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📢Our first ebook is out! "Lifewide Learning in Postdigital Societies: Shedding Light on Emerging Culturalities" edited by @LuisaContiEU & @FergalLenehan @UniJena. This is a long 🧵highlighting the different chapters. Check it out, it's #OpenAccess: transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-688… (1/14)

Frankenstein 2.0: Netflix’s autumn blockbuster draws on big ideas and a wealth of cinema history thecurrency.news/articles/20454…

Sean Scully’s “Stories”: Abstract beauty rooted in everyday bittersweetness thecurrency.news/articles/19662…

European realities and apple trees: What does it mean to be a European Capital of Culture? thecurrency.news/articles/19295…

Coming up for air: The eerie contribution from George Orwell to understanding the present thecurrency.news/articles/18955…

Please sign the petition against the brutal planned reduncies at Newcastle University: change.org/p/end-unnecess…

Folk, fame and failure: The biopics plotting the gritty journeys of great bohemians thecurrency.news/articles/18442…

An authoritarian pocketful: The growing gap between digital platforms and EU values, and how to address it thecurrency.news/articles/18641…

Fergal Lenehan: A strong whiff of black and red coalition permeates the air now in Germany thecurrency.news/articles/18023…

The intermingling of politics, business and internet culture has gone hand-in-hand with the trollification of political discourse thecurrency.news/articles/17615…

.@FergalLenehan tracks the fascinating career of Kerryman @ReaGarvey, a music superstar in German who enjoys coming back to Ireland where nobody knows him thecurrency.news/articles/17084…

Have a second look: The streaming movie hits that flopped with cinema audiences thecurrency.news/articles/17384…

In 2024, I published a number of articles for @thecurrency, largely on European culture and politics. The Currency has become a space for interesting & thoughtful longer pieces, well beyond business and economics. Check it out. Thanks to @tom_hubert @ipkehoe @TomLyonsBiz

🎉 My new journal article “TikTok and the Algorithmic Transformation of Social Media Publics” has just been published on New Media and Society! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

Call for Papers #CfP: Weizenbaum Conference 2025 "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies", Berlin, June 4-5, 2025. #WIConf25 Submit your paper by February 15, 2025 📌 More: weizenbaum-conference.de

Our special issue co-edited with Qinfeng Zhu @qfzhu is published in Media and Communication. The issue brings together studies on diverse topics and contexts that delve into the complexities of disconnectivity. Big thanks to all authors and reviewers and the journal editors!

Last paper of my PhD research is finally published @seldridge @MJBroersma . In this article we explore the visual protest and visual mobilisation in China. Internet memes, populist campaigns: Nationalism, populism, and online visual protests in China journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

We've extended the application deadline until Dec. 20. We're accepting applications for a LEO Lecturer I to teach courses for our Digital Studies undergraduate curriculum. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/leolecturer2025

🌿 New Paper + Call for Chapters 🌿 "Postdigital Nature Connection" I’m launching a call for chapters on postdigital nature connection for a new book with @SpringerNature. If you're researching tech-nature entanglements, let's connect! Details here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Ky0jcL…

New edited book is published. It is co-edited with prof Dervin. It is titled "Un-writing Interculturality in Education and Research". routledge.com/Un-writing-Int… taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.…

Call for Papers - Postdigital Feminisms: Platformed-Lives, Labour, Intimacies, and Activism Guest Editors: Zoe Hurley and Adrienne Evans link.springer.com/journal/42438/…