Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
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| 8:00am - 4:30pm |
Registration Location: NOVO IACS Main Entrance |
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| 9:00am - 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 |
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| 9:00am - 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 |
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| 9:00am - 5:00pm |
The Model and the Reactor: Artificial Intelligences Infrastructure from Public, Private and Beyond Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: Galeria Gala |
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| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch Location: Galeria Gala |
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| 2:00pm - 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 |
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Coffee Break Location: Galeria Gala |
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| 6:00pm - 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 |
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| 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
Opening Reception Location: Teatro Popular Oscar Niemayer |
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HUMANS AND MACHINES IN THE LOOP: RETHINKING LLMS FOR CONFLICT AND DISAGREEMENT IN CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL COMPLEX PHENOMENA Location: Room 7a - Groundfloor 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 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 “BREAST IS BAD”: COUNTER-NARRATIVES TO BREASTFEEDING NORMS ON ITALIAN SOCIAL MEDIA Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Red Pills and Red Light Therapy: Biology, Optimization, and the “science of beauty” in Online Women’s Spaces Stanford University, United States of America “Screw you, this is a cheerful place”: Platformized violence among positive-vibe Reddit communities University of Groningen, Netherlands, The |
Platforms & Governments - Remote Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor MEMEFICATION OF MOTHERHOOD ON TIKTOK: #TYPESOFMOMS DECONSTRUCTION OF PARENTING IDEALISATION 1: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Spain; 2: Curtin University, Australia 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 FROM RUPTURED RELATIONSHIPS TO SWIPING RIGHT – SINGLE PARENTS ON DATING APPS Kristiania University College, Norway 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 Rethinking search intent: From traditional search engines to LLM-powered information retrieval University of Zurich, Switzerland In Search of a TikTok Baseline - An empirical study of shared cultural experiences on a highly personalised digital platform 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 University of Groningen, The Netherlands 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 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 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 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 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 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 CULTURAL BAIT: KWAI’S COLD START ALGORITHM AND THE INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF BRAZILIAN CULTURE 1: State University of Bahia, Brazil; 2: Datalab Design 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 #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 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 "Elderqueer is more than just an age thing": Experiences of LGBTQ+ intergenerational co-presence on TikTok Concordia University, Canada QUEER MEDIA PRODUCTIONS IN SOCIAL VR: SELF- EXPRESSION, DOCUMENTATION AND RESISTANCE THROUGH VRCHAT 1: University of Bergen, Norway; 2: Center for Digital Narrative “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 Indigenous Representation in Commercial Search Queensland University of Technology, Australia Global Projects, Local Histories: Tradition, Digital Activism, and Resistance in the Indigenous Esports Movement in Brazil Fluminense Federal University, Brazil INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND DIGITAL GOOD LIVING 1: Thydêwá NGO, Ilheus, Brazil; 2: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom 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 EMERGING TECHNO-POLITICAL AFFORDANCES: TRANSFORMATION OF TECHNICAL AFFORDANCES ON TIKTOK DURING PROTESTS IN PERU Chakakuna LAB, Peru FROM POPULAR MUSIC TO POPULARITY THROUGH MUSIC: SERBIAN PROTESTS ON TIKTOK. University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy “A DAY IN MY LIFE”: EVERYDAY “DIGITAL PEACEBUILDING” BY MUSLIM YOUNG WOMEN ON TIKTOK Queensland University of Technology, Australia From Right to Left: How Bardella and french political actors Navigate TikTok Politics Università Lumsa, Italy |
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 1019 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 |
