme ๐
๐ป tiara.org
Shannon McGregor, PhD @shannimcg.bsky.social Professor at UNC. PI at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, news - all "depressing & timely" BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533
Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social Writer of books, player of music, professor of media, tech & democracy
Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz Professor, researcher, author. Prez, Assoc of Internet Researchers (AOIR), gay lady into synths, computers, music, film.
Wrote a book called Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media (YUP 19), and Meta stole it to train its LLM.
Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net Ignore my late night posts.
Award winning author!
I study Black Twitter: goo.gl/Wc98bf
โฆand digital methods: goo.gl/0njUPf
Openly Black.
Still on The Bird App as *thot leedurr*
andrebrock.academia.edu
Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social An independent research and policy institute working toward a future where people, not technology, come first.
Axel Bruns @snurb.info Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor at @qutdmrc, researching news, politics, partisanship, polarisation in digital and social media.
He/his | Progressive Rock | Hannover 96 ๐ค๐ค๐ | ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฉ๐ช๐ช๐บ
๐ธ๏ธ snurb.info
๐ @snurb@aoir.social
โ @snurb_dot_info
#TenureTrackHustle @meredithdclark.bsky.social I escaped the Upside Down, but I still visit 
Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social Researching histories & futures of touch tech/haptics
Prof @ NYU Tandon TCS/IDM https://shorturl.at/0Wwzc
Archaeologies of Touch https://tinyurl.com/4kcxxkfk
Edit @ ROMchip journal https://shorturl.at/sDFI1
Mostly reformed goth
Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social Assistant professor of media studies @MIT. Cultural and political histories of Silicon Valley and the internet.
Siva @sivav.bsky.social Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Publisher and EIC of @VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website anthropology, algorithms, attention | he/him | The conversation is characterized by Nick's use of language, but the content of the discussion remains unknown.
David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social Sociology Professor. Author Digital Feudalism, Getting Signed, Streaming Culture and more. Editor Fast Capitalism 
Meredith Broussard, PhD @merbroussard.bsky.social Data journalist, AI scholar, NYU professor. Author, MORE THAN A GLITCH: CONFRONTING RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY BIAS IN TECH and ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE: HOW COMPUTERS MISUNDERSTAND THE WORLD. meredithbroussard.com
Nancy Baym @nancybaym.bsky.social 30+ years of digital media research. Wrote a few books. Dog, lake, and mountain lover, embroiderer, taker of nature snapshots, campervan enthusiast, sweet on music. She/her.
Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.com Director of Research & Outreach, Center for the Study of Organized Hate @csohate.bsky.social
Expert on hate & extremism, online harms & tech regulation
๐ป evianeleidig.com
Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org We are an interdisciplinary group of over 700 experts in labor, technology, anti-racism, feminism, and transnationalism.
Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social Bringing Fan Studies scholars together since 2012.
https://fanstudies.org/
https://www.instagram.com/fanstudies
ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social โข qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities
โข new book out with @ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE https://tinyurl.com/jv33yjaf
โข words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ @glamour
โข she/her
find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
DrJessieNYC @jessienyc.bsky.social Writer. Professor. Queer. Latest book: #NiceWhiteLadies.
Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social ๐ Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin Uni (Boorloo/Perth West Australia);
๐ @digitalchildau.bsky.social (GenAI & Datafication);
๐ @tama@aoir.social; he/him.
[Views mine; RT/โค๏ธ/etc โ endorsement]
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
Luke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ just a simple country AI ethicist | Assistant Professor, Western University ๐จ๐ฆ | Co-Director, @starlingcentre.bsky.social | he/his/him | | no all-male panels |#BLM | ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ally | views my own
https://starkcontrast.co/
https://starlingcentre.ca/
Catherine Knight Steele @steelecat717.bsky.social Author - Digital Black Feminism
Associate Professor @UMD
I wonder if I'll ever get to talk about my reality shows here ๐
Dr. Christine H. Tran @thechristinet.bsky.social โจRetired tech model writ(h)es about the Internet (they/she)
โจTenure-Track Assistant Prof @ Alberta University of the Arts
โจResearcher of digital work, play, livestreaming & the creator economy
โจPhD U of Toronto iSchool
โจ https://thechristinet.wordpress.com
Elena Maris @elenamaris.bsky.social Asst. Professor: Politics of Platforms & AI at University of Illinois at Chicago | Views mine
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, ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
https://anne-oeldorf-hirsch.uconn.edu
Kylie Jarrett @kylzjarrett.bsky.social All the social medias; still nothing to say.
