Conference Agenda
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| Date: Friday, 17/Oct/2025 | ||||||||||||||
| 8:00am - 4:30pm |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
Memes and Culture Viralization - Remote Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Tracing a Memetic Journey: From South American Death Flights to Free Helicopter Ride Memes University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The ONLINE FAR-RIGHT AND RESENTMENT: AN INTERPRETATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL MEMES ON PRIVATE MESSAGING NETWORKS 1: Fluminense Federal University, Brazil; 2: Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Meme Work in Anti-Veg*nism Humor on Instagram: Reflections on Hate Speech and Social Media Regulation Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil PLATFORMED NOSTALGIA: AUTOMATTIC-ERA TUMBLR AND THE COMMERCIALISATION OF HISTORICAL SOCIAL MEDIA NOSTALGIA University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
Fans, fandoms & affections Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor Chair: Aianne Amado BEYOND HATEWARE: AFFECT, NETWORKS, AND ECOSYSTEMS OF COLLABORATION IN A FANDOM DISCORD SERVER Independent Scholar, United States of America Shame and the Figure of the Fangirl: The Social Dynamic of Shame The University of Melbourne, Australia The Many-faced Fandom: Cesuo's Collective Persona on Weibo University College Dublin, Ireland Everything Everywhere All Xuanni: Chinese Fanvids, Music, Emotions and Self-Orientalism University College Dublin, Ireland |
Is AI hype overstated? A global perspective on AI, disinformation and extreme speech Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Is AI hype overstated? A global perspective on AI, disinformation and extreme speech 1: University of Munich (LMU), Germany; 2: Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3: Stellenbosch University, South Africa; 4: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil; 5: Georgia Tech University, USA |
Histories and Ruptures in Platform Governance Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Histories and Ruptures in Platform Governance 1: Stanford University, United States of America; 2: University of Groningen, Netherlands; 3: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America; 4: University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
Digital Sovereignty: Reclaiming Autonomy, Resisting Epistemic Violence Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Digital Sovereignty: Reclaiming Autonomy, Resisting Epistemic Violence 1: Georgetown University; 2: University of California Los Angeles; 3: Emory University; 4: UWI Mona and Western Jamaica Campus |
Datafication Cultures Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Chair: Luci Pangrazio Epistemic Ruptures and Shadow Libraries: Meta, Anna's Archive, and the Politics of AI Datafication Kennesaw State University, United States of America Between Friction and Play: How Participants Experience and Understand Data Donation 1: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2: Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 3: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Chill vibes: Wellness creep into music streaming platforms University of Leeds, United Kingdom THE INFRASTRUCTURAL VIOLENCE OF THE USAID DATA CAPTURE Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom |
Brazilian Ruptures - Translation Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Chair: Mariana Scalabrin Müller Between Flesh and Algorithm: Resistance Strategies in Brazilian Camming ESPM, Brazil “In data they trust”: the poetics of citizen-generated data in Brazilian cannabis activism University of Antwerp, Belgium TECHNIQUE, IMAGINARY AND SAMBA – THE INFLUENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL, 2025 1: Uerj, Brazil; 2: UFJF, Brazil Engagement Exchanges and the Collective Pursuit of Visibility on TikTok in the Brazilian Context 1: University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil; 2: University of Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Brazil |
Cyborgs & Bots Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor Chair: Chris Chesher Cyborg Imaginaries: A Computational Grounded Theory of Online Pioneer Community Discussions on Human Augmentation University of Zurich, Switzerland A Not So Stella(r) Encounter: Discursive Closure in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Tulane University, United States of America Algorithmic Fairness in Crisis Communication: How AI Chatbots Shape Public Trust and Engagement 1: Northern Illinois University, United States of America; 2: University of Wisconsin Madison, USA; 3: Peking University, China "Just Asking Questions": Doing Our Own Research on Conspiratorial Ideation by Generative AI Chatbots Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology |
