Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Wednesday, 30/Oct/2024 | ||||
8:00am - 4:00pm |
Registration - University of Sheffield Location: INOX Lounge Area |
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8:30am - 12:00pm |
Early Career Researcher Workshop Location: INOX Suite 1 |
Using Lego Location: INOX Suite 2 Preconference Workshop USING LEGO TO VISUALISE SOCIOTECHNICAL CHALLENGES: A CREATIVE METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP 1: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; 2: University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
AoIR Ethics 1: Ethics & Literacies for AI Usage in the Research Process Location: INOX Suite 3 Preconference Workshop AoIR Ethics: Ethics & Literacies for AI Usage in the Research Process 1: Marquette University, USA; 2: University of Gothenburg, Sweden; 3: University of Illinois at Chicago, USA; 4: Miami University, USA |
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9:00am - 4:30pm |
Doctoral Colloquium (inc. registration) Location: Sheffield City Hall Chair: Thomas Poell |
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9:00am - 4:30pm |
Generative Artificial Intelligence as a Method for Critical Research Location: Discovery Room 2 Preconference Workshop GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A METHOD FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH 1: LUT University; 2: University of Sheffield, UK; 3: University of Turku, Finland |
Alternative Platform Archives: Methods, Politics, Impact Location: Discovery Room 3 Preconference Workshop Alternative Platform Archives: Methods, Politics, Impact 1: Duke University, US; 2: University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
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10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: INOX Lounge Area |
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12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Location: On your own |
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1:00pm - 4:30pm |
Undergraduate Teaching workshop Location: INOX Suite 1 Preconference Workshop Undergraduate Teaching Workshop 1: Rogers State University, United States of America; 2: Monash University, Australia; 3: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, United States of America |
Hostile Responses to Research on Online Communities: How Can We Safeguard Researchers? Location: INOX Suite 2 Preconference Workshop Workshop: Hostile responses to research on online communities: how can we safeguard researchers? University of Nottingham, United Kingdom |
AoIR Ethics 2: Where Do We Go From Here? Location: INOX Suite 3 Preconference Workshop AoIR Ethics: Where Do We Go From Here? 1: Marquette University, USA; 2: University of Gothenburg, Sweden; 3: University of Illinois at Chicago, USA; 4: University Tübingen, Germany |
AI, Ethics, and the University Location: Discovery Room 1 Preconference Workshop AI, Ethics, and the University Arizona State University, United States of America |
2:30pm - 3:00pm |
Coffee Break Location: INOX Lounge Area |
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4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Registration Location: Sheffield City Hall |
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5:30pm - 7:00pm |
2024 KEYNOTE Location: Sheffield City Hall |
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7:00pm - 8:30pm |
Opening Reception Location: Sheffield City Hall |
Date: Thursday, 31/Oct/2024 | |||||||||||||
8:00am - 4:45pm |
Registration Location: The Octagon |
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8:00am - 5:30pm |
Cloakroom Location: The Octagon A free, staffed space to leave clothing items and luggage. |
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9:00am - 10:30am |
Resistance (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Sarah T. Roberts Paper Proposal Algorithms, resistance, and the global information crisis: prefiguring alternative data futures in the tech industry? The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Paper Proposal REPELLENT MUSK? RETHINKING SOCIAL MEDIA MIGRATION 1: Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom; 2: The University of Warwick, United Kingdom Paper Proposal #YourSlipisShowing: Afroskepticism and Black Resistance to Digtial Disinformation University of Florida, United States of America |
AI & Hype (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Jean Burgess Paper Proposal From Controversy to Codification: Post Lee-Luda AI Ethics and Sociotechnical Imaginaries of South Korea 1: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America; 2: University of Massachusetts at Amherst Paper Proposal TIKTOK’S AI HYPE - CREATORS’ ROLE IN SHAPING (PUBLIC) AI IMAGINARIES University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal AI AS “UNSTOPPABLE” AND OTHER INEVITABILITY NARRATIVES IN TECH: ON THE ENTANGLEMENT OF INDUSTRY, IDEOLOGY, AND OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURES 1: Syracuse University, United States of America; 2: University of Colorado Denver, United States of America Paper Proposal “A.I. IS HOLDING A MIRROR TO OUR SOCIETY”: LENSA AND THE DISCOURSE OF VISUAL GENERATIVE AI University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
Subjectivity & Subjectification (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 3 Chair: Liang Ge Paper Proposal The Entrepreneurial Gaze: On the Subjectivity of the Tech Elite University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Policing Immigrant Indebtedness on Social Media: Navigation of Gratitude, Political Subjectivation, and ‘Surveillance from Home’. London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Predictions of the Self: AI and The Political Economy of Subjectivation Concordia University, Canada Paper Proposal The elite among users: Identity formation of vendors and customers on darknet drug trade sites Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Craft & the Digital Industries (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 1 Panel Proposal Craft and the Digital Industries 1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: University of Milan, Italy; 3: University of Naples Federico II, Italy; 4: Walailak University, Thailand; 5: University of Essex, UK |
Sextech Industries and Cultures: Towards Mediated Pleasures and Data Justice (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal Sextech Industries and Cultures: Towards Mediated Pleasures and Data Justice 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; 3: Södertörn University, Sweden; 4: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia; 5: Monash University, Australia; 6: Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society |
The Political Economy of AI as Platform (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 3 Panel Proposal THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AI AS PLATFORM: INFRASTRUCTURES, POWER, AND THE AI INDUSTRY 1: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2: Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 3: University of Manchester, United Kingdom; 4: University of Siegen, Germany |
Misinformation, Conspiracy, & Politicisation in Digitally Mediated Science (panel proposal) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Panel Proposal MISINFORMATION, CONSPIRACY, AND POLITICIZATION IN DIGITALLY MEDIATED SCIENCE 1: Northwestern University, United States of America; 2: University College Dublin, Ireland; 3: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America; 4: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy; 5: Purdue University, United States of America |
Livestreaming (traditional panel) Location: SU Gallery Room 3 Chair: Charlotte Durham Paper Proposal GROOMERS, ‘TITTIES’, & STREAMERS, OH MY!: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF ANDROCENTRIC PLATFORM GOVERNANCE ON TWITCH 1: University of Houston-Clear Lake, United States of America; 2: University of Alabama Paper Proposal RECONTEXTUALIZING VIOLENCE IN REAL TIME: LIVE STREAMING & THE GOVERNANCE OF INCONSISTENCY ON TWITCH.TV 1: University of Houston-Clear Lake, United States of America; 2: University of Toronto; 3: University of Southern California Paper Proposal BREAKING THROUGH THE NOISE: MONETIZED STRUCTURES OF VIEWER VISIBILITY AND INTIMACY IN LIVESTREAMING University of Southern California, United States of America Paper Proposal Visibility in the Shadows: Tips in Mainstream vs. Niche Streaming on Chaturbate University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The |
Climate (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Ozge Ozduzen Paper Proposal Digital Platform Industries and Climate Governance: A New Frontier for Platform Power University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America Paper Proposal Do you see what I see? Emotional reaction to visual content in the online debate about climate change 1: IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: Uppsala University Paper Proposal TRACING THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC PATTERNS OF POLARIZATION IN THE FACEBOOK DEBATE ON CLIMATE ACTION IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Paper Proposal How TikTok shapes the capacity for climate communication: an app walkthrough of TikTok through the lens of climate change The University of Melbourne, Australia |
Ageing & Technology (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Aleesha Joy Rodriguez Paper Proposal NAVIGATING THE DIGITAL WAVE: THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF ORDINARY ELDERLY SHORT VIDEO CREATORS IN CHINA London College of Communication, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Older Adults’ Responses to Misinformation on Social Media 1: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2: University of Zurich, Switzerland Paper Proposal Automating Eldercare? Visions, problems, and expertise in the “Age Tech” Industry Stanford University, United States of America Paper Proposal Latet anguis in herba: unveiling ageism of generative AI Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain |
Language & Sentiment (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Nicolette Little Paper Proposal LLMs and the generation of moderate speech University of Groningen, The Netherlands Paper Proposal ONLINE POSITIVE SOCIAL ACTIONS (OPSA) AS TECHNO-SOCIAL AFFORDANCES: A FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE DIGITAL SOCIALITY 1: Lancaster University, UK; 2: The Hebrew University, Israel Paper Proposal Auditing the Closed iOS Ecosystem: Is there Potential for Large Language Model App Inspections? 1: York University; 2: University of Copenhagen, Denmark Paper Proposal DOES ALGORITHMIC CONTENT MODERATION RPOMOTE DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE? RADICAL DEMOCRATIC CRITIQUE OF TOXIC LANGUAGE AI 1: Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Helsinki, Finland; 2: Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University |