Also on Masto at same name
Editor: Dialogues on Digital Society
Co-editor: Sage Handbook of Digital Labour (2025)
Author: Digital Labor (2022); Feminism, Labour and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife (2016)
Sophie Bishop @sophiebishop.bsky.social She/her
Studying influencers & โinfluencer creepโ in creative industries
Associate Professor in Media & Communication, University of Leeds
Pre order Influencer Creep now: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/influencer-creep/paper
Catalina Goanta @cgoanta.bsky.social Associate prof in private law & tech (Utrecht University) & PI ERC Research Stg HUMANads '22-'27 @goanta@someone.elses.computer
Digital Culture & Education @digitalculture.bsky.social An international open acess peer-reviewed journal dedicated to an interdisciplinary exploration of digital technology's impacts on society, culture, & education
http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com
Shira Chess @shirachess.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA
Books:
1. The Unseen Internet (MIT press, 2026)๐ซ
2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century (Strange Attractor w RU Sirius)
https://open.substack.com/pub/unseeninternet
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
Rachel Wood @rachelwood.bsky.social Social media, femininity, and consumer culture.
Senior lecturer in Media, currently writing about sustainability influencers.
Jinsook Kim @jinsookkim.bsky.social Feminist media scholar | Assistant professor, Media Studies, Emory University | Writing a book about digital media, online misogyny, and feminist activism in South Korea | she/her | Views my own
www.jinsookkim.com
Megan L Zahay @meganzahay.bsky.social Researching persuasion and trust in online communities | 1st Gen | Fiber and visual arts lover
Zane Austin Willard ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (is on the job market ๐) @zaneawillard.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ USF Communication | Cultural Studies | Media | Surveillance | Pop Culture | Public Policy | Sexuality | Race & Ethnicity | Queerness
๐Chicago
Ava Bucy @fangirlresearch.bsky.social Media Studies Lecturer and PhD Student studying fangirls @ Uni of Huddersfield, girlhoods, popular music, fan politics, celebrity etc
Uni of Leeds and Emerson College alum, from LA now cozying up in the Yorkshire countryside.
queer audhd disabled
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
Andrรฉ Sarli, Revolusarli @revolusarli.bsky.social Sociologist of STS, also a lawyer, and a comic strip artist. Father of two. Brazilian, living in Indonesia
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes.
www.marhicks.com
Crystal Lee @handle.invalid Writing about tech, power, data visualization, social media, disability. Assistant prof of computational media @ MIT. ๐น๐ผ
crystaljjlee.com
Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com prof โ critic โ music and media โ award-losing author of WHO GOT THE CAMERA?, which Rolling Stone called "approachably erudite" โ ericdharvey.com
Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca SocialMediaLab.ca
- News, analysis & views by @philipmai.com re: the politics of tech, social media, AI, immigration, democracy, mis/disinfo, war & propaganda. Explore our suite of social media tools for public interest research: socialmedialab.ca/apps/
jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social ๐ public data cultures https://jonathangray.org/publicdatacultures
๐ฑ codirector @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social
๐ซง feminist STS, internet studies, poetic computation
Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life @citap.bsky.social We research the intersection of technology platforms and democratic society.
Our work produces insights that inform a digital future rooted in equality and justice.
https://linktr.ee/unc_citap
Jean Burgess @jeanburgess.bsky.social Communication and media professor researching the internet, platforms & automation in society via cultural studies & digital methods. Brisbane/Sunshine Coast hinterland.๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐โจ๏ธ
Corrina Laughlin @corrinalaughlin.bsky.social Prof at Loyola Marymount University. Californian. I write about digital media and religion.