Repairing Ruptures: Recentering Play and Games in Internet Research - Live Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Repairing Ruptures: Recentering Play and Games in Internet Research 1: American University, United States of America; 2: York University-Glendon, Canada; 3: University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States of America; 4: Pacific Lutheran University, United States of America; 5: University of Maryland, United States of America |
Materialities & Infrastructures Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor THE FAX AS SHADOW DIGITAL SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Linköping University, Sweden Hollow Datasets: Algorithmic Calculability in Data Curation University of Southern California, United States of America In the midst… Temporality, affect and infrastructures of feeling University of Bristol, United Kingdom CO-PARENTING WITH AI: AUDITING THE INFRASTRUCTURES OF DATAFICATION IN BABY TRACKING APPS York University, Canada |
Data Flows Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor Chair: Jakob Bæk Kristensen War, Weapons, and the Web: Tracing Cyberwar Leaks and 3D-Printed Firearms as Distributed Network Swarms 1: Mozilla, United States of America; 2: University of California Berkeley; 3: University of California Berkeley Decentralized Re-Platforming: a case study of three fediverse instances 1: Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil; 2: Independent Reseacher Investigating Information Integrity: Digital platforms, algorithms, and information flows Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br | Nic.br) DETECTING OPINION LEADERS IN A TELEGRAM NETWORK OF FORWARDED MESSAGES 1: Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology, Brazil; 2: International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia |
Consumption Cultures Location: Room 3C Chair: Nina Duque FN BOOK CLUB: DISPUTES OVER CAPITAL AND PERFORMATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE LITERARY SPHERE Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Co-Consuming Dystopia: Analyzing an Alternative Genre of Technology Criticism through Amazon’s Book Recommendation Networks University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The Negotiated resistance as platform cynicism: an empirical investigation of Internet consumption practices of Temu University of Texas at Austin, United States of America Consuming the selling experience in-the-moment: The use of TikTok Live during Black Friday in the Netherlands 1: Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 2: University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Algorithmic Imaginaries Chair: Andrew James Iliadis DON’T WORRY ABOUT FORMALITIES: PROMPTING AS ALGORITHMIC FOLKLORE University of Bergen, Norway DIGITAL INFLUENCE AS AN ALGORITHMIC CONDITION: COMPUTATIONAL AUTHENTICITY, ALGORITHMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND DIGITAL VISIBILITY 1: Datalab Design; 2: State University of Bahia, Brazil Algorithmic Neutrality as Gendered Exclusion: Female Riders in China’s Food Delivery Platforms Duke Kunshan University, China, People's Republic of Becoming Intimate with Algorithms: Users’ Encounters, Imaginaries, and Affective Bonds with TikTok Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
Finances & Profits: Critiques Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor Chair: Andrew Herman Synthetic data and global finance. Narratives, (dis)continuites and ruptures. 1: Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay; 2: University of Groningen, The Netherlands; 3: NEOMA Business School, France; 4: LUT University, Finland Lucrative Ex/tensions: ‘Digital Twin’ Labour as Passive Income in the Virtual Human Economy University of Toronto, Canada PLAYING IN SOCIAL MEDIA: #GRWM AND THE LUDIC POSSIBILITIES OF COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCES York University, Canada THE CELEBRATION OF EXPLOITATION: PLATFORM PROMOTION AND LEGITIMISATION STRATEGIES EXPRESSED THROUGH USER DATAFICATION 1: University of Westminster, United Kingdom; 2: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Creators & Identities - Remote Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Chair: Issaaf Karhawi INTRODUCING INFORMATION INFLUENCERS: DIGITAL CAPITAL AS RESISTANCE DURING SRI LANKA’S ARAGALAYA Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, United Kingdom "ROSES ARE RED, I KNOW THIS TREND IS IN THE PAST, BUT I WAS HELD CAPTIVE BY HAMAS, SO I GET A PASS": FORMER TEENAGE HOSTAGES OF THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR NARRATE TRAUMA AND IDENTITY ON TIKTOK 1: Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University, Israel; 2: Department of Communication, Gordon Academic College of Education Beyond love is love: investigating LGBTQIA+ parent-influencers' advocacy work on Instagram Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy FROM COMMUNITY GUIDELINES TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS: MAPPING THE POLICY PRIORITIES OF MAINSTREAM, ALTERNATIVE, AND ADULT LIVE CONTENT PLATFORMS 1: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 2: University of Bremen, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI); 3: University of Bonn |