Governing Mis/Disinformation (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Monika Fratczak Paper Proposal GOVERNING FROM BLACK TO WHITE: DISINFORMATION IN NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES Georgia Institution of Technology, United States of America Paper Proposal Governing and defining misinformation: A longitudinal study of social media platforms policies 1: University of Bremen, Germany; 2: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany Paper Proposal The dark side of LLM-powered chatbots: misinformation, biases, content moderation challenges in political information retrieval 1: Karlstad University, Sweden; 2: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain |
Health Creators (traditional panel) Location: Uni Central Chair: Sara Reinis Paper Proposal HEALTHY INFLUENCE? A CROSS-PLATFORM ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL MEDIA HEALTH INFLUENCER CULTURES University of Salford, United Kingdom Paper Proposal First glass of wine in 8 months!: an examination of sober curious communities on TikTok University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Content Creators vs The Healthcare Industry: A Case Study of the Techno-Cultural Authority of ADHD TikTok The Ohio State University, United States of America Paper Proposal PERFORMING PREVIVORSHIP ONLINE: EXAMINING IDENTITY MANAGEMENT ON TIKTOK University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: The Octagon |
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11:00am - 12:30pm |
Authenticity (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Ludmila Lupinacci Paper Proposal THE HUMMINGBIRDS: CLAIMING “DE-INFLUENCING” AS AN AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEE University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America Paper Proposal “want boyfriend ❌❌❌”: Porn Bots, Authenticity and Social Automation on Instagram 1: University of Siegen; 2: Lusófona University; 3: NOVA University of Lisbon/University of Coimbra Paper Proposal “I’m An E-Commerce Streamer, Not Influencer” ——The Logistical Struggle For Performing Authenticity On Douyin University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal Navigating The Digital Identity Industry Monash University, Australia |
AI & Journalism (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Axel Bruns Paper Proposal Chat GPT’s Ingestion of News Content: Traffic, Revenue and Erasure of Journalistic Labor Denison University, United States of America Paper Proposal A Sociology of Expectations: Understanding AI Hype in Journalism 1: Hamburg University, Germany; 2: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Paper Proposal “ARG! THE WORLD DOESN’T FIT THE MODEL!”: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF HOW DATA SCIENCE PROJECTS DEVELOP AND NEGOTIATE WORLD MODELS IN THE NEWS INDUSTRY 1: University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: Roskilde University Paper Proposal Platformization Intermediaries: Optimizing News for Platforms in India LabEx ICCA, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Paper Proposal HOW FACT-CHECKERS ARE BECOMING MACHINE LEARNERS: A CASE OF META’s THIRD PARTY PROGRAMME 1: University of Siegen, Germany; 2: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The |
Sex as/and/on Social Media (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 1 Panel Proposal Sex as/and/on Social Media 1: George Mason University, United States of America; 2: SUNY Purchase, United States of America; 3: University of Turku, Finland; 4: Södertörn University, Sweden; 5: Tallinn University, Estonia |
Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON PLATFORMS AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; 3: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile; 4: Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom; 5: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The; 6: University of Toronto, Canada; 7: Cornell University, United States; 8: Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; 9: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China; 10: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen; 11: USC Annenberg |
What Does a Good Internet Look Like, and How do we Get There? (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session What does a good internet look like, and how do we get there? 1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, UK; 2: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 3: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 4: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Uk; 5: University of Massachusetts, USA |
Politics & Influencers (traditional panel) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Chair: Jennifer Stromer-Galley Paper Proposal All politics is local: News influencers and audience engagement in local and state politics discourse dynamics on TikTok Queensland University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal “OH, YOU MEAN… GAY?”: RELATIONAL LABOUR AND THE INDUSTRIAL ARTICULATION OF HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY BY ANDREW TATE AND HIS FOLLOWERS University College Dublin, Ireland Paper Proposal Influencer Creep in Parliament: Platform Pressures in the Visibility Labour of French MPs Sciences Po/Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France Paper Proposal Boycott Wokeness, Shop like a Patriot: A Discursive Analysis of Conservative MLM Promotion on Instagram University of Illinois at Chicago |
Queer Visibilities (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Łukasz Szulc Paper Proposal “We’re having to eat poison, but we also get some nectar”: Censorship and surveillance in Indian queer digital cultures SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal “I HAVE SEEN IT, HAVE YOU SEEN ME?”: THE LOGIC OF ENGAGEMENT ON UGANDAN LGBT+ ORGANIZATIONS DIGITAL PLATFORMS 1: Malmo University, Sweden; 2: Kristiania University, Norway Paper Proposal Merging Queer Readings and Games: An Analysis of Co-Created Queer Narratives of Sidon and Link Through Play in Tears of the Kingdom University of California, Irvine, United States of America Paper Proposal Nostalgic Kinship: Young Queer Women's Search for Elders Online Monash University, Australia |
Sustainability (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Rachel Wood Paper Proposal My Product, Your Green Choice: exploring the interplay between influencer’s sustainability communication and green marketing strategies on TikTok Università Lumsa, Italy Paper Proposal REUSE OF IT EQUIPMENT FOR SOCIAL GOOD 1: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; 2: Good Things Foundation Paper Proposal Data Landfills: re-interpreting our understanding of data centre expansion and pollution within post-colonial Ireland University College Dublin, Ireland |
The Digital Afterlife Industry (panel proposal) Location: SU View Room 5 Panel Proposal The Digital Afterlife Industry 1: Hadassah Academic College, Israel; 2: Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath, UK; 3: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK; 4: Aston Univerity, UK; 5: Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), University of Cambridge, UK Paper Proposal ADDING TO THE PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR THE DIGITAL AFTERLIFE INDUSTRY (DAI) The Univerisity of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America |
Platforms & Education (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Fiona Louise Scott Paper Proposal Educated users: Refining manners through social media corporate curriculums 1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2: University of Warwick, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Amateur Podcasts and Self-Narrativization: Personal Storytelling and Identity in Digital Pedagogy Washington College, United States of America Paper Proposal ALL IVYS, NO SAFETIES: THE DRAMA OF COLLEGE DECISION REACTION VIDOES ON YOUTUBE University of the District of Columbia, United States of America Paper Proposal PROTOTYPING AN EDTECH ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT: TOWARDS TECHNICAL DEMOCRACY 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: University of Sydney, Australia |
Community PechaKucha and Demo Session: Gaps and Interoperability of Platform Datasets (experimental session) Location: Uni Central Experimental Session Community PechaKucha and Demo Session: Gaps and Interoperability of Platform Governance Datasets 1: University of Bremen, Germany; 2: University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; 3: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Germany; 4: National Chengchi University, Taiwan; 5: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 6: Utrecht University, the Netherlands; 7: University of Groningen, the Netherlands |
Marketing & Advertising (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 1 Chair: Tama Leaver Paper Proposal Imagining an attention economy: Advertising and content creation 2010 to 2015 1: University of Leicester, United Kingdom; 2: Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada Paper Proposal Hairy industries: The politics of advertising hair products and services to South Africa on Facebook and Instagram University of Cape Town, South Africa Paper Proposal Algorithmic gossip in young people’s accounts of ‘unhealthy’ advertising on social media 1: Monash University, Australia; 2: University of Queensland, Australia; 3: Curtin University, Australia Paper Proposal Connecting with Sports Fans: Gambling Marketing Strategies on Instagram 1: Maynooth University, Ireland; 2: Ulster University, Northern Ireland |
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Ruth Deller Paper Proposal "I HAVE STOPPED CARING IF I SHOULD THINK BEFORE POSTING ONLINE": JOURNEY OF INDIAN WOMEN TO DIGITAL ACTIVISM AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE University of Surrey, United Kingdom Paper Proposal THE HARMS OF AIRDROP MISUSE: TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG WOMEN 1: University of Alberta; 2: Hebrew University of Jerusalem Paper Proposal It’s A Joke, Not A Dick. So Don’t Take It Too Hard”: Online Sexual Harassment In Indian Universities University of Westminster, United Kingdom Paper Proposal TOXICITY & SYMBOLIC VIOLENCE: A framework for studying violence on social media platforms 1: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal do Maranhão - Campus Imperatriz |
12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Location: The Octagon |
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1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Health & Platforms (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Hannah Ditchfield Paper Proposal De-constructing ‘gender ideology’ myths on reproduction and digital storytelling through CDA: a case study of women’s NGOs social media engagement on Twitter and Facebook” City, University of London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal DOCUMENTING THE IMPACT OF ABORTION MYTHS ON HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATES University of Washington, United States of America Paper Proposal Cultures of Sex Advice: Examining TikTok Communities around Sexual Health in the US Northwestern University, United States of America Paper Proposal Biometric Governmentalities: The Rise of Datafication and the Unique Health Identification Project in India Pondicherry University, India |
