Nick Bowman (包尼克) he/him/his
@bowmanspartan.bsky.social
STL native, UM-St. Louis x Michigan State alum. (Full) Prof at Newhouse School (Syracuse U, USA) studying gaming + emerging media. Launch Editor, Global Perspectives of Communication (Oxford x ICA).
Unpopular opinion: Please stop with the Publication Alerts. As we learned from The Simpsons, red sirens are rarely good things.
Fine to simply say "Here's our new paper on xxx and yyy such thing."
Don't need to make it akin to the Emergency Broadcast System.
Signed,
~ a boomer in my soul
Fine to simply say "Here's our new paper on xxx and yyy such thing."
Don't need to make it akin to the Emergency Broadcast System.
Signed,
~ a boomer in my soul
September 11, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Unpopular opinion: Please stop with the Publication Alerts. As we learned from The Simpsons, red sirens are rarely good things.
Fine to simply say "Here's our new paper on xxx and yyy such thing."
Don't need to make it akin to the Emergency Broadcast System.
Signed,
~ a boomer in my soul
Fine to simply say "Here's our new paper on xxx and yyy such thing."
Don't need to make it akin to the Emergency Broadcast System.
Signed,
~ a boomer in my soul
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We're at @ecreaeu.bsky.social all week in Brno and we've got So. Many. Board. Members presenting and engaging the conference, including Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social. Keep an eye out for our team, and *please do feel free* to ask about the journal!
academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/ed...
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Nick Bowman, PhD
Syracuse University
Editorial Board
Nicole Allen
Utah State University, United States
Albert Anani-Bossman
University
academic.oup.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:41 AM
We're at @ecreaeu.bsky.social all week in Brno and we've got So. Many. Board. Members presenting and engaging the conference, including Editor-in-Chief @bowmanspartan.bsky.social. Keep an eye out for our team, and *please do feel free* to ask about the journal!
academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/ed...
academic.oup.com/gpc/pages/ed...
I'm glad to know that my research "resonates" with so many chatbots applying to graduate school this cycle.
(that's a clue, y'all. truly you're not fooling anyone with the AI)
(that's a clue, y'all. truly you're not fooling anyone with the AI)
September 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I'm glad to know that my research "resonates" with so many chatbots applying to graduate school this cycle.
(that's a clue, y'all. truly you're not fooling anyone with the AI)
(that's a clue, y'all. truly you're not fooling anyone with the AI)
Some time back, I sat down with Good Housekeeping to talk through some of the state-of-the-research around a question that so many parents ask: "Is it okay that my kid(s) play video games?"
The answer is "Yup." Read the article for more!
www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationship...
The answer is "Yup." Read the article for more!
www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationship...
The Research-Backed Reasons I'm Fine With My Kid Playing Video Games
We should be looking at video games as something that’s actually good for our kids.
www.goodhousekeeping.com
September 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Some time back, I sat down with Good Housekeeping to talk through some of the state-of-the-research around a question that so many parents ask: "Is it okay that my kid(s) play video games?"
The answer is "Yup." Read the article for more!
www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationship...
The answer is "Yup." Read the article for more!
www.goodhousekeeping.com/relationship...
Dear *all students looking to learn about graduate programs* - you really, really, really have to stop using AI to generate your "email where I ask questions about your program."
It's a bad first look ... and it make me want to have my robot answer your robot.
Just talk to us.
Human to human.
It's a bad first look ... and it make me want to have my robot answer your robot.
Just talk to us.
Human to human.
August 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Dear *all students looking to learn about graduate programs* - you really, really, really have to stop using AI to generate your "email where I ask questions about your program."
It's a bad first look ... and it make me want to have my robot answer your robot.
Just talk to us.
Human to human.
It's a bad first look ... and it make me want to have my robot answer your robot.
Just talk to us.
Human to human.
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PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
Cornell University, Department of Communication
Job #AJO32502, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
August 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
PhD candidates/new grads: Postdoc opportunity with me focused on political economy and tech. See details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
Seriously y'all can we just quit with the robot-writing? As a journal editor, you're taking *so much of the joy* out of reading human science. You've smoothed it out into a series of banal and often inaccurate claims.
So rarely do I read a paper with AI content that is very good, in any event. =/
So rarely do I read a paper with AI content that is very good, in any event. =/
August 28, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Seriously y'all can we just quit with the robot-writing? As a journal editor, you're taking *so much of the joy* out of reading human science. You've smoothed it out into a series of banal and often inaccurate claims.
So rarely do I read a paper with AI content that is very good, in any event. =/
So rarely do I read a paper with AI content that is very good, in any event. =/
It's that time of year when all of the chatbots reach out to PhD programs to learn how to earn their PhDs.
August 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It's that time of year when all of the chatbots reach out to PhD programs to learn how to earn their PhDs.
"Let's make like a bread truck and haul buns, ladies."
August 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
"Let's make like a bread truck and haul buns, ladies."
Ongoing research via Newhouse School, focused on how faculty engage with diversity, equity, or inclusion in their courses. If it's you, sign up and share your views. =)
August 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Ongoing research via Newhouse School, focused on how faculty engage with diversity, equity, or inclusion in their courses. If it's you, sign up and share your views. =)
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Imagine being the author of the worst take on AI yet published by Nature.
When AI writes the words, who is the author?
After an AI detector classified one of my opinion pieces as entirely AI-generated, I found myself questioning where authorship ends, where expertise begins and what readers deserve to know.
www.nature.com
August 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Imagine being the author of the worst take on AI yet published by Nature.
Joshua Emanuel Báez
wow.
wow.
