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@mediadataequity

systems healer / @northwesternu professor / MADE Lab director / @weareotv co-founder

 Council of Three Fires lands
madelab.org
Joined July 2007
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My second book is under contract with MIT Press and I couldn’t be happier! Reparative Media argues that repairing our culture means healing how we make media, how we connect through technology, and how we generate knowledge. More about it: madelab.org/research/reparat…
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My op ed about the last days of Twitter is out. It was sad to reflect on all that could have been. I write this piece not just as a commemoration but as a warning - we need better systems of tech oversight theatlantic.com/technology/a…
I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

This bizarre episode in social-media history proves that it’s well past time for meaningful tech oversight.

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🏅 Reparative Media: Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal Our Culture by Aymar Jean “AJ” Christian @mediadataequity mitpress.mit.edu/grant-progr…
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:::::: Welcome! :::::: Black Narrative Power Month 2023 has arrived. Imagine a future where reparations are real. What are the news headlines? Share your #BlackFutureHeadlines this week and we’ll repost the abundant vibes ✨
Image from Media 2070: Media Reparations Project (@Media2070)
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Watch @unapologeticdoc for the true backstory on grassroots movement work led by Black queer women in Chicago, work that undoubtedly led to a shift in city and state leadership, including the ousting of Rahm Emanuel. amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B…
Unapologetic

Unapologetic

After two police killings, Black millennial organizers challenge a Chicago administration complicit in state violence against its Black residents. Told through the lens of Janaé and Bella, two fierce...

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$2 a day. peopleofcolorintech.com/arti…
OpenAI Paid Kenyan Workers Less Than $2 Per Hour, Leaving Many ‘Mentally Scarred’

OpenAI Paid Kenyan Workers Less Than $2 Per Hour, Leaving Many ‘Mentally Scarred’

A TIME investigation has exposed the horrendous conditions many Kenyan workers had been subject to while working under OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.

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“The @ElevatePrize provides a reminder to those who reside at the corner of change and equity that we are more than our labor." - @elijaa_ Thank you @Into_tweets and @JustJoshing_7 for uplifting #weareotv ! bit.ly/3j4mxyt
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Are there any scholars still blogging? Would love suggestions on who to read! All fields in humanities and social sciences welcome.
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Thrilled to announce @elijaa_ has been named a 2023 @elevateprize winner! Beyond unrestricted funding to @weareotv, they'll be joining an incredible cohort of nonprofit leaders who will receive tailored resources from Elevate over the next two years. elevateprize.org/winners-202…
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My latest article has been published in @icsjournal! Thanks @PopCultureFreak for editing this special issue. “Rage Against the Streaming Studio System” analyzes above/below-the-line worker stories and campaigns challenging the emerging film/TV system: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Rage against the streaming studio system: worker resistance to Hollywood’s networked era

Rage against the streaming studio system: worker resistance to Hollywood’s networked era

Every global media conglomerate in the United States has a streaming video platform. Unlike their streaming competitors from Silicon Valley, the early years of Hollywood streaming push emerges from...

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Forgot to tag my co-author @ChelsSalahuddin!!!
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Long Covid is Covid. The government lied and said the pandemic was over. It’s not over. The failure to reduce transmission is only making it worse
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An important lesson into the development process, how it shapes what we see, and the lack of power writers and creators sometimes have.
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@cadlymack8 Jan 2023
Saw a bunch of “it IS fair for a network to just decide not to air a completed TV season, because everyone who worked on it still got paid” tweets so I wanted to talk about some of the nuances of that.
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With full hearts and gratitude, Project NIA (PN) is officially sunsetting at the end of 2023. 🌇 Read a letter from our founder, @prisonculture in our December newsletter to learn more: conta.cc/3hoAt5j
On a sunset graphic in text: Project NIA will sunset at the end of 2023. Thank you for being a part of our community. Project NIA (PN) logo

ALT On a sunset graphic in text: Project NIA will sunset at the end of 2023. Thank you for being a part of our community. Project NIA (PN) logo

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I’m *terrified* this will happen to Random Acts of Flyness too. We cannot trust these apps with artistic or “niche” shows!
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Replying to @streamonmax
@hbomax I’m gagging at how y’all just wiped Legendary off of your app as if it never existed.
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#OTVDeepFocus | What's divinity to you? watch.weareo.tv/manifold   📺: @MANIFOLD_series is now streaming on the OTV app!
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Words are spells. Bless often and watch your curses. All return to you.
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Hate to break it to you but when the richest people on Earth tell you the real problems are pronouns and wokeness they are trying to distract you from something
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“Sweeping & exquisitely composed…the first stop for anyone interested in race and digital media. Lopez deftly synthesizes the problems & possibilities that emerge in our digital world.” Ruha Benjamin @ruha9, Princeton University @kidolopez’s ‘Race and Digital Media’ is out now!

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#QueenSugar mattered in so many ways, to so many people latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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