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USYD. translation, pop & cultural technologies of mediation. views mine. rtw ≠ endorsement, @[email protected]

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Joined June 2016
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Ben Nickl
4 months
Out in the world now: how do social media news platforms in China and Germany imagine COVID19 during the endemic phase? A comparative study with colleagues in Shangai and here at Usyd @USydSLC @USydneyEcon @JVidalRobert thanks to @fass research funding
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Ben Nickl
22 days
PUBLISHED: new piece by our journal contributor Ludmilla A'Beckett: dark #humour and anti-Putin War Memes in the Russo-Ukrainian war, open-access download via Open Library of Humanities Journal at Birkbeck, University of London
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Ben Nickl
2 months
Stoked to see yet another fantastic article get published with our Humour as a Human Rights journal collection at Open Library of Humanities Journal. Open access if you're interested and with a focus on #humour #marketing and copyright #law
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Ben Nickl
3 months
Rock-solid thanks to @AnnaSo_Jurgens for having me on her amazing @scifiscience panel! #venice @ANU_Popsicule #framingtheunreal2024
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Ben Nickl
4 months
Last ep of our pilot season is up! Couldn't have been more fun and no better person to chat with @claradsitbon and me than our colleague, sound artist, and recording genius, Jacob Craig. Time to bust #HigherEducation #asynchronous #content @ArtSS_Sydney
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Ben Nickl
4 months
Our absolute pleasure to work with @lili_zach and see her fantastic piece published in our special journal issue 'Humour as a Human Right' @rodneytaveira! More on suppressive state regimes and humour when living in them @AHSN_Humour @USydSLC @USSC ⬇️
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Lili Zách
4 months
My latest (open access) article on State Oppression, Fear, and Helplessness in Hungarian Political Jokes (1963-1989) is now available, as part of a special issue on Humour as a Human Right - huge thanks to editors @popculturals and @rodneytaveira
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Ben Nickl
5 months
Ep2: Cutting Edge research in @AHSN_Humour studies, out now. Feat. @AnnaSo_Jurgens and her amazing work at @ANU_Popsicule. @WillVisconti's and my pleasure talking to AS about all things humour and science communication, only 5 questions/15 mins 😀
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Ben Nickl
5 months
Cutting Edge is out now! Ep1 feat Alan McKee @usydsace. Part of the 5in15 @AHSN_Humour bite-sized pod series: how do senior academics do humour research? @WillVisconti and I start the timer, the guests answer. Tune in, new eps drop fortnightly every Friday
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Ben Nickl
6 months
RT @USydSLC: 🎙️ New podcast alert! Introducing Busting Buzzwords – hosted by Dr @claradsitbon and Dr Benjamin Nickl @popculturals who speak…
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Ben Nickl
6 months
RT @claradsitbon: Join @popculturals and I as we try to make sense of these buzzwords that surround us in our daily academic lives through…
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Ben Nickl
6 months
RT @EmmaLMSullivan: So pleased to be part of the special collection ed. by the excellent @popculturals @rodneytaveira My article 'Tim Ren…
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Ben Nickl
6 months
check it out, open access and free to download Humour as a Human Right "Tim Renkow’s Jerk: Cringe Comedy, Disability and Political Correctness"
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Ben Nickl
7 months
The enigmatic ethics of comedy — a cultural technology we’ve barely begun to figure out Thanks ABC Religion & Ethics for publishing this piece @USydSLC
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Ben Nickl
8 months
Thanks to the ABC for a 10-min segment to talk about our new book and why "Moral Dimensions of Humour" has a lot of interesting stuff from right-wing politics, things going viral, or AI---great performance @Marcjohnr! To read more and to listen for free, head to @TUP_UniPress
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Ben Nickl
8 months
@AHSN_Humour @USydSLC @Marcjohnr @MediaCommsMQ @ForHum_WW check out our new essay collection, all things humour and morality with amazing pieces by @AnnaSo_Jurgens @WillVisconti and many more! Read or listen to @helenwolfenden sonic conclusion
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Ben Nickl
9 months
@Marcjohnr @helenwolfenden @MediaCommsMQ & Jacob Craig, this was an amazingly creative and academic collaboration with the best people one could hope for @CRiSAP2 @Sound_Image_Res #sonicconclusion #soundscholarship #auraltranslation #audioplay
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USYD Languages and Cultures
9 months
🎧🎭 Dr Benjamin Nickl's latest co-edited essay collection examines the complexities of humour as a potent tool for social commentary. Join in on the experimental space in academic innovation via the interdisciplinary volume's sonic conclusion on Spotify:
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Ben Nickl
9 months
Thanks @helenwolfenden! It wouldn't have been possible without your innovative vision and sound scholarship expertise! @MediaCommsMQ
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Helen
9 months
Delighted to have been part of what we think may be the first ever sonic conclusion to an edited academic collection. Thank you @popculturals and Mark Rolfe!
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Ben Nickl
9 months
Sonic conclusion now also available on Spotify and all other podcast apps! Give it a listen if you like @AHSN_Humour @helenwolfenden @USydSLC @MediaCommsMQ
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