Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 16/Oct/2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
HUMANS AND MACHINES IN THE LOOP: RETHINKING LLMS FOR CONFLICT AND DISAGREEMENT IN CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL COMPLEX PHENOMENA Location: Room 7a - Groundfloor Panel Proposal HUMANS AND MACHINES IN THE LOOP: RETHINKING LLMS FOR CONFLICT AND DISAGREEMENT IN CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL COMPLEX PHENOMENA 1: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia; 2: University of Bremen, Germany; 3: University of Urbino, Italy; 4: Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), Germany |
Toxic Vibes Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor Chair: Alice E. Marwick Paper Proposal The sky is bluer on the other side: fleeing from toxic vibes on #Xodus 1: University of the Arts London, United Kingdom; 2: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 3: Feevale University, Brazil Paper Proposal “BREAST IS BAD”: COUNTER-NARRATIVES TO BREASTFEEDING NORMS ON ITALIAN SOCIAL MEDIA Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Paper Proposal Red Pills and Red Light Therapy: Biology, Optimization, and the “science of beauty” in Online Women’s Spaces Stanford University, United States of America Paper Proposal “Screw you, this is a cheerful place”: Platformized violence among positive-vibe Reddit communities University of Groningen, Netherlands, The |
Platforms & Governments - Hybrid + Streaming Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Chair: Dmitry Kuznetsov Paper Proposal MEMEFICATION OF MOTHERHOOD ON TIKTOK: #TYPESOFMOMS DECONSTRUCTION OF PARENTING IDEALISATION 1: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Spain; 2: Curtin University, Australia Paper Proposal DISCONNECTION AMID INEQUALITY: AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO ETHNO-RACIAL MINORITIZED YOUNG WOMEN’S DIGITAL MEDIA (NON)USE 1: Hasselt University, Belgium; 2: imec-mict-ugent, department of communication sciences, Ghent University Paper Proposal FROM RUPTURED RELATIONSHIPS TO SWIPING RIGHT – SINGLE PARENTS ON DATING APPS Kristiania University College, Norway Paper Proposal REALIGNMENT OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS: HOW USERS, SPONSORS AND GOVERNMENTS BRING ABOUT FEATURE CHANGE 1: Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan; 2: Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan |
Rediscussing Information Search: engines and AI Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Chair: Sahana Udupa Paper Proposal Rethinking search intent: From traditional search engines to LLM-powered information retrieval University of Zurich, Switzerland Paper Proposal Eco-anxiety in climate activists: The role of information exposure on social media University of Groningen, The Netherlands Paper Proposal How beliefs, knowledge and intuition affect the way we search? Examining how users formulate search queries about climate change University of Bern, Switzerland |
Data Donation Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor Experimental Session Data Donation in Action: Reimagining Digital Identity Through Creative Engagement Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
Climate Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Chair: Suay Melisa Özkula Paper Proposal Six Years of European Visual Climate Activism: A Longitudinal Analysis of Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion’s Online Visual Communication 1: IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy; 3: University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 4: University of Gothenburg, Sweden; 5: Uppsala University, Sweden; 6: Center for Social Sciences, Hungary Paper Proposal Neither Fragmentation Nor Transnationalization: Longitudinal Attention to Climate Change by Legacy and Social Media in Brazil and Germany (2014-2022) 1: UFC (Federal University of Ceará), Brazil; 2: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany; 3: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil; 4: Universität Wien, Austria Paper Proposal Visual framing of climate denialism: a cross-platform analysis of Reddit, Twitter, and 4chan 1: Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society and Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; 2: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 3: Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), Germany Paper Proposal Public Attention Towards Sustainability in the EU: An Exploration of Google Trends Data University of Amsterdam |
Algorithms and cultural identities Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Chair: Hannah Ditchfield Works: 236, 930, 199, 974 Paper Proposal CULTURAL BAIT: KWAI’S COLD START ALGORITHM AND THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF BRAZILIAN CULTURE 1: State University of Bahia, Brazil; 2: Datalab Design Paper Proposal ADORKABLE AI: HOW ALGORITHMS SHAPE LIBRARIAN STEREOTYPES IN BRAZIL AND THE US 1: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America; 2: Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life Paper Proposal #Baby Supplementary Food as Cyber Shield: Grounded Perspectives on Chinese Digital Feminism on RedNote 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: Carleton University, Canada; 3: University of Warwick, The UK Paper Proposal THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT AN ALGORITHM: HOW JOURNALISM FRAMES THE DISRUPTIVE POTENTIAL OF GENERATIVE AI American University, United States of America |