Ruptures in Data Access: The State of Social Media Research APIs & Tools in the DSA Era Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor Ruptures in Data Access: The State of Social Media Research APIs & Tools in the DSA Era 1: University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy; 2: Queensland University of Technology; 3: University of Texas at Austin; 4: University of Oslo; 5: University of Amsterdam |
Health creator: Anatomy of a fuzzy concept Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Health creator: Anatomy of a fuzzy concept 1: The University of Sheffield; 2: McGill University; 3: University of British Columbia; 4: The Ohio State University; 5: City St George’s, University of London; 6: Tallinn University; 7: University of Salzburg; 8: University of Oxford |
Digital Transformation Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor Chair: Facundo Nazareno Suenzo (POST-)DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF RUPTURES: THE CZECH MEDIA LANDSCAPE AND ITS STRUGGLES AND THREADS 1: Charles University, Czech Republic; 2: University of Augsburg, Germany A sociodigital approach to investigating youth, teachers' and parents' experiences of smartphone banning in England 1: University of Bristol, United Kingdom; 2: University College London, United Kingdom A Taxonomy for Rapidly Changing Social Media Platforms The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America PLANNED ECONOMIES OF DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTALISM: THE 1980S ATTEMPT TO BUILD A UNIFIED NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN BULGARIA Southampton University, United Kingdom |
Navigating Internet Research as Black Women Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Navigating Internet Research as Black Women 1: University of Virginia, United States of America; 2: University of Maryland, United States of America; 3: Rutgers University, United States of America; 4: Rochester Institute of Technology, United States of America |
Far Right & Online Hate Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Chair: Reed Van Schenck Platformed Prejudice: Right-Wing Alternative Social Media Use and Anti-Trans Policy Opinions in the US Northwestern University, United States of America White nationalist digital rhetoric on 4chan’s /pol/ as a technics of raciality University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America ‘STREAM OF PARANOID CONSCIOUSNESS’ HOW ALT-TECH PLATFORMS RECONFIGURE CONSPIRACY CULTURE 1: KU Leuven and Yale University; 2: KU Leuven THE ALT-PLATFORM PULL: ATTRACTING MAINSTREAM PLATFORM USERS TO ALTERNATIVE SPACES Roskilde University, Denmark |
Affordances Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Chair: Ailea Grace Merriam-Pigg HOW TO DISRUPT AI TRAINED MODELS? CARTOGRAPHY OF COUNTER AI-TOOLS FOR RESISTANCE 1: Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus; 2: Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus; 3: Cyprus University of Tehnology, Cyprus From Rupture to Submerged Displacement: The Affordances of Narrative Genres and Social Media for Expressing Critical Sentiments University of Pennsylvania, United States of America COMMUNITY-LED MODERATION IN ‘THE RUINS’ OF TWITTER/X: A CASE STUDY OF NAFO 1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: University College Dublin; 3: The University of Sydney CULTURE-CENTRED DIGITAL DESIGN: FOREGROUNDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S PERSPECTIVES 1: Western Sydney University, Australia; 2: MICA, India; 3: SEJIWA Foundation, Indonesia |
DISRUPTING PUBLIC AND POLITICAL DISCOURSES ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN LATIN AMERICA: LESSONS FROM THE GLOBAL KIDS ONLINE STUDIES Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor DISRUPTING PUBLIC AND POLITICAL DISCOURSES ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHILDREN AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN LATIN AMERICA: LESSONS FROM THE GLOBAL KIDS ONLINE STUDIES 1: Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; 2: Universidad Católica del Uruguay; 3: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 4: ECLAC/CEPAL; 5: Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”; 6: Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br| Nic.br); 7: Universidad de Costa Rica; 8: Universidad de Iberoamérica; 9: Universidad Central de Chile; 10: Universidad de Chile; 11: Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo" |
