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…4 min read·May 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…7 min read·May 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…5 min read·May 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…7 min read·May 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…6 min read·Nov 30, 2019--1--1
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…3 min read·Nov 19, 2019--1--1
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.5 min read·Nov 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!4 min read·Nov 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…3 min read·Jun 8, 2019--1--1
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…4 min read·Nov 26, 2018----