Queer Visibilities Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Chair: Alex Ketchum Paper Proposal "Elderqueer is more than just an age thing": Experiences of LGBTQ+ intergenerational co-presence on TikTok Concordia University, Canada Paper Proposal QUEER MEDIA PRODUCTIONS IN SOCIAL VR: SELF-EXPRESSION, DOCUMENTATION AND RESISTANCE THROUGH VRCHAT 1: University of Bergen, Norway; 2: Center for Digital Narrative Paper Proposal “A Slippery Slope of Nakedness:” An Exploration of Online Nude Content Exchange by Gay and Bisexual Men Cornell University, United States of America |
Indigenous communities & digital ruptures - Translation Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor Chair: Beatrys Rodrigues Paper Proposal Indigenous Representation in Commercial Search Queensland University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal Global Projects, Local Histories: Tradition, Digital Activism, and Resistance in the Indigenous Esports Movement in Brazil Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Paper Proposal INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND DIGITAL GOOD LIVING 1: Thydêwá NGO, Ilheus, Brazil; 2: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Paper Proposal ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND INDIGENOUS (SELF-)REPRESENTATION: A MODEL FOR AGENCY AND AUTONOMY 1: Dublin City University, Ireland; 2: University of Leeds; 3: Universidad Finis Terrae |
TikTok, Politics & Activism - Translation Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Chair: Tom Divon Paper Proposal EMERGING TECHNO-POLITICAL AFFORDANCES: TRANSFORMATION OF TECHNICAL AFFORDANCES ON TIKTOK DURING PROTESTS IN PERU Chakakuna LAB, Peru Paper Proposal FROM POPULAR MUSIC TO POPULARITY THROUGH MUSIC: SERBIAN PROTESTS ON TIKTOK. University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Paper Proposal “A DAY IN MY LIFE”: EVERYDAY “DIGITAL PEACEBUILDING” BY MUSLIM YOUNG WOMEN ON TIKTOK Queensland University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal From Right to Left: How Bardella and french political actors Navigate TikTok Politics Università Lumsa, Italy |
MAINSTREAMING DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION - Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Panel Proposal MAINSTREAMING DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Massachusetts - Amherst, United States; 3: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; 4: University of Hyderabad, India; 5: Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; 6: University of Groningen, Netherlands, The; 7: Erasmus University, Netherlands, The; 8: University of Toronto, Canada; 9: Maynooth University, Ireland; 10: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile |
Categorization & Labels Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Chair: Andressa Michelotti Paper Proposal Data Labelling and the Promise of Development in Northeast India University of Maryland, United States of America Paper Proposal Names that matter: the self-interpellation and re-socialisation of Chinese trans people's online naming Shenzhen University, China, People's Republic of Paper Proposal Antisocial Media: AI Adoption And Changing Collaboration Trends Between Multilingual Computer Scientists Stanford University, United States of America |
AI & Beyond - Hybrid Location: Room 10E Chair: Elisha Lim Paper Proposal ON JOKES AND BOUNDARIES: NEGOTIATING THE VALUE OF ML AND AI WORK THROUGH MEMES 1: Technical University of Munich, Germany. School of Social Sciences and Technology. Department of Science, Technology and Society.; 2: Aarhus University, Denmark. Department of Political Science. Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy. Paper Proposal AI ABOLITION AS DECOLONIAL RUPTURE IN AI EMPIRE: RADICAL CYBERPRACTICES FROM BELOW 1: Syracuse University, United States of America; 2: University of Colorado Denver, United States of America Paper Proposal FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE: PARTICIPATORY INFRASTRUCTURES FOR INCLUSIVE AI Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal Wikidata’s Worldview: Inspecting an AI Knowledge Pipeline with Semantic Network Analysis Temple University, United States of America |
Rethinking Methods Location: Room 3C Chair: Raquel Recuero Paper Proposal EXPLORING SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHILDREN’S DIGITAL CULTURE THROUGH CREATIVE METHODS Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Paper Proposal Slop for Kids: an exploratory study of AI-generated videos for children on YouTube Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Paper Proposal WEB DETECTION METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL INTERPRETATION OF IMAGE COLLECTIONS 1: King's College London, United Kingdom; 2: Politecnico di Milano; 3: Birkbeck, University of London; 4: Universidade Federal da Bahia; 5: University of Graz |
RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE: HOW TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS ON THE STRUGGLES OF INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES FOR LAND RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Location: Room 4 A 1019 Panel Proposal RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE: HOW TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS ON THE STRUGGLES OF INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES FOR LAND RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 1: Association for Progressive Communications, Global; 2: Intervozes – Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação Social, Brazil; 3: Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), Mexico; 4: Manila Observatory KLIMA Centre, Philippines; 5: Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP), Kenya |
Failures & Glitches Location: Room 5A Chair: Brady Jay Robards Paper Proposal ‘FAILURE’ AS A SPACE OF CRITIQUE AND IMAGINATION: THE CASE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGIES 1: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil; 2: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil, Centro de Estudos de Segurança e Cidadania (CeSec) Paper Proposal Platform Glitching: How Chinese Young Females Negotiate Digital Visibility on Xiaohongshu University of Amsterdam, China, People's Republic of Paper Proposal RUPTURE AND GLITCH IN PLEASURE: EXPLORING EROTIC ROLE PLAY IN VIRTUAL REALITY University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Paper Proposal Mind the gap: Fakes detection between traditional and computational logics 1: St.Petersburg State University, Russian Federation; 2: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation |
| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: Galeria Gala |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Mapping and Cartographing Cities and Cultures Location: Room 7a - Groundfloor Chair: Nicholas John Paper Proposal Against the Tide: Startup Cultures in Mexico City and Buenos Aires Stanford University, United States of America Paper Proposal MAPPING CANADIAN SOCIAL MEDIA: NEWS SHARING ON CANADIAN MASTODON INSTANCES York University, Canada Paper Proposal MAPPING AFFECTIVE URBAN ATMOSPHERES IN SHANGHAI’S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO URBAN MOBILITIES 1: Universität Tübingen, Germany; 2: University of Sheffield Paper Proposal Safe Search On: Mapping Queer Safe Spaces in the Philippines through Digital Placemaking University of the Philippines |
AI Boundaries - Hybrid + Streaming Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Chair: Godwin Iretomiwa Simon Paper Proposal Eldritch Agency: Truth Terminal's Alien AI Ontology The University of Sydney, Australia Paper Proposal Error Imaginations: How German Lay Users Negotiate Risks of Generative AI Errors in Political Information Searches University of Hamburg, Germany Paper Proposal ALGORITHMIC RUPTURES: TIKTOK’S ROLE IN SHAPING COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES OF DIGITAL NOMADS CICANT, Lusofona Univesity, Portugal Paper Proposal ARTIFICIAL INTIMACIES: EXPLORING HUMAN-ROBOT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE AGE OF AI 1: University of Reading; 2: Brunel University of London |
Ambient Misogyny Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Panel Proposal “Ambient Misogyny”: pockets of gendered hate across contexts and platforms 1: University of Salzburg, Austria; 2: Lancaster University, UK; 3: Lusófona University, Portugal; 4: University of Sheffield; 5: CICS.NOVA, NOVA University of Lisbon and Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Portugal |
“I Get by With a Little Help from my Friends”: Friendship as Digital Method Zine Making Workshop Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor Experimental Session “I Get by With a Little Help from my Friends”: Friendship as Digital Method Zine Making Workshop 1: University of Waterloo, Canada; 2: York University, Canada; 3: University of Glasgow, Scotland; 4: American University, USA |
Global Disinformation Perspectives Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor Chair: Calvin da Silva Cousin Paper Proposal THE HEXAGON OF DISINFORMATION: A FRAMEWORK FOR EMPIRICAL RESEARCHES Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Paper Proposal The War of Ideas Meets the New Digital Network: An Alternative History of Online Disinformation MIT, United States of America Paper Proposal Missing the Big Picture: Platform Opacity Weaponized for Disinformation in the Twitter Files Brazil Case Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UFRJ) |
Gaming Perspectives Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Chair: Samyr Paz Paper Proposal OUTLINES OF THE GAMER DATA SUBJECT POSITION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TRUST 1: Goldsmiths, University of London; 2: University of Sydney Paper Proposal PIRACY AS A MARKET STRATEGY TO RESIST THE ONLINE PLATFORMIZATION OF VIDEO GAMES PUCRS, Brazil |
