Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Wednesday, 15/Oct/2025
8:00am
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4:30pm
Registration
Location: NOVO IACS Main Entrance
9:00am
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12:30pm
Creative Labour In Rupture? Gen-AI And Future Research Directions
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Online Hate Speech in Brazil: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Early Career Scholars Workshop
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
 
9:00am
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4:30pm
Doctoral Colloquium
Location: Hotel H

There will be refreshments and lunch for the Doctoral Colloquium

Registration Doctoral Colloquium
Location: Hotel H Main Entrance
9:00am
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5:00pm
The Model and the Reactor: Artificial Intelligences Infrastructure from Public, Private and Beyond
Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee Break
Location: Galeria Gala
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Lunch
Location: Galeria Gala
2:00pm
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5:30pm
Chronic Problems. Getting to Terms with the Temporality of Algorithmic Media
Location: Room 7a - Groundfloor
Undergraduate Teaching Workshop
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Ruptures in Algorithmic Surveillance: How to Resist?
Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor
Rethinking AI from the Ground Up: Building sustainable AI ecosystems for local communities
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Galeria Gala
6:00pm
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8:00pm
"The Digital Break: When Big Tech (re)Fused the Global North and South"
Location: Teatro Popular Oscar Niemayer

Keynote Speaker: R. Marie Santini - School of Communication, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Dr. Santini is the founder and director of NetLab – Laboratory for Internet and Social Network Studies, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. NetLab researches the phenomenon of digital disinformation and its social consequences to inform public policies that promote ethics in governance, transparency, and integrity of digital media in Brazil. Marie is a CNPq Research Fellow, an Associate Researcher at the European Centre of Excellence VOX-Pol; a member of the expert committee of the International Observatory on Information and Democracy (OID); and a researcher on the Scientific Committee of the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE).

Registration Teatro Popular
Location: Teatro Popular Main Entrance
8:00pm
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9:00pm
Opening Reception
Location: Teatro Popular Oscar Niemayer

Date: Thursday, 16/Oct/2025
9:00am
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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
Toxic Vibes
Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor
Platforms & Governments - Remote
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Rediscussing Information Search: engines and AI
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Data Donation
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Climate
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Suay Melisa Özkula
Algorithms and cultural identities
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Hannah Ditchfield

Works: 236, 930, 199, 974

Queer Visibilities
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Alex Ketchum
Indigenous communities & digital ruptures - Translation
Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor
Chair: Beatrys Rodrigues
TikTok, Politics & Activism - Translation
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE: HOW TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS ON THE STRUGGLES OF INDIGENOUS AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES FOR LAND RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor

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MAINSTREAMING DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Categorization & Labels
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
Chair: Andressa Michelotti
Failures & Glitches
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Chair: Brady Jay Robards
AI & Beyond - Remote
Location: Room 10E
Chair: Daniel Angus
Rethinking Methods
Location: Room 3C
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee Break
Location: Galeria Gala
11:00am
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12:30pm
AI Boundaries - Remote
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Social Media Bans for Australians Under16: Rupturing the Teenage Years?
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
Ambient Misogyny
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
“I Get by With a Little Help from my Friends”: Friendship as Digital Method Zine Making Workshop
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Global Disinformation Perspectives
Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor
Chair: Calvin da Silva Cousin
Gaming Perspectives
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Samyr Paz
Aesthetic & Trends
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Gustavo Fischer
Mapping and Cartographing Cities and Cultures - Translation
Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor
Media Discourses on Digital Phenoma - Translation
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
Labour in South America
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor
“Am I at Risk?” - Conducting Risky Research and Collective Risk Mitigation Strategies
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Data from the Dead and Digital afterlife
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
Chair: Georgios Terzis
SLIPPERY, SLOPPY, SPECTACULAR, AND VERY UNRULY: FEMINIST CREATIVE LABOUR IN A RUPTUROUS AGE
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Platformization & Journalism - Remote
Location: Room 10E
Digital Listening
Location: Room 3C
 
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Aoir first timers picnic
Lunch
Location: Galeria Gala
 
