Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Novo IACS (Instituto de Arte e Comunicação Social) São Domingos, Niterói - State of Rio de Janeiro, 24210-200, Brazil
Date: Wednesday, 15/Oct/2025
2:00pm
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5:30pm
Undergraduate Teaching Workshop
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Date: Thursday, 16/Oct/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
Data Donation
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
 

Data Donation in Action: Reimagining Digital Identity Through Creative Engagement

Daniel Angus

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

11:00am
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12:30pm
“I Get by With a Little Help from my Friends”: Friendship as Digital Method Zine Making Workshop
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
 

“I Get by With a Little Help from my Friends”: Friendship as Digital Method Zine Making Workshop

Aparajita Bhandari1, Sara Bimo2, Rebecca Noone3, Chelsea Butkowski4

1: University of Waterloo, Canada; 2: York University, Canada; 3: University of Glasgow, Scotland; 4: American University, USA

2:00pm
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3:30pm
Resisting Epistemic Colonialisms: Internet(s) Research Otherwise
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
 

Resisting Epistemic Colonialisms: Internet(s) Research Otherwise

Beatrys Rodrigues1, Aspen K.B. Omapang1, Nikko Stevens2, Thiane Neves Barros3, Polinho Mota4

1: Cornell University; 2: Smith College; 3: Mozilla and Rede Transfeminista de Cuidados Digitais; 4: data_labe and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

4:00pm
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5:30pm
SONIC SPACES OF RUPTURE: CAPACITIES FOR DIGITAL CONNECTION, INTIMACY, AND LIBERATION IN TIMES OF UNREST
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
 

SONIC SPACES OF RUPTURE: CAPACITIES FOR DIGITAL CONNECTION, INTIMACY, AND LIBERATION IN TIMES OF UNREST

Andrew Herman1, Adrienne Massanari2, Katie Moylan3, Aram Sinnreich2, Jenny Sunden4, Sara Tanderup Linkis5, Anne MacLennan6

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

Date: Friday, 17/Oct/2025
11:00am
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12:30pm
Digital Transformation
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Chair: Facundo Nazareno Suenzo
 

(POST-)DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF RUPTURES: THE CZECH MEDIA LANDSCAPE AND ITS STRUGGLES AND THREADS

Karolina Sitnikova1, Jeffrey Wimmer2

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

Rebecca Coleman1, Jessica Ringrose2

1: University of Bristol, United Kingdom; 2: University College London, United Kingdom



A Taxonomy for Rapidly Changing Social Media Platforms

Ankolika De, Kelley Cotter

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

Tsvetelina Hristova

Southampton University, United Kingdom

4:00pm
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5:30pm
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

James L. Epps, Ngozi Harrison

University of California, Los Angeles



EXCAVATING TELEVISION MEMORY IMAGES THROUGH GENERATIVE AI

Gustavo Fischer

UNISINOS, Brazil



“I WANTED TO BE PART OF NOT FORGETTING”: DIGITAL MEDIATION AND MEMORY IN POST-PANDEMIC TIMES

Adetobi Moses

University of Pennsylvania, United States of America



Big Data Time Machines: Decolonizing the Futures of Post-Digital Histories

Megan Sapnar Ankerson

University of Michigan, United States of America

Date: Saturday, 18/Oct/2025
9:00am
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10:30am
Journalism and Data
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Chair: Felicia Loecherbach
 

WHY THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM IS NOT A TECHNOLOGICAL RUPTURE: ON THE IMAGINATION OF THE SOCIETAL NEEDS OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATION IN PIONEER JOURNALISM

Andreas Hepp1, Wiebke Loosen2

1: Leibniz Institute for Media Research, Germany; 2: ZeMKI, University of Bremen



A RUPTURE IN PHOTOJOURNALISM PRACTICES? A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF AI-GENERATED IMAGERY WITHIN NEWS MEDIA PROFESSIONALS

Chiara Spaggiari, Laura Gemini

University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy



Algorithmic mediation in open access journals: platforms, visibility and epistemic challenges

Verônica Soares da Costa1, Luana Teixeira de Souza Cruz2

1: Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil; 2: INCT Public Communication of Science and Technology (INCT-CPC), Brazil



Visualizing the Amazon: Data-Driven Storytelling, Mapping and Audience for Environmental Journalism

Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos1, Isabella Gonçalves2

1: Macquarie University (Australia) and Federal University of São Paulo (Brazil); 2: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany)

11:00am
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12:30pm
RUPTURE / REPAIR: HEALING BROKEN SYSTEMS THROUGH CONSCIENTIZATION
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
 

RUPTURE / REPAIR: HEALING BROKEN SYSTEMS THROUGH CONSCIENTIZATION

Carrie O'Connell1, Michele Ferris-Dobles2, June Mia1, Chad Van de Wiele1

1: University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America; 2: University of Costa Rica