Excellent workshop these past two days with #WG10 #DigitalSociology section. Big thanks to everyone involved!

The Architecture of Sameness: From the Food Court to the Feed The Olfactory Memory of Capitalism If a person were to close their eyes and transport themselves back to a generic American Saturday in 1994, the sensory details would likely arrive before the visual ones. The air is distinct—a pressurized, climate-controlled cocktail of chlorine from a decorative fountain, cinnamon sugar from a pretzel stand, and the aggressive, musk-heavy cologne wafting from a department store cosmetic counter.

#CapitalismScent #TheMall #UrbanPlanning #VictorGruen #LongTailTheory #AlgorithmicHomogenization #Blanding #RetailApocalypse #SouthdaleCenter #CloneTown #AirSpace #DigitalSociology #AttentionEconomy #DeadMalls #ArchitectureOfSameness #TheViennaProblem #ConsumerCulture #Substack #HumanCuration

Call for Papers: Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Noys)

University of Nicosia, Cyprus (May 18 - 19)

#socialsciences #sociologyoftechnology #digitalsociology #digitalpolitics #stsstudies #politicsoftechnology #conflictstudies #accelerationism

Hello EU/UK #STS and #digitalsociology folks! I’ll be in the area in April 2026 to host a symposium in London and am looking for some side trips to make it worth the CO2. If you or your research group have a symposium / workshop / conference etc worth my time then I’d love to hear from you.

the algorithm said, “these are distinct social worlds,” and y’all said, “but we hang out sometimes.” no, you share content, not community.
#CriticalMediaStudies #DigitalSociology #AlgorithmicRealism #BlueskyScholars #Fedupsky #academicsky

Emerging AI individualism: how young people integrate social AI into everyday life - Communication and Change Social AI services like ChatGPT and My AI are increasingly integrated into the lives of young people. Despite this growing use, there is limited research on how youth perceive and engage with social AI in their everyday social lives, as well as the broader social implications of such engagement. To address this gap, we conducted a qualitative study with 166 Norwegian high school students, using a questionnaire that included open-ended questions. Our findings show that while most youths had not yet adopted social AI on a regular basis, those who had reported a wide range of experiences and perceived utilities, including personalized assistance, tailored emotional support, entertainment, and creative inspiration. These patterns suggest an emerging shift toward more autonomous, AI-mediated forms of social engagement, in which social AIs are increasingly used in personal decision-making processes. We use the novel concept of AI individualism to interpret these developments and discuss how social AI may contribute to the reconfiguration of social support systems and interpersonal dynamics. Finally, we reveal potential risks raised by the sample, including misinformation, reduced privacy, and emotional overdependence on AI which may also harm social connections in society. This study contributes new empirical insights into youth–AI interaction and reflects the value of AI individualism as a novel framework for understanding the complexity and evolving role of social AI in everyday social life.

I’ve been curious to read how young people actually live with AI. This qualitative study shows "How young people integrate social AI into everyday life" - as collaborator and shoulder to lean on.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#DigitalSociology #Youth #Sociology #OpenAccess

NEW: Young People in Digital Environments, Agency, Opportunities and Risks, edited by Terhi-Anna Wilska and Jussi Nyrhinen

Read chapter 1 for 🆓 at: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

More information: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

#DigitalSociology #SociologyOfYouth

After a great #ISAforum25 by @isa-sociology.org, I'm thrilled to have been elected as a new member of the Board of Directors for the #WG10 Working Group on Digital Sociology. Thank you everyone! I look forward to working hard to continue to elevate WG10 and the field of #digitalsociology.

Professeur-e en "Etudes des plateformes numériques (platform Studies)" (6417)

⚡️Exciting job opportunity at the University of Geneva: assistant or associate professor of platform studies⚡️

#STS #MediaStudies #DigitalSociology #DigitalAnthropology
#AcademicSky

#Research #Indigenous #Identity #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion #DigitalSociology #Tech #Surveillance #Governance

Imagine a world where we don't accept the imposition of unreliable corporate owned plagiarism machines on our children. AI can be useful. But this is not the one. #Rethink #AI in #Education. We do not want to be slaves to products we have no control over. #DigitalSociology #InformationControl.