2:00pm
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3:30pm
Platform & Controversies - Remote
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Press & Platforms
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
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 10a - Groundfloor
Resisting Epistemic Colonialisms: Internet(s) Research Otherwise
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
TechnoImaginaries & Dreams
Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor
Knowledge, Fandoms & Pop Culture
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Clarice Greco
IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING: RUPTURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
LATIN AMERICAN CREATOR (SUB)CULTURES ON TIKTOK: VISIBILITY, RESISTANCE, AND CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Disinformation, Elections and Politics - Translation
Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor
Chair: Sharon Strover
Gaming Intersectionalities - Translation
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
Chair: Sam Srauy
AOIR ETHICS IN ACTION: GUIDELINES, REGULATIONS, AND PRACTICES ACROSS DIVERSE GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
AI & Creative Industries
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Infrastructures
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
Chair: Fieke Jansen
Global Resistances - Remote
Location: Room 10E
Chair: Tariq dos Santos Choucair
Why Reddit? Histories, ethics, politics & practices as Reddit turns 20
Location: Room 3C
 
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Coffee Break
Location: Galeria Gala
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Visual Experiences - Remote
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Starlink & bigtech imaginaries
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
Concepts & Metaphors
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Chair: Andre Pase
SONIC SPACES OF RUPTURE: CAPACITIES FOR DIGITAL CONNECTION, INTIMACY, AND LIBERATION IN TIMES OF UNREST
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Rethinking AI
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Platformized Health
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
TikTok Cultures
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Annika Caroline Pinch
Monetization & Legitimisation Strategies - Translation
Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor
Labour & Data - Translation
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
Chair: MaryElizabeth Luka
Labour desde Latin America
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Blockchain: The New Internet of Trust
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
RUPTURES, DISSENT AND CANCELLATION: STUDIES ON DIGITAL FANDOMS IN CRISIS
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Automation
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
Chair: Stephen Yang
Redefining Subcultures - Remote
Location: Room 10E
   
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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)

8:00pm
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9:00pm
Reception
Location: Teatro Popular Oscar Niemayer

Date: Friday, 17/Oct/2025
8:00am
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4:30pm
Registration
9:00am
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10:30am
Memes and Culture Viralization - Remote
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Fans, fandoms & affections
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
Chair: Aianne Amado
Is AI hype overstated? A global perspective on AI, disinformation and extreme speech
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Histories and Ruptures in Platform Governance
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Digital Sovereignty: Reclaiming Autonomy, Resisting Epistemic Violence
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
Datafication Cultures
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Luci Pangrazio
Brazilian Ruptures - Translation
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
Chair: Mariana Scalabrin Müller
Cyborgs & Bots
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Chris Chesher
Repairing Ruptures: Recentering Play and Games in Internet Research - Live Streaming
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Materialities & Infrastructures
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Data Flows
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
Chair: Jakob Bæk Kristensen
Consumption Cultures
Location: Room 3C
Chair: Nina Duque
   