RUPTURES IN THE LIBRARY: THE NEOLIBERAL HIJACKING OF OPEN ACCESS Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor RUPTURES IN THE LIBRARY: THE NEOLIBERAL HIJACKING OF OPEN ACCESS 1: Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada; 2: National University of Singapore; 3: University of Toronto, Canada; 4: York University, Canada |
TRANSCULTURAL FAN STUDIES IN A TIME OF POLITICAL EXTREMES - Live Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor TRANSCULTURAL FAN STUDIES IN A TIME OF POLITICAL EXTREMES 1: Universidade de São Paulo; 2: Erasmus University Rotterdam; 3: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 4: Federal University of Pernambuco; 5: Cardiff University |
Critical Perspectives from the South: Digital Sovereignty and Social Media Platforms Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Critical Perspectives from the South: Digital Sovereignty and Social Media Platforms 1: Universidade Federal de Pelotas; 2: Universidade Federal Fluminense; 3: Universidad Diego Portales; 4: Universidad Nacional de Quilmes; 5: Tecnológico de Monterrey; 6: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; 7: University College Dublin; 8: University College Dublin/City St George’s, University of London; 9: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
Sexual Content Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor RESEARCH BRAVE SPACES AND ZINE-MAKING: DISRUPTIVE TOOLS FOR EXPLORING DIGITAL SEXUAL INTIMACIES University of Padova, Italy NAVIGATING THE SOCIAL MEDIA ECOSYSTEM IN DIGITAL SEX WORK IN BRAZIL Maynooth University, Ireland ELUSIVE PORN: LEARNING FROM ALASTONSUOMI University of Turku, Finland MODELHUB AS A PLATFORM TOOL: THE MORAL ORDER OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS ON PORNHUB University of Toronto, Canada |
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Lunch Location: Galeria Gala |
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AI Challenges Location: Room 7a - Groundfloor Chair: Jullena Santos de Alencar Normando DESPICABLE THEREFORE DEMONETIZED: HOW ANTI-MAINSTREAM ICONS SOLICIT SUPPORT Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Italy THE WORLD WE SEE THROUGH AI’S EYES: U.S. CULTURAL DOMINANCE IN TEXT-TO-IMAGE GENERATION 1: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2: University of Helsinki, Finland; 3: ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 4: ZHAW, Switzerland What is Labor in an Age of Generative AI: Reading Privacy and Copyright Lawsuits Against the Grain University of Pennsylvania, United States of America TRUSTING CHATGPT: HOW MINOR TWEAKS IN THE PROMPTS LEAD TO MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN SENTIMENT CLASSIFICATION Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia |
Everyday Appfication Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor Authenticating the everyday: The dual dynamics of user and machinic appification 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: Simon Fraser University, Canada Diabetes and Food Tracking Apps: Questioning Embedded Values 1: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; 2: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom A not so happy ending: A meta-analysis exploring the associations of dating app use on mental health and risk-taking behaviors Northwestern University, United States of America Emergency Notification Apps as Embodied Responsibilization University of Haifa, Israel |
Platform Governance - Translation Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor PLATFORM GOVERNANCE AT THE MARGINS: RULES, RELATIONS AND RESISTANCE 1: Centre for Digital Citizens, Northumbria University, United Kingdom; 2: University of the Philippines Dillman;; 3: De La Salle University; 4: New York University; Data & Society Research Institute; 5: Intel Labs |
Strategies & Tatics Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor CAN GENZ ‘SAVE’ ROCK’N ROLL? AN ANALYSIS OF THE WARNING’S ONLINE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Protecting user data. A comparative study of government agencies and their strategies to protect citizens’ data rights 1: University of Stavanger, Norway; 2: RMIT Australia; 3: University of Groningen - The Netherlands “POV: You’re a scientist on TikTok”: Engagement strategies of science communicators on TikTok 1: University of Oregon; 2: University of the Philippines; 3: University of Michigan Digital dissidence: platform ruptures, alternative economies, and tactical technological repurposing Arizona State University, United States of America |
