Assist. Prof. @TED_Uni | PhD from @PurdueSociology | Director of The Center for Digital Social Science | #DigitalSociology #SocialMovements #ContentiousData
American Ex-Pat in Turkey
Joined May 2014
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Are you interested in #DataJustice and #SocialMovements for #InternetFreedom? Then read more about my new study on the challenges of framing and communication among data activists, published this month in @Soc_Forum
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🚨 New Publication in @Soc_Forum 🚨
"Diversity and Inclusion in Data Activism"
#Sociology #SocialMovements #DataActivism #ContentiousData #DataJustice #DigitalDivide #DigitalInequality #KnowledgeGap #Datafication #DataLiteracy #Diversity #Inclusion
jaredmwr.wordpress.com/2025/…
What is the true function of 'fake news' in societies today?
I wrote a policy brief, 'Fake News' & the Public Sphere, for the spring 2025 issue of ASA's Contexts Magazine @ASAnews @contextsmag
#fakenews #disinformation #sociology #policy
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Recently, Trump has intensified his attacks against the press. Now is a perfect time to learn (or teach your students) about the #sociology of #fakenews.
The open access period for this article has now expired, but I added a preprint here -
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🎙️ Ep 5 of #CrossroadsConversations is here!
🌐 Dr. @ozenBass from @BilkentUniv discusses the power of digital platforms in shaping narratives and driving activism in today’s world. #Sociology #DigitalActivism #SocialMedia #Podcast
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🤖 One of my students is doing a pilot study about #AI Voice Assistants.
💻 If you are a native English speaker, please take this short 5 minute #survey.
🎧 tip: you will need headphones or a quiet place to listen to the audio.
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🎙️ Podcast Episode 4 is live!
Meet Emily, an English instructor at #TEDU, as she shares her journey from the U.S. to Ankara.
💬 Co-hosted by Myself & Syed Fakhir
Listen on Spotify: shorturl.at/hM3KB
#ExpatLife #TeachingAbroad #Ankara #CrossroadsConversations
After a great #ISAforum25 by @isa_sociology, 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 to continue to elevate #WG10 and the field of #digitalsociology.
Yeni Bölüm Yayında!
Crossroads Conversation’ın 2. bölümünde sunucular Dr. Jared Wright ve Syed Fakhir (@AnkaraExpat), Kanada’da büyümüş Türk kökenli bir ruh sağlığı terapisti ve danışman olan Esra Sak ile bir araya geliyor.
🎙️: shorturl.at/iqO8U
#CrossroadsConversation
🎓 Curious about what we learn in #Sociology?
This is my favorite class to teach at @TED_Uni. So far this semester, we have had great talks about selfies, memes, cats, hashtags, influencers, misinformation, collective intelligence, digital society, and more. #MediaStudies
Excited to be part of this new #Podcast bringing together diverse and international voices in Ankara #CrossroadsConversations
🎙️ Güzel bir haber! Farklı sesleri duyabileceğiniz yeni bir #podcast'i, Crossroads Conversations, sizlerle paylaşmaktan mutluluk duyuyoruz! 🌍✨
@AnkaraExpat ve @elltedu iş birliği yaparak sosyoloji, edebiyat, sanat, kültür ve sosyal etki dünyalarına dalacağız.
Come and visit me and @TED_Uni in beautiful Turkey!
🚨 TEDU Sociology will host the @ESA_Sociology RN13 Interim Meeting in September 2025. 🤝 The deadline to submit an abstract to has been extended until February 28th! ✍ Click here - rn13ank.com/
#TEDU #ESA #Sociology #Families #Relationships #Conference
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As we mourn Michael Burawoy, a brilliant scholar who envisioned and fought for a better world, let us remember his words and act on them.
ALT Now is the time for sociology to wake up and take a grip on itself, recover its original mission to defend society against an overweening state and out-of-control market, battle the forces of extinction by elaborating visions growing in the interstices of capitalism. It cannot forsake its utopian and anti-utopian commitments: exposing possibilities within limits and thereby expanding the limits of the possible.
RIP Michael Burawoy
I was fortunate enough to hear him speak multiple times, going all the way back to the 2014 ISA World Congress in Japan. He was one of the most inspiring sociologists I ever heard. We need more powerful communicators like him.
#Sociology #PublicSociology
🚨 New Publication 🚨
"Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name: How Intersectional Solidarity Strengthens Movements for Social Justice" (2025) @pgijournal23
#socialmovements
#solidarity
#sociology
#politicalscience
#computationalsocialscience
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What happens when social movements try to address internal inequalities that define marginalized identity groups? Do internal efforts to redress the marginalization of particular subgroups within activist ranks undermine broader relations of solidarity?
Network analyses of over 8 million tweets between 2015-16 revealed that #SayHerName increased network density among #BlackLivesMatter users, finding no indication that organizing around intersectionally marginalized identities fragments or weakens movements' online networks.
Our special issue in @SocMovStudies on #ContentiousData is being published as a book by Routledge
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Sociologist Max Weber defined "patrimonialism" as a regime based on the arbitrary rule of leaders who view themselves as traditional "fathers" of their nations and run the state like a family business built on personal loyalties. #sociology
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Tomorrow I will be giving a presentation for the Virtual AI Summit, which aims to provide a platform for sharing experiences and insights on integrating AI into courses in different disciplines, fostering effective and ethical use of #AI in higher #education.
