Rethinking search intent: From traditional search engines to LLM-powered information retrieval

Elsa Maria Lichtenegger, Aleksandra Urman, Aniko Hannak

University of Zurich, Switzerland

In Search of a TikTok Baseline - An empirical study of shared cultural experiences on a highly personalised digital platform

Patrik Wikstrom¹, Jiaru Tang¹, Jean Burgess¹, Tian Wen², Jonathon Hutchinson², Joanne Gray², Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández³

1: Queensland University of Technology, Australia; 2: University of Sydney, Australia; 3: University College Dublin, Ireland

Eco-anxiety in climate activists: The role of information exposure on social media

Marc Esteve Del Valle, Klara Katarzyna Matusewicz

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

How beliefs, knowledge and intuition affect the way we search? Examining how users formulate search queries about climate change

Victoria Vziatysheva, Mykola Makhortykh, Maryna Sydorova, Vihang Jumle

University of Bern, Switzerland

“Ambient Misogyny”: pockets of gendered hate across contexts and platforms

Suay Melisa Özkula¹, Patricia Prieto-Blanco², Sofia Caldeira³, Ana Kubrusly⁵, Hannah Ditchfield⁴, Stefania Vicari⁴, Yumeng Guo⁴

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

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

César Ricardo Siqueira Bolaño¹, Ezequiel Alexander Rivero², Helena Martins do Rêgo Barreto³, José Medeiros⁴, Renata Mielli⁵

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

It’s still about the internet: How the digitalization of exchange disrupted the culture industries

Anders Fagerjord¹, Marius Øfsti²

1: University of Bergen, Norway; 2: University of Aarhus, Denmark

(Re)presenting the “H” in Human-Centered Computing

Haley Lepp, Vyoma Raman

Stanford University, United States of America

God(bots) and Authority: Trust and Faith in the Age of AI

Benjamin Clay Davis¹, Kelley Cotter¹, Shaheen Kanthawala², Yupo Liu¹, Ankolika De¹, Amy Ritchart², Haley McAtee²

1: The Pennsylvania State University; 2: The University of Alabama

The “Space of Reasons” and Digital Public Sphere: Developing Connections in Empirical Research

Rousiley Maia, Bruna Silveira de Oliveira, Maiara Orlandini

The Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Is AI hype overstated? A global perspective on AI, disinformation and extreme speech

Sahana Udupa¹, Marcelo Alves Dos Santos Junior², Herman Wasserman³, Tatiana Dourado⁴, Michael Best⁵

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

Health creator: Anatomy of a fuzzy concept

Stefania Vicari¹, Hannah Ditchfield¹, Yumeng Guo¹, Nina Morena², Elly Htite², Yitzchok Ahisar³, Victoria Hayman², Carrie Rentschler², Ari Meguerditchian², Deanna Holroyd⁴, Stephanie Alice Baker⁵, Katrin Tiidenberg⁶, Marius Liedtke⁷, Maria Schreiber⁷, Josie Hamper⁸

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

Comparative Analysis of the Emerging Super App Model in East Africa: Consolidated Data Extraction and Fragmented Digital Governance

Du Shen¹, Grace Itumbiri²

1: Independent Researcher; 2: University of Cape Town

INTERACT AND REACT: GENDER, OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE, AND THE GOVERNANCE OF USER INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES

Siân Brooke

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The

The Politics of Trust and Compliance: A Relational Theory Approach to Platform Governance

Linda Weigl, Balázs Bodó

Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam

VARIETIES OF TRUST AND SAFETY: AN INSTITUTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE ON PLATFORM GOVERNANCE REGIMES

Robert Gorwa¹, Clara Iglesias Keller², João Magalhães³

1: Berlin Social Science Center; 2: Weizenbaum Institute | Berlin Social Science Center; 3: University of Groningen

“A SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, AND PROFITABLE ECOSYSTEM OF MUSIC”: ANALYZING ETHICAL CULTURES OF GENERATIVE AI IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

Raquel Campos Valverde¹, D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye²

1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Uncertainty as Spectacle: Real-Time Algorithmic Techniques on the Live Music Stage

Stephen Yang

University of Southern California, United States of America

ENTERING THE METAL(TOK) SCENE: COMMUNITY, CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND LATIN AMERICAN CREATORS

Beatriz Medeiros

Núcleo Milenio en Culturas Musicales y Sonoras, Universidad Mayor, Chile

PLATFORMS AS EPISTEMIC INFRASTRUCTURES: MEASUREMENTS, DATA FANDOMS PRACTICES AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF MUSIC CHARTS

Carlos d'Andréa, Natália Santos Dias

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Understanding ‘safety’ on dating apps: control features, user perceptions, and app imaginaries

Brady Robards, Lisa Wheildon, Asher Flynn, Zarina Vakhitova, Bridget Harris

Monash, Australia

THE ROLE OF ONLINE DATING IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF MIGRANT-NATIVE COUPLES IN TWO SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES

Matias Dodel¹, Gustavo Mesch²

1: Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay; 2: University of Haifa, Israel

DIGITAL PARENTING IN THE AGE OF DATAFICATION: A CARE PERSPECTIVE

Victoria Andelsman

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

From Scrubs to Scrolling: Healthcare Professionals on Douyin

Xinna Li

University College Dublin, Ireland