Visual Trust on Social Media: Meaning, Money, and Motivation (panel proposal) Location: INOX Suite 2 Panel Proposal VISUAL TRUST ON SOCIAL MEDIA – MEANING, MONEY AND MOTIVATION 1: Tallinn University, Estonia; 2: University of Oxford; 3: University of Salzburg |
States, Platforms, and AI (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 1 Panel Proposal States, Platforms and AI 1: Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom; 2: Copenhagen University, Denmark; 3: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 4: Monash University, Australia |
Virtual Celebrity Industries in East Asia (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal VIRTUAL CELEBRITY INDUSTRIES IN EAST ASIA 1: Curtin University; 2: University of Illinois at Chicago; 3: Chung-Ang University; 4: University of Strathclyde |
Micro-Autoethnographies of Influencer Creep in the Academy (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session Micro-Autoethnographies of Influencer Creep in the Academy 1: University of Toronto; 2: Cornell University; 3: University of Alabama; 4: Northumbria University |
Crises & the Digital (traditional panel) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Chair: Stefania Vicari Paper Proposal THE PHOTOJOURNALISTIC GIF: VISUAL JOURNALISM IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERA The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Paper Proposal “Why does the air siren work?”: How Telegram Channels in Ukraine Use Open Source Data About Military Danger for Constructing Knowledge about the War Rutgers University, United States of America Paper Proposal Stories from the Double Lockdown: Digital Liberty in Gaza during the COVID-19 Pandemic Loughborough University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal The Unfriending Performance: The Logic of Disconnective Action in Crises 1: King's College London, United Kingdom; 2: King's College London, United Kingdom |
Gig Economies (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Raquel Campos Valverde Paper Proposal Autonomy, Alienation And Algorithms: The Case Of Gig Workers On Digital Platforms In India International Insitute of Information Technology, India Paper Proposal PLATFORMED IDENTITY OF AYI: FEMALE MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE CHINESE GIG ECONOMY Utrecht University Paper Proposal Freelancing in the Digital Age: Understanding Fiverr within the Gig Economy 1: Northumbria University, UK; 2: Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Germany; 3: BI Norwegian Business School, Norway Paper Proposal BEYOND PLATFORM CONTROL: GENDERED FRICTIONS IN FOOD DELIVERY WORK 1: Utrecht University; 2: University of British Columbia |
Pandemic Communities (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Jonathan Corpus Ong Paper Proposal Endemic identities: Social media self-representation in “the long pandemic” American University, United States of America Paper Proposal Pandemic Pals: Online Communities of Mutual Aid in India Purdue University, United States of America Paper Proposal “They will destroy Telegram” – Narratives of platform censorship in the German-speaking COVID-19 conspiracy community on Telegram University of Salzburg, Department of Communication Studies, Austria Paper Proposal The offline strikes back: complicating the role of digital technologies in Covid-19 mutual aid activism University of Glasgow, United Kingdom |
Young People & Education (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Lynn Schofield Clark Paper Proposal RESEARCHING YOUTH PERSPECTIVES – GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN NON-FORMAL DIGITISED EDUCATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS University of Cologne, Germany Paper Proposal Researching the EdTech industry for children: Methodological reflections on a design-based approach 1: Deakin University, Australia; 2: University of Wollongong, Australia Paper Proposal The Platformization of Private Tutoring and the Making of Technopreneurs in Education University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America |
Youth Intimacies (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Amy Shields Dobson Paper Proposal VIRTUAL BODIES: YOUNG PEOPLE’S SELFIE-EDITING AND BODY-TECHNOLOGY RELATIONS 1: University of Newcastle; 2: Curtin University; 3: Monash University; 4: City University London Paper Proposal INSTAGRAM CLOSE FRIEND STORIES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AMONG LGBTQ+ YOUNG PEOPLE University of Technology Sydney, Australia Paper Proposal Tinder for teens: An in-depth exploration of youth intimate cultures and sexual and gender-based violence on Snapchat 1: University College London, United Kingdom; 2: Anglia Ruskin University; 3: Western University |
Getting Industrious with Others - PART 1 (experimental session) Location: Uni Central Experimental Session Getting Industrious With Others: Workshop(s) on Creative and Crafty Public Engagement Methods 1: Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; 2: Goldsmiths University, UK; 3: University of Toronto, Canada; 4: University of Kentucky, United States; 5: RMIT University, Australia |
Discriminatory Tech (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 1 Chair: Amelia Faith Johns Paper Proposal Protocols of Whiteness: Universalism, Individualism, and Control in the AT Protocol Arizona State University, United States of America Paper Proposal A People's Community Control of Technology: A Historical Analysis of Decolonial Tech Advocacy University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States of America Paper Proposal Stuff (is something) White People Like: On White Prototypicality of Facebook UNC, United States of America Paper Proposal PLATFORMIZATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF DARK INDUSTRY OF MOBILITY AND SMUGGLING 1: Tampere University, Finland; 2: Tampere University, Finland |
Gendered Labour (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Sofia P. Caldeira Paper Proposal Breadwinner or breadmaker: Contradictions in tradwives' creator labor, religious vernacular, and aesthetics Cornell University Paper Proposal Ambivalent Affective Labour, Datafication of Qing and Danmei Writers in the Cultural Industry King's College London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal ERROR 404: SEX WORKER DIGITAL TACTICS RESISTING ENFORCED INVISIBILITY 1: Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, United States of America; 2: Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University, United States of America Paper Proposal The Collective Individualism of YouTube Makeup Reviews The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: The Octagon |
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3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Global Influencer Cultures (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Taylor Annabell Paper Proposal TikTok ‘Dogshows’ and the Amplification of Online Incivility Among Gen Z Influencers in the Philippines 1: Hong Kong Baptist University; 2: University of the Philippines Diliman; 3: Curtin University Paper Proposal FAVELA AESTHETICS: DIGITAL INFLUENCERS IN BRAZIL CONTESTING INSTAGRAM VISUAL CULTURES 1: Universidade Paulista (UNIP), Brazil; 2: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Paper Proposal The Professionalisation of Networked and Refracted Misogyny in the Case of Estonian Misogynist Influencers University of Tartu, Estonia |
Bodies & Emotions (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Katrin Tiidenberg Paper Proposal (Re)Attaching Life, Body and Memory Through Breonna’s Garden in Augmented Reality University of Maryland, United States of America Paper Proposal FROM #BODYPOSITIVE TO #WEIGHTLOSSJOURNEY – EXPLORING WEIGHT LOSS NARRATIVES WITHIN THE FAT COMMUNITY University of Bergen, Norway Paper Proposal ‘You cannot expect such validation in real life:’ Historical continuities and change in women’s romancing with AI chatbot Replika Loughborough University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal “YOU WILL BLOOM IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO WATER YOURSELF:” A CONTENT AND THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF #INSTAGRAMVSREALITY IMAGES AND CAPTIONS ON INSTAGRAM Western University, Canada |
Exploring Appification (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 1 Panel Proposal EXPLORING APPIFICATION 1: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2: Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 3: University of Warwick, United Kingdom; 4: Concordia University, Canada; 5: Simon Fraser University, Canada; 6: University of Waterloo, Canada; 7: North Carolina State University, United States |
Controversies, Problematic Information, & Polarisation: Case Studies Across Six Countries (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal Controversies, Problematic Information, and Polarisation: Case Studies across Six Countries 1: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; 3: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; 4: University of the Arts London, London, UK; 5: University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; 6: University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy; 7: University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain; 8: University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; 9: Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA |
Global South Creator Cultures (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session Global South Creator Cultures 1: Maynooth University, Ireland; 2: University of Groningen, the Netherlands; 3: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile; 4: Pepperdine University, United States; 5: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 6: New York University, USA; 7: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA; 8: University of Leeds, UK |
AI, Data, & Labour (traditional panel) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Chair: Lianrui Jia Paper Proposal FAIRNESS IN THE WORK BEHIND THE AI INDUSTRY: HOW ACTION-RESEARCH APPROACHES CAN BUILD BETTER LABOUR CONDITIONS University of Oxford, United Kingdom Paper Proposal THE SUPPLY CHAIN CAPITALISM OF AI: A CALL TO (RE)THINK ALGORITHMIC INFRASTRUCTURE FROM BELOW AND ON THE LEFT University of Oxford, United Kingdom Paper Proposal SIMULATING SUBJECTIVITY - BAUDRILLARD AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LLMS University College Dublin, Portugal Paper Proposal Behind the Science at the European Spallation Source: from back stage technicians to front stage data professionals Linkoping University, Sweden |
Industry Meets Academia (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Dani Madrid-Morales Paper Proposal UTILITY OF INDUSTRY- PROVIDED SOCIAL MEDIA DATA FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES: A SYSTEMATIC AUDIT OF TIKTOK’S API FOR RESEARCHERS 1: University of Oslo, Norway; 2: Truth Initiative, Washington, D.C. Paper Proposal A study of industry influence in the field of AI research 1: Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; 2: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 3: King's College London, Strand, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Research GenAI: Situating Generative AI In The Scholarly Economy 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: University of Melbourne, Australia Paper Proposal Unpacking Expertise in the Privacy Tech Industry University of Southern California, United States of America |