Hannah Dahlbergโ๏ธDodd, PhD @hedahlbergdodd.bsky.social Sociocultural linguist and digital/popular media studies human | ๐Tohoku University | ็คพไผ่จ่ชๅญฆใปใใธใฟใซ็คพไผใปใกใใฃใข่กจ่ฑกใปๅฝนๅฒ่ช/ใญใฃใฉใฏใฟใผ่จ่ช | J-E translation ๆฅ่ฑ็ฟป่จณ | they/she | (็บ่จใฏๅไบบใฎ่ฆ่งฃใงใ)
Justin Rawlins @justinrawlins.bsky.social Prof Media/Film | Author: Imagining the Method http://bit.ly/43QVOa4 | Research: acting, celebrity, screen histories, Arctic media | he/him
Ludmila Lupinacci @ludludlud.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social โจdigital tech & everyday life, experiences of liveness (whatever that means), scrolling nonsense, moods & vibes โจ ludmilalupinacci.com
Alex Monea @alexmonea.bsky.social Assoc Prof @georgemasonu.bsky.social | Author: The Digital Closet (https://bit.ly/digitalcloset) | Focus: content moderation, platform governance, data ethics | Views my own | he/him
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
Emelia Hughes @emeliamay.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Notre Dame studying online communities & social media โจ previously at @uwischool.bsky.social, @socialfutureslab.bsky.social, & UW CIP and intern with Adobe Research
Jimil Ataman @jimilataman.bsky.social asst. professor of sustainable innovation in the global fashion industry @university of alberta | anthropologist of slow fashion | writing on capitalism, digital culture and feminist practice | she/her
Katy Coduto @katycoduto.bsky.social Assistant professor of media science @ Boston U. Researching sexting, swiping, + other online behaviors. Usually watching horror movies.
kdcoduto.com
Adrienne Massanari @adriennemassanari.bsky.social Prof@AmerU (views mine). New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets.
She/her/hers.
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".
zari taylor @zaritaylor.bsky.social critical cultural + media studies scholar tired of switching platforms. thoughts are my own.
Adrienne Shaw @adrishaw.bsky.social Author, founder of the LGBTQ game archive (@lgbtagamearchive.bsky.social), professor, and caretaker of plants who are mostly just doing their own thing.
Aymar (AJ) @thehost.theinvite.us professor @ Northwestern
affiliate @ Harvard Berkman Klein
jury @ Peabody Awards
co-founder @weareotv
BOOKS:
Reparative Media, MIT Press Fall 2025
Media Reparations, coming soon on Polity
The Cookout, out now โฌ๏ธ
http://linktr.ee/ajescoffery
Clara Juarez Miro @clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social Beatriz Galindo Fellow @cpoliticaub.bsky.social | Previously @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social & @jscvienna.bsky.social
Studying populism, online communities, audiences.
Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Virginia.
Co-editor at JCMS:Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.
Emergency systems, disability, and media access.
Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social Applied Anthropologist researching how people promote, manage, resist, and endure change; and how they, algorithms, and ethics coexist. (Or not). Social Systems/Culture. Sometimes write for Fast Company. NYU/ITP alum
Tanya Lokot @tanyalokot.bsky.social Ukrainian academic living in Ireland. I study digital media, civic mobilisation, & networked authoritarianism. Nature & cats keep me sane. #StandWithUkraine ๐บ๐ฆ
Nick Brody @nbrody.bsky.social Comm Prof at The University of Puget Sound studying technology and relationships.
www.pugetsound.edu/directory/nicholas-brody
Dr. Ania Rynarzewska @aniarynarzewska.bsky.social Asst. Prof in marketing. Researching all the things esp. the dark side of marketing and influencer marketing. Beauty brand creator. Dog lover. Coffee lover. Farm living. Ex tennis player
Olivier Jutel ๐ต๐ธ @ojutel.bsky.social Skateboarding, Tech-criticism, Blockchain colonialism and platform geopolitics, film, LFC.
Nathalie Van Raemdonck @nathalievanraemdonck.com Social media networks and social norms, freshly minted PhD from Brussels University (VUB). Belgian living in Barcelona, internet night crawler, STS
Jeremy Hunsinger @buridan.bsky.social academic, researcher of the internet, writer, traveler...
STS, Critical Internet Studies, Critical University Studies, Critical Data Studies, Critical Theory, Interpretive methods, etc. #AoIR ista and leftist like Will Rogers
Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team Head of Community at @blackskyweb.xyz and your fav auntie. 1922.
Committed to a Black feminist politic of collective work as a scholar, educator, and practitioner.
Serious about Protecting Black girls and RJ.
๐ Kalyncoghill.com- L Lisa Nakamura @lnakamura.bsky.social Researcher and teacher. Writing about race, gender and internet stuff since 1995. โThe Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internetโ out from U. Minn press. Lisanakamura.net for articles if you want.