MAINSTREAMING DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVES IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION Location: Auditorium Ground Floor 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 Data Labelling and the Promise of Development in Northeast India University of Maryland, United States of America Names that matter: the self-interpellation and re-socialisation of Chinese trans people's online naming Shenzhen University, China, People's Republic of Antisocial Media: AI Adoption And Changing Collaboration Trends Between Multilingual Computer Scientists Stanford University, United States of America |
Failures & Glitches Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor Chair: Brady Jay Robards ‘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) Platform Glitching: How Chinese Young Females Negotiate Digital Visibility on Xiaohongshu University of Amsterdam, China, People's Republic of RUPTURE AND GLITCH IN PLEASURE: EXPLORING EROTIC ROLE PLAY IN VIRTUAL REALITY University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Mind the gap: Fakes detection between traditional and computational logics 1: St.Petersburg State University, Russian Federation; 2: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation |
AI & Beyond - Remote Location: Room 10E Chair: Daniel Angus ON JOKES AND BOUNDARIES: HOW MACHINE LEARNING PRACTITIONERS NAVIGATE HYPED EXPECTATIONS 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. 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 Re-defining inclusive AI: A critical capabilities framework for bridging theory and practice Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Wikidata’s Worldview: Inspecting an AI Knowledge Pipeline with Semantic Network Analysis Temple University, United States of America |
Rethinking Methods Location: Room 3C EXPLORING SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHILDREN’S DIGITAL CULTURE THROUGH CREATIVE METHODS Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Slop for Kids: a digital methods exploratory study of AI-generated videos for children on YouTube Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil 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 Profiling Sensitivity to Online Incivility 1: University of the Philippines, Diliman - College of Mass Communication; 2: Ateneo de Manila University - Ateneo School of Government |
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Coffee Break Location: Galeria Gala |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
AI Boundaries - Remote Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Eldritch Agency: Truth Termina's Alien AI Ontology The University of Sydney, Australia Imaginaries of error: Exploring the sensemaking of generative AI failures among German lay users University of Hamburg, Germany ALGORITHMIC RUPTURES: TIKTOK’S ROLE IN SHAPING COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES OF DIGITAL NOMADS CICANT, Lusofona Univesity, Portugal ARTIFICIAL INTIMACIES: EXPLORING HUMAN-ROBOT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE AGE OF AI 1: University of Reading; 2: Brunel University of London |
Social Media Bans for Australians Under16: Rupturing the Teenage Years? Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor 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 |
Ambient Misogyny Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor “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 “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 THE HEXAGON OF DISINFORMATION: A FRAMEWORK FOR EMPIRICAL RESEARCHES Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil The War of Ideas Meets the New Digital Network: An Alternative History of Online Disinformation MIT, United States of America Missing the Big Picture: Platform Opacity Weaponized for Disinformation in the Twitter Files Brazil Case Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UFRJ) DIGITAL NARRATIVES OF ERASURE: IRREDENTISM, IDENTITY, AND DISINFORMATION IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS Northwestern University, United States of America |
Gaming Perspectives Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor Chair: Samyr Paz FACEBOOK & GOOGLE’S AD GAME: SPINNING PRIVATE INTERESTS AS PUBLIC GOOD Carleton University, Canada Commodification of Gameplay and Platformization of Playbor: A Walk-Through Study of Chinese Game Companion Platform Bixin University of Calgary, Canada OUTLINES OF THE GAMER DATA SUBJECT POSITION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TRUST 1: ESL FACEIT Group; 2: University of Sydney 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 Yellow Coolant and Kellogg’s Diarrhea: Slop, Shanzhai and Cursed AI as Memetic Aesthetic Detournement Concordia University 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 CRINGE AESTHETICS AND DIGITAL CASTEISM: PLATFORM ECONOMIES, AND THE PRECARIOUS LABOR OF RURAL CONTENT CREATORS IN INDIA Georgia State University, United States of America Sweet Nothings: ASMR and Its Discursive Tensions University of California, Irvine, United States of America |
Mapping and Cartographing Cities and Cultures - Translation Location: Room 10f - 2nd Floor Against the Tide: Startup Cultures in Mexico City and Buenos Aires Stanford University, United States of America MAPPING CANADIAN SOCIAL MEDIA: NEWS SHARING ON CANADIAN MASTODON INSTANCES York University, Canada MAPPING AFFECTIVE URBAN ATMOSPHERES IN SHANGHAI’S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO URBAN MOBILITIES 1: Universität Tübingen, Germany; 2: University of Sheffield Safe Search On: Mapping Queer Safe Spaces in the Philippines through Digital Placemaking University of the Philippines |