Digital Industry of Education (panel proposal) Location: SU View Room 4 Panel Proposal THE DIGITAL INDUSTRY OF EDUCATION: SHAPING SCHOOLING THROUGH EDTECH 1: University of Edinburgh, UK; 2: Deakin University, Australia; 3: KU Leuven, Belgium; 4: UMass Amherst, USA; 5: University of Glasgow, UK |
Play & Youth Cultures (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Devina Sarwatay Paper Proposal EXPERIENCE GAMES: YOUTH PLAY AND THE ONLINE ‘LADDERS’ OF CREATIVE PARTICIPATION 1: Abertay University; 2: University of Toronto; 3: University of Southampton Paper Proposal Getting Girls into Games: The White Spatial Imaginaries of Nancy Drew Digital Play Washington University in St. Louis, United States of America Paper Proposal HOW DO THE DIVERSE DRIVERS OF CHILDREN’S (6-12) DIGITAL PLAY MEDIATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIGITAL GAMES AND CHILDREN’S SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING? The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Paper Proposal EXPLORING THE NEXUS OF K-POP DANCE CHALLENGES: CHILDREN’S K-POP DREAM, INTERNET STARDOM, AND CUTE LABOR IN THE EVOLVING CULTURE INDUSTRY Curtin University, Australia |
Youth Around the Globe (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Jessica Ringrose Paper Proposal A Minimum Digital Living Standard For UK Households With Children 1: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; 2: University of Loughborough, United Kingdom; 3: Good Things Foundation, United Kingdom; 4: City University, United Kingdom; 5: University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland; 6: Critical Research, United Kingdom Paper Proposal WhatsApp, diaspora youth and ‘digital brokerage’ in transnational family and community contexts University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia Paper Proposal DECOLONISING THE INTERNET: EXPERIENCES OF (CYBER)BULLYING AND DEVELOPING COLLECTIVE CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS FOR YOUTH OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN ATHENS National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Paper Proposal GENDER, INTIMACY, AND DIGITAL PRACTICES: INSIGHTS INTO ITALIAN TEENAGERS' EXPERIENCES 1: Sapienza University of Rome; 2: University of Padova; 3: Link Campus University |
Getting Industrious with Others - PART 2 (experimental session) Location: Uni Central |
Arts-Based Approaches (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 1 Chair: Yumeng Guo Paper Proposal A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND PROMPTS: TOPIC MODELING OF AI ART SUBREDDIT COMMUNITIES Temple University, United States of America Paper Proposal Digital Dancing: The Ontology and Ownership of Dance Online Coventry University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Under the Feet of Shadows: an arts-based speculative inquiry into Ireland’s data industries Maynooth University, Ireland Paper Proposal Tapping the "untapped resource": How twentieth-century industrial priorities have shaped contemporary new media art practices University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America |
Platform Logics & Vernaculars (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Alex Gekker Paper Proposal SCROLL, PRINT, ALGORITHMICALLY CLUSTER: A CO-ANALYSIS APPROACH TO EXPLORE THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN USERS, PLATFORMS AND ALGORITHMIC MODELS ON INSTAGRAM The University of Queensland, Australia Paper Proposal Mixed Feelings: the platformisation of moods and vibes University of Leeds, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Theorising toggling: being pushed and moved by UI University of Oxford, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Jewish Entrepreneurial Labor Tiktok: Navigating Visibility, Education, And Algorithmic Harm 1: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 2: Seton Hall University; 3: University of Alabama |
5:30pm - 7:00pm |
2024 PLENARY PANEL | AoIR: The Eras Tour Location: The Wave, Lecture Theatre 1 Chair: Helen Kennedy Featuring Nancy Baym, Steve Jones, Susanna Paasonen, Limor Shifman, Raquel Recuero, Crystal Abidin, and Catherine Knight Steele |
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7:00pm - 8:30pm |
Reception Location: The Wave Atrium |
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8:00am - 4:30pm |
Registration Location: The Octagon |
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8:00am - 5:30pm |
Cloakroom Location: The Octagon A free, staffed space to leave clothing items and luggage. |
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9:00am - 10:30am |
Sexual Content Moderation (panel proposal) Location: INOX Suite 1 Panel Proposal Sexual Content Moderation 1: George Mason University, United States of America; 2: Northumbria University, United Kingdom; 3: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4: Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
The Creator Industry (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye Paper Proposal NAVIGATING THE GRAY: THE ECONOMIC UNDERBELLY OF TIKTOK'S SIDE HUSTLES University of Urbino, Italy Paper Proposal The Limits of Virality: Music Creators and Platform Negotiation in Later Stage TikTok University of Southern California, United States of America Paper Proposal Infrastructuring Trends: Templates, Samples, and the Making of the Short Video Format on TikTok University of Southern California, United States of America Paper Proposal COMMERCIAL BREAKS ON INSTAGRAM STORIES: TELEVISION HERITAGE ON BRAZILIAN DIGITAL INFLUENCERS’ CONTENT AND IMPACTS ON AUTHENTICITY WORK Universidade Paulista (UNIP), Brazil |
Digital Methods & Ethics (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 3 Chair: Daniel Angus Paper Proposal TO SCREENSHOT OR NOT TO SCREENSHOT? TENSIONS IN REPRESENTING VISUAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM POSTS University of Washington, United States of America Paper Proposal PROPOSING RECIPROCAL DIGITAL METHODS: A USER-CENTRIC METHOD FOR ALGORITHMIC SOCIAL PLATFORMS IN A POST-API WORLD University of Oslo, Norway Paper Proposal Screenshot methodologies to collect and analyse social media platform advertising 1: The University of Queensland, Australia; 2: Monash University, Australia; 3: Curtin University, Australia Paper Proposal ‘GUERILLA ANALYSIS’ AND THE INSTITUTIONAL VOICE: THE TELEGRAM’S PRODUCTIVE MESO-SPACE OF CORONAVIRUS VISUALIZATIONS University of Groningen, |
Why Does Authenticity (Still) Matter on Social Media? (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 1 Roundtable Session Why does authenticity (still) matter on social media? 1: Tallinn University, Estonia; 2: Curtin University; 3: Utrecht University; 4: University of South Carolina; 5: Concordia University |
Creator Economies (traditional panel) Location: Discovery Room 2 Chair: Jessica Maddox Paper Proposal Monetizing Queerbaiting: Boyfriend Daily Check-Ins as A Strategy To Engage Queer Fandom University of the Arts London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Money, magic, machines: Algorithmic conspirituality and New Age content creators on TikTok University of Queensland, Australia Paper Proposal (MIS)LABELLING BRAND PARTNERSHIPS: HOW PLATFORM POLICIES AND INTERFACES SHAPE COMMERCIAL CONTENT FOR INFLUENCERS 1: Utrecht University; 2: University of Luxembourg Paper Proposal “I would never become an influencer!”: the industrious digital economy of second-hand creators Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy |
AI & Disinformation (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session AI and Disinformation: Global Perspectives 1: LMU Munich, Germany; 2: Sheffield University, UK; 3: University of Massacchussets, Amherst; 4: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil; 5: Cambridge University; 6: Birmingham City University; 7: WITNESS |
Democracy & Civil Society (traditional panel) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Chair: Catherine Knight Steele Paper Proposal Buying State Power: News And Social Media Advertising in Democratic Backsliding Countries The University of Texas at Austin, United States of America Paper Proposal Investigating the platform logics of Twitter through its structural network mechanisms 1: Northwestern University, United States of America; 2: University of Oregon,United States of America & University of the Philippines, Philippines Paper Proposal Industry influence on content moderation regulation: Tensions for Civil Society Organisations 1: School of Information and Communication Studies, UCD; 2: School of Information and Communication Studies, UCD Paper Proposal FROM FLORIDA AND TEXAS TO KARLSRUHE: ONLINE PLATFORMS AS PUBLISHERS OF YORE OR AS (UN)COMMON CARRIERS? University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
Conspiracy Theories (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Adrienne Massanari Paper Proposal ‘We are all in this psyop together’: Psyop realism as vernacular media critique 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Manchester, UK; 3: King's College London, UK Paper Proposal COALITIONS OF DISTRUST: CONSPIRICIZATION VIA HASHTAG HIJACKING University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal ‘CONSPIRACY THEORIES SHOULD BE CALLED SPOILER ALERTS’: CONSPIRACY THEORIES AS AFFECTIVE COMMUNITES ON RUSSELL BRAND’S YOUTUBE COMMENT SECTION Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal UNEARTHING CONNECTIONS: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A CONSPIRACY BELIEVERS’ FACEBOOK GROUP Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
Curating Concealment: Frameworks for Emerging AI in Research & Teaching (panel proposal) Location: SU View Room 4 Panel Proposal Curating Concealment: Frameworks for Emerging AI in research and teaching 1: University of California Los Angeles; 2: Chinese University of Hong Kong; 3: University of Cambridge; 4: Technical University of Munich |
Risks to Trans & Queer Lives (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Zoetanya Sujon Paper Proposal STOICISM, TRADWIVES AND ANTI-TRANS PANIC: THE NEW ‘MANFLUENCER INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX’ ON TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE SHORTS 1: Dublin City University, Ireland; 2: University of Stavanger, Norway Paper Proposal TRANSPHOBIC MEMES IN THE QUEBEC ALTERNATIVE NEWS INDUSTRY UQAM, Canada Paper Proposal “I took a deep breath and came out as GC”: Excavating Gender Critical Information Literacy Practices and Anti-Trans Radicalization on Ovarit and Mumsnet 1: University of Central Florida, United States of America; 2: Ringling College of Art & Design, United States of America Paper Proposal Hostile digital archives: dynamic risks and records of queer and trans life online University of Michigan, United States of America |
Social Media as a Key Actor in Redefining Healthcare Industry Dynamics (panel proposal) Location: SU View Room 6 Panel Proposal Social Media as a Key Actor in Redefining Healthcare Industry Dynamics 1: Uppsala University; 2: Coventry University; 3: University of Illinois at Chicago; 4: The Ohio State University |
