Assistant Professor of Platform Studies at Aarhus University
Joined October 2009
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Blake Hallinan retweeted
It's baby's first edited volume! Check out the book I edited with @pmnapoli and @rogerson, now published by @degruyter_brill, with chapters from @Ali_Christopher, @blakeplease, @jonathan_c_ong, @TomDivon, and many others!
New book: The De Gruyter Handbook of Technology, Media, and Democracy, co-edited with my Duke/DeWitt Wallace Center colleagues, @robyncaplan and @rogerson. Contributors from across the world, as well as a number of contributors from the Duke community.
degruyterbrill.com/document/…
Come for the serious grappling with platform governance, stay for the furries. Or the other way around, depending on your preferences.
Available in the new journal Springer journal Communication and Change: doi.org/10.1007/s44382-025-0…
New #openaccess article with Omer Rothenstein and Nik John: "Stuck in the middleware with you: the challenges of capitalizing a market-oriented approach to platform governance." We assess the potential of third-party editorial services (recommendation algos, content mod) via 🦋
Job details for digital methods: au.dk/om/stillinger/job/post…
Job details for monetization and governance: au.dk/om/stillinger/job/post…
I am hiring for two postdocs in the creator economy, hosted at Aarhus University. One focuses on monetization and governance, the other focuses on digital methods and industry trends. Link below #AcademicTwitter #mediastudies
I’m hiring for a 2.5 year postdoc position in digital methods and the creator economy, details here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG525/postdo…
Honored to serve as the vice chair of Media Industry Studies 🫡
The results of the ICA Elections are in! 🎉 Congratulations to all newly elected individuals! A huge thank-you to all candidates and voters who participated—your engagement and support strengthen our community. 🔗 buff.ly/iJujJ9i
Blake Hallinan retweeted
🚨New publication alert! This one was a personal favorite of mine to work on, including fun facts about such topics as streamers farting into microphones for money. “Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba” is out now and open access in Platforms & Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
ALT Abstract for the new article "Hot tubs, yoga pants, and gamba: Twitch's controversial metas as cultural negotiations of platform governance" in Platforms & Society by CJ Reynolds.
Where are you in a “paralocal” relationship with? Looking at First Amendment auditors (aka people that film the police and post it to social media), @reynoldscj looks at how media practices can foster these relationships and transform civic engagement.
🚨New publication from my dissertation work! Examining the clash between First Amendment auditors and the police of Leon Valley, Texas, I theorize the development of paralocal relationships as a new form of civic engagement for the social media age. #openaccess
PS I’ll be hiring three PhDs and a postdoctoral researcher with the project. Stay tuned for more details.
Read more about the project here: blakehallinan.com/pay4play
BIG NEWS (!!) I’ve received an ERC starting grant for my project PAY4PLAY: Entrepreneurial Organizing in the Platform Society. Please prepare to hear me talking about how platforms, creators, 💸, organizing, and power for the next five years.
Blake Hallinan retweeted
New research shows big platforms like Twitch follow #TrustAndSafety norms, but region-specific sites often don’t.
Standards aren’t one-size-fits-all. We need to test and adapt so rules fit how people really use these spaces. @SageJournals journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Thanks also to the following podcasts for providing one-sided but important conversations that inspired our work: Moderated Content, The Sunday Show, Rational Security, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Views on First & Tech Policy Podcast
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Many thanks to co-author dream team @reynoldscj Rebecca Scharlach, Dana Theiler, Noa Niv, Omer Rothenstein, Isabell Knief + Yehonatan Kuperberg. This was a collaboration between @pgmt_lab 😍 and the Participatory Platform Governance lab.
We conclude with a call for academics and practitioners to broaden the conversation around content moderation, especially regarding adult content and non-Western platforms, and we offer a replicable method for comparative policy research.