Cover page of report with title: Social media for carriers of hereditary cancer syndromes.

📣The final report from Previvorship (www.previvorship.org) is now out in the world: tinyurl.com/yfm3den9! For 3 years with Hannah Ditchfield I explored the role of social media for those at high risk of cancer. We are especially thankful to the participants who shared their stories with us 🙏

Every story matters – but how we share it shapes what others understand. From quiet awareness to full advocacy, this episode explores the power and the pitfalls of telling your story as a previvor. www.positivegenepodcast.com

Join @stefaniavicari.bsky.social and Hannah Ditchfield in this podcast where they discuss how research into social media is reshaping what we know about hereditary cancer, advocacy, and the very word previvor. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/prev...

💥Can we still talk about identity performance on social media?💥 Hannah Ditchfield and I say yes! We explored #TikTok content about #hereditarycancer and found 3 types of identity work 👇. Part of @leverhulme.ac.uk - funded Previvorship (bit.ly/3MpCAAs), out in Social Media+Society: shorturl.at/4BV23

Lynch Choices Lynch syndrome is an inherited condition that increases the chance of developing certain cancers. The type of cancer depends on the genes involved. This website helps people with Lynch to make choi…

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The Leicester Boo Hoo case offers an important salutary tale about the risks of a blunt 'end modern slavery' tool for addressing systemic labour exploitation

Slide with title: Lynch Syndrome: Does social media help?

We are working hard to prepare our presentation for the @lynchsyndromeuk.bsky.social Lynch Syndrome UK annual conference! Hannah Ditchfield and I will share findings from our Previvorship project, reflecting on how social media influence what we learn about #lynchsyndrome and #hereditarycancer.

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Those home vibes... #liguria

New paper alert with @pauljreilly.bsky.social. We asked where the semi-periphery & Global South are in digital activism research. We found that we largely study "Northern Visibilities": groups and movements based in Global North countries and platforms popular within them. doi.org/10.1177/2056...

The metaverse-industrial complex This paper explores the role that Nvidia is playing in shaping the Metaverse for industrial applications in simulation and automation. As the world's largest manufacturer of Graphics Processing Uni...

#OutNow in #iCS
Through what they call, the Metaverse-Industrial complex, Harrison Smith examines the rol that Nvidia plays in shaping industrial applications and automation, a player that usually brings little attention in our fields.
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Last week we presented at #AoIR2024, hosted by our very own @sheffielduni.bsky.social! Hannah Ditchfield talked about the different types of identity that are performed in 'top’ TikTok content about #brca and #lynchsyndrome.

This is part of our work with Previvorship (bit.ly/3MpCAAs)

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As part of our project Previvorship, we studied posts from Instagram, Facebook and Twitter & found that top images of hereditary cancer reinforce racialised and gendered views of health, women & bodies. Paper open access in SHI 👇
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Tomorrow will be the last day to register for this hybrid
@wrssdtp training event on Digital Methods and YouTube Research designed for doctoral students! wrdtp.ac.uk/events/digit...

📣📣Exciting (face to face and online) training on YouTube Research! Offered by the White Rose DTP pathway Digital Technologies, Communication and AI at @sheffielduni.bsky.social & moderated by myself with @warrenpearce.bsky.social & Mike Thelwall. Info and registration👉 wrdtp.ac.uk/events/digit...

Emmeline Pankhurst plaque in Manchester, UK

Beauties of the North.