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The AI Panic Cycle: Fear, False Choices, and the Erosion of Critical Thinking

The AI Panic Cycle: Fear, False Choices, and the Erosion of Critical Thinking Every day brings more content warning that AI will replace most jobs, make education obsolete, and force society into Universal Basic Income just to cope. The repetition is so constant that it starts to feel inevitable. It isn’t. Much of today’s AI discourse is driven less by careful analysis and more by fear-based storytelling. The message is simple: disruption is unavoidable, resistance is futile,

365 days until PhD thesis defense

The new year has begun, 2026. I have developed multiple drafts of Gantt charts outlining my planned approach to completing my PhD, and time is steadily ticking. My goal is to defend my thesis in December 2026. While much of this timeline depends on the availability of my committee members and external examiners, I am committed to creating a realistic and achievable schedule. 365 Days ’Til PhD Thesis completion/defense Today, the countdown becomes real. Three hundred and sixty

In-betweenness as a concept to explore for media and communication research

In-Betweenness, Binaries, and the Productivity of Hybrid Positions As my conceptual focus of my dissertation has been on 'in-betweenness,' I thought I'd share a bit about a brief introduction to understanding this concept from post-colonial scholarship. This post is not to go into details about how a postcolonial theorist Bhabha theorizes 'in-betweenness' 'interspatia (in Latin meaning in-between spaces or intervals)' and 'third space' To discuss 'in-betweenness, ' we might a