James N Gilmore

While I may occasionally post promotions for my book here over the next year, I have moved to BlueSky under the same username (jamesngilmore). Reconnect with me there as I try to get back into microblogging slowly but surely. bsky.app/profile/jamesn…

@RachelPlotnick1 Thank you Rachel!

I have signed a contract to publish my book, "Bringers of Order: Wearable Technologies and the Manufacturing of Everyday Life," with University of California Press! I am brimming with excitement to share this project with all of you soon!

@TorinMonahan Thank you Torin!

@JamesNGilmore What an excellent project! I look forward to seeing the book in print. Congratulations!

@reynoldscj thanks so much, CJ :-)

@JamesNGilmore Can't wait til this is out so I can read it immediately!

@blakeplease thanks, B :-)

@JamesNGilmore Amazing news, James! I am so thrilled for you.

New pub alert: Clemson undergrad Cassidy Gruber and I examined news framing of Fitbit data across five murder cases where wearable-generated data was used in criminal investigations, finding the devices are treated as having the capacity to "witness." journals.sagepub.com/eprint/TV3AIJM…

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An interesting fact is that red light cameras are illegal in S.C., yet you see cameras mounted on top of intersections across the state. They're license plate readers, linked to a state-run database that one watchdog says is illegal. Today @PCGreenville: #tncms-source=latest_posts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">postandcourier.com/greenville/lic…

✨New article✨ Platforms are battlegrounds of narrative control in conflict situations.I demonstrate how the intertwinement & asymmetrical application of corporate-government power leads to the necropolitical governance of digital populations @icsjournal tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

PubAlert! Introducing new @Journal_Of_Comm piece: “Introduction to the special issue of social media: The good, the bad, and the ugly”, by Jennifer Stromer-Galley, @mwojcieszak , @NicholasAJohn , @hegemonyrules . Read here: doi.org/10.1093/joc/jq…

New cfp out for a special issue of New Media & Society on "Decoding Artificial Sociality"! Contributions are invited that interrogate “Artificial Sociality,” i.e. technologies creating the impression of social competence in machines networks.h-net.org/node/73374/ann… #AI #mediastudies

just boosting this for Early Evening Twitter

@striphas I’m honored to be included in that syllabus! :-)

@JamesNGilmore I teach the "ticks and tocks" piece in my undergrad history of technology class!

hi I'm working on tenure materials & want to demonstrate the 'reach' of my research/my reputation in the field. if you or someone you know has taught my research (assigned articles or consulted my work in crafting a lecture), might you please let me know? DMs are open. thanks :-)

@JenMHessler Thanks so much :-) I hope it was well-received!

The underpaid workers propping up AI systems with annotation work are exactly the same underpaid workers propping up social media with moderation work. In many cases it’s even the same companies. restofworld.org/2023/exporter-…

@trilliz and I appreciate that (and all your support!) so much!