Aesthetic & Trends Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Chair: Gustavo Fischer Paper Proposal Yellow Coolant and Kellogg’s Diarrhea: Slop, Shanzhai and Cursed AI as Memetic Aesthetic Detournement Concordia University Paper Proposal Brat Aesthetics and Algorithmic Choreography: Navigating Platform Governance at the Intersection of Sex Work and Art Work 1: Goldsmiths University of London / The University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2: The University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Paper Proposal CRINGE AESTHETICS AND DIGITAL CASTEISM: PLATFORM ECONOMIES, AND THE PRECARIOUS LABOR OF RURAL CONTENT CREATORS IN INDIA Georgia State University, United States of America |
Digital subordination or sovereignty: a comparative analysis of the digital policies of the European Union, Brazil and China in the face of the hegemony of the United States in the digital economy Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor Panel Proposal Digital subordination or sovereignty: a comparative analysis of the digital policies of the European Union, Brazil and China in the face of the hegemony of the United States in the digital economy 1: Universidade Federal de Sergipe; 2: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; 3: Universidade Federal do Ceará; 4: Zhejiang International Studies University; 5: Cooordenadora do Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil e doutoranda USP |
Media Discourses on Digital Phenoma - Translation Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Chair: Mitra Shamsi Paper Proposal A NEW ERA OF ONLINE DATING? AN ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DATING APPS UFABC, Brazil Paper Proposal “The facts are wrong, but the framing is right”: How young adults judge the trustworthiness of Instagram news account ‘cestmocro’ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal THROWING SPAGHETTI, SEEING WHAT STICKS: ITERATIVE DECEPTION IN DIGITAL STRATEGIC INFORMATION OPERATIONS 1: University of Urbino, Italy; 2: University of the Witwatersrand Paper Proposal INFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS IN RESISTANCE AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF SOCIOBIODIVERSITY IN THE AMAZON: THE ROLE OF ONLINE MEDIA AND CYBERACTIVISM 1: Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
“Am I at Risk?” - Conducting Risky Research and Collective Risk Mitigation Strategies - Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Roundtable Session “Am I at Risk?” - Conducting Risky Research and Collective Risk Mitigation Strategies 1: Data & Society Research Institute, United States of America; 2: Cornell University; 3: McGill University; 4: American University; 5: George Washington University |
Data from the Dead and Digital afterlife Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Chair: Georgios Terzis Paper Proposal THE LIFE, DEATH, AND AFTERLIFE OF GAMESPY: AN AUTOPSY OF A DEAD PLATFORM 1: University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; 2: University of British Columbia, Canada Paper Proposal Don’t Let Good Data Go to Waste: On Grief Tech, Deadness, Data Restlessness University of Michigan, United States of America Paper Proposal ALGORITHMIC AFTERLIVES: THE ETHICS OF REVIVING THE DEAD 1: Cardiff University, United Kingdom; 2: King's College London Paper Proposal The Unsharable: Non-Sharing as Grief Work and Ruptures of Digital Mourning RMIT, Australia |
Platformization & Journalism - Hybrid Location: Room 10E Chair: Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos Paper Proposal TRAFFIC AS VISIBILITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS: SEO'S TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDIAN NEWSROOM Denison University, United States of America Paper Proposal PRESS FREEDOM IN THE AGE OF GENERATIVE AI: CHALLENGES TO AUTHENTICITY AND DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE University of Southern California, United States of America Paper Proposal Data, Sense, and Sensibility: How Data Journalism Style Shapes Interactivity 1: University of Haifa, Israel; 2: Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Israel Paper Proposal Cloud Journalism: Examining News Media’s Adoption of Cloud Infrastructures Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands, The |
Digital Listening Location: Room 3C Chair: Caroline Govari Paper Proposal ASPIRATIONAL SELF-LABOUR AND LISTENING PRACTICES IN BRAZIL 1: Feevale University, Brazil; 2: University of Oxford, UK Paper Proposal They Don't Build Statues of Critics: The Fate of Music Evaluation in the Era of Streaming and Social Media Northwestern University, United States of America Paper Proposal Streaming Platforms and Everyday Lives: Musical Community and Individualisation 1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: Jinan University, China Paper Proposal Chill vibes: Wellness creep into music streaming platforms University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
Labour in South America Location: Room 4 A Roundtable Session NEW NARRATIVES FOR UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING PLATFORM LABOUR IN SOUTH AMERICA 1: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez/Fairwork Chile; 2: Fairwork; 3: Observatorio de Plataformas/Fairwork Perú; 4: Universidad Católica de Uruguay/Fairwork Uruguay; 5: Fairwork Argentina; 6: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/Fairwork Brasil |