August 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Joshua Emanuel Báez
wow.
wow.
Y'all ... TWO top papers at @natcom.org's #NCA26 in New Orleans this November! I'm so excited for these teams.
August 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Y'all ... TWO top papers at @natcom.org's #NCA26 in New Orleans this November! I'm so excited for these teams.
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I am pretty sure we will all move to zenodo. You can create github releases that end up there. It has a great API. And it is hosted by CERN, for whom storing all data the rest of science produces is small potatoes.
August 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I am pretty sure we will all move to zenodo. You can create github releases that end up there. It has a great API. And it is hosted by CERN, for whom storing all data the rest of science produces is small potatoes.
With OSF closing up this semester (to new projects), where else are folks hosting their open science documents and such? I'd come to rely on them for nearly every project in the last several years. 🫠
August 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
With OSF closing up this semester (to new projects), where else are folks hosting their open science documents and such? I'd come to rely on them for nearly every project in the last several years. 🫠
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If you ever wonder if that expensive education is worth it, I just won a family-wide scrabble game with the word etic which three people challenged. Bwhahahahahahahasob this is everything.
August 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
If you ever wonder if that expensive education is worth it, I just won a family-wide scrabble game with the word etic which three people challenged. Bwhahahahahahahasob this is everything.
Still remembering when an editor desk-rejected my experimental design b/c of qualitative DV. Said it's "only descriptive and can't tell us anything about the IV."
Hrm.
So, N = 20 people & I kick 10 of them in the shins via random assignment. I bet I can predict which ones will be mad at me. ;p
Hrm.
So, N = 20 people & I kick 10 of them in the shins via random assignment. I bet I can predict which ones will be mad at me. ;p
August 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Still remembering when an editor desk-rejected my experimental design b/c of qualitative DV. Said it's "only descriptive and can't tell us anything about the IV."
Hrm.
So, N = 20 people & I kick 10 of them in the shins via random assignment. I bet I can predict which ones will be mad at me. ;p
Hrm.
So, N = 20 people & I kick 10 of them in the shins via random assignment. I bet I can predict which ones will be mad at me. ;p
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For Syed, "the challenges we face ... are increasingly global and complex, yet they are all part of the same conversation. GPC provides an international platform where diverse voices & perspectives come together to advance communication arts and science."
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alihussai...
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alihussai...
www.linkedin.com
August 12, 2026 at 4:48 PM
For Syed, "the challenges we face ... are increasingly global and complex, yet they are all part of the same conversation. GPC provides an international platform where diverse voices & perspectives come together to advance communication arts and science."
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alihussai...
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alihussai...
Tinkered a bit and got MAME working on my older Raspberry Pi. Who recognizes this one?
August 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Tinkered a bit and got MAME working on my older Raspberry Pi. Who recognizes this one?
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Attending @aejmc.bsky.social today? Our editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social will be part of a panel of editors with a spicy topic, "Demystifying Journal Submissions." It's at 1:15 in Balcony J of the conference venue (4th Floor), and he's around before and afterwards.
Let's offer some clarity here.
Let's offer some clarity here.
Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Glasses Scene
ALT: Tobey Maguire Spider-Man Glasses Scene
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August 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Attending @aejmc.bsky.social today? Our editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social will be part of a panel of editors with a spicy topic, "Demystifying Journal Submissions." It's at 1:15 in Balcony J of the conference venue (4th Floor), and he's around before and afterwards.
Let's offer some clarity here.
Let's offer some clarity here.
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Today, I attended Bhattacharya's "Scientific Freedom" lecture with Carole Hooven on the "reality" of human sex differences. Knowing the premise of the lecture series & Carole Hooven's prior writing, I had low expectations for the scientific quality of the lecture.
It was worse than I expected. 🧵
It was worse than I expected. 🧵
August 7, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Today, I attended Bhattacharya's "Scientific Freedom" lecture with Carole Hooven on the "reality" of human sex differences. Knowing the premise of the lecture series & Carole Hooven's prior writing, I had low expectations for the scientific quality of the lecture.
It was worse than I expected. 🧵
It was worse than I expected. 🧵
Just over here maxx-maxxing to the maxx.
The Maxx: Couch Potato TV Binge
ALT: The Maxx: Couch Potato TV Binge
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August 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Just over here maxx-maxxing to the maxx.
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ACADEMIC JOB POSTING:
A great, tenure-track media industry studies position (Assistant Prof level) amongst a great program and super-cool people at UC Irvine. Details here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10332
A great, tenure-track media industry studies position (Assistant Prof level) amongst a great program and super-cool people at UC Irvine. Details here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10332
Assistant Professor of Film and Media Industry Studies
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
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August 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ACADEMIC JOB POSTING:
A great, tenure-track media industry studies position (Assistant Prof level) amongst a great program and super-cool people at UC Irvine. Details here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10332
A great, tenure-track media industry studies position (Assistant Prof level) amongst a great program and super-cool people at UC Irvine. Details here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10332
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Aaron Graham of Loyola University of Chicago is seeking people of color who plays online video games for a survey on their experiences of gaming and gaming communities
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Flames Or A Bonfire? - The Buffering Effects of Social Support Against Online Racism in Videogames
This study aims to better understand how online gaming
communities not just harm but support the wellbeing of players of color.
luc.co1.qualtrics.com
August 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Aaron Graham of Loyola University of Chicago is seeking people of color who plays online video games for a survey on their experiences of gaming and gaming communities
luc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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I suppose we just forgot what checks and balances are, eh?
August 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I suppose we just forgot what checks and balances are, eh?