Media Discourses on Digital Phenoma - Translation Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor A NEW ERA OF ONLINE DATING? AN ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DATING APPS UFABC, Brazil “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 THROWING SPAGHETTI, SEEING WHAT STICKS: ITERATIVE DECEPTION IN DIGITAL STRATEGIC INFORMATION OPERATIONS 1: University of Urbino, Italy; 2: University of the Witwatersrand 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 |
Labour in South America Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor NEW NARRATIVES FOR UNDERSTANDING AND MEASURING PLATFORM LABOUR IN SOUTH AMERICA 1: Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez/Fairwork Chile; 2: Oxford Internet Institute/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 |
“Am I at Risk?” - Conducting Risky Research and Collective Risk Mitigation Strategies Location: Auditorium Ground Floor “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 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 Don’t Let Good Data Go to Waste: On Grief Tech, Deadness, Data Restlessness University of Michigan, United States of America ALGORITHMIC AFTERLIVES: THE ETHICS OF REVIVING THE DEAD 1: Cardiff University, United Kingdom; 2: King's College London The Unsharable: Non-Sharing as Grief Work and Ruptures of Digital Mourning RMIT, Australia |
SLIPPERY, SLOPPY, SPECTACULAR, AND VERY UNRULY: FEMINIST CREATIVE LABOUR IN A RUPTUROUS AGE Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor 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 |
Platformization & Journalism - Remote Location: Room 10E TRAFFIC AS VISIBILITY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS: SEO'S TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDIAN NEWSROOM Denison University, United States of America PRESS FREEDOM IN THE AGE OF GENERATIVE AI: CHALLENGES TO AUTHENTICITY AND DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE University of Southern California, United States of America Data, Sense, and Sensibility: How Data Journalism Style Shapes Interactivity 1: University of Haifa, Israel; 2: Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Israel Cloud Journalism: Examining News Media’s Adoption of Cloud Infrastructures Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands, The |
Digital Listening Location: Room 3C ASPIRATIONAL SELF-LABOUR AND LISTENING PRACTICES IN BRAZIL 1: Feevale University, Brazil; 2: University of Oxford, UK 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 Making personalization ✨delightful✨: staging power for data indulgence on Spotify University of Leeds, United Kingdom Streaming Platforms and Everyday Lives: Musical Community and Individualisation 1: University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2: Jinan University, China |
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Aoir first timers picnic |
Lunch Location: Galeria Gala |
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Platform & Controversies - Remote Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor Beyond creativity: Decoding changes mediated by Generative AI models in visual generative media and creative production Digital Democracies Institute/ Simon Fraser University, Canada Poisoning the Well: The Battle for Creative Control in the Era of Generative AI 1: University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2: Microsoft Research “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 The platform politics of hateful play on Twitch 1: Pacific Lutheran University, United States of America; 2: University of Staffordshire, United Kingdom |
Press & Platforms Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor “MEET THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE”: AN EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL BLACK PRESS OUTLETS’ AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America The paradox of the European Media Freedom Act: regulating for platform dependence University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The 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 THE GREAT JOURNALISTIC WALL IN CHINA: PREEMPTIVE BOUNDARY WORK IN THE AGE OF GENERATIVE AI RMIT Australia |
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 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 |
Resisting Epistemic Colonialisms: Internet(s) Research Otherwise Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor 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 |