Platforms & Governments (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Suay Melisa Özkula Paper Proposal Gauging platform observability under the EU’s Digital Services Act University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal Platforms on trial: Mapping the Facebook Files/Papers controversy Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Paper Proposal UNFAIR PLAY: DIGITAL PLATFORM'S ABUSE OF POWER TO INFLUENCE BRAZILIAN POLICY AGENDA Netlab UFRJ, Brazil Paper Proposal Between the Cracks: Blind spots in the EU’s efforts to regulate platform opinion power and digital media concentration 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 3: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 4: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The |
Revitalising the Concept of the Everyday in Internet Research (panel proposal) Location: Uni Central Panel Proposal Revitalising the concept of the everyday in internet research 1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; 3: Universidad Adolfo Ibánez, Chile; 4: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 5: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; 6: RMIT University, Australia |
Men & Masculinities (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Briony Hannell Paper Proposal MASCULINE OPTIMIZATION INFLUENCERS AND THE SACRALITY OF SELF-OPTIMIZATION University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Paper Proposal “Society failed men”: Self-help influencers, toxic masculinity and online radicalisation in the UK 1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2: Independent Researcher Paper Proposal “THE LEFT IS FAILING MEN”: BREADTUBE & THE ONLINE PRODUCTION OF “MASCULINITIES IN CRISIS” (WORK-IN-PROGRESS PAPER) 1: West Virginia Wesleyan College; 2: The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Paper Proposal LIVELIHOOD-RELATED INTERNET USE AMONG LOW-PRIVILEGED YOUNG MEN IN KOLKATA University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: The Octagon |
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11:00am - 12:30pm |
Creator Labour (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Christian Katzenbach Paper Proposal Reciprocal Platform Labour In The Nigerian Social Media Video Industry 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: University of Toronto, Canada Paper Proposal AFFECTIVE LABOUR AND EMOTIONAL LABOUR IN THE COMMODIFICATION OF ‘SELF’ IN INDIAN WOMEN’S FAMILY VLOGGING (Working title) Tezpur University, India Paper Proposal THIS IS A MOVEMENT, NOT A MOMENT: BLACK FEMMES' DIGITAL AFFECTIVE LABOR IN THE 2020 RACIAL UPRISINGS University of Southern California, United States of America Paper Proposal UNRAVELING ALGORITHMIC BIAS: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF POLITICIZED ALTERNATIVE CREATORS University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America |
Privacy (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Emily van der Nagel Paper Proposal A Cultural Clash? Privacy Framing in Legislative Hearings After Cambridge Analytica 1: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 2: University of Birmingham, UK Paper Proposal A Game of Privacy Tug of War: A Historical Analysis of Privacy Settings American University, United States of America Paper Proposal Temporal Dynamics of Chilling Effects of Dataveillance: Empirical Findings from a Longitudinal Field Experiment University of Zurich, Switzerland Paper Proposal Hackers’ privacy approaches: How privacy violation and privacy protection go hand in hand University of Haifa, Israel |
AI & Governance (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 3 Chair: Helen Kennedy Paper Proposal Rendering Regulability in AI Supply Chains: Technical and Political Challenges 1: Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Germany; 2: University College London Paper Proposal Generative AI and the Information Commons: Controversy, Copyright, and Closure Concordia University, Canada Paper Proposal Mapping AI Policymaking (2016-2024) in China: Policies, Actors, and Instruments 1: University of Sussex, United Kingdom; 2: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Paper Proposal RETHINKING AI FOR GOOD: CRITIQUE, REFRAMING AND ALTERNATIVES 1: Australian National University, Australia.; 2: Vanderbilt University, USA. |
Algorithmic Imaginaries (traditional panel) Location: Discovery Room 1 Chair: Nina Vindum Rasmussen Paper Proposal “THE ALGORITHM IS YOUR MOM”: PLAYFUL ALGORITHMIC AGENCY IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC FELLA ORGANISATION 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: The University of Sydney, Australia Paper Proposal Hiding in plain sight: How algorithms’ conspicuous invisibility engenders conspiratorial views of platform power 1: National University of Singapore, Singapore; 2: University of Groningen, The Netherlands Paper Proposal Algorithmic Vibes: The Intuitive Sense-Making of Self-Employed Women on Social Media University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Paper Proposal MY FYP, MY IDENTITY: THE ROLE OF ALGORITHMIC CONSPIRITUALITY IN IDENTITY SHAPING 1: University of Alabama, United States of America; 2: Pennsylvania State University, United States of America |
Platforms, Valuation, & Inequalities (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal Platforms, Valuation and Inequalities 1: University of Amsterdam; 2: Boston University; 3: University of Michigan; 4: University of Western Ontario; 5: Manchester Metropolitan University; 6: Leeds University; 7: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile; 8: New York Univerisity |
Technoskepticism (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session Technoskepticism: Between Possibility and Refusal 1: University of Maryland; 2: Purdue University; 3: University of Michigan; 4: University of Florida |
The Precarity, Perils, & Promises of Emerging Creator Economies (panel proposal) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Panel Proposal The Precarity, Perils, and Promises of Emerging Creator Economies 1: Bridgewater College, United States of America; 2: Coastal Carolina University, United States of America; 3: Center for the Study of Developing Societies, India; 4: Loyola University Chicago, United States of America; 5: University of Passau, Germany |
Datafied Youth (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Ruth Deller Paper Proposal FINANCE APPS AND THE DATAFICATION OF CHILDREN’S ECONOMIC LIVES University of Melbourne, Australia Paper Proposal FAMILY PRIVACY, FAMILY AUTONOMY AND COERCION IN DIGITAL HEALTHCARE Northumbria University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal GEOTRACKING FOR CONVENIENCE: EXPLORING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES RELATED TO THE USE OF TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES IN PARENT-ADULT CHILD PAIRS University of Tartu, Estonia Paper Proposal DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER DNA PLATFORMS & DIGITAL DISPLAYS OF FAMILY University of Queensland, Australia |
Infrastructures (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Blake Hallinan Paper Proposal Cloud as Infrastructure: Theorising the links between ‘big’ tech and ‘small’ tech University of Bristol, United Kingdom Paper Proposal From Global to Local: A Study of Offline-First Community Infrastructure Development Aarhus University, Denmark Paper Proposal WHO KILLED STADIA: PLATFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN CLOUD GAMING 1: London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; 2: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands Paper Proposal SURREPTITIOUS EXPERIMENTATION: DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES AND STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE IN THE HUMANITARIAN INDUSTRY. Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom |
Frictions & The Data Industry (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Gavin Duffy Paper Proposal FROM ia_archiver TO OpenAI: THE PASTS AND FUTURES OF AUTOMATED DATA SCRAPERS 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America Paper Proposal Taming Ambiguity: Managerial Contradictions in AI Data Production Industry University of Toronto, Canada Paper Proposal Breaking data flows and connecting data practices: examining data frictions in digital platform APIs 1: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); 2: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Paper Proposal From tech-solutionism to community-centred data capability for disaster preparedness Swinburne University of Technology, Australia |
Organisations & Leadership (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 6 Chair: Lana Swartz Paper Proposal Generation of Structural Changes through Translation: Effects of SVOD platforms on European Audiovisual Industry Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Paper Proposal THE ZEALOUS PRACTICES OF TECH INDUSTRY LEADERS University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Paper Proposal When workers own the newsroom: Mapping the transition from corporate to cooperative media ownership Rutgers University, United States of America Paper Proposal When Industry Lore doesn't Work: Exploring MCNs' Limited Intermediary Roles in Promotional Culture Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The |
Elections (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Steve Jones Paper Proposal Artifacts, practices and social arrangements in content curation on TikTok: a study on political and social issues content Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (Centre for Digitalisation, Democracy and Innovation--Brussels School of Governance) Paper Proposal Empowering voters and fostering healthy political discourse: Discursive legitimation by digital media platforms in the context of elections University of Helsinki, Finland Paper Proposal THE POPULISTS’ PLAYGROUND: PARTY CAMPAIGNS ON TIKTOK DURING THE BAVARIAN STATE ELECTIONS 2023 University of Hamburg, Germany Paper Proposal THE BRAZILIAN DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD: INVESTIGATING THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS IN POST-BOLSONARO ERA University of Urbino, Italy |
Low Visibility Practices: Reconsidering Visibility and Value on Social Media (fishbowl) Location: Uni Central Fishbowl Low Visibility Practices: Reconsidering Visibility and Value on Social Media 1: University of Alabama; 2: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez; 3: University of Washington; 4: University of Michigan; 5: Cornell University |
Tech & Public Sectors (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Elinor Carmi Paper Proposal Deletion as a Crisis Communication Practice: An Analysis of U.S. State Public Health Agencies’ Social Media Accounts during COVID-19 Tulane University, United States of America Paper Proposal De-biasing algorithmic technologies in the public sector: the case of Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Paper Proposal The Technopolitics of Waiting: Case Studies of AI Training in China and Homeless Services Systems in the U.S. University of Michigan, United States of America |
12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Location: The Octagon |
