Jeremy Weissman

Jeremy Weissman serves as a Mudd Postdoctoral Ethics Fellow at Washington and Lee University, affiliated with the Mudd Center for Ethics. His work bridges philosophical inquiry with contemporary digital society challenges, focusing on ethical implications of pervasive online connectivity.

His research centers on Ethics, Social Media dynamics, and Philosophical critiques of mass media, examining how perpetual online broadcasting influences human behavior and social norms. Drawing from historical perspectives and empirical studies, he investigates conformity mechanisms and power structures in digital environments where global communities perpetually judge individual actions.

Weissman's 2021 textbook The Crowdsourced Panopticon: Conformity and Control on Social Media represents his primary scholarly contribution, analyzing the societal consequences of living under constant digital scrutiny. The work synthesizes two centuries of philosophical thought with modern empirical research to illuminate risks of normalized public self-presentation in social media ecosystems.

As a fellow at the Mudd Center for Ethics, he contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives promoting ethical discourse within academic and public spheres, addressing emerging dilemmas in technology-mediated human interactions.