Global Governances Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Chair: Rebecca Scharlach Comparative Analysis of the Emerging Super App Model in East Africa: Consolidated Data Extraction and Fragmented Digital Governance 1: Independent Researcher; 2: University of Cape Town INTERACT AND REACT: GENDER, OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE, AND THE GOVERNANCE OF USER INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The The Politics of Trust and Compliance: A Relational Theory Approach to Platform Governance Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam VARIETIES OF TRUST AND SAFETY: AN INSTITUTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE ON PLATFORM GOVERNANCE REGIMES 1: Berlin Social Science Center; 2: Weizenbaum Institute | Berlin Social Science Center; 3: University of Groningen |
Disinformation & Health Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor Chair: Xinna Li JAGGED LITTLE PILL: HOW NATIVE ADS PROMOTE HEALTH DISINFORMATION Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Advertising in the Age of Disinformation: Influencers and Natural Contraception Coventry University, United Kingdom Older adults, Social media new sharing, and disinformation 1: University of Texas at Austin, United States of America; 2: University of Louisiana “The malaria vaccine should be Dead on Arrival”: Exploring Health Discourse and Misinformation on KingsChat, a Nigerian Pentecostal Social Networking Platform 1: University of Waterloo; 2: University of Massachusetts Amherst; 3: Media Ecosystems Analysis Group; 4: University of the Witwatersrand |
Celebrities & Platforms Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Chair: Rendan Liu FIGURATIONS OF CELEBRITY EVERYDAY LIFE: REPRESENTATION, AUTHENTICITY, AND PROXIMITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil The co-creation of trans microcelebrity: a case study of Nikkie de Jager Cornell University, United States of America RECLAIMING AUTHENTICITY WITHIN THE ATTENTION ECONOMY 1: BFM, Tallinn University, Estonia; 2: University of South Carolina, USA MASKED RACISM IN THE REALITY SHOW BIG BROTHER BRASIL: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS Northwestern University, United States of America |
Governance & Monetisation Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor (Good) governance of platform monetisation 1: Utrecht University, Netherlands; 2: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 3: Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 4: Cornell University, United States; 5: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 6: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Fans & Platforms: Tensions Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor Chair: Sebastian F. K. Svegaard Fan Labor As A Shield Against Platforms’ Unsafety: The Pipoca & Nanquim Case 1: FAAP University Center, Brazil; 2: Centro Universitário Senac São Paulo, Brazil THE WITCHER’S INTERNET MAPS: FAN CARTOGRAPHY, ONLINE COMMUNITIES, AND SPATIAL STORYTELLING 1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2: University of Tuebingen, Germany; 3: St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria TIKTOK ONE AS A SUPER TOOL SUITE: PLATFORM POWER AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLATFORM TOOLS University of Toronto, Canada #KARLASOFIAGASCONISOVERPARTY: WHEN TWEETS RUIN AN OSCAR CAMPAIGN 1: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
TikTok Intersectionalities Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor Latina Makeup Filters on TikTok: From Platform-Enabled Racialization to Resignification Practices Northwestern University, United States of America Reflections on the Afrogoth Hashtag on Tiktok: strategies for hacking the dispositive of raciality in digital media technologies Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil (UFMG) The [self] representation of Muslims on TikTok: The interpretation of Islamic Faith The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
THE DIVERSITY OF EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES - Live Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor THE DIVERSITY OF EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES 1: Federal University of Ceará, Deakin University; 2: Deakin University; 3: Deakin University; 4: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal and CICS.NOVA; 5: Lusófona University and CICANT; 6: University of Tartu; 7: Curtin University |
Platforms, Musicians and Listeners Around the World Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Platforms, Musicians and Listeners Around the World 1: University of Oxford, United Kingdom; 2: Universidade Feevale, Brazil; 3: University of Leeds, UK; 4: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile; 5: Jinan University, China |
