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Aaron Shapiro

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urban media + STS. asst prof of technology studies @UNCDeptComm. author of “design, control, predict.” member @AAUP.

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I'm extremely pleased to share my new article in @SurvSoc_Journal, where I document my experience working briefly as a data collector in the retail "price monitoring" industry ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surv… 1/



to the fella storming out of wegman's muttering he'll never vote for kamala because how shitty and expensive supermarkets are... i see you, i hear you, but i blame supermarkets and a political economic system that allows corporations to get away with this shite, you blame a... vp


big data peripheries, a la @ZaneGTCooper

Microsoft's purchase of Person County's 1,300 megasite is full of intrigue. It's on land between @DukeEnergy 's Hyco and Roxboro plants + 230 kv lines. Could power a data center. 6 weeks ago County Econ Dev Director told commissioners "this is the strictest non-disclosure 1/3



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On my way to Sheffield - excited for my first @AoIR_org On Friday at 11am I'll discuss a relational view of cloud providers and tech startups. It's a great panel on Infrastructures. If you are at AoIR and want to meet up let me know!!

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Really interesting new paper on assetization of cars. This is a very logical outcome of the automotive platformization process and its resulting parasitism that @samhind10 and I described in our 2022 paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

MC Forelle & I wrote a paper about #assetization in the automotive sector, forthcoming in Engaging Science, Technology & Society. "Driving into a paywall: The subscriptionization of consumer vehicles." Pre-print here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

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Has anyone written about the disjuncture btw coldwar strategic decentralization in the US (suburbanization, the internet) and the geographic concentration of US critical infrastructure/supply chains in climate-vulnerable sun-belt due to anti-union R2W policies?


MC Forelle & I wrote a paper about #assetization in the automotive sector, forthcoming in Engaging Science, Technology & Society. "Driving into a paywall: The subscriptionization of consumer vehicles." Pre-print here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

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Me, as professor, on last day of class 🤷

For fuck’s sake, New York Times. This wasn’t an “improvisational departure.” This was a total lunatic acting like a total lunatic.

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The results are in! With 99% of members voting, the New Yorker Union has unanimously passed a strike-authorization vote. @NewYorker and @CondeNast management must come to the table and bargain in good faith—otherwise, we will see them on the picket line. Fair contract now!

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come work with me and the media & technology studies unit @UNCComm! job call highlights cultural studies of tech, disability queer communities, environment & tech, feminist media studies, and more unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/289193


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My contribution to the platform/platformization debate 🫣 Being a “Global Music Platform”: Platform Work in Light-Tech Capitalism in @SocialMedia_Soc 📚 Check it out here: 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… #PlatformEconomy #TechCapitalism #DigitalLabor #PlatformStudies


dailytarheel.com/article/2024/0… the coolest thing about @UNCComm is its organic interdisciplinarity, and especially the multiple stage productions joseph megel coordinates and directs every year


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Come work with us @cumediastudies at @CUBoulderCMCI We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Technology, Justice, and Equity (more info in the job posting). Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the position or the requirements.

Have I told you that I have a FABULOUS department? I do. And guess what? We are HIRING. Assistant Professor in Technology, Justice, and Equity. Applications due October 31. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…

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⭐️ new paper with @BornDinner out now in @SocialMedia_Soc! ⭐️ we analyzed videos from the "dating wrapped" trend on tiktok to discuss how online trends serve as ways for individuals to reflect & learn about intimate relationships, check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…


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Duke football players were out helping signatures to join the union. A Union got NFL players the right to collectively bargain and get 48% of revenue that the league makes. Makes sense considering the players put their bodies on the line to make the product. We are next! #union


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“The fight for higher education is bigger than just us.” — AAUP president Todd Wolfson laying out a new vision for the future of higher education today in Philadelphia. @HigherEdLabor @AFTunion @NEAToday @UAW @SEIU @AFSCME @AFTHigherEd #defendhighered


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🥳On 12th November, 2pm, the Work Futures Research Group will hold a session called: "Conversations with Michael Burawoy." This is an in person only event in Bristol: an interview, Q&A, and refreshments! Get in touch with me, if you would like to attend. RT, please.


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💭 How did the shift to the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model reflect broader economic and technological trends? 🔔 Find out more at our next Higher Seminar with Aaron Shapiro from the University of North Carolina. 🗓️ 12 September, 13-16.30 CET 📍Live in campus or on Zoom

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New article from me, on the tactics (and limits) of white allyship during Portland BLM protests in 2020 -- and how media complicates things further. HT @brcreech for helping me get much better at all this. Would love your thoughts, @Tazerface16! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…


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