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1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Archives & Memory (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Jill Walker Rettberg Paper Proposal DYING AND BEING DEAD IN XR: IMMERSIVE REHEARSALS OF DEATH; AFFECTIVE ARTEFACTS POST-LIFE 1: The University of Queensland; 2: Deakin University, Australia Paper Proposal INDUSTRY 4.0: DIGITAL TWINS AND ACCOUNTABILITY Carleton University, Canada Paper Proposal Nostalgic Neighborhoods of TikTok: Mapping a Topology of Affective Publics University of Illinois - Chicago, United States of America Paper Proposal GENERIC WAR IMAGINARIES: AI-GENERATED IMAGES OF THE ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT IN THE ADOBE STOCK CONTROVERSY Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Italy |
Global Labour Practices (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Ozge Ozduzen Paper Proposal From _neijuan_ to _bujuan_: Chinese IT Professionals' Changing Philosophy towards Working University of Leeds, United Kingdom Paper Proposal From Farmland to Warehouse: The Impacts of E-commerce Logistic Infrastructure on Rural Chinese Space umass-amherst, United States of America |
Constructing the Digital: Working from the Global South (panel proposal) Location: INOX Suite 3 Chair: Nicholas John Panel Proposal CONSTRUCTING THE DIGITAL: WORKING FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH 1: University of Hyderabad, India; 2: Indian Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad |
AI Industry Expectations & Underperforming Imaginaries (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 1 Panel Proposal AI INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS AND UNDERPERFORMING IMAGINARIES 1: University of Amsterdam; 2: Microsoft Research; 3: University of Bremen; 4: University of Münster; 5: University of Zurich; 6: Shanghai University; 7: University of Utrecht |
Play, Polarization, & Participation: Exploring Ambiguous Fannish Practices in Online Networks (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal Play, Polarization, and Participation: Exploring Ambiguous Fannish Practices in Online Networks 1: University of York; 2: Erasmus University Rotterdam; 3: Manchester Metropolitan University; 4: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; 5: University of Groningen; 6: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology; 7: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology; 8: Universidade Paulista, Brazil |
The Politics of Worrying about Young Lives on Social Media (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session The Politics of Worrying about Young Lives on Social Media 1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2: Dublin City University, Ireland; 3: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; 4: University College London, United Kingdom; 5: City, University of London, United Kingdom |
Historicizing the Far Right (panel proposal) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Panel Proposal HISTORICIZING THE FAR-RIGHT ONLINE: THE PRODUCTION OF HATE FROM PRINT TO DIGITAL MEDIA 1: West Virginia Wesleyan College; 2: Syracuse University; 3: Independent Researcher based in Northern Appalachia; 4: University of Alabama; 5: University of Texas at Austin |
Dating <3 (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Stefanie Duguay Paper Proposal Dating Apps, Emotions and Agency in Times of Emotional Capitalism University of Manchester, United Kingdom Paper Proposal “TO BE QUEER, TO BE IN DATING APPS, TO BE QUEER IN DATING APPS”: THE ON-LIFE INDUSTRIOUSNESS OF CREATING STRATEGIES BEHIND STIGMAS AND FEARS OF ONLINE DATING OF ITALIAN AND AUSTRALIAN QUEER YOUNG ADULTS 1: University of Padova, Italy; 2: Monash University, Australia Paper Proposal Fatherhood on Dating Apps: A Norwegian Twist Kristiania University College, Norway Paper Proposal ‘IT’S A CANDY STORE. YOU CAN SEE THE CANDIES, BUT THE DOOR IS CLOSED.’ (NEURO)QUEERING THE HOOK-UP APP INDUSTRY IN NON-METROPOLITAN FINLAND. 1: Northumbria University, United Kingdom; 2: University of Helsinki, Finland; 3: Abertay University, United Kingdom |
Speech & Perception (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Nanna Bonde Thylstrup Paper Proposal Understanding Perceptions And Effects Of Online Intolerance: A Four-Country Experimental Study 1: University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; 2: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 3: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 4: George Washington University, USA Paper Proposal Exploring Survey Instruments in Online Hate Speech Research: A Comprehensive Scoping Review University of Ljubljana Paper Proposal Between Graphical 'Excellence‘, Literacy, and Polysemy: A Bi-National Study of Digital Political Visualization Reception 1: University of Groningen; 2: Leipzig University Paper Proposal Social identities in Twitter issue publics: Biographical analysis of hyperactive uncivil and intolerant users in American abortion discourse 1: Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Helsinki, Finland; 2: Centre for Information Management, Loughborough University, UK |
Making Place & Space (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Limor Shifman Paper Proposal PLACE-MAKING AND THE DIGITAL MEDIATION OF QUEER SPACES: INSIGHTS FROM TOPIC AND WORD EMBEDDING MODELS University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines Paper Proposal REPRODUCING PLACE THROUGH STRUCTURES OF FEELING IN HAWAIIAN RADIO PROGRAMMING University of Leicester, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Visualising 10 thousand cities? Uber's data stories on knowing urban space London School of Economics and Political Sciences, United Kingdom Paper Proposal The Digital Remediation of Synth-Pop's Spaces Rogers State University, United States of America |
Internet (Political) Economies (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 6 Chair: Thomas Poell Paper Proposal Automoderator As An Example Of Community Driven Product Design Wikimedia Foundation, United States of America Paper Proposal A Systematic Review of VirtualHumans.org and its Role in Virtual Influencer Research, 2019 to Present University of Toronto, Canada Paper Proposal Tracing the cooperative game on Gig platforms: How gig workers emerge strategies against algorithmic management through sensemaking University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
Reinterpreting Platform Governance (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Zoetanya Sujon Paper Proposal IT’S ELON’S GAME; WE’RE ALL JUST PLAYING IT: WHY INTERNET STUDIES NEEDS GAMES American University, United States of America Paper Proposal EPISTEMIC-DEMOCRATIC TENSION IN THE BOTTOM-UP GOVERNANCE OF ALGORITHMS Pennsylvania State University Paper Proposal Creator Cartels as Emergent Platform Governance The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Paper Proposal BEYOND MAINSTREAM INDUSTRY: UNVAILING SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACHES FOR PLATFORM GOVERNANCE University of Bremen, Germany |
Spotify Unwrapped (experimental session) Location: Uni Central Experimental Session Spotify (Un)wrapped: How to critically and creatively examine your repackaged data stories 1: Utrecht University; 2: London School of Economics and Political Science |
TikTok Cultures (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Tom Divon Paper Proposal “TIKTOK TEACH-INS”: ASIAN AMERICAN CREATORS PROMOTING BLACK-ASIAN SOLIDARITY University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America Paper Proposal Strategic Autonomy in Flux: Examining Power Dynamics in TikTok Shop's Managed Models 1: Shenzhen University, China; 2: Tsinghua University, China; 3: Rutgers University, USA Paper Proposal STILL DANCING ROKENROL: REMEDIATING YUGOSLAV CULTURAL INDUSTRY ON TIKTOK. University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Paper Proposal “PoV: You are Reading an Academic Article.” The Memetic Performance of Affiliation in TikTok's Platform Vernacular The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: The Octagon |
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3:30pm - 5:00pm |
GPT & LLMs (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Bernhard Rieder Paper Proposal CHEATGPT? THE REALITIES OF AUTOMATED AUTHORSHIP IN THE UK PR AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES University of Sussex, United Kingdom Paper Proposal GPT and the Platformization of the Word: The Case of Sudowrite. Queensland University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal Assessing Occupations Through Artificial Intelligence: A Comparison of Humans and GPT-4 1: International Labour Organization, Switzerland; 2: BI Norwegian Business School, Norway; 3: University of Oxford, UK |
Podcasting (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Gabriel Pereira Paper Proposal PODCASTING, VR, AI AND THE EVOLUTION OF INTIMACY Bournemouth University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal SOUND ASLEEP: MUNDANE PODCASTING, SLEEPCASTS, AND THE RISE OF AMBIENT LISTENING SUNY Oneonta, United States of America Paper Proposal Fake Podcasts, Fake Listeners – Podcasting and AI University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America Paper Proposal FEELING MYSELF: THE RISE OF INTIMACY AS AUTHENTICITY IN ADDRESSING IMAGINED PODCAST LISTENERS 1: University of Amsterdam; 2: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Times & Transformations (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 3 Chair: Tim Highfield Paper Proposal Longtermism, Big Tech, and the rebalancing of historical time: a Benjaminian critique London School of Economics, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Web archiving after platformization: reading archived social media along the grain RMIT University, Australia Paper Proposal Containers, consolidation, capital: A history of the logistics of software University of Michigan, United States of America Paper Proposal Small-scale Entrepreneurship on the Early Web: Socio-Economical Practices of Local/Regional Businesses University of Groningen, Netherlands, The |
Child Safety (traditional panel) Location: Discovery Room 1 Chair: Ysabel Gerrard Paper Proposal Reading Latent Values and Priorities in TikTok's Community Guidelines for Children Tulane University, United States of America Paper Proposal The ‘Googlisation’ of the classroom: How does the protection of children’s personal data fare? 1: LSE, United Kingdom; 2: Garden Court Chambers, United Kingdom; 3: LSE, United Kingdom; 4: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 5: Techlegality, United Kingdom Paper Proposal RESISTANCE TO THE PARENTAL PANOPTICON 1: Fordham University, United States of America; 2: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Paper Proposal Who Has the Power?: A Comparative Analysis to Parental Controls on Social Media Platforms American University, United States of America |
Industry Tensions: Labor Subjectivities & Self-Reinvention in Platform Work (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal Industry Tensions: Labor Subjectivities and Self-Reinvention in Platform Work 1: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile; 2: Cornell University; 3: Microsoft Research; 4: City University of New York (CUNY); 5: Keele University; 6: Warwick University |