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am
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12:30pm
Algorithmic Imaginaries
Chair: Andrew James Iliadis
Finances & Profits: Critiques
Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor
Chair: Andrew Herman
Creators & Identities - Remote
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Chair: Issaaf Karhawi
Ruptures in Data Access: The State of Social Media Research APIs & Tools in the DSA Era
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
Health creator: Anatomy of a fuzzy concept
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Digital Transformation
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Chair: Facundo Nazareno Suenzo
Navigating Internet Research as Black Women
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Far Right & Online Hate
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Reed Van Schenck
Affordances
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Ailea Grace Merriam-Pigg
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
RUPTURES IN THE LIBRARY: THE NEOLIBERAL HIJACKING OF OPEN ACCESS
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor
TRANSCULTURAL FAN STUDIES IN A TIME OF POLITICAL EXTREMES - Live Streaming
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Critical Perspectives from the South: Digital Sovereignty and Social Media Platforms
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
Sexual Content
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Lunch
Location: Galeria Gala
2:00pm
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3:30pm
AI Challenges
Location: Room 7a - Groundfloor
Chair: Jullena Santos de Alencar Normando
Everyday Appfication
Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor
Platform Governance - Translation
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Strategies & Tatics
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
Global Governances
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Chair: Rebecca Scharlach
Disinformation & Health
Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor
Chair: Xinna Li
Celebrities & Platforms
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Rendan Liu
Governance & Monetisation
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Fans & Platforms: Tensions
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Sebastian F. K. Svegaard
TikTok Intersectionalities
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor
THE DIVERSITY OF EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES - Live Streaming
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Platforms, Musicians and Listeners Around the World
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
Bodies & (In)Visibilities
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
Chair: Kate Rosalind Gilchrist
Streaming Cultures & Audiences
Location: Room 10 D
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Coffee Break
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Political Economy of Internet
Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor
Communities & Innequalities - Remote
Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor
Chair: Gabriel Pereira
Violence Against Women: representation in streaming fictional content in the Global South
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
Music Industries
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Digital memories and archives
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Chair: Leonardo Foletto
CRAFT WORK: A RUPTURE OF DIGITAL LABOR AND CAPITALISM?
Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor
Discussing Content
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Chair: Rébecca Franco
Creators Cultures and Visibilities
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Camilla Volpe
RUPTURING DIGITAL CHILDHOODS AND PARENTING IN AUSTRALIA? SOCIAL MEDIA BANS, PRIVACY, SCREEN TIME, AND GENERATIVE AI
Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor
Where Do We Go From Here? Part II – Lessons from the AoIR Flashpoint Symposium on AI & Platform Governance
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
Have Digital Media Platforms a Role in Fostering a Polarized Public Debate? Evidences from Latin America
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor
Creators Narratives
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Chair: Nelanthi Hewa
Data Donation in Communication Research: Ethical, Practical, and Methodological Frontiers
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
Infrastructures & geopolitics
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
Chair: Charilaos Papaevangelou

Date: Saturday, 18/Oct/2025
8:00am
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1:00pm
Registration
9:00am
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10:30am
Political Challenges
Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor
Influence, Information & Power
Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor
Chair: Marcelo Alves Dos Santos JR
Journalism and Data
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
Chair: Felicia Loecherbach
Tech Companies & Politics
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
Platform Mechanics of Hate and Marginality: Perspectives from the Global South
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
Whatsapp & Telegram: Users & Communities
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Surveillance & Risks
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
Chair: Jennifer Pybus
(Toxic Masculinities) & Misogyny - Live Streaming
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Chair: Jialing Song
RUPTURES IN CLIMATE DISCOURSE: DIGITAL PUBLICS, POLARISATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Urban Mobilities
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
Workers & Power Disputes
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
Discourses & Platforms - Remote
Location: Room 10E
Chair: Rahul Mukherjee
Discussing Digital Methods in Brazil: Towards an emerging school of thought?
Location: Room 3C
 
10:30am
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11:00am
Coffee break
11:00am
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12:30pm
Appfied Cultures
Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor
Chair: Eloy Santos Vieira
RUPTURE / REPAIR: HEALING BROKEN SYSTEMS THROUGH CONSCIENTIZATION
Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor
RHYTHMS OF RUPTURE AND REPAIR: AN EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP EXPLORING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, PLATFORMS AND USER WELLBEING
Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor
EXPLORING PERIPHERAL DIGITAL LABOR: CREATOR EXPERIENCES IN LATIN AMERICA
Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor
Social Media in Elections: Evidence from the United States, Germany, and Australia
Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor
Polarization & Mis/Disinformation
Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor
Comment Box & Discussions
Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor
Chair: Samuel Idris Cabbuag
Platform Regulations & Policies - Live Streaming
Location: Auditorium Ground Floor
Gender Risks & Resistances
Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor
Chair: Marissa Grace Willcox
Infrastructural Ruptures: anxieties, borders, and clouds
Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor
Archeologies & Histories of Digital Artifacts
Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor
Chair: Megan Sapnar Ankerson
Researching YouTube and audiovisual platforms
Location: Room 10 D
STUDYING DIGITAL SEXUAL CULTURES BEYOND ANGLOCENTRISM
Location: Room 10E
Internet Communities Alternative Histories
Location: Room 3C
Chair: Venetia Papa
12:30pm
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1:30pm
Lunch
2:00pm
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3:30pm
AGM
Location: Bloco P - Auditorium
8:00pm
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11:59pm
Digital Tropical Party
Location: Cidaddess - Rio de Janeiro - Downtown

Brazilian Party until 4 am. Foods, drinks, karaoke, DJs playing contemporary peripheral music such as Funk Carioca, Reggaeton, and a special Carnival set and makeup.