Social Media Bans for Australians Under16: Rupturing the Teenage Years? Location: Room 8B Roundtable Session Social Media Bans for Australians Under16: Rupturing the Teenage Years? 1: Curtin University, Australia; 2: Western Sydney University, Australia; 3: Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
SLIPPERY, SLOPPY, SPECTACULAR, AND VERY UNRULY: FEMINIST CREATIVE LABOUR IN A RUPTUROUS AGE Location: Room 5A Panel Proposal SLIPPERY, SLOPPY, SPECTACULAR, AND VERY UNRULY: FEMINIST CREATIVE LABOUR IN A RUPTUROUS AGE 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; 3: Seton Hall University, USA; 4: Microsoft Research, USA; 5: University of Alberta, Canada |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Aoir first timers picnic |
Lunch Location: Galeria Gala |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Platform & Controversies - Hybrid + Streaming Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Chair: Diyi Liu Paper Proposal Beyond creativity: Decoding changes mediated by Generative AI models in visual generative media and creative production Digital Democracies Institute/ Simon Fraser University, Canada Paper Proposal Poisoning the Well: The Battle for Creative Control in the Era of Generative AI 1: University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2: Microsoft Research Paper Proposal “What’s our escape plan, and where are we going to meet up?”: Theorising platform evacuation in platform society 1: Utrecht University, Netherlands; 2: Curtin University, Australia Paper Proposal The platform politics of hateful play on Twitch 1: Pacific Lutheran University, United States of America; 2: University of Staffordshire, United Kingdom |
TechnoImaginaries & Dreams Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor Chair: Agustin Ferrari Braun Paper Proposal REGULATING AI IN INDONESIA: BETWEEN DIGITAL DREAMS AND POWER PLAYS 1: Leiden University, The Netherlands; 2: Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia Paper Proposal DIGITAL DREAMS: EXPLORING IMAGINARIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Umeå University, Sweden Paper Proposal RUPTURING LABOUR IMAGINARIES: WORK NARRATIVES ON INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK University of Milan, Italy Paper Proposal Refusal to Display: CripFat Technoscience for Data Solidarity Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Knowledge, Fandoms & Pop Culture Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Chair: Clarice Greco Paper Proposal FANDOMS AND LEARNING: THE ROLE OF ACA-FANS IN FORMAL EDUCATION 1: Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil; Centro Estadual de Educação Tecnológica Paula Souza, CEETEPS, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil Paper Proposal Anitta's Political Activism and Controversies on Digital Platforms: The Case of Her Support for Lula During the 2022 Elections Federal Fluminense University, Brazil Paper Proposal Fan studies in Brazil: the internet-centric bias and its impact on understanding local fandoms. 1: University of São Paulo, Brazil; 2: Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil |
IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING: RUPTURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Fishbowl IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING: RUPTURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1: University of Illinois at Chicago; 2: Cornell University; 3: Northeastern University; 4: Northern Illinois University; 5: University of Toronto; 6: Ohio State University; 7: University of Michigan |
LATIN AMERICAN CREATOR (SUB)CULTURES ON TIKTOK: VISIBILITY, RESISTANCE, AND CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Panel Proposal LATIN AMERICAN CREATOR (SUB)CULTURES ON TIKTOK: VISIBILITY, RESISTANCE, AND CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH 1: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 3: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; 4: University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communication, USA; 5: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile; 6: Cultura Social Media Lab, Chile; 7: Chakakuna Lab, Peru; 8: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil; 9: Universidade Feevale, Brazil; 10: University of Salford, UK |
Disinformation, Elections and Politics - Translation Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor Chair: Nicholas John Paper Proposal Wikipedia Edits Before Elections: Analyzing Strategic Changes in Political Representation University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal BEYOND DISINFORMATION: ANALYZING “CHEAPFAKES” DURING LULA’S HOSPITALIZATION ON X 1: FGV Comunicação Rio, Brazil; 2: UFF, Brazil Paper Proposal Political misinformation across 260 countries and 5 social media platforms 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND FACT-CHECKING CONTENT: THE PERCEPTION OF LUPA’S COMMENTERS ABOUT POLITICAL DEBATES DURING 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN BRAZIL Unversidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil |
Gaming Intersectionalities - Translation Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Chair: Sam Srauy Paper Proposal WOMEN IN CONTROL: A STUDY ON BODY AND GENDER FROM A BRAZILIAN GAMER COMMUNITY 1: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Paper Proposal LABOUR AND MASCULINITY: EXAMINING THE PERFORMANCES OF VIETNAMESE GAME LIVESTREAMERS IN PLATFORMISED CULTURAL WORK (WIP PAPER) Queensland University of Technology, Australia Paper Proposal MODDING SKYRIM WITH GENERATIVE AI: EXPLORING IMAGINARIES AND PLAYER-NPC INTERACTIONS 1: Universidade Feevale, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil; 3: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Paper Proposal The play-along method: An ethnographic approach to analyze video game culture Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway |
AOIR ETHICS IN ACTION: GUIDELINES, REGULATIONS, AND PRACTICES ACROSS DIVERSE GLOBAL COMMUNITIES - Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Panel Proposal AOIR ETHICS IN ACTION: GUIDELINES, REGULATIONS, AND PRACTICES ACROSS DIVERSE GLOBAL COMMUNITIES 1: Marquette University; 2: University of Maryland; 3: George Washington University; 4: University of Gothenburg; 5: University of Michigan; 6: Mozilla Foundation; 7: Goodwin Procter; 8: New York University; 9: Wikimedia Foundation |
Infrastructures Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Chair: Fieke Jansen Paper Proposal Gujarati Aunties on the Integrated Circuit: Internet Infrastructures as an Immigrant Circuit University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Paper Proposal FROM PLATFORMIZATION TO DIGITAL BORDERLANDS: GENERATIVE AI, BOUNDARY OBJECTS, AND THE EXPANSION OF THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE 1: Federal Univeristy of Bahia, Brazil; 2: State University of Bahia, Brazil Paper Proposal SCALING AI IN THE CLOUD: THE DISRUPTION OF “CLOUDIFICATION” IN CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2: University of Manchester, UK Paper Proposal RUSSIAN INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY AND INFRASTRUCTURAL COERCION: THE CASE OF TSPU Critical Infrastructure Lab, University of Amsterdam |
Global Resistances - Hybrid Location: Room 10E Chair: Tariq dos Santos Choucair Paper Proposal On the Unintended Consequences of Content Takedowns: Countering Extremism and the Case of Chef Pete Evans 1: Dublin City University, Ireland; 2: Deakin University, Australia Paper Proposal #FREE LUIGI BETWEEN PLAYFUL RESISTANCE AND RUPTURE UQAM, Canada Paper Proposal “Internet Toilets” and the Girls in Emotional Refuge: The Cultural Politics of Online Invective Subcultural Communities in China Shenzhen University, China, People's Republic of Paper Proposal DIGITAL IDENTITY, DATAFICATION AND EPIDERMALISATION IN MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP 1: Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom; 2: Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
Why Reddit? Histories, ethics, politics & practices as Reddit turns 20 Location: Room 3C Panel Proposal Why Reddit? Histories, ethics, politics & practices as Reddit turns 20 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; 3: University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Press & Platforms Location: Room 8B Chair: Lingyu Li Paper Proposal “MEET THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE”: AN EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL BLACK PRESS OUTLETS’ AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America Paper Proposal The paradox of the European Media Freedom Act: regulating for platform dependence University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Paper Proposal THE PEOPLE VERSUS THE MEDIA: THE ROLE OF EVERYDAY AUDIENCE DIGITAL ACTIVISM IN CHALLENGING THE NEWS MEDIA FOR ITS REPORTING ON MINORITIES. Cardiff University, United Kingdom Paper Proposal THE GREAT JOURNALISTIC WALL IN CHINA: PREEMPTIVE BOUNDARY WORK IN THE AGE OF GENERATIVE AI RMIT Australia |
AI & Creative Industries Location: Room 5A Chair: Tama Leaver Paper Proposal How Creative is AI writing? Generative and Collaborative AI in Japanese Fiction 1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: City St George’s, University of London Paper Proposal IN THE STYLE OF: EXPLORING INDUSTRY, CREATOR AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF COPYING STYLE THROUGH GENERATIVE AI 1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: University of Sydney; 3: Queensland University of Technology Paper Proposal The Power of Inevitability: How OpenAI Configures the Future 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: Cornell University Paper Proposal THE CENTER’S “INVISIBLE BACK SUPPORT”: INFRASTRUCTURING VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS IN THE PHILIPPINES 1: University of Queensland, Australia; 2: De La Salle University, Philippines |