TechnoImaginaries & Dreams Location: Room 10c - Groundfloor REGULATING AI IN INDONESIA: BETWEEN DIGITAL DREAMS AND POWER PLAYS 1: Leiden University, The Netherlands; 2: Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia DIGITAL DREAMS: EXPLORING IMAGINARIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Umeå University, Sweden RUPTURING LABOUR IMAGINARIES: WORK NARRATIVES ON INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK University of Milan, Italy 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 TRANSACTIONAL ORDERS: HOW PLATFORMS STRUCTURE PAYMENTS BETWEEN CREATORS AND FANS 1: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; 2: The University of Bonn, Germany 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 Anitta's Political Activism and Controversies on Digital Platforms: The Case of Her Support for Lula During the 2022 Elections Federal Fluminense University, Brazil 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 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 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: Sharon Strover Wikipedia Edits Before Elections: Analyzing Strategic Changes in Political Representation University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The BEYOND DISINFORMATION: ANALYZING “CHEAPFAKES” DURING LULA’S HOSPITALIZATION ON X 1: FGV Comunicação Rio, Brazil; 2: UFF, Brazil Political misinformation across 260 countries and 5 social media platforms 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, The 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 WOMEN IN CONTROL: A STUDY ON BODY AND GENDER FROM A BRAZILIAN GAMER COMMUNITY 1: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil LABOUR AND MASCULINITY: EXAMINING THE PERFORMANCES OF VIETNAMESE GAME LIVESTREAMERS IN PLATFORMISED CULTURAL WORK (WIP PAPER) Queensland University of Technology, Australia 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 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 Location: Auditorium Ground Floor 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 |
AI & Creative Industries Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor 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 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 The Power of Inevitability: How OpenAI Configures the Future 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: Cornell University THE CENTER’S “INVISIBLE BACK SUPPORT”: INFRASTRUCTURING VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS IN THE PHILIPPINES 1: University of Queensland, Australia; 2: De La Salle University, Philippines |
Infrastructures Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Chair: Fieke Jansen Gujarati Aunties on the Integrated Circuit: Internet Infrastructures as an Immigrant Circuit University of Pennsylvania, United States of America FROM DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES 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 SCALING AI IN THE CLOUD: THE DISRUPTION OF “CLOUDIFICATION” IN CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2: University of Manchester, UK RUSSIAN INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY AND INFRASTRUCTURAL COERCION: THE CASE OF TSPU Critical Infrastructure Lab, University of Amsterdam |
Global Resistances - Remote Location: Room 10E Chair: Tariq dos Santos Choucair DIGITAL IDENTITY, DATAFICATION AND EPIDERMALISATION IN MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP 1: Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom; 2: Chiang Mai University, Thailand 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 #FREE LUIGI BETWEEN PLAYFUL RESISTANCE AND RUPTURE UQAM, Canada “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 |
Why Reddit? Histories, ethics, politics & practices as Reddit turns 20 Location: Room 3C 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 |
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Visual Experiences - Remote Location: Room 11a - Groundfloor VISUAL MEDIA IN MOTION: CONCEPTUALIZING THE SHORT VIDEO FORMAT WITHIN VISUAL PLATFORMS Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland LOWER THAN LIFE: THE NEO-FOLK ART IN CHINA'S ERA OF SHORT VIDEOS University College London, United Kingdom From the Internet to the Everyday: An Exploration of Visual Representations of Peace 1: Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland; 2: Karlstad University Semantic Clustering for Visual Data 1: IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2: Uppsala University, Sweden |
Starlink & bigtech imaginaries Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor 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 Off worlding autonomy: Provincial infrastructure and orbital sovereignty in the Ford-Starlink partnership York University/Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada STARLINK IN THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS: INFRASTRUCTURAL IMAGINARIES AGAINST DIGITAL COLONIALISM Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador STARLINK, PLANETARY CAPITALISM AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES OF THE AMAZON 1: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil; 2: State University of Pará (UEPA) |
