We created a Hype Literacy course for journalists with @akademie.dw.com 🔥Also relevant for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in how tech narratives shape public understanding.
Great work by Jascha Bareis, @imaginaries.bsky.social @klingebeil.bsky.social
▶️ shorturl.at/bDJU4
New article out in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: 'How AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African Workers'
Read it here: tinyurl.com/4s2u68px
AI hype isn’t marketing, it’s a cover story disguising exploitation as "progress" and reframing colonial extraction as "innovation".
Let’s break it down 🧵
Reminder about our paid book cover commission - one week left to apply!
Invite Link 📍:
First Hype Studies Community Meet
Thursday, March 19 · 7:30 – 8:30pm
Time zone: Asia/Kolkata
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/ott-pbzg-epi
Or dial: (US) +1 361-596-6847 PIN: 193 931 506 #
More phone numbers: tel.meet/ott-pbzg-epi
Our first community hangout is coming soon!
Our first meeting is scheduled for 19th March, 2026, 2PM GMT / 7.30 PM Kolkata time. Let's get to know each other and plan future sessions: reading groups, work in progress, feedback sessions...
Artist/designer wanted!
..The commission has been generously supported by the Bristol Digital Futures Institute - thank you! END
- confirmation of your availability during the stated dates...
We look forward to hearing from you! Please help to spread the word among your creative networks. The commission is fully remote and open to artists internationally....
...If you’re interested, please send us a cover letter with the following:
- a paragraph about you (100-200 words)
- a paragraph about your idea for the cover (100-200 words)
- max 3 samples of your previous work
- a link to your online presence (e.g. website/ portfolio/ LinkedIn etc)..
...The total payable fee is 800 GBP upon completion of work. The creative process will involve regular communication with our team about signing off the cover idea as well 2 rounds of feedback...
Next steps
Please express your interest by emailing your cover letter to criticalhypestudies -at- posteo.com by 24th March 2026, 5pm GMT. We aim to get back to all candidates by 3rd April 2026 via email. We expect the completion of the project by the end of April 2026...
...For inspiration, we attached some beloved book covers which may speak to the aesthetics relevant to this project in our news release: hypestudies.org/news/recruit...
Other than the illustration, the cover will contain the following: the title, names of 8 editors, and the publisher logo. We are very keen on supporting human creativity hence will not accept GenAI use in the work....
...charismatic leaders, market speculation, futures literacy, AI, digital twins, space industry, among many others! or that reason, we envisage a cover illustration that speaks to the notion of hype studies (read more about us here) while also being technology-agnostic.
And that's why we are looking for a talented artist to design a custom cover (illustration and graphic design, back and front) for our upcoming book “Hype Studies: A Glossary”. The volume with be a collection of critical social science essays covering a broad range of topics such as...
We promised more news about the upcoming Hype Studies Glossary so let's start with page 1!
🥦 Recruitment call: book cover illustrator/designer 🧀
Whoever came up with the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" must be a audible user. We're definitely in the "picture is worth a 1000 words" camp!
We will be sharing more information about prospective contributions in the due course - stay tuned!
Over the next several months, we will be working hard on covering the most interesting, innovative and left-field perspectives on hype. In a true glossary style, this will be an edited collection of numerous diverse provocations, from AI, through Bullshit, Y2K Bug, to Zeitgeist.
We're waking up from the winter slumber to share some very exciting news!
We've signed a book contract!
"Hype Studies: A Glossary" is coming to your shelves in 2027. We are delighted to share we've signed a book contract with open access publisher, transcript Verlag.
If you’re at @mozilla.org Fest this Saturday, join @hypestudies.bsky.social for a conversation on hype as a tech governance instrument by other means. The discussion will be facilitated through the first version of our Hype Literacy Toolkit 🖖
🔗 schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/31
When a tech bubble grows, venture capital cashes in. Its high risk, high reward model depends on constantly persuading others that its futures matter. That’s why VC has a structural need for hype.
Read my latest piece at @techpolicypress.bsky.social + @hypestudies.bsky.social
I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...
💻Comenzamos una colaboración con @hypestudies.bsky.social para publicar sus análisis sobre tecnopolítica, aquí va el primero:
📈Por qué está aumentando el hype por la tecnología y qué tiene que ver el capital riesgo con ello.
https://elsal.to/46385
Photo of the book” The AI Con: How To Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create The Future We Want”, by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna. The cover a plain white cover with the word “The” in giant black letters, “AI” in giant red letters, and “Con” in giant black letters, and the book is shot close up and top down on a light green textured wool covered sofa material.
First #16 on The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social — “a wonderful riposte to the magical thinking propelling the indiscriminate deployment of generative AI.”
S/O @hypestudies.bsky.social for capturing its spirit. Link below 👇🏾
#FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco
With a nod to our @hypestudies.bsky.social meeting last week in Barcelona. Thanks Eryk.
Was amazing to have both @jackstilgoe.bsky.social and Christo join us for the @hypestudies.bsky.social conference!
Means the world, Michael!
Hype Studies party in the Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona, a small club lit with red light and lots of hypers having after hours getting down!
@hypestudies.bsky.social is/was a conference with a difference. Non-hierarchical, welcoming and stimulating. After party at a cool little club, and many other (serious) memories. 🕺🏾 👨🏾💻 #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad #uxmichaelco
