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Ben Pettis

Assistant Professor

University of Richmond

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School of Arts & Sciences

Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies

Ben Pettis is currently serving as a Rhetoric & Communication Studies Assistant Professor at University of Richmond.

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University of Richmond

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Book Review: Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media. (2026)

democracysocial mediasocial movementscommunicationpublic relationspolitical sciencepublic sphere

The Two Lives of Chuck Norris. (2026)

Becoming Users: Layers of People, Technology, and Power on the Internet. (2025)

user experiencetechnologycommunicationdigital societyhuman-computer interactionworld wide webinternet scienceinformation technologydigital dividedigital mediums

Book Review: Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media Robert Wgehl. Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media. New York, Ny: Oxford University Press, 2025. Isbn: 9780197776674, 240 Pp.. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (2025)

Searching for Similarity. (2025)

computer sciencesimilarity measureknowledge discoverydata miningsimilarity searchinformation retrievalpattern recognition

Searching for Similarity: Computational Analysis and the Us Film Industry Trade Press of the Early 1920s. (2025)

Eric HoytBen PettisLesley StevensonSam Hansen

similarity searchcomputational analysiscinemafilm

The Inherent Vice of Internet Memes: The Double Bind of Recognition and the Aesthetic of Haste. (2024)

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WHATSAPP: From a One-To-One Messaging App to a Global Communication Platform. Internet Histories (2024)

Ben T. Pettis

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WHATSAPP: From a One-To-One Messaging App to a Global Communication Platform: By Amelia Johns, Ariadna Matamoros-FernáNdez, and Emma Baulch. 2024. Polity Press, 220Pp. Isbn …. (2024)

international communicationcommunication theorycommunicationinformation technologydigital mediums

Who Watches the Birdwatchers? Creating a Rogue Archive of Twitter’s Ongoing Collapse. (2023)

social medium visualizationdigital mediumssocial mediasocial sciencescommunicationmedia studiesonline information

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Ben Pettis

Assistant Professor

University of Richmond

Affiliations

School of Arts & Sciences

Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies

Ben Pettis is currently serving as a Rhetoric & Communication Studies Assistant Professor at University of Richmond.

Honors

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Ben Pettis

University of Richmond

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Book Review: Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media. (2026)

democracysocial mediasocial movementscommunicationpublic relationspolitical sciencepublic sphere

The Two Lives of Chuck Norris. (2026)

Becoming Users: Layers of People, Technology, and Power on the Internet. (2025)

user experiencetechnologycommunicationdigital societyhuman-computer interactionworld wide webinternet scienceinformation technologydigital dividedigital mediums

Searching for Similarity. (2025)

computer sciencesimilarity measureknowledge discoverydata miningsimilarity searchinformation retrievalpattern recognition

Searching for Similarity: Computational Analysis and the Us Film Industry Trade Press of the Early 1920s. (2025)

Eric HoytBen PettisLesley StevensonSam Hansen

similarity searchcomputational analysiscinemafilm

The Inherent Vice of Internet Memes: The Double Bind of Recognition and the Aesthetic of Haste. (2024)

multimodal pragmaticartsocial mediaaestheticssymbol usedigital mediums

WHATSAPP: From a One-To-One Messaging App to a Global Communication Platform. Internet Histories (2024)

Ben T. Pettis

WHATSAPP: From a One-To-One Messaging App to a Global Communication Platform: By Amelia Johns, Ariadna Matamoros-FernáNdez, and Emma Baulch. 2024. Polity Press, 220Pp. Isbn …. (2024)

international communicationcommunication theorycommunicationinformation technologydigital mediums

Who Watches the Birdwatchers? Creating a Rogue Archive of Twitter’s Ongoing Collapse. (2023)

social medium visualizationdigital mediumssocial mediasocial sciencescommunicationmedia studiesonline information

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