Music Consumption through Platforms: Moving Towards a Global Perspective (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session Music Consumption through Platforms: moving towards a global perspective 1: Feevale University; 2: University of Leeds; 3: Universidad de Costa Rica; 4: University of Leeds; 5: University of Salford |
Ambient Amplification: Attention Hijacking & Social Media Propaganda (panel proposal) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Panel Proposal AMBIENT AMPLIFICATION: ATTENTION HIJACKING AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROPAGANDA 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Siegen, Germany; 3: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israël; 4: University of Münster, Germany; 5: University of Urbino, Italy |
Moderation: Platform Approaches (traditional panel) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Chair: Christian Katzenbach Paper Proposal Borderline Content and Platformised Speech Governance: Mapping TikTok’s Moderation Controversies in South and Southeast Asia University of Oxford, United Kingdom Paper Proposal POLITICAL AMBIGUITY IN PLATFORM GOVERNANCE: THE SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES OF PLATFORMS IN CHINA The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) Paper Proposal GPT4 v The Oversight Board: Using large language models for content moderation School of Law, Queensland University of Technology; QUT Digital Media Research Centre; ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society |
Gender & Marketing (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Tanya Horeck Paper Proposal Beyond Pink: Vernacular Manifestations of Gendered Platform Capitalism in the Color Features of YouTube Thumbnails 1: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 2: University of Groningen, Netherlands Paper Proposal Beauty brands online: Visuality, labour, and representation University of Hyderabad, India Paper Proposal MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING ON TIKTOK: COMMODIFIED FEMINISM AND CROSS-PLATFORM AWARENESS CONTEXTS University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
Fans & Anti-Fans (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Ben Litherland Paper Proposal THE ROLE OF THE DRAMA INTERPRETATION INDUSTRY IN THE TRANSNATIONAL RECEPTION OF KOREAN TV SERIES IN CHINA King's College London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Can I be queer in Wikidata? Practices of queer representation in a collaborative knowledge base 1: Department of Information Studies, University College London, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy; 3: Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy; 4: Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics, KU Leuven, Belgium; 5: oio.studio |
Politics & Dissemination (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 6 Chair: Monika Fratczak Paper Proposal Digitization and Polarization in Local Context: Contemporary Rural Talk Radio Stations in the US Harvard University, United States of America Paper Proposal GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION? INTRODUCING GUIDED LABEL PROPAGATION FOR IDENTIFYING AFFINITIES IN LARGE INFORMATION SHARING NETWORKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Roskilde University, Denmark Paper Proposal Following Lenin and Stalin Through Instagram: Varieties of dissimulative play in left-revolutionary memes 1: University of Helsinki, Finland; 2: University of Jyväskylä, Finland Paper Proposal Unveiling Tiktok's Shadow: A Typology of White Nationalist Narratives as Eudaimonic Entertainment University of Hamburg, Germany |
Safety & Safe Spaces (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Cosimo Marco Scarcelli Paper Proposal "I Made Myself a New Safety Bubble": Building Trans Virtual Homeplace University of Turku, Finland Paper Proposal HISTORICIZING FEMINIST DATA ACTIVISM: A MEDIA GENEALOGY OF THE WOMEN’S SAFETY AUDITS Monash University, Australia Paper Proposal Queer digital lives: Understanding datafication through creative collaborative approaches University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Beyond the Swipe: Unpacking Indian Women’s Safety Strategies on Bumble QUT, Australia |
Researching Toxic Online Communities in the Academic-Industrial Complex (fishbowl) Location: Uni Central Fishbowl Researching Toxic Online Communities in the Academic-Industrial Complex 1: West Virginia Wesleyan College; 2: The University of Texas at Austin; 3: American University; 4: University of Washington; 5: University of Massachusetts Amherst |
(After) Platformisation (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Robert Gorwa Paper Proposal Beyond the State-Centred Lens: Exploring the Infrastructualization of Platforms in China: The Case Of WeChat University of Warwick, United Kingdom Paper Proposal From Platforms to Protocols, Forges, Stacks and DAOs: On the Platformisation and Deplatformisation of Software Development King's College London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal DIGITAL DISCONNECTION, THE BROKEN PROMISE OF ATTENTION, AND POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE FOREST Rutgers University, United States of America Paper Proposal Where my AI apps at? A historiographic approach to analyzing platform tools University of Toronto, Canada |
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8:00am - 1:00pm |
Registration |
Cloakroom Location: The Octagon A free, staffed space to leave clothing items and luggage. |
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9:00am - 10:30am |
Materialities & Infrastructures (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Paper Proposal MATERIALS OF AI: AN ONTOLOGY OF THE MATERIALS REQUIRED TO MAKE ALGORITHMS University of Oxford, United Kingdom Paper Proposal An anatomy of value orientations on social media Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Paper Proposal Innovating (and performing) on the shoulders of 5G Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile Paper Proposal Transient-Platform Paradigms: Narratives Of Blockchain Experiments For Social Media Platforms Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
Platforms & Borders (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Sarah Florini Paper Proposal POLICY AT ODDS- DIGITAL INDIA VERSUS INTERNET SHUTDOWNS University of Hyderabad, India Paper Proposal FABRICATING STATELESS INCOME: DECONSTRUCTING THE DISCOURSES OF MULTINATIONAL PLATFORM CORPORATIONS’ TAX AVOIDANCE STRATEGIES IN AUSTRALIA AND CANADA University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Paper Proposal Big Tech Sovereignty: Platforms and Discourse of Sovereignty-as-a-service 1: University of Arts Berlin; 2: University of Toronto Paper Proposal Digital sovereignty and platformisation in China: platforms as national borders University of Bristol, United Kingdom |
Industries of Infrastructural Futures, Automated Cultures, & Algorithmic Dynamics (panel proposal) Location: INOX Suite 3 Panel Proposal Industries of Infrastructural Futures, Automated Cultures, and Algorithmic Dynamics 1: Southampton University, United Kingdom; 2: Deakin University, Australia; 3: Monash University, Australia; 4: University of Melbourne, Australia |
The Place of a Child on Platforms: Responsibilities, Obligations, & Expectations (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 1 Panel Proposal The Place of a Child on Platforms: Responsibilities, Obligations, and Expectations 1: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; 2: The University of Utrecht; 3: Curtin University; 4: Ghent University; 5: University of illinois; 6: London School of Economics; 7: University of Geneva; 8: Bilkent University, Ankara |
Surveillance (traditional panel) Location: Discovery Room 2 Chair: Yuval Katz Paper Proposal AUTONOMY UNDER SURVEILLANCE: A FAILED EXPERIENCE ON PLATFORM COOPERATIVISM IN BRAZIL FACOM - UFBA, Brazil Paper Proposal SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE: PEGA COMMITTEE AS A SITE OF DISCURSIVE STRUGGLE OVER THE GOVERNANCE OF COMMERCIAL SPYWARE Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Paper Proposal LICENSE TO SURVEIL? IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF VEHICLES AS COMPUTERS University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Paper Proposal Felt Privacy: Reconciling competing regimes of camera surveillance in the United States The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Analysing News Polarisation: From Production to Engagement and Beyond (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 3 Panel Proposal Analysing News Polarisation: From Production to Engagement and Beyond 1: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Australia; 3: RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia; 4: Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg, Germany; 5: Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt, Hamburg, Germany; 6: Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany; 7: Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Germany; 8: Sciences Po, medialab, France; 9: University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
Feminisms (traditional panel) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Chair: Cecilia Ka Hei Wong Paper Proposal (Re)sharing feminisms: Re-sharing Instagram Stories as everyday feminist practices Lusófona University, Portugal Paper Proposal Mediating, Mediatizing, or Datafying Iranian Women’s Struggles? Imperial Feminist Campaigns, the Economies of Visibility, and Suffering of Other Women Rutgers University, United States of America Paper Proposal “This Barbie is Woke!”: Online Backlash in Response to Feminist Trends in Popular Culture The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Paper Proposal Measuring misogyny: Depp v Heard and the limits of atomistic content moderation School of Law, Queensland University of Technology; QUT Digital Media Research Centre; ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society |
Generative AI as a Media Technology (roundtable) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Roundtable Session Roundtable: generative AI as a media technology 1: Microsoft Research, USA; 2: Goldsmiths University of London, UK; 3: University of Sheffield, UK; 4: Rutgers University, USA; 5: University of Bergen, Norway; 6: Western University, Canada |
The Far Right (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Ozge Ozduzen Paper Proposal THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF INCEL AND FAR-RIGHT DISCOURSE IN SWEDEN Umeå University, Sweden Paper Proposal Understanding Online Far-Right Mobilisations: Insights from the Pro-Brexit Facebook Milieu Cardiff University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Humour, harm, and hate: The discursive construction of race, gender, and sexuality in far-right extremist memes University of Stavanger, Norway |
