Mark CarriganThe Dark Side of Social MediaWhat does it mean for the academy if increasing numbers of academics become ensnared within the twittering machine? Many people have…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Mark CarriganAre we all digital scholars now?It’s been less than a decade since Martin Weller published The Digital Scholar, a book which excited myself and many others in its promise…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Mark CarriganWe Need To Talk About ZoomThere’s a peculiar kind of exhaustion which comes from spending an afternoon staring at Zoom. I’m mentally drained but I would be if I’d…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Mark CarriganDigital Platforms and the Post-Pandemic UniversityIn common with over a third of the world’s population, I have spent the last week confined to my home after British Prime Minister Boris…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Mark CarriganWhy I’ve deleted my Twitter account #exhaustionrebellionI wrote two years ago about my desire to escape what Richard Seymour calls The Twittering Machine. It’s a term which Seymour used in a…Nov 30, 20191Nov 30, 20191
Mark CarriganHow multimedia has changed social media and what it means for academicsSocial media platforms are filled with multimedia. This hasn’t always been the case and many people have experienced it as a gradual…Nov 19, 20191Nov 19, 20191
Mark CarriganHow to take a social media sabbatical as an academicThis is an extract from Social Media for Academics 2. I’m posting it to coincide with my own social media sabbatical.Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019
Mark CarriganSocial media, attention economies and the future of the universityThis is an extract from Social Media for Academics 2. If you like it please consider buying the book!Nov 12, 2019Nov 12, 2019
Mark CarriganWhat does it mean to take Twitter seriously?What does it mean to take Twitter seriously as a form of intellectual production? This is the question I’ve been asking myself a lot in…Jun 8, 20191Jun 8, 20191
Mark CarriganErving Goffman: the rag-and-bone man of SociologyThere’s a wonderful essay by the playwright Alan Bennet in the London Review of Books, written 35+ years ago, reflecting on his…Nov 26, 2018Nov 26, 2018