Concepts & Metaphors Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Chair: Andre Pase 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 (Re)presenting the “H” in Human-Centered Computing Stanford University, United States of America God(bots) and Authority: Trust and Faith in the Age of AI 1: The Pennsylvania State University; 2: The University of Alabama 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 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 WORLDMAKING BEYOND AI: SPECULATIVE FAILURE AS HOPEFUL ANALYTIC University of Southern California, United States of America AI-GENERATED MUSIC AND THE LISTENING SUBJECT: RUPTURES IN CREATIVITY, DIGITAL LABOR, AND ALGORITHMIC LISTENING Kennesaw State University, United States of America Rupturing "AI for Good": A Feminist Decolonial Theoretical Framework for Analyzing AI Interventions in Gender-Based Violence Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany 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 MEDITATION, MEDIATED: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGICAL AFFORDANCES AND THE UTAUT MODEL IN STUDYING DIGITAL MENTAL HEALTH APPLICATIONS Texas A&M University, United States of America Parallel Platformization of Health: Health Communication on Douyin and TikTok University College Dublin, Ireland The Continuous Glucose Monitor as Boundary Object: How a Diabetic Device Reveals The Generalized Becoming-Diabetic of Quantified Selfhood McGill University, Canada 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 TikTok-ing queer migrant joy Northwestern University, United States of America Framing a Brazilian singer and activist: asymmetries between Portuguese cultural coverage and TikTok 1: Independent Research; 2: University of Minho/CECS "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 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 PLATFORMED HOPE: NAVIGATING PLATFORM MONETIZATION IN THE NIGERIAN SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO INDUSTRY 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: University of Toronto, Canada 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 Self-monetization as a double bind: the governance of affective labor of brazilian streamers Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil 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 DATAFICATION OF MEDIA WORKERS Communication and Work Research Center (CPCT) - USP, Brazil ANALYZING LABOR MOBILITY AND MIGRATION IN THE DIGITAL GAMES INDUSTRY: A STUDY WITH BRAZILIAN WORKERS DigiLabour research lab, Brazil The Logistics of Hope Labour: Digital War Investigations in Ukraine 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: Berkeley Human Rights Center, United States PRESCRIPTIONS OF DOMESTIC WORK PLATFORMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN BRAZIL AND THE UNITED STATES Federal University of Technology - Parana, Brazil |
Labour desde Latin America Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Digital Labor desde Latin America: A Pluriversal Lens 1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: Yale University, United States; 3: Solidarity Center, Mexico; 4: Federal University of Ceara, Brazil; 5: Weizenbaum Institute, Germany |
Blockchain: The New Internet of Trust Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Blockchain: The New Internet of Trust RNP, Brazil |
RUPTURES, DISSENT AND CANCELLATION: STUDIES ON DIGITAL FANDOMS IN CRISIS Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor 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 |
Automation Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor Chair: Stephen Yang Generative AI In Marketing: Productivity Gains and Work Automation 1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: City St George’s, University of London HOW ARE CULTURES OF ARTS PRACTICE NAVIGATING THE AUTOMATION OF THE ARTS? 1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2: University of the West of England, United Kingdom COLONIAL MAPPING OF ADVANCE AUTOMATION: EAST INDIA COMPANY AS AI 1: York University, Canada; 2: University of Toronto, Canada THE PLATFORMIZATION OF INFORMAL SUPPLY CHAINS: THE CASE OF DROPSHIPPING 1: University of Queensland; 2: University of Queensland; 3: University of Queensland |
Redefining Subcultures - Remote Location: Room 10E MANOSPHERE, DIS/AFFECTED: EXPLORING THE AFFECTIVE POLITICISATION IN THE SPANISH ANTI-FEMINIST SUBCULTURES Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Between Global Waves and Local Currents: K-pop, YouTube, and Fan Cultures in Quebec Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada FANSUBBING AS FEMINIST DISRUPTION IN CHINA University of Michigan, United States of America 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 |
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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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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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Coffee Break |
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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 |
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Political Challenges Location: Room 8a - Groundfloor DIGITAL RUPTURES: AI-GENERATED ACTIVISM, STATE REPRESSION, AND THE POLITICS OF DISSENT IN KENYA Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Bridging the Gap: Older Adults and the Digital Media Landscape University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States of America The portable document format as a site of data colonialism and digital rupture Arizona State University, United States of America USING SPECULATIVE DESIGN TO REIMAGINE DIGITAL PERIOD TRACKING FOR THE GLOBAL MAJORITY University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