🎤 Prof Demant’s talk, “Crime Refracted?: Online Deviance in the New Platform Ecosystem”, dives into how new digital platforms allow young users to segment their lives—some parts public, others hidden. What are the risks? Let’s find out.🤔
#DigitalSociology #YouthCrime

Can you tell the difference between real and fake news photos? Take the quiz to find out As the tide of AI ‘slop’ rises, it’s more important than ever to hone your reality-checking skills.

Telling the difference between real and AI generated news images is getting harder #VisualSociology #DigitalSociology
theconversation.com/can-you-tell...

Facts don't care about your feelings, but your feelings care about facts. Or, why I love a song from Toad the Wet Sprocket

When I would see someone write "facts don't care about your feelings", I would retort: "but your feelings care about the facts."

Turns out, the science was on my side. Also I get to reference Toad the Wet Sprocket in this piece.

#sociology #digitalsociology

rodgraham.substack.com/p/facts-dont...

Artificial Societies Symposium Social life is increasingly shaped by engineering in digital environments, often without accountability. This event, co-organised by Warwick’s CIM and the Edinburgh Futures Institute, fosters interdis...

Last hours to register for the Artificial Societies Symposium! If you are interested in the social implications of design and engineering in digital settings or the state of the social(s) after the digital, this is the place #sts #digitalmedia #digitalsociology
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

Join us for a conversation about the proliferation of forms of social engineering
in our contemporary digital societies on CDI TV on Thursday, 6 March!
www.youtube.com/watch […]

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Join us for a conversation about the proliferation of forms of social engineering in our contemporary digital societies on CDI TV on Thursday, 6 March!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v7t...
#ArtificialSocieties #Symposium #DigitalSociology #Techlash
@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @noortjem.bsky.social

Join us for a conversation about the proliferation of forms of social engineering in our contemporary digital societies on CDI TV next Thursday!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v7t...
#ArtificialSocieties #Symposium #DigitalSociology

Did you know that some of the best papers published in Families, Relationships and Societies are free to access until 15 April? Find them here bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/FRS-...
#Sociology #amilySociology #DigitalSociology #SocSky

Swimming Against the Current: Navigating Distrust in Open Science | Platypus In the effort to build trust in science, the complexities of distrust must be confronted. Open science practices alone are unlikely to address deeper issues of power and people’s past experiences with...

What can salmon 🐟 teach us about trust?

Read/listen to my post on #Platypus about the challenges for #openscience in addressing ongoing histories of distrust, and lessons from the amazing journeys salmon take to the ocean and back. #digitalsociology #environment #socialscience #seekcommons

Polarization, brain rot and brat – the 2024 words of the year point to the power, perils and ephemeral nature of digital life The winners offer a window into the spirit of the times.

Words of the Year: the US Merriam-Webster Dictionary's selection (analysis by Roger J Kreuz)
"the myriad ways digital life is influencing English language and culture"
#DigitalSociology #EnglishLanguage theconversation.com/polarization...

First post here! Takes me back to Twitter in the early days. Tempted to rant about what’s happening there since but just hoping for better here. Surely some brilliant digital sociologists are researching all this right now.
#digitalsociology @britsoci.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social

jobs.odu.edu/postings/22086

#cybercriminology
#criminology
#cybersecurity
#digitalsociology

Assistant or Associate Professor of Trustworthy AI in Criminal Justice (Tenure Track/Tenured) The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University (ODU) invites applicants for an Assistant or Associate Professor position to begin in Fall 2025 as part of a multi-position ...

jobs.odu.edu/postings/22086

#cybercriminology #criminology #cybersecurity #digitalsociology

Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal | Frances Ryan That desperate people have to look online for help accessing disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset us, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

"here are a few eternal truths. No one wants to be sick. Very few people enjoy being unable to work. Fraud rates for the key disability benefit are effectively zero".
Insightful writing (as always) by @francesryan.bsky.social
#DigitalSociology #Discourses
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It would be interesting to track long-term whether or not marginalised sub-groups develop on bsky. Is there even a need here, when it seems to be a foundational premise that strategically undersupported people have needs and views that should be valued?

#DigitalSociology #marginalisation

The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human When we interact with a chatbot, deeply ingrained habits make us behave as if it’s a person.

Interesting piece by Celeste Rodriguez Louro about the success of generative AI use by scammers (with reference to Grice's maxims regarding conversation) #DigitalSociology #EnglishLanguage #LanguagePhilosophy
theconversation.com/the-unspoken...

#digitalsociology