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Coffee Break Location: Galeria Gala |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Visual Experiences - Hybrid + Streaming Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Chair: Katrin Tiidenberg Paper Proposal Visual media in motion: Conceptualizing the short video format within visual platforms Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland Paper Proposal DEEP TIME, FAST THREADS: NEO-FOLK ART AND PLATFORM TEMPORALITY IN GUIZHOU University College London, United Kingdom Paper Proposal From the Internet to the everyday: An exploration of visual representations of peace 1: Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland; 2: Karlstad University Paper Proposal Semantic Clustering for Visual Data 1: IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: Uppsala University, Sweden |
Concepts & Metaphors Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Chair: Andre Pase Paper Proposal It’s still about the internet: How the digitalization of exchange disrupted the culture industries 1: University of Bergen, Norway; 2: University of Aarhus, Denmark Paper Proposal (Re)presenting the “H” in Human-Centered Computing Stanford University, United States of America Paper Proposal God(bots) and Authority: Trust and Faith in the Age of AI 1: The Pennsylvania State University; 2: The University of Alabama Paper Proposal The “Space of Reasons” and Digital Public Sphere: Developing Connections in Empirical Research The Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
SONIC SPACES OF RUPTURE: CAPACITIES FOR DIGITAL CONNECTION, INTIMACY, AND LIBERATION IN TIMES OF UNREST Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor Panel Proposal SONIC SPACES OF RUPTURE: CAPACITIES FOR DIGITAL CONNECTION, INTIMACY, AND LIBERATION IN TIMES OF UNREST 1: Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; 2: American University, USA; 3: University of Leicester, UK; 4: Uppsala University, Sweden; 5: Lund University, Sweden; 6: York University, Canada |
Rethinking AI Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Chair: Zachary McDowell Paper Proposal WORLDMAKING BEYOND AI: SPECULATIVE FAILURE AS HOPEFUL ANALYTIC University of Southern California, United States of America Paper Proposal AI-GENERATED MUSIC AND THE LISTENING SUBJECT: RUPTURES IN CREATIVITY, DIGITAL LABOR, AND ALGORITHMIC LISTENING Kennesaw State University, United States of America Paper Proposal Rupturing "AI for Good": A Feminist Decolonial Theoretical Framework for Analyzing AI Interventions in Gender-Based Violence Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany Paper Proposal DeepSeek AI Meets Divination: Algorithmic Syncretism, Data Consecration, and Accuracy Politics Rutgers University, China, People's Republic of |
Platformized Health Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Chair: Stefania Vicari Paper Proposal MEDITATION, MEDIATED: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGICAL AFFORDANCES AND THE UTAUT MODEL IN STUDYING DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH APPLICATIONS Texas A&M University, United States of America Paper Proposal Parallel Platformization of Health: Health Communication on Douyin and TikTok University College Dublin, Ireland Paper Proposal The Continuous Glucose Monitor as Boundary Object: How a Diabetic Device Reveals The Generalized Becoming-Diabetic of Quantified Selfhood McGill University, Canada Paper Proposal EXPLORING POSTDIGITAL BECOMING THROUGH PERIOD- AND CYCLE TRACKING APPS – AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY Uppsala University, Sweden |
TikTok Cultures Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Chair: Annika Caroline Pinch Paper Proposal TikTok-ing queer migrant joy Northwestern University, United States of America Paper Proposal Framing a Brazilian singer and activist: asymmetries between Portuguese cultural coverage and TikTok 1: ISLA - Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology; 2: University of Minho/CECS Paper Proposal "It's Not About Laziness, It's About Efficiency": Youth Perspectives on Generative AI in Higher Education Through the Lens of TikTok 1: Teachers College, Columbia University, United States of America; 2: Maynooth University; 3: Dublin City College; 4: Penn State Erie Paper Proposal CRISIS AS COMMODITY: THE GAMIFICATION OF ADVERSITY ON TIKTOK LIVE MATCHES AND ITS LEGAL CHALLENGES 1: University of Luxembourg; 2: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
Monetization & Legitimisation Strategies - Translation Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor Chair: Natalie Pang Paper Proposal PLATFORMED HOPE: NAVIGATING PLATFORM MONETIZATION IN THE NIGERIAN SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO INDUSTRY 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: University of Toronto, Canada Paper Proposal NETWORKING AND MONETIZATION STRATEGIES OF SPANISH-SPEAKING FINFLUENCERS: A CO-LINK ANALYSIS OF YOUTUBE DESCRIPTIONS 1: University of Barcelona, Spain; 2: Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain Paper Proposal Self-monetization as a double bind: the governance of affective labor of brazilian streamers Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil Paper Proposal Intermediation of Lending: Platforms, Mobile Money, and Data Transactions in India University of Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Labour & Data - Translation Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Chair: MaryElizabeth Luka Paper Proposal DATAFICATION OF MEDIA WORKERS Communication and Work Research Center (CPCT) - USP, Brazil Paper Proposal ANALYZING LABOR MOBILITY AND MIGRATION IN THE DIGITAL GAMES INDUSTRY: A STUDY WITH BRAZILIAN WORKERS DigiLabour research lab, Brazil Paper Proposal The Logistics of Hope Labour: Digital War Investigations in Ukraine 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: Berkeley Human Rights Center, United States Paper Proposal PRESCRIPTIONS OF DOMESTIC WORK PLATFORMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES Federal University of Technology - Parana, Brazil |