Influence, Information & Power Location: Room 11c - Groundfloor Chair: Marcelo Alves Dos Santos JR WHEN INFLUENCERS ACT POLITICALLY: A CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS’ EFFECTS ON THEIR FOLLOWERS’ POLICY ATTITUDES, VALUES, AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION Aarhus University, Denmark A BEAUTIFUL BUBBLE: CHINESE WOMEN INFLUENCERS’ GENDERED SELF-BRANDING ON XIAOHONGSHU King's College London, United Kingdom UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE ECOSYSTEM: ANALYZING THE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION PRACTICES OF PATIENT INFLUENCERS, PHARMACEUTICAL AND TELEHEALTH COMPANIES Queen's University, Canada The Role of Regional Language Content in Fostering Cultural Pride and Identity: A Study of Maithili Influencers in India Ohio University, United States of America |
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 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 University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy Algorithmic mediation in open access journals: platforms, visibility and epistemic challenges 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 1: Macquarie University (Australia) and Federal University of São Paulo (Brazil); 2: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) |
Tech Companies & Politics Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor TECHNO-PUBLIC RHETORIC, SPECULATIVE VALUE, AND THE GROWTH OF ALT-TECH DIGITAL MEDIA COMPANIES IE University, Spain The Art of Maximizing Attention: Digital Neoliberalism and MrBeast University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States of America THE PLATFORMIZATION OF THE FOLLOWER FACTORY: PARA-PLATFORMS, AUTOMATION, AND LABOR IN THE MARKET FOR SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: Stockholm University, Sweden META’S 3PFC SPEECH GOVERNANCE: AN INQUIRY INTO THE FACT-CHECKING CONTENT MODERATION INFRASTRUCTURE 1: University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: City St George’s, University of London |
Platform Mechanics of Hate and Marginality: Perspectives from the Global South Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor Platform Mechanics of Hate and Marginality: Perspectives from the Global South 1: Coastal Carolina University, United States of America; 2: University of Michigan, University States of America; 3: Pepperdine University; 4: Missouri School of Journalism; 5: Independent Researcher |
Whatsapp & Telegram: Users & Communities Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Territorializing Internet: WhatsApp use in Andean Argentina 1: CONICET - University of Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic; 2: School of Information, University of Texas at Austin THE USE OF WHATSAPP IN BRAZILIAN FAVELAS: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF A MUNDANE TECHNOLOGY University of São Paulo, Brazil Diasporic Chats: Investigating Viral Content in Whatsapp Groups of Brazilian Immigrants in the United States Rutgers University, School of Communication and Information TELEGRAM AS A MULTIFACETED PLATFORM FOR ANTI-MAINSTREAM POLITICAL PASSION: THE FINNISH FRINGE GROUPS UNDER THE SCOPE Roskilde University, Denmark |
Surveillance & Risks Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Chair: Jennifer Pybus “A network of collaborative intelligence”: The platformization of community algorithmic surveillance University of Amsterdam, Netherlands RACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: DEFENSIVE VERSUS SYMBIOTIC EXPERIENCES WITH THE DOORBELL CAMERA University of Pennsylvania, United States of America RISK COMMUNICATION IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AGE: DIGITAL RUPTURES, TOURISM, AND PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS UNSW Sydney, Australia How need- and norm-based motives for digital communication mitigate the chilling effects of dataveillance University of Zurich, Switzerland |
(Toxic Masculinities) & Misogyny - Live Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Chair: Jialing Song The Dissociative Gooner: Porn Addiction, Pornosociality, and the "Male Loneliness Epidemic" George Mason University, United States of America BECOMING PLATFORM: DISRUPTION, MASCULINITY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE University of Greenwich, United Kingdom Confronting Men's Discomfort: The Affective Dimensions Of Masculinity In The Italian Men's Rights Communities Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy PLATFORM GOVERNANCE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: ANALYSIS OF INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, TIKTOK AND TWITCH COMMUNITY GUIDELINES 1: Federal University of Technology of Paraná, Brazil; 2: Federal University of Paraná, Brazil; 3: Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil |
RUPTURES IN CLIMATE DISCOURSE: DIGITAL PUBLICS, POLARISATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor RUPTURES IN CLIMATE DISCOURSE: DIGITAL PUBLICS, POLARISATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL 1: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia; 2: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil; 3: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil; 4: Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Brazil; 5: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil; 6: MIDIARS (Laboratório de Pesquisa em Mídia, Discurso e Análise de Redes), Brazil |