Bodies & (In)Visibilities Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor Chair: Kate Rosalind Gilchrist THE DIGITAL BODY: FITNESS, WELLNESS, AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION IN COLOMBIAN SOCIAL MEDIA Universidad del Rosario, Colombia BODY TALK IN MEDIA TALK: MOTHER-DAUGHTER DYADS IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BODY IN MEDIATED TEXT AS EMBODIED RE-IMAGINATION OF FEMINISM University of the Philippines, Philippines GEEK GRRRLS NEED MODEMS: DISEMBODIEMENT, CYBERLIBERATION AND POSTFEMINISM IN THE 1990S Monash University, Australia Conventional representations online: "repeating femininity" on bigger and smaller platforms LMU, Germany |
Streaming Cultures & Audiences Location: Room 10 D Ambiguitance: How Douyin's Inconsistent Affordances Shape Streamer-Audience Relationships in Chinese Showroom Live Streaming 1: University of Turku, Finland; 2: London College of Communication, United Kingdom FROM SHARING TO STREAMING: TECHNOLOGY, LEGISLATION AND AGENCY IN THE DIGITAL PHONOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY FROM 1996 TO THIS DAY Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic The materiality of trust: Beauty consumption of young Chinese women through e-commerce live-streaming University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The GLOBAL DISRUPTION, LOCAL ADAPTATION: REALITY TELEVISION AND GLOBO IN THE STREAMING ERA. FROM BROADCAST TO PLATFORMS Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
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Political Economy of Internet Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor WHAT IS "ALTERNATIVE" ABOUT "ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA"? 1: York University, Canada; 2: Malmö University, Sweden Rethinking the Citizen in Digital Citizenship Hasso-Plattner Institute, Germany The Rise and Fall of Third-party Cookies: The Evolving Technological, Regulatory and Economic Landscape of the Adtech Ecosystem University of Sheffield THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PLATFORM WORK: THE CASE OF DRIVERS AND COURIERS UnB, Brazil |
Communities & Innequalities - Remote Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Chair: Gabriel Pereira X to Bluesky platform migration: Governance and community University of Connecticut, United States of America Patchwork Governance on KidTok: Balancing Regulation and Community Norms 1: Tulane University, United States of America; 2: Curtin University, Australia Fragmented Flows: Algorithmic Curation, Organic Sharing, and the Structuring of Telegram’s Fringe Communities University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Think better, you dumbass: Online hateful speech as epistemic violence 1: University of Groningen, Netherlands, The; 2: Royal Roads University, Canada; 3: University of Leicester, United Kingdom |
Violence Against Women: representation in streaming fictional content in the Global South Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor Violence Against Women: representation in streaming fictional content in the Global South 1: Paulista University, Brazil; 2: Bennet University, India; 3: Pontifical Catholic University of Peru; 4: University of Chile; 5: Mackenzie University, Brazil |
Music Industries Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor “A SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, AND PROFITABLE ECOSYSTEM OF MUSIC”: ANALYZING ETHICAL CULTURES OF GENERATIVE AI IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY 1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: University of Leeds, United Kingdom Uncertainty as Spectacle: Real-Time Algorithmic Techniques on the Live Music Stage University of Southern California, United States of America ENTERING THE METAL(TOK) SCENE: COMMUNITY, CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND LATIN AMERICAN CREATORS Núcleo Milenio en Culturas Musicales y Sonoras, Universidad Mayor, Chile PLATFORMS AS EPISTEMIC INFRASTRUCTURES: MEASUREMENTS, DATA FANDOMS PRACTICES AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF MUSIC CHARTS Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Digital memories and archives Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor Chair: Leonardo Foletto Investigating Rupture and Absence: A Conversation between Critical Archival Studies and Critical Data Studies University of California, Los Angeles EXCAVATING TELEVISION MEMORY IMAGES THROUGH GENERATIVE AI UNISINOS, Brazil “I WANTED TO BE PART OF NOT FORGETTING”: DIGITAL MEDIATION AND MEMORY IN POST-PANDEMIC TIMES University of Pennsylvania, United States of America Big Data Time Machines: Decolonizing the Futures of Post-Digital Histories University of Michigan, United States of America |
CRAFT WORK: A RUPTURE OF DIGITAL LABOR AND CAPITALISM? Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor CRAFT WORK: A RUPTURE OF DIGITAL LABOR AND CAPITALISM? 1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: University of Milan, Italy; 3: Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil; 4: University of South Australia, Australia; 5: University of Adelaide, Australia |