Labour desde Latin America - Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Panel Proposal Digital Labor desde Latin America: A Pluriversal Lens 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: Yale University, United States; 3: Observatorio de Plataformas ODP; 4: Federal University of Ceara, Brazil; 5: Weizenbaum Institute, Germany |
Automation Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor Chair: Alan Angeluci Paper Proposal Generative AI In Marketing: Productivity Gains and Work Automation 1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: City St George’s, University of London Paper Proposal COLONIAL MAPPING OF ADVANCE AUTOMATION: EAST INDIA COMPANY AS AI 1: York University, Canada; 2: University of Toronto, Canada Paper Proposal THE PLATFORMIZATION OF INFORMAL SUPPLY CHAINS: THE CASE OF DROPSHIPPING 1: University of Queensland; 2: University of Queensland; 3: University of Queensland |
Redefining Subcultures - Hybrid Location: Room 10E Chair: Kateryna Kasianenko Paper Proposal MANOSPHERE, DIS/AFFECTED: EXPLORING THE AFFECTIVE POLITICISATION IN THE SPANISH ANTI-FEMINIST SUBCULTURES Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Paper Proposal Between Global Waves and Local Currents: K-pop, YouTube, and Fan Cultures in Quebec Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Paper Proposal FANSUBBING AS FEMINIST DISRUPTION IN CHINA University of Michigan, United States of America Paper Proposal ESOLS, SOFT POWER, AND NOMADISM: THAI CREATOR CULTURE IN THE SHADOW OF PLATFORM NATIONALISM 1: University of Southern California/ Annenberg, U.S.A.; 2: Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; 3: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
Resisting Epistemic Colonialisms: Internet(s) Research Otherwise Location: Room 3C Panel Proposal Resisting Epistemic Colonialisms: Internet(s) Research Otherwise 1: Cornell University; 2: Smith College; 3: Mozilla and Rede Transfeminista de Cuidados Digitais; 4: data_labe and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro |
Workers & Power Disputes Location: Room 4 A Chair: Sarah T. Roberts Paper Proposal Coloniality of Power in Global Development Teams: Perspective from Indian and Brazilian Tech Workers Maynooth University, Ireland Paper Proposal Technical vs. Self-perceived: Examining Crowdsourcing Workers' Algorithmic Knowledge on Amazon Mechanical Turk The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) Paper Proposal Imagining AI in Organized Media Work: Labor Narratives of the 'Hollywood Strikes' 1: Rutgers University; 2: University of Pennsylvania Paper Proposal Subjective Precarity and the Normalization of Work–Life Imbalance: Chinese Female Journalists’ Lived Experiences University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Starlink & bigtech imaginaries Location: Room 8B Chair: Dani Madrid-Morales Paper Proposal THE GREAT SYSOP: ELON MUSK, X, AND THE EMERGENCE OF ILLIBERAL CONTENT MODERATION 1: University of Groningen; 2: Weizenbaum Institute | Berlin Social Science Center; 3: Berlin Social Science Center Paper Proposal Off worlding autonomy: Provincial infrastructure and orbital sovereignty in the Ford-Starlink partnership York University/Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada Paper Proposal STARLINK IN THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS: INFRASTRUCTURAL IMAGINARIES AND DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY IN PRACTICE Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador Paper Proposal STARLINK, PLANETARY CAPITALISM AND CONTEMPORARY IMAGINARIES OF THE AMAZON 1: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil; 2: State University of Pará (UEPA) |
RUPTURES, DISSENT AND CANCELLATION: STUDIES ON DIGITAL FANDOMS IN CRISIS Location: Room 5A Panel Proposal RUPTURES, DISSENT AND CANCELLATION: STUDIES ON DIGITAL FANDOMS IN CRISIS 1: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology; 2: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; 3: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS); 4: Universidade Federal de Sergipe; 5: Universidade de São Paulo; 6: Erasmus University Rotterdam; 7: Cardiff University |
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Ruptures from the South: Internet Research Histories Location: Teatro Popular Oscar Niemayer Ruptures from the South: Internet Research Histories André Lemos (UFBA) Suely Fragoso (UFRGS) Paola Ricaurte Quijano (Tecnológico Monterrey & Harvard University) Fernanda Carrera (UFRJ) |
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Reception Location: Teatro Popular Oscar Niemayer |
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