Urban Mobilities Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor NAVIGATING INTIMACY IN A MOBILE WORLD: ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS IN THE DIGITAL NOMAD LIFESTYLE 1: University of Reading; 2: BI Norwegian Business School; 3: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar MICROMOBILITIES SERVICES IN URBAN BRAZIL: A CASE OF MOBILITIES (IN)JUSTICE 1: Northeastern University, USA; 2: University of Michigan, USA MIGRATING THROUGH HYBRID SPACE: NEW EVIDENCE OF CONCEPTUAL UPDATES 1: Northeastern University, United States of America; 2: University of Michigan, United States of America; 3: The Ohio State University, United States of America The Risk of Risk: Ethical Frameworks and Empirical Implications for Cities University of Texas at Austin, United States of America |
Workers & Power Disputes Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor Coloniality of Power in Global Development Teams: Perspective from Indian and Brazilian Tech Workers Maynooth University, Ireland Technical vs. Self-perceived: Examining Crowdsourcing Workers' Algorithm Knowledge on Amazon Mechanical Turk The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) Imagining AI in Organized Media Work: Labor Narratives of the 'Hollywood Strikes' 1: Rutgers University; 2: University of Pennsylvania No Escape: Exploring Work-Life Blending and Precarity Among Chinese Female Journalists University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Discourses & Platforms - Remote Location: Room 10E Chair: Rahul Mukherjee THE ATTRIBUTED HUMAN: HOW TOKENIZATION LEDGERIZES EXPERIENCE The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China) FRINGE PLATFORMS AND THE PREVALENCE OF DIGITAL BANTER DURING THE UK RIOTS Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, United Kingdom CHALLENGING THE RULES OF INFLUENCER MARKETING: EMERGING SENSITIVITIES AROUND CHILDREN'S PRESENCE IN FAMILY INFLUENCERS PROFILES Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Not Content with Content: Ruptures in Media Discourse and Production? Cornell University, United States of America |
Discussing Digital Methods in Brazil: Towards an emerging school of thought? Location: Room 3C Discussing Digital Methods in Brazil: Towards an emerging school of thought? 1: King's College London; 2: University of Amsterdam; 3: Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT); 4: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); 5: State University of Bahia (UNEB); 6: University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) |
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Appfied Cultures Location: Room 10a - Groundfloor Chair: Eloy Santos Vieira Understanding ‘safety’ on dating apps: control features, user perceptions, and app imaginaries Monash, Australia THE ROLE OF ONLINE DATING IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF MIGRANT-NATIVE COUPLES IN TWO SOUTH AMERICAN CITIES 1: Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay; 2: University of Haifa, Israel DIGITAL PARENTING IN THE AGE OF DATAFICATION: A CARE PERSPECTIVE University of Copenhagen, Denmark From Scrubs to Scrolling: Healthcare Professionals on Douyin University College Dublin, Ireland |
RUPTURE / REPAIR: HEALING BROKEN SYSTEMS THROUGH CONSCIENTIZATION Location: Room 10b - Groundfloor RUPTURE / REPAIR: HEALING BROKEN SYSTEMS THROUGH CONSCIENTIZATION 1: University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America; 2: University of Costa Rica |
RHYTHMS OF RUPTURE AND REPAIR: AN EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP EXPLORING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, PLATFORMS AND USER WELLBEING Location: Room 1a - 2nd Floor RHYTHMS OF RUPTURE AND REPAIR: AN EXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP EXPLORING DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, PLATFORMS AND USER WELLBEING University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
EXPLORING PERIPHERAL DIGITAL LABOR: CREATOR EXPERIENCES IN LATIN AMERICA Location: Room 3a - 2nd Floor EXPLORING PERIPHERAL DIGITAL LABOR: CREATOR EXPERIENCES IN LATIN AMERICA 1: Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University; 2: University of Chile; 3: International University of Catalonia; 4: Institute for Technology and Society of Rio de Janeiro |
Social Media in Elections: Evidence from the United States, Germany, and Australia Location: Room 8g - 2nd Floor Social Media in Elections: Evidence from the United States, Germany, and Australia 1: Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane; 2: Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA; 3: Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | HBI, Hamburg; 4: Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC); 5: Centrum for Communication and Information (ZeMKI), University of Bremen; 6: Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin; 7: University of Zürich, Zürich |
Polarization & Mis/Disinformation Location: Room 11d - 2nd Floor Dynamics of Polarization: Unpacking Echo Chambers with Agent-Based Modeling Roskilde University, Denmark Political podcasts in Brazil: left-leaning shows in a polarized market Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences - Unicamp, Brazil Networked Misogynoir, Mythology and Disinformation Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States of America Cynicism and internalized responsibility for digital well-being among young people in Slovenia University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia |
Comment Box & Discussions Location: Room 10g - 2nd Floor Chair: Samuel Idris Cabbuag Disrupting Mediated Publics: Comment Sections as Sites of Epistemic and Political Rupture Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Constructing reality: Paratexts, power dynamics, and meaning-making in "Love is Blind" Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel NETWORKS OF INFLUENCE: EXPLORING ONLINE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINE DISCUSSIONS THROUGH NETWORK ANALYSIS AND TOPIC MODELING University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines “Sometimes Banning Abortion Doesn't Mean Fewer Abortions or Fewer Babies Die - It Just Means More Women Die”: A Thematic Analysis of Roe v. Wade Partisan Cable News Coverage Northeastern University, United States of America |
Platform Regulations & Policies - Live Streaming Location: Auditorium Ground Floor Reaching a Deadlock: Areas of Contention in Platform Regulation in Brazil UFMG - Minas Gerais Federal Uninversity, Brazil Access is not enough! Reconceptualizing Data Quality as a Public Value in Times of Platformization and European Regulation GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany WHOSE PUBLIC? AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC COMMENTS IN HAWAI‘I ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION Cornell University, United States of America Marco Civil da Internet and the Future of Social Media Regulation in Brazil: the Impact of Courts on Platform Policy 1: University of Sussex; 2: Insper |
Gender Risks & Resistances Location: Room 11 E - 2nd Floor Chair: Marissa Grace Willcox NEGOTIATING GENDERED RISKS ONLINE: ESTABLISHING SINGLE FEMALE SOLIDARITIES AND AFFECTIVE COMMONALITIES VIA DATING WHISPER NETWORKS UCL, United Kingdom Cross-platform gendertrolling: a case study on a prominent harassment case in Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Unravelling the Nation: Digital Contestations of Gendered Narratives in the Iranian Women, Life, Freedom Movement Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany BEING SEEN AND LOOKING BACK: MANDATORY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SURVEILLANCE FOR LGBTQ+ USERS Concordia University, Canada |
Infrastructural Ruptures: anxieties, borders, and clouds Location: Room 11B - PPGCULT - GroundFloor Infrastructural Ruptures: anxieties, borders, and clouds 1: University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The; 2: University of Tübingen, Germany; 3: Article 19 / Cambridge University; 4: University College London, United Kingdom |
Archeologies & Histories of Digital Artifacts Location: Room 11 F - 2nd Floor Chair: Megan Sapnar Ankerson Online Media Archeology as AI Critique: Wikipedia’s Links and Edits as Spatial and Temporal Fields University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Digital Attention Economy: Concept, Phenomenon, and History in Platform Studies School of Communication, Media, and Information at Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil (A)I CAN’T SEE HER Center for Digital Narrative, University of Bergen, Norway “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” IS/AS NEITHER: RETHINKING AI AGAINST “RUPTURE” University of Illinois at Chicago |
Researching YouTube and audiovisual platforms Location: Room 10 D What is left of BreadTube? Researching YouTube-based political cultures with Situational Analysis University of Salzburg, Austria THE 'TRUMP EFFECT' ON THE USE OF POLITICAL CONTENT AND NEWS BY FAR-RIGHT AUDIENCES ON PORTUGUESE-LANGUAGE YOUTUBE CHANNELS 1: PUC-Rio, Brazil; 2: National Institute of Science and Technology in Digital Democracy, Brazil; 3: University of Coimbra, Portugal; 4: University of Beira Interior, Portugal; 5: Democracia em Xeque Institute, Brazil; 6: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Disrupting or Conforming: A Computational Analysis of International News Coverage of Africa on YouTube University Of Sheffield, United Kingdom THE CONVERGENCE OF RIGHT-WING YOUTUBE AUDIENCES BETWEEN CANADA AND THE U.S. DURING FREEDOM CONVOY University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America |
STUDYING DIGITAL SEXUAL CULTURES BEYOND ANGLOCENTRISM Location: Room 10E STUDYING DIGITAL SEXUAL CULTURES BEYOND ANGLOCENTRISM 1: University of Turku, Finland; 2: Federal University of Uberlândia; 3: University of São Paulo; 4: Uppsala University; 5: Tallinn University |
Internet Communities Alternative Histories Location: Room 3C Chair: Venetia Papa Feminist Labor Histories of Neighborhood Surveillance University of Pennsylvania, United States of America BLACK (BRITISH) IDENTITY AND ARCHIVAL RITUALS University of Maryland, United States of America Antifascists, Hackers, & Pedophile Hunters: the origin stories of doxing Indiana University, Bloomington, United States of America “We created this account to be free”: Technobiographies of Engaging with X among Filipino Men Living with HIV University of the Philippines Los Baños, Philippines |
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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. |
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