JL
Jeremy Littau
@jeremylittau
Associate Professor of Journalism & Communication, Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
I'm not like a regular media sociologist. I'm a cool media sociologist. • Journalism professor by day, dad to two energetic kids by always • I teach our intro course, seminars in internet culture and information ecosystems • Research in self-publishing and emerging centers of new power • •
24 Posts
Top 5 things my oldest has engaged with during the winter break: 1. Wednesday 2. Wednesday 3. Wednesday 4. Splatoon 3 5. Wednesday When he was 3 we had the Winter Of Nonstop Thomas The Train. This year we ha Could 2023 be worse than 2022? Here's some media predictions for the next year from a guy with a PhD, which means you know they'll come true: Out with #AcademicTwitter, in with chaotic academic group c It's the most wonderful time of the year. My favorite annual tradition. One of my favorite people on the socials. Was thrilled to be a guest on @bpmoritz 's excellent pod! We talked about the very real Twitter migration in progress, why leaving is complicated, and what network effects c I wrote this about ChatGPT and the future of writing, which really should be thought of as the future of asking questions. One of my favorite things to do with the ChatGPT tool is figure out how to trick it into doing what I want. I got an idea from the Hard Fork podcast last week, that if it says it's not possible to do Best night of the year in Bethlehem, PA … New Bethany Ministries Luminaria night in Christmas City. We raised $130K last year for people in need by lighting up our neighborhoods. Sharing a piece I wrote today for Slate about the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). It was a bad bill with unusual bipartisan bedfellows that got put aside in negotiations for now bu Thrilled to have this piece in the Los Angeles Times today on Twitter's strength of weak ties and the problem of building for diverse info. (I am such an ink nerd that I'm even more happy it's in prin The critical ornament There are things I just don't understand about decisions media companies make in the saturation era. A few examples from the past week: I'm an on/off subscriber to The Athletic. Really only read it dur But first, breakfast. Anyone who actually cooks Thanksgiving meals, please report to the 10th floor at 2 pm today. Before doing so, please email a bullet point summary of what your cooking has achieved in the past ~6 month Interview with Diego Luna about Andor , one of the best shows of 2022. 👇🏻 “Yes, there are leaders, but revolutions are not made by leaders. They’re made by numbers, by conviction, by regular people th My wife has a Thanksgiving birthday this year so we decided to give her a special day today. Pictured is a pumpkin cake with vegan cream cheese frosting and some seasonal decoration from the world fam I wrote this up on my Substack as I'm seeing more sniping about alternatives like Buzz or Post on tech/journalism Mastodon. A snippet: We get it, Sherlock: owning your space is ideal. But it's not alwa To help avoid awkward conversations at Thanksgiving dinner, some safe starter topics that will help you steer clear of heated conversations: • Why crypto is a great investment • Election processes • T A quote from Adam Davidson, who has spearheaded a journalists-only instance on Mastodon, that I want to pull out of this Nieman story: In a very short period of time, a bunch of us accepted that a) the I’m trying to post a link to a story and it’s only giving me an option to post an image in that floating blue circle. Am I the only one? But since pictures are all I can do, here’s a batch of chili I m
