New #introduction for all the fresh faces. I'm an associate professor at UMass Amherst, where I teach about #journalism and #MediaIndustries. My research focuses on media distribution and, occasionally, dysfunction in the adtech industry.
I also co-edit a book series on the civic impacts of media distribution for The MIT Press, so feel free to hit me up if you're working on a relevant project.
I've been on Mastodon since 2018, largely as a lurker, but have enjoyed it and have loved seeing my personal and professional networks show up in recent days. With @bethanyklein,I'm helping communication and media studies scholars (#commodon) find one another through this list. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vFWP_eBXrjeDqDkmT6PEbxnsZ_QFC4OgEgUHTrJWhhQ/edit?usp=sharing
Lastly, if you're an academic in any field, there are numerous lists of scholars at this point to help you find your colleagues. Thanks to @hendrikerz for helping to aggregate them. https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon
Oh, and if you're deciding whether to follow me, here's an example of the sort of stuff I'm likely to post. (Short version: Lots of notes on reading for my book project.) https://sciences.social/@josh/109353025071181659
@josh @bethanyklein great list. Can’t edit but feel free to add me to it :)
@Rkdasgupta @bethanyklein Done! Great to connect with you here.
@bethanyklein @josh, thank you both for creating this list!
@Mavcall @bethanyklein So glad it's useful! And great to connect with you here.
@josh Welcome!
@josh Josh, could you link to MIT series site, sounds great
@slobster48602 Here it is! The link is also in my profile if you ever need to find it again. I'll also link to the call in case it's of interest.
Series site: https://mitpress.mit.edu/search-result-list/?series=distribution-matters
Call:
https://distributionmatters.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/distribution-matters-series-flyer.pdf
@josh Thanks Josh, they all look great! Did not realize Emily's book was out, I'll need to get that. A long time ago she was studying greeting card exchange and I was studying mix tape exchange and we had a lot to talk about.
@slobster48602 That's awesome! Glad you know each other and that I've made a book sale for her. I hope you find a lot to talk about, again.