Digital Youth & Families (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Kath Albury Paper Proposal AFFECTIVE TEMPORALITIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA: WORLD YOUTH DAY 2023 1: Lusófona University; 2: NOVA University of Lisbon Paper Proposal “DIGITAL PEACEBUILDING”: EXAMINING YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS' USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUILD PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES Digital Media Research Center, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal The work of digital inclusion: Exposing the digital labour of community workers fostering digital participation 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: Griffith University, Australia Paper Proposal ALTERNATIVE FUTURES! FOSTERING ECO-DIGITAL AGENCY IN GENERATIVE AI WORKSHOPS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE LUT University |
Tech Workers (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Kylie Jarrett Paper Proposal Bare lives underneath the platform: The biopolitics of Chinese platform food delivers 1: Shenzhen University, China, People's Republic of; 2: London School of Economics, UK Paper Proposal BOUNDARYLESS CAREERS IN-BETWEEN VIDEO GAME FIELDS AND INDUSTRIES: THE JOB EXPERIENCES OF EXPATRIATE AND REMOTE WORKERS IN CZECH VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY Charles University, Czech Republic Paper Proposal Ready to hack: How bug bounty platforms create their workforce University of St.Gallen, Switzerland Paper Proposal Taming the Algo: Grab Bikers Grappling with Platform Logics from Below University of Queensland, Australia |
Trust & Safety (traditional panel) Location: Uni Central Chair: Nabila Cruz De Carvalho Paper Proposal The Political Economy of Trust and Safety Vendors: How Regulation, Venture Capital, and AI are Altering the Governance of Platforms Cornell University, United States of America Paper Proposal Trust in alternative governors: Exploring user confidence in companies, states and civil society in platform content moderation University of Bremen, Germany Paper Proposal Putting Normative Values to Work: The Organizational Practices of Trust and Safety Teams Stanford University, United States of America |
Moderation: User Responses (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Daniel Joseph Paper Proposal BROKERS OF THE METAVERSE: HOW A WEB3 PLAY-TO-EARN GAMING GUILD ACTS AS CULTURAL MEDIATOR ON TWITTER Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) Paper Proposal LOCALIZED VOLUNTEER MODERATION AND ITS DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION 1: Arizona State University, United States of America; 2: Pennsylvania State University; 3: Michigan State University Paper Proposal "Enforce Your Own Rules:" Hashtag Activism as Play in the Case of #TwitchDoBetter UW-Madison, United States of America Paper Proposal Adaptive Governance by Digital Platforms: How Twitch changed its platform over time 1: Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan; 2: Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan |
10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee break |
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11:00am - 12:30pm |
Ethnographies (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 1 Chair: Annette N Markham Paper Proposal AGENCY PERSPECTIVES ON INDUSTRY DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY Feedback, United States of America Paper Proposal MOBILE VEGANISM: HOW MOBILE APPS SHAPE THE PRACTICE, CONSTRUCTION AND MOBILISATION OF VEGAN CONSUMERISM Queensland University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal Between the (Live) Stream: Configurations of/for Embodiment, Technicity and Vicarious Spaces University of Leeds, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Conceptualizing Precision Labor in Artificial Intelligence Training 1: University of Michigan, United States of America; 2: Technische Universität Berlin & Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany |
Fringe Communities (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 2 Chair: Jess Rauchberg Paper Proposal Word on the (Digital) Street: Exploring YouTube Vlogs as Reputation Management for Artists in Chicago’s Drill Rap Scene University Of South Carolina, United States of America Paper Proposal MONETIZING FRINGE BELIEFS: ITALIAN TELEGRAM SPACES AS EARNING ENGINES. Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Italy Paper Proposal REPLATFORMIZATION: RACIAL CAPITALISM AND THE STACK-CONSCIOUSNESS OF KIWI FARMS IE University, Spain; University of Pittsburgh, United States of America Paper Proposal Medical cannabis industry and the refracted public of Polish drug users forum 1: Opole University, Poland; 2: Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Futures (traditional panel) Location: INOX Suite 3 Chair: Alessandro Gandini Paper Proposal Unveiling the ideological Understandings of Future in the Geospatial Industry 1: Universität Tübingen, Germany; 2: Sheffield Hallam University Paper Proposal TRUST ISSUES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: SOCIAL IMAGINARIES, RISK, AND USER LABOUR IN DIGITAL BANKING APPS National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland Paper Proposal Betting on (Un)certain Futures: Sociotechnical Imaginaries of AI and Varieties of Techno-developmentalism in Asia University of Toronto, Canada Paper Proposal Spotlight on Deepfakes: Mapping Research and Regulatory Responses University of Zurich, Switzerland |
Critical Perspectives on Communicative AI (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 1 Panel Proposal Critical Perspectives on Communicative AI University of Bremen, Germany |
The Digital Childhood Industry (panel proposal) Location: Discovery Room 2 Panel Proposal The Digital Childhood Industry 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: Curtin University, Australia; 3: Deakin University, Australia; 4: University of Sheffield, UK |
Money and other Technologies of Value in Internet Industries (roundtable) Location: Discovery Room 3 Roundtable Session Money and other Technologies of Value in Internet Industries 1: University of Virginia, United States of America; 2: Goldsmiths, University of London, UK; 3: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4: Utrecht University, Netherlands; 5: National College of Art and Design, Ireland |
Data & Tracking (traditional panel) Location: SU Gallery Room 2 Chair: Tanya Kant Paper Proposal Super SDKs: Tracking personal data and platform monopolies in the mobile 1: York University, Canada; 2: King's College London Paper Proposal TRACKING WOMEN’S HEALTH: A METHOD FOR AUDITING MENOPAUSE APP INFRASTRUCTURES York University, Canada Paper Proposal Mobile Data Donation: Tools for Understanding Ephemeral and Sequenced Social Media Experiences 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: The University of Queensland, Australia; 3: The University of Melbourne, Australia; 4: Monash University, Australia Paper Proposal DATAFYING CITIZENS: THE USE OF THIRD-PARTY TRACKERS ON SCANDINAVIAN MUNICIPAL SITES 1: University of Stavanger, Norway; 2: Karlstad University, Sweden; 3: Copenhagen University, Denmark |
Transformative Tools, Emerging Challenges: Empirical & Practical Experiences with LLMs for Text Classification and Annotation (panel proposal) Location: Alfred Denny Conf Room Panel Proposal Transformative Tools, Emerging Challenges: Empirical and Practical Experiences with Large Language Models for Text Classification and Annotation in Communication Studies 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; 3: University of Vienna, Austria; 4: University of Hamburg, Germany; 5: University of Bremen, Germany; 6: University of Urbino, Italy; 7: IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
Rethinking Methods (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 4 Chair: Sal Hagen Paper Proposal FOCUSING ON VIRTUAL GROUPS: A METHOD FOR FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS IN XR/VR GROUP SETTINGS 1: Michigan State University, United States of America; 2: University of Oregon; 3: Bethany Lutheran College; 4: University of Wisconsin - Whitewater; 5: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Paper Proposal Framing Mechanism as Method: A Critical Evaluation of Design Thinking’s Purported Universality University of Oxford, United Kingdom Paper Proposal THE POLITICS OF MACHINE-LEARNING EVALUATION: FROM LAB TO INDUSTRY University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal Jump to recipe? Context and portability in quali-quantitative approaches to online misinformation 1: Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom; 2: Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom |
"Smart" Technologies (traditional panel) Location: SU View Room 5 Chair: Aleena Chia Paper Proposal MINDFUL AUTOMATION: TECHNOLOGY AND MEANING IN SMART HOMES Lancaster University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Moody Apps: Technologies of Gendered Mediation Rutgers University, United States of America Paper Proposal In the shadow of LLMs: Trouble in the “smart” automotive industry 1: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2: University of Manchester, United Kingdom Paper Proposal Chinese Smart City, an organic entity in the age of AI: A genealogy of Chinese smart city metaphors University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The |
Inequalities & Inclusivity (traditional panel) Location: Octagon Council Chamber Chair: Giselle Newton Paper Proposal Digital inequality in mobile news consumption and diversity in the US: Combining large-scale user log and survey data 1: Peking University; 2: University of Manchester, United Kingdom; 3: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne; 4: University of Oxford Paper Proposal Digital Social Connection at the Lonely Urban Fringe Swinburne University of Technology Paper Proposal DEFINING DIGITAL RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: MAPPING REGIONAL DIVERSITY AND POWER RELATIONS ACROSS THE NGO INDUSTRY King's College London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal No Semi-Periphery or Global South: A Review of Geographical Bias in Digital Activism Research 1: University of Salzburg, Austria; 2: University of Glasgow, UK |
Music Streaming (traditional panel) Location: The Octagon: Meeting Room 4 Chair: Holly Kruse Paper Proposal An algorithmic event: The celebration and critique of 'Spotify Wrapped' 1: Utrecht University; 2: London School of Economics and Political Science Paper Proposal MUSIC CREATOR PERSPECTIVES ON DATAFICATION IN THE UK AND CHINA University of Leeds, United Kingdom Paper Proposal ENGINEERED INEQUALITY: MUSICAL TAXONOMIES AND STREAMING RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS University of Leeds, United Kingdom Paper Proposal WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND IT: BRAZILIAN USERS’ ALGORITHMIC IMAGINARIES OF SPOTIFY WRAPPED 1: Feevale University; 2: University of Leeds; 3: University of the Arts London |
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12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Location: The Octagon |
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1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Annual General Meeting (AGM) Location: Firth Hall |
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7:00pm - 11:00pm |
Conference Dinner & Funfair: MAGNA Science Adventure Centre Location: MAGNA Science Adventure Centre |
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