Discussing Content Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Chair: Rébecca Franco Editing and juxtaposition in Kim Kardashian’s Instagram stories Federal University of Bahia, Brazil NO DISRUPTION – ONLY EXPOSURE! A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CROSS-MEDIA DYNAMICS IN DUTCH MEDIATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The RURAL WOMEN’S CYCLE OF BITTERNESS ON SHORT-VIDEO PLATFORMS IN CHINA The University of Queensland, Australia |
Creators Cultures and Visibilities Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Chair: Camilla Volpe ALGORITHMIC ANXIETY, BURNOUT, AND “STRESS DREAMS”: CREATORS’ (UN)SPEAKABLE ACCOUNTS OF OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS Cornell University, United States of America Competency Prescriptions by Social Media Platforms and the Rise of Organizational Professionalism Among Content Creators Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil CONTENT CREATORS’ BELIEF SYSTEMS AND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ECOSYSTEMS University of Zurich, Switzerland “Happy Life”: Digital Ageism and Beauty Filter Use Among Older Content Creators on Douyin 1: London College of Communication, United Kingdom; 2: London College of Communication, United Kingdom |
RUPTURING DIGITAL CHILDHOODS AND PARENTING IN AUSTRALIA? SOCIAL MEDIA BANS, PRIVACY, SCREEN TIME, AND GENERATIVE AI Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor RUPTURING DIGITAL CHILDHOODS AND PARENTING IN AUSTRALIA? SOCIAL MEDIA BANS, PRIVACY, SCREEN TIME, AND GENERATIVE AI 1: Curtin University, Australia; 2: Western Sydney University, Australia; 3: Deakin University, Australia |
Where Do We Go From Here? Part II – Lessons from the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on AI & Platform Governance Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Where Do We Go From Here? Part II – Lessons from the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on AI & Platform Governance 1: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 2: Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 3: University of Groningen, The Netherlands; 4: Federal University of Minas Gerais; 5: University of Bremen, Germany |
Have Digital Media Platforms a Role in Fostering a Polarized Public Debate? Evidences from Latin America Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor Have Digital Media Platforms a Role in Fostering a Polarized Public Debate? Evidences from Latin America 1: University of Urbino, Italy; 2: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 3: University of the Arts London, UK; 4: Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil |
Creators Narratives Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor Chair: Nelanthi Hewa “We don’t want to commit as micro-drama creators”: how do these professionals navigate opportunities and internalised prejudices in the evolving micro drama industry KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, United Kingdom Cultural Narratives and Economic Independence: The Rise of Rural Women Vloggers in India 1: Georgia State University, United States of America; 2: Ohio University, United States of America "It feels incongruent to talk about reducing shame when I have to spell 's-e-g-g-s' on TikTok": Navigating Platform Moderation as Sex Education Creators on Social Media 1: School of Communication, Northwestern University, United States of America; 2: Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, England |
Data Donation in Communication Research: Ethical, Practical, and Methodological Frontiers Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Roundtable Proposal: Data Donation in Communication Research: Ethical, Practical, and Methodological Frontiers 1: Aarhus University, Denmark; 2: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 3: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4: Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Germany |
Infrastructures & geopolitics Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor Chair: Charilaos Papaevangelou AMAZON’S DIGITAL LOCAL MEDIA COVERAGE ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITH SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 1: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); 2: Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) The Infrastructure of Transphobic Feminism: A Digital Ethnography of an Anti-Trans Forum Pennsylvania State University, United States of America Revisiting Airport Security Logics: Looking into the Limits and Lapses of Public Sector Data Infrastructure in a Post-9/11 Era 1: Tulane University, United States of America; 2: Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania BENEATH THE WAVES - OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL IN THE SUBMARINE CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE University of Copenhagen, Denmark |